The Perfect Pumpkin: Growing/Cooking/Carving

Growing Pumpkins

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  • Pumpkins: Planting, Growing, and Harvesting Pumpkin Plants | The Old Farmer's Almanac

    • Water one inch per week. Remember that pumpkins are tender from planting to harvest. Control weeds with mulch. Most small vine varieties can be trained up a trellis. Both male and female blossoms need to open. Bees are essential for pollination, so be mindful when using insecticides to kill pests. If you must use, apply only in the late afternoon or early evening, when blossoms are closed for the day. Pumpkin vines, though obstinate, are very delicate. Fertilize on a regular basis. Use a high nitrogen formula in early plant growth. Fertilize when plants are about one foot tall, just before vines begin to run.

    Pinch off the fuzzy ends of each vine after a few pumpkins have formed.

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    Squash bugs and cucumber beetles are common, especially later in summer. Your best bet is to harvest pumpkins when they are mature. They will keep best this way. Do not pick pumpkins off the vine because they have reached your desired size.

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    When you thumb the pumpkin, the rind will feel hard and it will sound hollow. If you get a lot of vines and flowers, but no pumpkins, you need more bees in your garden to pollinate the flowers. The yellowish pumpkins will soon come handy to give the cows.

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    Check out this video for tips on curing and storing pumpkins. Great for those who want to grow a giant pumpkin. Vine will spread to 25 feet, so space is a must. Days to maturity are to days, so plant early! Thin to the best one or two plants. Feed heavily but keep cultivation shallow. Remove first 2 or 3 female flowers after the plants start to bloom so that the plants grow larger with more leaf surface before setting fruit.

    Allow a single fruit to develop and pick off all female flowers that develop after this fruit has set on the plant. Perfect pumpkins for pies: Ideal for cooking and baking. Days to maturity are generally to days. Pumpkins are a nutritional powerhouse! Cucubits, such as pumpkins, are subject to an ongoing myth—that planting different family members or varieties will result in strange fruit. Inscribe messages on growing pumpkins with a large nail.

    See 5 tips for picking the perfect pumpkin for carving! Learn about the history of carving pumpkins. See how to clean a pumpkin for cooking.

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    The Perfect Pumpkin: Growing/Cooking/Carving [Gail Damerow] on www.farmersmarketmusic.com . *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The big orange pumpkin is no longer. Editorial Reviews. Review. " I believe this could be the best book ever published on pumpkins." -- Howard Dill, breeder of 'Dill's Atlantic Giant' pumpkins.

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    A bit of history, some gardening, and wonderful recipes. Did you know that all the world record pumpkins from past years are related to each other? Do know that I'll be trying lots of the recipes but just not sure about the idea of Pumpkin Beer? I already had a copy of this book and liked it so much I bought one for a friend.

    It has wonderful pumpkin recipes including pumpkin bread in a canning jar to give as gifts. Everything you need to know to grow fantastic pumpkins from seed varieties to cultivation and plant diseases is covered. See if you have enough points for this item. The big orange pumpkin is no longer just for Halloween! Gail Damerow shows you how to cultivate more than 95 varieties of pumpkin, and provides recipes for pumpkin pies, muffins, and even pumpkin beer.

    With tips on growing giant pumpkins, preserving your harvest through the winter, and much more, The Perfect Pumpkin will delight pumpkin lovers of all sensibilities.

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