 Re: Pumpkin Planting!
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Originally Posted by DMF  Think they'll be ready in time?
We live on a south-facing slope...old cow pasture with 100 years of manure spread on it...pretty fertile but lousy for drainage. | I have had to plant later than this and still had a good crop. I think pumpkins are like corn and require degree days rather than growing days. Our summers tend to be hot with lots of rain. I harvest my pumpkins after our first frost which can be early to late September. I won't really know until September how well the harvest will be.
This year I planted Howden (115 day), Jack-O-Lantern (75 day), Jack be Little (95), 'Hooligan' Hybrid Pumpkin (95 day), 'Spooktacular' Hybrid Pumpkin (85 day), small sugar (110 day), Acorn Squash (87 days), Butternut Squash (85 days), and lots of crown of Thorn gourds. I also grow lots of sweet corn.
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