Grow these pumpkin companion plants to repel pests, attract pollinators, and increase pumpkin harvests. Anyone who’s ever ...

There are some things to watch out for in the journey from planting to harvest, such as knowing how far along your pumpkin plant is. After planting your pumpkin seeds, germination takes five to ...

Pumpkins, gourds and winter squash have basically the same growing requirements, but they’re not necessarily the same as other plants. Meeting these needs is vital to success. Pumpkins and their ...

and you can save yourself a trip to the pumpkin patch next year if you stockpile seeds to plant at home. Because they are so agreeable, you barely need a green thumb to grow pumpkins. What you do ...

Before the pumpkin itself, the plant bears flowers. Male flowers have a stamen with pollen on it and others have a small bulge — the beginnings of a pumpkin, the analog of an egg — under a ...

If you’re using a hollow plastic pumpkin, add a piece of floral foam to the bottom to hold the air plant in place. Separate the grouping of strings and tie a knot with the two strands that are ...

Get rid of any seeds that have molded or mildewed. Place the rest in an envelope until it is ready to plant. A pumpkin growing at Coleman's Christmas Tree Farm near Odessa. According to Southern ...

Each year, he not only grows thousands of pumpkins at his farm 9 Bean Rows that he owns with wife, Jen Welty, but he’s also meticulous about the seed varieties he plants, when to plant them and ...

“Once I get seeds from the pumpkins, I dry them then dig holes in the soil and plant them directly. For healthy crop, I use manure,” he says. Manure must be applied to the soil before the ...

Seth Bender and Elizabeth Yahner of Altoona choose a pumpkin at JB Tree Farm west of Alexandria. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski A dry growing season made for mixed results in the pumpkin crop ...