Perfect Pumpkins: Grow Through Summer and Store Through Winter!
In Australia, pumpkins grow easily through the Summer months with a bit of love and care. They also store well, and the seeds are easily saved, feeding you many times over.
How to Sow:
Difficulty:
When to grow:
Easy
Warm Region - Spring / Djilba
Directly into soil
OR
Sow pumpkin seeds pointy end down in a seed raising mix with lots of compost.
When planting in the soil, water in with a seaweed tonic to ease transplant shock.
Tips for Growing:
In punnets
High - 3 days per week
Water Needs:
Sunlight Required:
Full Sun (8 hrs)
Ensure soil is free-draining and moderately fertile, so add some compost and any type of manure a week before planting.
Soil PH:
Soil Preparation:
6.5-7.0 ph
Apply liquid seaweed once a fortnight. Mulch well around where the plant will grow with pea straw or lucerne hay to avoid risk of disease and fruit rot.
Feeding and Mulching:
Pests and Diseases:
Powdery mildew - remove affected leaves and spray with a 1 part milk to 3 parts water mixture nightly.
Corn, Majoram, Radish
Companion Plants:
Enemy Plants:
Potato
18 weeks
Harvest:
Space Requirements:
Height 40cm, Spacing 2m