Have you ever grown a pumpkin?

[pectacon]

Aw, that was sweet of your dad, it must have been so exciting for you.

Btw, you guys who haven't grown one, I recommend it. They are large plants but you could always train & trim them. And they have some compact bush varieties that don't put out long vines.

[autumnsparklemom]

No but would love to. Just no space to grow one.

[Skyisbluetoday]

Nope, but I love eating pumpkins!

[snuggleycutejc]

I learned that they are a very extreme plant to grow, you must agree. Largest one was 65 lbs. They sold for $50.00 apiece and sold very quickly.  Growing a pumpkin is a lot of work, they love food, water at happiest level (pumpkin cannot touch the ground or/and riot happens), sun-loving plant burns in the sun so you have to umbrella the pumpkin, if you choose a blossom for that pumpkin but the blossom on the vine is to close to the ground well the pumpkin stops growing according to the stem/vine's length to the ground because the fruit don't pluck itself. I have tattooed on a young pumpkin while growing on the vine, so I know that works, very cool. My pumpkin seeds I got was the giant pumpkin that grows to 300 lbs.  If you want that one is possible, but grow the plant in a higher planter, like a tall garbage can, and make sure the pumpkin is at the end of the stock-vine, remember to put the pumpkin on a platform with wheels because it is large and heavy and will break easy and it is 300 lbs can you lift that up no you won't. Very fun growing them with young kids.

[LaTashaS28]

No I haven't

[taj75657]

I have never grown a pumpkin that I can remember. As a small kid I was in the garden with my Grandma every day planting all sorts of things and participated in the fair with produce. Won for biggest okra; It was so big it was obscene. I did grow watermelons, well it produced one watermelon, but it overtook the entire garden and spilled over into the back yard, even climbing the back steps. She forbid me to grow anymore vine fruit just as I was going to try my hand at grapes. I figure pumpkins would be similar in that they would take over and require a lot of care. Water and turning was a constant chore to keep the watermelon alive and to keep it from bruising or becoming misshapen, let alone rot. So strawberries became my seasonal go-to for small sections of our garden.

[yaayme]

No, but it sounds like fun!...I can't wait to get a house with a large enough backyard so I can grow all the things I love.

      

[timvolley]

i dont grow any vegetables

[patapon555]

My mom grows pumpkins to eat. These aren't the ones you see outside for Halloween.

[minioncookies]

Once as a challenge to see if i can just do it and see if it come out righ tor to small

[lguzman1]

Sorry can't help, I have never drown a pumpkin in my life.

[ljrjess69]

no ive tried but i got nothing.........

[yikes77]

Backyard is too small.  Only grow herbs.

[ricdsm]

Yes.  Not in the last few years, but I have grown a pumpkin in the past.

[vickysue]

I have grown pumpkins and did for years. Gave most of them away to the school kids.  If you live in a hot arid part of the country, you have to water them a lot like every day and maybe twice a day. I was luck  and had a well  with a tank on it and water just flowed down from it. I never had to use  my pump on them and they got big. But here is a fact you might not know. when you buy pumpkin pie mix in the can it is not pumpkin but blue acorn squash as it is not as stringy.