Growing Pumpkins (Fast Facts)

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Anyone who tosses a few pumpkin seeds along a patch of moist ground in late spring soon recognizes the relative ease of growing pumpkins.

They are warm weather plants that grow in a variety of soil and sun conditions, although they do not tolerate either extreme cold (frost) or heat. As long as they have space to grow with adequate food and water (their shallow roots need at least a weekly watering) a pumpkin will grow, although it might not grow into a one thousand pound pumpkin.

Pumpkins do need elbow room to grow and most experts recommend spacing plants eight to ten feet apart if you plan on growing a patch of pumpkins.

It takes around four months for pumpkins to mature, so if you plant them at the beginning of June, by the end of September they are ready for harvest.

Stored in a cool dry place with good ventilation, your pumpkins can last through the Halloween and Thanksgiving holidays.

© 2007 Patricia A. Michaels