Any other tips or tricks? How often should I water? It's been 2 weeks and it's still pretty small.
2006-08-20 07:30:00 · 9 answers · asked by KittyKat 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Fish emulsion very good, if smelly. Growers also use a commercial liquid calcium. Don't go overboard, or the fruit may abort and rot. I fed one so much the largest leaves were 33"+ across. But all the fruit aborted. You can force it only so much. Too much nitrogen early on may cause them to take on water faster than their skins can expand, and if so, they will -yep- explode. It happened to me.
Unless you are trying to grow a world record breaker, just side dress with a small amount of basic 5-10-10. You can get 50 pounds for under ten dollars. The rule with fertilizer, except for the rich and stupid, is to buy the cheapest you can find. It's all pretty much the same.
Giant pumpkins start out slow, but soon enough that changes. Weight gains of 30-35 pounds a day are not uncommon.
2006-08-20 08:24:00 · answer #1 · answered by dderat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use miracle grow.
More mportantly, snip off the trailing end of the vine that is past the pumpkin...it is taking nutrients from the pumpkin!
ALSO make sure to keep the varmit eaters away from the patch. I had three 1/2 dollar sized pumpkin babies eaten last week!
Pumpkins need a lot of water....but don't keep it soggy all of the time!
Good Luck!
2006-08-20 09:32:20 · answer #2 · answered by coachls 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Feed with peters or miracle grow water soluble 20-20-20 every few days or at least weekly A gallon woould work wonders. Make sure it gets watered if it doesn't rain. Place newspaper or straw under the pumpkin to keep the bugs and weevils out.
2006-08-20 07:38:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Miracle Grow alway works well for me. Sprinkle a little at the vine or buy one of the dispersers that do the mixing for you. Place straw under your pumpkin to prevent rot as it grows. Good luck!
2006-08-20 07:38:39 · answer #4 · answered by lizziemrocks 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want one big pumpkin, cut off the end of the growing vine and any otherr flowers. Then you add fertililizers and plant food to help the single pumpkin grow.
2006-08-20 07:36:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 20:02:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many folks who grow prize pumpkins actually grow them in milk. Like you use water to start plants. Others just pour milk on the plant like fertilizer only daily and say it works.
2006-08-20 07:42:41 · answer #7 · answered by idiot 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
every year at halloween we can buy the pumpkins that weigh a 100 pounds or more to get them that big you need to cut off all the pumpkins but one..and put a little bite of shade over it so the heat will not kill it...this blocks the sun that is directly over the pumpkin only..
2006-08-20 15:17:13 · answer #8 · answered by bllnickie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
get a drip bag going with sugar water in it and stick the needle in close to the fruit.
2006-08-20 07:35:31 · answer #9 · answered by Iron Rider 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋