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Pumpkin 'Gold Fever' Seeds |
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Kids love Halloween and what more of a reward than to grow their own pumpkins for that spooky day.
Pumpkin 'Gold Fever' produces lovely bright orange pumpkins on a compact vine. The pumpkins weigh about 5-7kg each and are a lovely rounded shape with good storage qualities. The vine will produce a number of orange pumpkins but by stopping the vine when just 2-3 pumpkins have grown will result in good-sized large pumpkins.
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To get the best results and larger pumpkins grow early inside and then transplant outside when the risk of frost has passed. The south of UK have the only a realistic chance of obtaining good sized pumpkins from direct sowing in June.
For Halloween draw a spooky face on your pumpkin, carve it out and pop a candle in. Keep the flesh & then try making your own pumpkin pie - a lovely warm tasty pudding for after 'trick or treating' or make pumpkin soup & add some warming chillies or curry powder - delicious!!
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| Indoor Sowing |
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Well drained, humus rich soil in a sheltered sunny spot out of way of strong winds that can cause damage to the large leaves.
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How:
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Sow seeds vertically 1cm deep in a small pot. Place in propagator/cover with glass or polythene bag until the seedlings appear (usually 5-8 days). When the seedlings have 2/3 leaves transplant into 2L pots and grow on for a few more weeks.
In mid-late May (a week before transplanting) dig a large hole 30cm square for each pumpkin plant (90-150cm apart, in rows 180-240cm apart) and fill with lots of well-rotted manure. Make a mound and cloche to warm soil up. Harden off the pumpkin plants for 3-4 days before transplanting out into centre of mound. Keep covered with cloche for a week or so and water well.
Can also be grown in greenhouse soil provided it is very fertile and kept moist.
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Care:
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As they are hungry feeders, feed them every 14 days with a potash rich fertiliser. Keep well watered but try not to wet the fruit. Once growing, lift the pumpkins off the soil onto a piece of wood or upturned terracotta pot to allow air to circulate and the pumpkin to ripen.
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September to October. Leave a stalk of 5cm when cutting fruit off vine. Pick any remaining fruits before the first frosts. These can be stored in frost free conditions and can last to Christmas and beyond. |
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Well drained, humus rich soil in a sheltered sunny spot out of way of strong winds that can cause damage to the large leaves.
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Squashes are hungry feeders so to give them a good start outside, dig a hole 30cm square and fill with well rotted manure and mound the soil up and cloche the area a week before direct sowing. Plant 2 seeds into the centre of each mound (2.5cm deep, spacing 90-150cm apart, in rows 180-240cm apart) and cloche again until the seedlings grow. Remove the weaker seedling, and remove cloche a couple of weeks later. Seed will not germinate until the temperature is consistently above 13°C. Keep well watered.
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Care:
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As they are hungry feeders, feed them every 14 days with a potash rich fertiliser. Keep well watered but try not to wet the fruit. Once growing, lift the fruit onto a piece of wood or upturned terracotta pot to ripen & allow circulate.
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September to October. Pick any remaining fruits before the first frosts. These can be stored in frost-free conditions and can last to Christmas and beyond. |
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