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Re: Planting intervals [for pumpkins]

Thanks for the reply Janet.  How many little pumpkins will each vine
produce?  I'll have an empty square with a trellis over it in a couple of
weeks next to some cukes.  Should I plant one per square or can I plant
2-3?

Have you ever grown big pumpkins?  If so, what kind spacing for them? 
Maybe someone else who has grown pumpks can help?

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> From: J Wintermute <jwintermute@idsonline.com>
> To: sqft@lists.umsl.edu
> Subject: Re: Planting intervals [for pumpkins]
> Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 3:54 PM
> 
> At 12:50 PM 5/21/98 -0500, Bart [zone 7, Tenn.] wrote:
> 
> >I have some Burpee "Jack Be Little" pumpkin seeds and also some other
seeds
> >for larger pumpkins (like for carving).  I've never grown pumpkins
before
> >(or much of anything else that matter) and was wondering what kind of
> >spacing to use, can they be trellised or must they grow along the
ground,
> >and when should I plant them to that they will be ready to harvest a
couple
> >of weeks before Halloween?
> 
> I'm new to sqfting myself, but I've grown Jack Be Little [conventionally]
> every year since 1991 and *love* it.  IMO, this particular pumpkin would
be
> a terrific candidate to try trellised because each vine produces many
> palm-sized fruits that don't weigh much.  The variety is quite prolific,
all
> the pumpkins ripen at the same time, and they can be left on the vine or
cut
> off and left on the shelf indoors for *many* months without significant
> deterioration.
> 
> Around here (greater D.C. area), individual Jacks are sold for $1 apiece
in
> crafts stores and nurseries around Halloween.
> 
> Since you're in the same zone as I am, I feel safe in recommeding a
planting
> time as late as June 20 in order to have plenty of little Jacks for
Halloween.
> 
> Individual vines run at least 6 feet long, though, so plant for plenty of
> climbing territory for each one.
> 
> --Janet  
> 
> 
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