Re: Pumpkins


> > Any way, I need to know what do I do with the humongous pumpkins
> > that I will have next year?  I seldom think this far ahead.
> >  These thing are going to be too large to move. (If nothing else, I am
> > always optimistic)
> >      Do I just let them rot and then till them into the garden soil
> > next spring?  Or do I try to cut them up and distribute them around
> > the garden and then till them in?  Or do I just start a new compost
> > pile with them as the first and main ingredient?  
> >      I am not into composting,( I am ashamed to have to admit this)
> >  however this may make me start.  Are they going to be any good
> > for the soil?
> >      Stan             the cheap and lazy gardener.

In my opinion pumpkins and gourds would be a higher water content than
most other crops you could grow. Better to grow sunflowers or corn for
a dual purpose crop, even ornamental maize (keep away from the edible
variety), there is a lot of fibre in the plant and in the root of any of
these, or if it is just for green manure grazing rye is good. If economy
is your aim better to sell the crop and use the money to buy whatever
pot system you fancy. There are still plenty of people with more money
than sense e.g. will buy a pumpkin, cut holes in it then throw it away,
they might even pay you to take it away if it is going rotten.


Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
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