5 Tips How to Grow Ton of Pumpkins at Home 

Sir your dad jokes are more out of control than that pumpkin vine is.

I have never had so much amusement watching a pumpkin harvested, love your happy chuckles. Thank you for sharing so much with the world❤

Here in Montana, USA, I have no need of pumpkin growing tips... the trick here is to dig a little hole for the seed, stand well back, and use a slingshot to plant the seed. The standoff distance is so the leaves don't hit you in the eye when it shoots out of the ground in an immediate burst of growth. I trim about 5' of vine back per plant per day just to keep it on my own property. I only have four plants growing.

Fun story when I was about 6 years old my parents decided to plant decorative pumpkins what we use in the US for carving for Halloween. They intentionally did this so I could grow my own pumpkin. The year they planted them nothing happened we didn't get a single sprout. The following year within a few months of Spring the vines had completely covered my father's shed most of our backyard, and I'm pretty sure tried to eat our dogs at one point. We got one single pumpkin. It was a big 1, but it was the only 1 lol.

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Hey mark!! I've been watching you for years my friend and you've inspired me to start a garden. I went outside to my dragonfruit yesterday and I finally have my first flower. Thank you my friend from Florida USA

So this summer we used compost to start our new Sunflower raised garden bed. Then after a couple of weeks we noticed some new leaves that were NOT sunflowers. Turns out it was seedlings from the pumpkin that was tossed in the composter 6 months prior. We now have HUGE Tetra Giant sunflowers and five pumpkins thriving at the base level. This video gives me the confidence to keep growing pumpkins every year. Love your videos here in Colorado, USA

I admire the financial independence of people, But you can live better if you work a little more. After watching this I think there are people out there, on the extreme, who plan to die early just to be able to retire early. To each their own but to me retirement isn't just about not having to work, it's about having the freedom to do whatever you might reasonably want, such as travel, buying things, enjoying life, etc. I don't think I could retire with less than $3m in income generating investments, maybe $2m at the very minimum. I plan to work until I'm at least 45.......

Love this. We bought about 4 pumpkins from the market this year and then I performed some half arsed compost piles and used the piles around my yard. I had pumpkin growing just about everywhere. We've made pumpkin buns, pumpkin filled buns, pumpkin curry, and several pumpkin stir frys. Then we harvested a bunch of seeds to do it all over again. Can never have enough pumpkins.

Dickinson. Large, good for cooking, resistant to squash bugs and powdery mildew.

Love your work and enthusiasm Mark - a couple of things:- 1. Good cheap anti-fungal for cucurbits is whole milk watered down by half to two thirds. 2. If you like a tasty pumpkin wait until the stem dries before picking. Cheers to all..

This video should be about how to STOP growing pumpkins because after watching you all year trying to cut them back and they STILL grew they seem like they easy to grow lol

Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo! Pumpkin into carriage! The pumpkin was tastier.

My aunt grew a massive pumpkin like the ones in the photo. She won 3rd place in a competition.

I ended up with accidental pumpkins this year. They ended up to be huge. Can’t wait to see how it turns out. I absolutely love your videos!!! 😊

Mark, I doubt you will read this but on the off chance you do, I want to thank you for not only your service and sacrifices, but also for your content. I find your videos very informative and particularly funny, but humble at the same time. I have been binge watching but in reverse for the last 4 days straight. I’m an ER RN x 25 years, in NYC..during 9/11 , and years of turmoil following. Never considered myself weak or having PTSD, as never served in military or injured in combat. I have suffered mentally as an ED RN for so many years, witnessing Trauma and attempting to save lives. I’ve seen things, no one should ever have to see and or do. I was ok or at least I thought I was until August, 2017 when my only child, my son committed suicide. I’ve been lost and wandering ever since. First, suicidal, then begging god to kill me, drinking to excess, quitting my job, doing everything and anything I could to not feel, and buy myself some time, to recover. I began, a container garden in my small yard ( condo- sold my house etc)… born and bred in the concrete jungle…never even mowed grass, let alone grew anything. I found I really enjoyed it. Managed to grow in my first tiny attempt in only pots…2 sweet corn stalks, 1 broccoli, 1 spinach, 2 cherry tomatoes, 2 determinate tomatoes, small sugar watermelons, pumpkins and peppers! No experience, no research.. just bought lil plants, potting soil and water. Didn’t even fertilize or feed cuz never heard of those things ! I was just amazed and very proud. 2020 feb before covid got a Doberman puppy for companionship and protection. 2021- January stopped drinking, mild exercise ( mostly walking w dog) diet, ( so far lost 60 lbs I gained since son died) and enrolled in graduate school for MSN to Family nurse practitioner. Started to feel a bit bored and decided to invest in growing food again bc I liked it so much, began to seriously do research and found your channel. You are a great role model, and more than just a survivor of war and PTSD. You have transformed a home and made it a homestead, role modeled for your kids, spent important valuable time that can never be replaced or even accounted for, began a new career as a videographer and you tube personality and succeeded in everything you have put your mind to. You are truly an inspiration to not only myself but to everyone experiencing hard times, heartache, loss, suicidal ideation, and PTSD. Thank you for sharing and helping everyone…just by doing and being yourself! God Bless you and your family!

Hi Mark, I live in Victoria Australia . Recently retired and have back issues, but I've been watching your videos through winter. You have inspired me to garden again :) and I purchased a large Birdies raised bed. It's all set up now, and I'm starting some seeds... Thank you very much for your great videos.

We have a pumpkin plant, the lone survivor from the goat and chickens.

You’re my favorite gardener to watch on RU-vid. Informative and funny!

Hello from Tokyo Japan! I love your videos. Question: Do some variety of fertilizer change taste of vegitables? I heard Quail manuare makes vegitable sweet. Looking forward to next videos!

Opened up some zucchini from last year the other day....blew my mind when they were orange inside

Hey Mark! If you just cut the wire in one place, bend it down to get the pumpkin out, then bend it back up...no hole!

I highly recommend Acorn Squash. I'm not sure if it is technically a pumpkin, but very similar. Here in the US we categorize it as a winter-squash. It is excellent roasted with a little brown sugar, butter and cinnamon as a glaze applied on the flesh before roasting.

Here in Florida we have the Seminole Pumpkin. Unsurprisingly, it was a favorite of the Seminole tribe and are well-suited for Florida's climate. You should be able to grow them in your zone pretty easily, Mark.

Hi mark, have you ever tried growing the variety Turkish Turban? It's a pretty pumpkin, hard as jeebus, stores well and taste great.

Mark, I have enjoyed watching the pumpkin saga unfold in the background of all your videos from the last year that maybe the biggest pumpkin vine in history!! Great video thank you!

Gem Squash are so nice, boil them cut in half and add some salt pepper and butter and just scoop out with a spoon 👌🏻😊😊

That moment the chickens came walking over to see what's up got me by surprise. I love chickens so much. They're the best!

What a great problem to have! A wedged beautiful and healthy pumpkin!

I recommend Seminole pumpkin. A native variety to Florida which has a similar climate to Australia they do well in hot and humid conditions and love to climb. The natives would train them up trees and even named an area chassahowitzka which means land of hanging pumpkins. The butternut was actually bred from the Seminole pumpkin but is less sweet

That pumpkin that got wedged in the trellis! 🤣

I really wish I liked eating pumpkin, so much fun to grow!

This man is truly the Bob Ross or Mr Rodgers of gardening.

Those dad jokes and puns are the best 😂

I made the mistake of puttin down a weed mat underneath the vine - preventing any additional rooting, so ended up with just 1 small pumpkin. I also underestimated the amount of space they would need and planted a few of them way too close - they all grew but competed with each other, so planting fewer plants and letting them grow out might have been better.

Yum, steam pumpkin dessert mom used to make. Thai dessert. Asian pumpkin, steam slices in coconut milk and palm sugar and serve with grated coconut flesh and palm sugar. Yum! I thought you were crazy to let your pumpkin grew wild like that but now I see your chaotic thought process! Congrats on the great haul!

Nice pumpkins you got there Mark

Hey Mark, when are you going to Teach us all . . . how to grow Cannabis?😉 Is it legal to grow within Australia?

I don't usyally grow pumkins but do grow cushaw, hubbard and butternut winter squash. I like those three cause I can use them just like a pumkin and they're very long keepers, I had cushaw last until I started getting new ones the following year( over 12 months).

So….many….dad….jokes…lol🤣😂🤣

Golden nugget! Small, single serve, quick to harvest. My favourite is cut off the top, scoop out seeds and stuff with what ever filling. Top back on and Bake. Self contained meal

I grew Cinderella (for roasting) and cinnamon girl (for pies) this year. They are fighting the vine boarers and squash beetles pretty well. Its been so rainy here in central Illinois this year it was hard to fight the pests. I have a winter squash thats doing well too, if I can keep my chickens away! 😄

not a pumpkin guy, myself. don't like any form of squash at all. can't eat it. cucumbers are fine. melons are groovy. squash is a no go.

I hope you are doing well. It is really hard to hear about things, possibly going on in different places, where i don't live, and not know if these things are true or not and how those, as yourself, are getting along. Love your channel and prayers for all in these seemingly, trying times on earth!!

Mark try Australian butter pumpkin and old heirloom and Ironbark pumpkin and triamble all great and much more

The clock turned 12 (midnight) while i was watching and you said "I'm now a pimpkin" hahahaha

I love the traditional BLUE HUBBARD. Yummy. They can get big but the do at different sizes. Hope you can give them a try..

Excellent videos mark thank you!

Haha! Thanks for making learning a hOot! 😂

I just love the way you explain each and every point......I'm just an amateur Gardner... your videos indeed help me a lot...thanks a bunch for that ❤️🌱

What's the trick to letting pumpkin vines meander on the lawn? Do you just let the grass grow between the vines until they die back?

Finally another "how to grow a ton of"

Finally got the first 👍

Here in Brazil we also love to grow the Kabocha japanese pumpkin! Lovely flavour and one of the most plague resistance varieties I've ever seen.

I hear musquee de province pumpkins are delicious. I'm hoping to grow some next year.

Hi Mark, loved the video as usual, do you know you can eat pumpkin leaves? They’re very good for you and taste great in peanut or coconut milk based sauces.....

Hey mark I have a question about pumpkin do pumpkin need full sun or not

I'll be ready for Halloween.

Love you, may I add u are awesome 👍🏼👊🏼 love the passion, your heart 💓 is in the right place 👌🏼

That's probably the most common pumpkin variety we have here in the Philippines! However, pumpkin pies and pumpkin spice anything isn't as common. We eat pumpkins in hearty savory dishes. You inspired me to grow pumpkin from kitchen scraps (the seeds) and I have 4 seedlings growing right now!

wow, one of the first ones here... looking forward to this.

Growing up in Connecticut, USA we always grew Connecticut Field pumpkins. They're great for carving and awesome for soups and pies. They are now what I grow in Georgia, USA as well!

Spagetti Squash would be a great one to try. It is super expensive in the market, so that is a good reason.

I planted pie pumpkins for the first time this year. They haven't done very well. 😞 They vined out a lot initially, but started drying back and looking sad within a few months despite regular watering (I do live in Texas though, so it's been about 100°). I only got 2 tiny pumpkins so far.

Been trying to grow japanese pumpkins…but all i get are vines and flower buds that never bloom :(

YES FIRST TO LIKE AND COMMEMT LOVE YOUR VIDS. And hello from ohio u motovate me to get into gardening I built a bed for potatoes this year. I also grew basil and beans. I will for sure be buying birdes raised garden bed as well. U proved to me they r great quality. My wooden tater box is already falling apart I used the good screws too. Going metal next season for sure.

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Love your work Mark! We are also in the Moreton Bay area. Following your leading.

If you want some large pumpkins I'd say big max! They get up to 100 pounds! A nice an d easy one to grow for the size!😀

Hi Mark, so encouraging to see how your vines routed even through your grass! My seedlings just popped up last week..excited to be growing my first pumpkins, and am doing it at least as much for their edible greens, because organic greens are so pricey in my small Hawai’i town. Thank you for this inspiring video!!

I recommend Crown Prince...although in UK, that is known as a winter squash...but then a pumpkin is a squash! The Crown Prince has a sweet, nutty and creamy texture which is banging in a soup with chilli sauce, lime juice and peanut butter with a hint of cream!

Good vid

I lived in Dunedin New Zealand for a few years and was given some pumpkin soup that was delicious I now live in the states again and can’t find the right pumpkin to make soup with. Is there a pumpkin you would recommend for making pumpkin soup? Or am I just not getting the spices right? Love your channel thanks for all the information!!!

You made me laugh so loud, Mark. Love your dad joke attitude and your awesome gardening tips. I never thought I would ever get into gardening, esp when renting. Now I gave up trying to buy a house in this unaffordable market, and have completely taken over any remotely fertile ground as well as put together so many containers with herbs, veges and Bush Tucker plants. ✌🏽

It would be helpful if you gave more detail. For instance, when you say pumpkins need fertilizer, it would be helpful if you said what kind of fertilizer. When you say the right time of year what time of year would that be? I like watching your videos because you’re interesting but I don’t get much information from you.

Space is what we don't have! We haven't allow that stop us though and we have a "trellis" variety as well! Awesome tips! Thanks for sharing.

Try the "Lady Godiva Pumpkin" .. the seeds are hull-less which is super cool if you like making trail mixes and such or just don't like eating pumpkin seeds having to remove the shells. There are a few pumpkins that have hullless seeds.. not sure which would grow best in your area.

Hi Mark! I usually grow my zucchini and pumpkins from November onwards (on the Gold Coast) but last year for the first time we got hit hard with fruitfly and I got zero harvest. So when I heard in one of your videos that you had pumpkins up the wazoo and then you said you planted them in July I was like RIGHT that’s the secret. So my pumpkins and zucchini’s are in! Wish me luck! And well done on your harvest!!

Love, love, love, love the cricket reference in the video! I was waiting for Richie's post catch comment as well! Great advice as always. You are truly global now Mark and I hope you do incredibly well out of it. So good for the world, the environment, our general mental health, the family and our present context (covid wise). Thanks heaps. From the T'ba up the hill....

This video was so helpful! I'm going to be planting some pie pumpkins very soon for a fall harvest in November. I live in GA so we are quite lucky with 2 planting seasons per year.

Oh no! Don't turn into a g'day! We'll all miss you and your videos too much :)

I was able to source some local Seminole pumpkin seeds at the end of July, but was told by other Florida gardeners to wait till next year to plant them. I feel like I should have tried putting 1or 2 seeds out just to give it a go. Love your channel!

You'd be one muscular pumpkin!

Pumpkin and Squash seeds not only start easily in either pots or directly in the ground, as you said, but they also easily start in the compost bin from discarded pumpkins or squash. And, they really grow in the compost!

Aaayyyeee. Best part of the weekend! Second time I've been first lol. Never done that in another channel lol.

Mark, your boundless positivity and cheerful disposition is always a bright spot in my day.

I love your videos!!!!! Thanks for sharing! I'm getting my soil ready to plant pumpkins! In my last crop I managed to season some outside but one of them started to over-ripen whilst in storage - Any tips around stopping this from happening??? also would love to come and see your farm!!! it seems like a plot of paradise :)

This vid is a true GEM, all top info. I have my pdc but I keep learning as everybody should. I managed to recieve a pumpkin of 1001 gram this week a cucurbita maxima. Its a small balcony..😃, more are underway, but 1 kg again? Have to admit, I beef up the soil with my own wormfarmed compost.. that is magic🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱

Some of my favorites are delicata, red kuri, and long island cheese. Delicata comes in a vining and a bush form and it's delicious stuffed or cut into half moons and roasted. Red kuri is a dry, sweet Japanese storage pumpkin that tastes like chestnuts. Long island cheese is soft and moist and I like to use it for custard or pumpkin butter.

Do you can your pumpkins? If so would you share a couple recipes in a video?

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I love growing pumpkins. I usually plant at least 8-10 varieties in my garden every year. I need to find some seeds from that Kent pumpkin, that thing was a monster. My banana squash grow like that every year and they store for a long time.

just discovering your channel with this video, and I've gotta say- you're a DELIGHT! Thanks for making me laugh this morning. subscribed for sure :)

I’m trying these three this spring! PUMPKIN 'IRONBARK' PUMPKIN 'POTIMARRON' PUMPKIN 'TRIAMBLE' Iron bark has a very tough skin and is meant to be lovely dry pumpkin good for roasting. Maybe good to the fruit fly situation up north. The pottimaron is meant to be amazing small pumpkin.

Thanks, I was subscribed but hadn't seen you pop up, suddenly here you are about to change into a pumpkin!! I had been UNSUBSCRIBED. I live on the Central Coast of NSW. Its my first effort to seriously grow pumpkin for the families. The varieties (got a big block) are Violina, Paw Paw, Styrian Hulless and Australian butter, planted mid November and all looking strong. Thanks for the tip re pollination, but I guess my seeds will likely be cross pollinated as all are within 12m of each other. Thanks take care

We grew sugar pumpkins for the first time this year and they taste amazing. We only got a meager yield, but they were a last minute addition and we didn't pay any extra attention to them. We also grew butternut squash and got 60-80 this year. They are definitely easy to grow.

Gday Mark, from the depths of lockdown 7!

The first year we grew pumpkins, my 3 small girls at the time decided to "help" and threw in multiple pumpkin seeds in each hole we put in our very small raised bed that we also had celery, melons, and peppers mixed in as well.. it didnt take long for the pumpkins to sprout and grow quickly! Soon they were taking over the entire bed and everything else died out, and we threw in every trellis we had, even old ladders to keep these things from taking over the yard! But we got some really delicious pies and bread from them and it was a wonderful experience for everyone! And this year we have a dedicated space and soon a much larger trellis for them!

Great vid as always,,,dang brother been watching all the Tyrannical BS going on down under,!? WTF,,,,,,