Great video it aways good to here what has gone wrong to avoid similar mistakes. Best kind of teaching in my opinion. Could listen to your voice all day long to. Thanks 👍
Take some aluminum foil and wrap it around the base of your transplant this will prevent the squash bug getting into your pumpkin vine, and it should help with the rolly pollies.
Realizing this is an old video……. I planted my first ever pumpkins this year 🤩. They started out great, but then the heat-wave of 2023 hit 🥵. They are in full sun, and are watered regularly, however, now the vines are starting to die off. They have only produced male flowers, but in abundance. I am in Louisiana. I feel like the weather has been my enemy, and I don’t think I’m doing anything particularly wrong - it’s just been so hot (and humid🥵). Do you have any tips for “protecting” pumpkin vines from crazy excessive heat?
hi margaret! something that really helps pumpkin vines stay strong is making sure their adventitious roots get rooted in the soil in several areas off the vine. I haven’t figured out how to add a photo in the chat here so I will post it on Instagram tomorrow of what to look for☺️
what types of pests r u battling? we use DE and 100% cold pressed neem oil with bronners soap mixture also (the rusted garden sells a high quality neem oil)🙂
Hi, 👋.. I kept seeds from a pumpkin two years ago. Usually I dry them and bake them in the oven then eat the inside.. but yet I kept some and grew them this year. I put the seeds in some water for two days then planted them in the garden. Next thing I had the seeds growing 😃 so I made a little homemade greenhouse around it to keep them safe. Now I took the greenhouse away to see three beautiful flowers which I want to keep. I know absolutely nothing about growing pumpkins so I want to raise the leaves but I guess that is not the way is it? Just leave them crawling? Don’t they need to be removed as side-stems of tomatoes to get more flowers ? I don’t want snails to eat them ! I have no clue what to do next!
hi! how fun! sounds like ur on the right track.. keep ur pumpkins Fertilized so that they get all the nutrients they need to grow big vines and for battling snails check out this article: www.treehugger.com/ways-get-rid-slugs-naturally-4858817. let us know how it goes🙂
Southern California Gardening : Hi ... you didn’t answer my question about taking away side stems and if I can lift the leaves or not. I check on snails and saw enough videos..
Main vines can be pruned when it reaches ten to fifteen feet beyond the last fruit you are leaving on the plant. Secondary vines(or runners) can be trimmed when they reach ten to twelve feet from the main vine.. are u asking about removing leaves or just raising them?
Nanci B thank u nanci😊the pill bugs were a Big problem when we didn’t have much vegetarian but now that the garden is full of decaying vegetation they aren’t as much of a problem.. we will still occasionally use bug & slug killer for organic gardening when starting asian greens direct sow... there has been some talk about it being harmful to earthworms but i have researched this and have not found any supporting material to back this and the bed that grows all the asian greens still has plenty of earthworms🙂
hmm, there is a short window of when the female flower opens.. ive noticed just for a few hours after the sun is up then they close and if they don’t get pollenated they will die. Id pick out a female flower that hasn’t opened yet early in the morning and watch it throughout the day and see if it ever opens, u may be just missing the time of day it opens. here r a couple of resources that talk about problems with pumpkin pollination but it sounds like u may have a stressed plant, could b several reasons: ask.extension.org/questions/584451. www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pumpkin/pumpkin-flowers-but-no-fruit.htm.
Love your videos. Just one thing though. Those plants you describe at the beginning aren't cascading over the edges of the boxes. Cascade means to go in stages - like a cascading waterfall that hits several ledges on the way down, like a stair case. Your plants are simply draping or hanging over the edge, but definitely not cascading.
ahahaa i just filmed today saying how we let some tomato plants cascade over the raised bed😹i’m such a dork.. And thank u for the correction, i Love knowing the meaning of words but had this one wrong.. i used to tell my youngest son when he asked about a word “lets look it up”🙂 what a great memory.. i will use draped over for now on! thanks again😊
Alejandra Santiveri here u are😊 mini pumpkin pies: 15 oz of puréed pumpkin 1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice 14 oz can of condensed milk 2 eggs 1/4 tsp salt 2 refrigerated pie crust rolls _________________________________ pre-heat oven 425 spray 12 cup muffin pan with non-stick cut 12 - 5” circles out of pie crust fit / crimp crust into muffin cups fill - do not fill all the way to the top bake at 425 for 15 mins lower to 350 for 20-25 mins cool for 30 mins add whip sprinkle cinnamon
My first time growing pumpkins 🎃 😁 I'm having a problem with the powdery mildew, I'm in Oregon and it's getting cooler at night, and leaves turning yellow and brown, dying, is that normal? and what do I do about the powdery mildew? please and thank you for the videos, very helpful 😊
Lori Rockriver hi lori🙂 our pumpkins will get yellow leaves that die back when they are lacking nutrients... we feed them with a organic water soluble fertilizer, and also get them side dressed with Dr. earths fertilizer. for powdery mildew if it’s just starting I just cut the leaves off and throw them away, also a baking soda water mixture applied with a little pump sprayer will stop the spores from spreading.
there can b several reasons.. are they getting enough water.. do u have grubs in ur soil, they will stunt the growth of the plant before it gets a chance to grow.
Miranda Santos hi miranda! so far we have only had two and have had to trap them, we have learned the steel traps off amazon r the best, some that doesn’t distrub the tunnel very much because they will just bury it if they think a human is messing with their tunnels. we also have to trap rats, we have rats regularly and if we don’t trap them they will eat all our garden veggies eventually😐
I was waiting for you to show a female flower and the developing fruit by you did not. You had some helpful information on how pill bugs harm the plants but I was unclear on if you provided any solutions. Please keep the focus on pumpkins.
@@SouthernCaliforniaGardening well, I did keep watching, so you held my interest, but I just kept thinking, "When's she going to talk about the pumpkins?" Lol