What You Need to Know about Growing Pumpkins and Winter Squash

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Did you know that some pumpkins will cross - and others won't? Do you know how to make sure your heirloom winter squash stays true to type? Do you know how to fill a field full of pumpkins without improving all the soil? Today David shares his tips on growing winter squash and pumpkins, even in poor soil. Including how to stop vine borers!
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Today we talk about growing Seminole Pumpkins, growing Hubbard Squash, Growing Boston Marrow Squash and Growing Summer Squash - and how to keep them all from getting mixed up!

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@davidthegood 3 года назад

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@10Caramella 3 года назад

I don't know why I watched a man talk about pumpkins for 29 minutes but I'm not complaining.

@isabelladavis1363 2 года назад

Wonderful information about the trellising which I originally wanted to do ...looks like it will be cucumbers instead ...the rooting at the nodes is amazing ,now I see said the blind man!! Thanks so much for all of your knowledge and educating us! Slowly incorporating what I can,need to get the rest of your books for my library...love having that info in hand,stay BLESSED!

@grahamblackall6305 3 года назад

Cutlass? You are either Naval or a pirate! Arrghh me hearties!

@dogslobbergardens6606 3 года назад

It makes sense to call it that in the Caribbean, right? Lots of naval and pirate activity there back in the day, matey.

@grahamblackall6305 3 года назад

@@dogslobbergardens6606 Absolutely 👍👍

@davidthegood 3 года назад

Yes.

@buckaroobonzai2909 2 года назад

One time, I emptied a vacuum cleaner outside and a pumpkin plant grew in it. It was on the edge of the woods and it grew really big pumpkins that were yellow and tasted bitter.

@spearageddon3279 2 года назад

Awesome information, thank you! I love squash and will be giving them a go for sure.

@oneperson5760 3 года назад

I love pumpkins!!! All goodness and very little badness. The only badness isn't their fault (darn borer beetles!) Also, being a lazy prepper, you can't beat a food that's self-storing in its own rind, at room temp, for months, no processing needed!

@davidthegood 3 года назад

Yeah, definitely.

@junglemom1055 3 года назад

I’m down in the Galveston Texas area is it too late to start? We rarely have frost or freeze. Except for this year.

@davidthegood 3 года назад

It's probably hot now. You might try planting at the end of this month, into mid-August.

@candidapple293 3 года назад

Great advice. I did your "melon pit" idea when a 'possum tragically met its end on the road in front of my house. I buried it (and his flat squirrel friend) in my little garden bed and planted squashes and pumpkins over it. The vines are going everywhere! I may burn a candle in one of the pumpkins as a tribute to Mr. 'Possum who made it all possible. 😂

@deliahiggs1752 2 года назад

😂🤣

@TRINITY-ks6nw Год назад

HILARIOUS

@juliettedemaso7588 Год назад

Ah what a beautiful way to honor their little lives. I love this.

@rachelhall4808 3 года назад

Ooooooh! “Cut it and set it out as part of your fall display…” You’re speaking my language now! Of course I grow food to eat, but if I can set it out to be pretty and then eat it, well, I feel like Martha stinkin Stewart.

@elkhound25 3 года назад

the cross of butternut and Seminole has already been done and grown out for awhile. the cross has way more disease resistance . its called south anna butternut. edmond frost of common wealth seed growers developed it starting in 2011 and its downey mildew resistant. you can actually grow 4 types. maxina,pepo,moschata and then toss in cushaw which is argyrosperma.your planting holes are often called zai pits. covering the nodes is a very good growing tip. video filled with nuggets--thanks.

@davidthegood 3 года назад

Thank you.

@FloridaGirl- 2 года назад

Takes notes. Thanks elkhound! Gonna research it.

@laurellewilson8328 3 года назад

My Dad use to burn of the rubbish in the backyard then the next day he threw in pumpkin seeds in the burnt area and he grew the most amazing pumpkins … we lived in tropical North Queensland Australia when we were kids, now we live in Brisbane, South East Queensland and we still plant pumpkins the same as my Dad did and we have the same success. Great video… your channel is great.

@veneceweeks3730 Год назад

Oh wow. I use to live at Aloomba south of Cairns. I now live in Townsville for past 14 yes and now have the opportunity to finally grow fresh fruit and vegies. Definitely will try your dad's method 😊 thankyou for sharing

@johntheherbalistg8756 2 года назад

One of my friends bought something out of one of those $6 Walmart bins, once. He brought it to my house asking "wanna see if it's any good?" We cut it up and found out that it was pretty good. Apparently, we lost a seed in the yard. It produced two pumpkins. One was roughly the same size as the original, but the other was like the size of a f'ing bathtub. They both looked roughly the same as the one he bought, but one of them was huge

@davidthegood 2 года назад

That is awesome.

@geraldfranz9085 3 года назад

Art work by God in the garden 😎👍🌱🌱🌱👉💥🛎

@joycecoates685 10 месяцев назад

I had a Georgia candy roaster that went nuts! Climed a five foot fence and grew up into my locust trees. Fruit formed in the trees and hung dow very stron stems with no losses! Amazing

@mandiegarrett1706 Год назад

"Artwork made my God" , BEAUTIFULLY said and I am sold. Thanks.

@Iamcode101 2 года назад

Someone should have told my 4th grade teacher about not carrying by the stem! She asked for help moving pumpkins we had in the classroom for decoration and said we could carry them by the stem. I volunteered and picked one up by the stem, then the stem broke out of the pumpkin and the sad pumpkin splattered on the floor. She, of course, then blamed me for being careless, even though I still had the stem in my hand. Learned my lesson though, never carried a pumpkin by the stem again.

@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim Год назад

I'm sorry you had to go through that!

@akashaofthenile6077 Месяц назад

Sad when grown ups can't take accountability.. sorry you had to go through this

@plowandswordhomestead 3 года назад

“Paint your miami house orange pumpkin” 😂 I was born and raised in Miami and you nailed it with that color

@evanq4366 3 года назад

That was the color of our house in miami

@evanq4366 3 года назад

He nailed it

@fadista7063 3 года назад

That is the color of my house--pumpkin...with chocolate, eggplant and brick accents. 🎃 My seminole have been growing for two months and no or few flowers...might be lack of bees and the blossoms are falling off?

@patrickmcleod7811 3 года назад

The squirrel reference made me laugh so hard I had to push pause.

@jimt902 3 года назад

Squirrel tragedies can happen in a gardening situation. Boom!

@NVMe420 2 года назад

Alot of chipmunks "accidently" died in my flower bed's... >.>

@dogslobbergardens6606 3 года назад

If you have the patience, you could keep crossing pumpkins from the seeds from that plot, select the healthiest crosses you like best each year for more seed, and eventually develop your own stabilized open-pollinated cross that is *perfectly* adapted to *your* climate and conditions. I'm considering doing that with a variety of good heirloom cherry tomatoes in our back pasture, where they'd be far enough away that the weird mix of genetics isn't likely to cross-pollinate our "normal" heirlooms. That's not exactly a "proper" breeding program, but it's more or less kinda sorta how it goes.

@davidthegood 3 года назад

Yes. I started doing that years ago, then moved overseas and lost the line. It's fun to see what the crosses create. As for tomatoes, they are strong in-breeders. You can grow varieties close and they usually don't cross unless you deliberately tear open blooms and pollinate them by hand.

@dogslobbergardens6606 3 года назад

@@davidthegood that's my experience as well, you have to actually try to cross tomatoes. I wouldn't rely solely on insect etc pollination for any breeding project. I once accidentally ended up with some red "yellow pear" volunteer tomatoes which I believe were a cross, and I was all excited about it, but then I realized that stable red pear cherry tomatoes already exist, so I didn't pursue that particular batch of seeds any further.

@TheEmbrio 3 года назад

All squashes and pumpkins are from the America's, the world owes native americans

@davidthegood 3 года назад

Good!

@mrs.cindynipper 3 года назад

Beautiful! Last fall I collected pumpkins and leaves from all over my small town. I threw the pumpkins and the leaves all in a pile to begin my compost piles and added to them ever since with food scraps, wood chips, garden waste, etc. Now I have at least one pumpkin/squash growing beautifully. It's not vining much. More bushy like a zucchini, but it's fruiting and I can't wait to see what it ends up being. Zone 5a Rigby, Idaho.

@kaisercreb 3 года назад

your womb analogy really made it click

@FlannelFarms 3 года назад

Those Seminole pumpkin seeds you gave us some years ago did great, and the pumpkins themselves did last like 18 months off the vine.

@msb8013 3 года назад

This brings up a good topic. I still have my watermelon from last year.

@godonlylovesme1638 3 года назад

@@msb8013 Is it still edible?

@msb8013 3 года назад

@@godonlylovesme1638 it appears to be. No holes or rotting whatsoever. Does it just get tastier or what?

@arizonagardencuisine1930 3 года назад

This was amazing! I've been trying to maximize my growing space--you convinced me to dig pits around the yard and let them go! Thanks!

@tytyvyllus8298 3 года назад

For any norther gardeners: Buttercup squash was developed by the U of North Dakota as a short growing season winter squash. It has a flavor like sweet potatoes. If you like more savory try Lakota squash; also grows very quickly for a short season.

@davidthegood 3 года назад

Excellent - thank you.

@TehBanannas 3 года назад

Thank you I'm always trying for winter squash but my growing season is very short

@releventhurt 3 года назад

Lakota Squash is awesome

@TheKrispyfort 5 месяцев назад

They make excellent cookies

@DebRoo11 2 месяца назад

HONEYnut squash taste like candy. They're a mini serving size winter butternut squash. Feeds two people perfectly roasted in the oven. Stringless. I grow them up arch trellises. Very prolific! I'm in Ontario Canada.

@FlomatonFamous 3 года назад

You just saved my entire Cherokee tan pumpkin seed saving harvest with the information that the yellow crooked neck will not cross. Thank you. Good info here.

@mylesfalconer9183 3 года назад

Nice info. I grow canada crookneck c. Moschata. Love them. We are on poor sandy soils and our only bad pest is also squash vine borer. I cant grow zukes bc of them. What you really need to know about squash and pumpkin is, how the hell am I going to eat 500 lbs of it? I'm finding some pretty neat ways of using it all up tho...

@thegretnaexperiment2.021 3 года назад

So jelly! I planted a bunch of different varieties of winter squash to trial what grows well under conditions in my yard in NC. I believe the last man standing is a Seminole pumpkin. We’ll see. Hoping to work on a landrace. Great info! Thank you!

@juliettedemaso7588 Год назад

“Like a beautiful pregnant lady” Ah, my heart. I just adore you, David. You’ve given yourself the perfect moniker. Also, getting all those surprise varieties of pumpkins is such a joy. I love that aspect of gardening. Nature is simply spectacular! ❤🎃 ☺️ (I can’t believe your clear green leaves, free of powdery mildew! My Pumkin leaves never look that good. Even with Neem and Copper!)

@em286 3 года назад

Great tips thanks! I have only one Seminole pumpkin vine growing but so far so good. I also got one of those ñame from Publix and sure enough its growing! Yay! Thanks for that tip too! 🙏❤

@sarahbehler5437 3 года назад

Hmm…I’ve run out of enemies can I compost my friends? ;) wondering about growing pumpkins/squash under semi shade? With less than 100 days until our first frost date. Your video gives me inspiration to just try ! See what happens! Thank you, David TG! & your wife & family! …lol, I had a wonderful old-man-dog named Rudder(his first people were into boats?), lost him at 23 this past Fall. Dug up and planted “mystery-squash” seeds over him this year. They are growing beautifully so far! We have named the squash Rudder-Nut-Squash, in his honor! …my brothers & family has already refused to eat any of them, hahaaa! I hope they grow Something!!! Thank you again!

@davidthegood 3 года назад

That is hilariously demented.

@annburge291 3 года назад

Eat the leaves, tips and flowers. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q-Fxt-6y9M0.html and see if you can manage some green pumpkins to eat like zucchini

@camillet9883 3 года назад

The ladies tank tops are sold out! More black ones, please, David!

@davidthegood 3 года назад

I will write The Aardvark.

@slaplapdog Год назад

This year I bought almost 50lbs of "decorative" pumpkins for about 20$. I'm saving the seeds and planting an insane amount of them this spring. Food for me, for my chickens and my compost!

@Wonderland_Homestead 3 месяца назад

How'd it go?

@katiemoyer8679 3 года назад

I too had a pumpkin that stayed edible for almost two years. 🎉👍 🤩. Thanks for this Great teaching vid, I learned a lot. Good job. 👌✨👌

@ahabthecrab 3 года назад

Thank you for explaining the mother plant thing!! I finally understand how these crosses work. My compost pile has given me so many strange and wonderful pumpkin surprises over the years and now I know why.

@melissakingery4393 3 года назад

I get it David in the ground I've been able to dig the vine borers out and cover the hole with dirt I couldn't do that when I tried to grow them vertically. However in containers I have 3 patty pan squash plants with lower stalk covered with foil and then I have this green nonsticky tape that I've wrapped all over the stem up to leaves. So far so good!!

@davidthegood 3 года назад

Good idea.

@tamararoberts9307 3 года назад

I use foil on my squashes and cukes

@melissakingery4393 3 года назад

I had tried the foil but it didn't work for me

@halleluyah8241 3 года назад

Gregor Mendel would be so intrigued. As he always used to say, "Ah yes...recessive and dominant traits. There ya go." :)

@reeferfranklin 3 года назад

Is it at all possible to get some of those Seminole Calabaza seeds?

@davidthegood 3 года назад

I don't know what they'll end up as, but maybe.

@paulblankenship7865 3 года назад

“And if a poor little squirrel happens to die while eating your corn, bury it in the pumpkin pit.” (insert Boom Boom snippet here without skipping a beat) 🤣🤣love it!!

@sarahkaboya7761 2 года назад

That's composting your enemies

@daniellesunley4807 3 года назад

This is interesting I throw all the waste from out pets, chickens and house, cardboard, food scraps etc into one of my veg rows. Each year I start a new row and allow the old row to rest, growing non edibles, before using it to grow edibles once the contents are 2 years old. This year I threw some random pumpkin seeds (that I had saved from ones we had eaten) on my current compost row. They have taken over the whole bottom 1/2 of my garden and look much healthier than the seeds that I have growing in other parts of the garden. I like this way of composting because I don’t have to dig or move soil. Every few years my rows are composted without a lot of effort from my.

@davidthegood 3 года назад

Absolutely. It's a great idea.

@EmotionMasteryLLC 3 года назад

Planted 4 Seminole pumpkin seeds over a melon pit....they have taken over the side of my house! Tried to climb my fig tree! I've had to cut them back multiple times

@davidthegood 3 года назад

Excellent.

@terber12392 3 года назад

Extremely helpful video. I learned a lot watching this. Thank you.

@julianadelion5497 3 года назад

David, I am so grateful to you. Your talks are so informative. I am so ready to turn the lawn into a pumpkin patch. wow

@davidthegood 3 года назад

DO IT

@heysuz701 3 года назад

The good news is that while I was weeding the garden bed today I mooshed 2 borer pupae. (Had gloves in because they were nasty and juicy) The bad news is I had to pull my last 2 squash out because of them. In other news…I have more squash seeds started already. I should still have time.

@davidthegood 3 года назад

Good kill!

@kellypetersen8204 3 года назад

Thanks David for the informative video on pumpkins with great cross breeding information. And yes pumpkins are always in my garden and they are a delightful creation. I should add a variety that has flavor + character and save its seed. Bless you and your family!

@FloridaGirl- 2 года назад

I think the squash pits are a great idea! I dug some pits the other day, burned sticks, watered it down, added scraps, chopped em with the shovel, added some slurry and topped it off with a can of sardines in water. Added compost to the dead FL sand and planted seminole seeds. And pray they grow! I’m going to use the pits for melons too (I’ll try). Good vid 👍 Thank you Daaaa-vid the Good! 🤣

@beebob1279 Год назад

Thank you for giving the variety names of the squash and pumpkin. Great presentation. I keep my bees on a local farm that only grows jack o lantern pumpkins. I want something that I can eat. I'm now looking for extra ground for the bees and to get a large area for vine plants and vegetables I never knew pumpkin needs to be cured.

@scottrichter1858 Год назад

"They look great, but have a terrible personality" That is a great way to put it.

@peterjames2580 3 года назад

What happen to those seeds you planted, sent from a viewer, believe that they were seminal seeds?

@davidthegood 3 года назад

They are up and growing in other areas of the garden.

@geraldfranz9085 3 года назад

DTG is in da house !!! WHOOT !!! WHOOT !!! Very informative, I'm hooked, me likey. 😁 DTG rocks !!! (sounds better than punks, lol)

@Yachanantheavenger 3 года назад

You're right on time with this video, I can't successfully grow a pumpkin to save my life.

@kathyscott4671 3 месяца назад

Just puta seed in your deep compost pile and water!

@tamararoberts9307 3 года назад

I learned from this video that it's best to wait 4 to 6 weeks after harvesting to eat , ty

@patrickwelch1010 3 года назад

Confused. I did same as you. I bought pumpkins from a farm after Halloween . Used seeds. One was an Atlantic giant ( 250 pounds) another very bright orange ( 100 pounds) I got all kinds , light orange, white, very bright orange. No idea biggest was white

@nancyfahey7518 3 года назад

I thought it was great that the seminol was climbing into the elderberry. I'll get it off right away. Thanks again!

@Melody-lc6dt 2 года назад

@4:31 are you growing moringa in there?

@AaronRupp 3 года назад

I'm tempted to spend $85 on that machette.

@cherylinoklahoma9624 3 года назад

Aaron Rupp: Harbor Freight has an 18 inch, one side is serrated, with plastic handle, with a nice sheath, for under $10. My local store has them on clearance for $4.97.

@cindystrong9631 3 года назад

Will the seed from f2 start looking different

@dogslobbergardens6606 3 года назад

Yep. Assuming you grow enough of them to get an accurate sample size, of course. You'll still get some that look like one parent or the other, but with every generation you'll get more that are a cross of the two. Each season select the ones that are the healthiest, most disease-resistant, need the least care etc, and you like the general characteristics to save seed from. Eventually you will end up with your very own cross that will stabilize. It will be well-suited for *your* specific climate and conditions.

@jeil5676 3 года назад

There's another species that includes cushaw varieties. C. argyrosperma formerly C. mixta. Winter squash are probably my favourite things to grow cuz there are so many different types but they take up so much space that I really cant grow very many. Best thing about them is the storage.

@davidthegood 3 года назад

Yes - it was mentioned in one of my data bars. Less common in the states, but I'm pretty sure I've had at least one in my garden before. You're right about storage... one of the biggest selling point of pumpkins/winter squash in my book.

@BTUTrucks Год назад

Rouge vif d’Etamps (Cinderella pumpkin) and Long Island Cheese are our 2 favorites. So much more flavor and fun in heirlooms.

@tytyvyllus8298 3 года назад

Yeah! Muh Punkin Content! Thanks DTG! Last year I planted out seeds from a very similar pumpkin to the one you described and had similiar results. I planted six seeds and they had a great variety of fruit. Three were the flattish slate gray type one was a pink globe and one a orange "cinderella" type and the last very close to the one called "turk's turban". The best were the gray ones (tho' after a while curing they turned a light pink) sweet and dense. They made great soup. Gordon Ramsey's recipe is excellent and easy.

@cedarchoppincartographer 3 года назад

David, my friend, you've sold me on the pumpkin patch. Cheers.

@davidthegood 3 года назад

Awesome.

@shannonalaminski2619 3 месяца назад

My compact growing zucchini squash grew next to my vining spaghetti squash. Their squash looked right. The seeds I planted from them grew vines but produced zucchinis. It was weird but cool. We liked zucchinis more.

@garyharris4008 2 месяца назад

Always grew sweet pumkins. Jack-O-Lanterns are for kids. I grow Acorn, Butternut due to having to haul water. Else dry seeds for personal consumption or birds.

@babystepsgarden6162 Год назад

What do you do to kill the Squash borers? I had them last year, and I worked really hard to eradicate them. Hours of picking them off and dumping them in a bucket of sudsy water. Time wasted. I got only about 6 zuchinni and two "messes" of yellow squash. Will ground layering cause you to live in harmony with Squash / Pumpkin borers? I am going to research on your channel to see if I missed the answer there. Thank you for your hard work and awesome advice! God bless you and your family! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

@TheBeaker59 6 месяцев назад

Thanks, I have a 1/2 acre field which I basically just use for my newly weaned calves so empty mid spring on I have been considering planting pumpkins but also squash and melons perhaps, mainly to be gifts using community sharing stall and food bank (here that supplies free food to poor people). good ideas re fertile beds in a field to plant Pumpkins I will do that using bedding from the calf stalls and manure from older steers (maybe gut bags of cattle we kill for same purpose and our use (we also eat pumpkins ourselves). Lots of ideas here thanks. (cooler southern hemisphere climate here)

@phillippinter7518 7 месяцев назад

Calabaza is a general word in Spanish that means winter squash/pumpkin. It could be a butternut, spaghetti squash, masque de province, buttercup, Castilla pumpkin, etc. Calabazita (small squash) means summer squash.

@katherinelopez4240 8 месяцев назад

I'm accidentally growing c. maxima after trying to replicate your lasagna beds. I used my compost- and obviously the compost was unfinished. Now what do I do? Do we really care about plant spacing at this point?😅

@CaravanFarms 2 года назад

I LOVE the Seminole pumpkins but we have the WORST borer issues here and they wiped our pumpkins.... The Seminole Did well one year but this year they died early! TEXAS has them in spades!

@ravenpineshomestead Год назад

Instead of waiting to see what the womb looks like, hand polinate a flower early in the morning when it first opens then tie the flower closed again. By inbreeding it you can preserve its looks and since it's already a cross, you won't see inbreeding depression. If you wait to see what they look like before harvesting, it's probably been cross pollinated already. It's also handy to preserve a variety if you want to save seeds from a mixed field of winter and summer squash, like your C. pepo (zucchini & winter luxury pumpkin) I know David knows this this is more for everyone else😊

@coralsworld1907 3 года назад

Yes it's a cutlass. I get it, I'm from the Bahamas.

@eddiegilliland9760 Год назад

I have some pale gray Hopi seed. They were grown with spagettie squash. Only one matured before frost. I held it about 1 1/2 month & then partially froze in my bacck room. 6 degrees outside of a draftu house. I can try to sprout some soon. My internet cell phone is terrible here. I saw your reply to the tallahatchi river post but it disappeared before I could re ply. Text is best to get me.if you wish.

@marthaochoa6148 Год назад

Thank you very much for sharing all the knowledge in June I plant pumpkins 28 plants guess what about 2 feet apart I don’t know how many pumpkins I’m going to have or any well there are some already which ones or how many they are going to be full mature for next year I will be ready. I have learned a whole lot. Thank you very much.

@4S7JL 5 месяцев назад

Do a video about your knife. Looks very mice tool. Jaliya from Sri Lanka

@yoursoulmatters9600 Год назад

I think the roots along the vine are water roots only... SVB will most likely take out my super squash this year. Already hunting stink and squash bug eggs. And my summer squash usual are able to survive SVB winter too sometimes but the winter becomes a problem with maturity.

@jamesfrazier6615 3 года назад

Paint your Miami house orange

@polkcellar 2 года назад

Exciting to see the results of your rotting fertile holes DTG! We've started a few of your stinky pits for this 2022 year in zone 9b cal. Thankyou and merry pumpkin patching this year ya'll. 🎃

@FloridaGirl- 2 года назад

Me too! Zone 9b Florida

@phillippinter7518 7 месяцев назад

south anna butternut is a cross between a butternut and a seminole pumpkin, some say it's the most productive butternut squash, ive seen reports of up to 200lbs from a single vine, people also say it is sweeter and it has been tested to have a higher dry matter content than a waltham butternut, and that it has very good keeping qualities, the shape and size are inconsistent (which is a good thing for me but maybe not market sellers). I havent grown this.

@eddiegilliland9760 Год назад

My.pumppkin taste good. A slight watermellon background. Very good with cinnamon sugar nutmeg & margarin.

@Seasons411 3 месяца назад

“They look great but have a terrible personality “ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Slipping_thru_the_Seams Год назад

IDK if you mentioned this but I'll just put it here : don't eat a squash/pumpkin if it is BITTER bc that is poisonous!❤

@EricaD61 6 месяцев назад

I have volunteer kent pumpkin every year. They take over half the back yard every time and sometimes escape over the fence😂. Last year i got butternut and kent growing. Not sure how but they did cross pollinate and this year i have both leaves on the same vine. The fruit hasnt ripened yet so not sure how it looks inside or tastes. Theyre a mix of body types and the skin starts kent and ends with a very pale butternut orange with stripes near the end. Will take pics when finished and opened to send if you like.

@peggyoconnell3733 3 года назад

Great video! What I learned today may save my pumpkin patch!!!

@acidbat4441 Год назад

i have these same pumpkins, came from a dark greenish grey pumpkin that i saved the seeds and planted, the pumpkins are coming out yellow on some vines and a cool green on others

@LadyTSurvival 2 года назад

Thank you for the info. Didn't know they would root like that.

@Iloveorganicgardening 3 года назад

Thanks David ...great pumpkin tips.

@msjostr 2 года назад

I have plenty of room to plant. Planning to plant squash/pumpkins to help supplement purchased feed for our hogs and chickens next fall. Love the idea to gather seeds as they are a lot of $ to do a huge area of.

@TRINITY-ks6nw Год назад

1st Survival 2nd Feed 3rd Land enrichment 4th Longevity of storage

@TRUFIVE50 2 года назад

Does anyone have an effective way to deal with squash bugs? Those wicked things kill my winter squash every time I try to grow them!

@lynettetucker5236 3 года назад

Hello David The Good thanks for sharing this video on pumpkins very interesting

@mkin62 3 года назад

thank you so much for all that valuable info. very useful.

@rheac953 2 года назад

Gee I wish I liked the taste of pumpkin. 😢 Burn, bury animal or bits, grow what does well in your area

@bigswole2133 4 месяца назад

I wonder if you crossed a jarrahdale and a mammoth gold would you get a huge sweet fleshy pumpkin😅

@deecooper1567 2 года назад

I never paid attention to the different types of pumpkins 🎃. This is a learning video for me. Thank you 😊 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

@jakesarms8996 3 года назад

I'm going to try those Seminole pumpkins. I'm in far north Illinois and Butternut is the only thing that the larva doesn't get.

@davidthegood 3 года назад

Seminoles should be the same. They grow like butternut, but with more vigor.

@hardyakka6200 3 года назад

The old-timers in Queensland would burn large hardwood logs. When they passed through the area to see how much the land was cleared they would drop pumpkin seeds in the ash. They ever passed through the area months later they had pumpkins to eat. Very common practice in the olde days.

@lynn6799 2 года назад

We bought pumpkins from a local farmer last year. One of the pumpkins sat on my front porch along with a bowl of seeds from the other 2 all winter. Just for fun, I threw the dried remains of the pumpkin in my compost bin. But, I planted the bowl of seeds on the side of the barn. We have lots of pumpkin plants that are just starting to flower. I'm curious if we'll get more orange pumpkins or some different colors because I have absolutely no idea what species it is, but they get upwards of 30 lbs so I'm hoping we'll get a good crop.