How many pumpkins per plant?
When you are often growing fruit and vegetables you often want to know how many will grow on the plant and whether it is worth the time and effort in growing it. So when you are growing pumpkins people often ask how many pumpkins per plant?
There are many factors when growing pumpkins to how many pumpkins you will get on each plant. When growing pumpkins you need to remember they will require a lot of space in the garden as there vines can grow up to 13ft at least and the pumpkin leaves can be really big on the plant.
Some pumpkin plants you can get on average of 5 pumpkins per plant – these are the larger variety of pumpkins. The small variety of pumpkins you can get up to 10 pumpkins sometimes more if you are lucky.
When growing pumpkins it’s all about how much effort you put into the plant to how big they grow on the plant and how many you get on the plant. You will need to keep the plants weed free they do not like fighting for the water and the nutrition from the ground with other plants. Make sure you give the plants lots of water to help them swell and produce large fruit on the plants. Pumpkins are thirst plants and require a good water daily. Do not water them directly next to the stem though as this could rot it and snap it off. Plant a plant pot at the side and water it that way. This lets the water go directly to the roots.
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How many pumpkins do you want from your plants?
This is a very good question. Are you growing pumpkins to get lots to harvest or are you growing them to see how big you can grow them? If you are growing them for size you will only want one or two pumpkins per plant – take off any others that grow. The more that are growing on the plant it will focus on growing them all. If you have one on the plant it will put all its effort into growing you a giant pumpkin.
On average you are best growing at least 3 or 4 per plant any more and you will have lots of vines growing all over your garden making it like a jungle. They will require huge amounts of water and feeding to help them. The less you grow on them the better produce you will get from the plant.
Space for pumpkins
If you do not have much space in your garden or allotment to grow huge pumpkins try going for the smaller varieties of pumpkins. There are more pumpkin varieties than you realize not just the ones you see in the shops in October.
When growing pumpkins you can help direct the vines to where you want them to grow. If they are growing along the ground the vines will root in to help get more water and nutrition from the ground. Some people grow pumpkins over arched trellis so they are not covering the ground and you will be able to see the pumpkins hanging down.
If you are growing the large pumpkins they will require a huge amount of space. Try growing them down the edge of your garden or somewhere you can help control the pumpkin plant vines.
When planting the pumpkin plants out plant the pumpkin plants at least 5 ft apart from one another. Do not over crowd the plants.
Make sure you keep them watered everyday especially in dry summers. Pumpkins are made up mainly of water around 90% of it. This means they need the water or the pumpkin will not grow and the harvest will not be very good.
More information about pumpkins
Here we list some more subjects which may help you in growing pumpkins at home and the allotment:-
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