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This video shares the key steps to growing massive pumpkins and achieving impressive harvests. I explain how to start strong plants from seed, prepare rich soil, and give pumpkins the space and nutrients they need to grow large.
I also share tips on watering, feeding, pollination, and managing vines so plants focus their energy on producing bigger fruit. A practical guide for gardeners who want to grow larger pumpkins and improve their harvest results.
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Let's grow some Big Max pumpkins.
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben and today
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we're going to be growing some Big Max
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pumpkins. These are the Wilco variety.
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Now, Wilco seeds are available in the
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range. I know I will get a lot of
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comments on my videos saying there's no
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more Wilco seeds. How old are those
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seeds? Yes, there are. They're in the
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range. So, we're going to be sewing
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these. We're now in March. And it says
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on the packet to sew in March.
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I've got an unheated greenhouse as I've
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not got a heated one. So, we're going to
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be sewing these in here. We're going to
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be using our little trick of putting
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cling film over the plant pots to give
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them that extra bit of warmth, keep them
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moist, and hopefully get them germinated
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fast. We're going to be sewing these in
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plant pots for the time being. And when
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they get bigger, once they've
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germinated, then we'll separate them all
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out into individual pots themselves. So,
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yeah, we have got 10 seeds in each one
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of these. 20 plants altogether. Probably
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all of them won't grow, but fingers
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crossed they do. If they do, we'll have
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a lot of pumpkins this year. But yeah,
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I've never actually grown a massive
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pumpkin in the past. They've just been
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like average size. But pumpkins require
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a lot of feeding, a lot of watering if
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you do want to get big ones, and I can't
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get down to the plot every day. So, I
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can't water them every single day. So,
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hence probably the reason why they're
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not always massive. But, I'm happy with
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a decent size one. So, let's get these
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sewn and let's get these growing. So,
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the plant pots that we're going to use,
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we're going to use these ones. We'll put
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about five seeds in each one. And yeah,
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once they get big enough, then we'll
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separate them out into individual pots.
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But we're going to just start them off
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in one plant pot to start off with. So,
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let's fill up these plant pots
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with good compost. We don't need them
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full up to the top. So, they're near
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enough to the top. So, let's get the
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seeds and put them in there.
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Now, pumpkin seeds are absolutely
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massive, so they're easy to handle. As
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you can see, they're pretty big. So,
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we're going to pop these into the plant
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pot. Five in each,
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depending how many we've got, whether
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they've given us any extra ones.
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No, no extra ones in there. Do you
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reckon somebody actually counts them out
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to put in the plant pot? I'd love to do.
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So, that's all them done. So, we need to
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fill them up with compost now and give
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them a good water. So, that is basically
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what they look like. So, like I said,
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once they start growing, then we'll
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separate them out into separate pots.
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So, they've had a good water. So, we're
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not going to use a clean film. Actually,
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we're going to use our Ziploc bag
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method. I don't know if you've seen in
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the other videos, we use Ziploc bags to
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keep them moist and keep them warm. So,
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there we have it. All in our Ziploc
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bags. These are perfect for keeping them
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moist, keeping them warm, and yeah, once
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they're germinated, and obviously you
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can leave them on for a bit longer while
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they're growing rather than the cling
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for you have to take it off because they
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need to get through. But yeah, they're
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perfect for keeping things growing down
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here at the aotment.
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So, I've popped them in a nice light
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airy spot in his greenhouse and
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hopefully they'll get germinated pretty
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fast with it hopefully warming up a bit
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down here. So, let's come back later and
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see how well they get on. Sure you drop
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us a follow to stay up to date with how
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big our pumpkins grow this year down at
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the a lotment as we'll give weekly tours
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and regular updates on all our plot. So,
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until next time everyone, remember, keep
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smiling, keep shining, and keep
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gardening. We're bad every
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