Growing Pumpkins | Food

Date Published:: 15/10/2007

Varieties

There are some excellent pumpkins available for home growing that come in a range of sizes to suit your own needs.

Early Autumn

Produces large, yellow-skinned fruits weighing up to 7kg (15lb) that quickly turn an attractive orange. Spineless dark green stalks make pruning easy. Harvest from late August onwards.

Orange Dawn

An outstanding variety with grapefruit-sized fruits that have a nutty flavour and store extremely well. The compact semi-bush shape makes the plants ideal for smaller plots. Can be harvested from late summer.

Dill's Atlantic Giant

A must if you want to enter a giant pumpkin competition, it has produced monster fruits weighing more than 270kg (600lb). Even if you don't want a record breaker, the pumpkins are delicious and good keepers.

Now have a go at some of our pumpkin recipes.

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We have a pumpkin that self-seeded in our mulch bed on the shady side of our house, and has spread 15 feet, covering the holly bushes, and has 5 huge pumpkins just starting to change color..I would LOVE to grow pumpkins on my own, but this heart-fellow seems to have broken all the rules of pumpkin growing..why did it do so well in such an unlikely place? would it be ok next year to PLANT a pumpkin in this same place? any advice?

Posted by kathrynjones4781 on 06/08/2009 22:09:26

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Hi i have a pumpkin plamt that is currently about 2 inchs tall in a tiny peat pot. the thing is there are two other seeds in thre that aren t doing anything and the one that is growing is very close to the side of the pot. shall i repot it on its own and if so shall i just put it in a bigger pot or should i plant it in the ground??? i have no clue as it was my 5 yr old sons idea to grow a pumpkin!!!!!! would appreciate any advice thanks charmaine

Posted by shamps on 04/06/2009 09:35:31

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Early Autumn

Orange Dawn

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