Growing Pumpkin

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13 Dec 21 Glen barlow (Australia - temperate climate)
What should you put under the pumpkin to stop it rotting on the bare ground
31 Dec 21 FaithCeleste Archer (Canada - Zone 7b Mild Temperate climate)
I generally just place an old piece of wood (1" thick x 4" wide any length I have), or maybe an old small crate to lift it off the ground: it's really the soil getting onto the pumpkin that causes the decay.
12 Feb 22 Sarah Akins (Australia - temperate climate)
I’ve been putting old seedling pots under them. Good way to reuse the plastic.
14 Dec 21 (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Some thing that allows water to drain away quickly,

I’ve been putting old seedling pots under them. Good way to reuse the plastic.

- Sarah Akins

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