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13 Apr 22, Mike (Australia - temperate climate)

The biggest mistake with pumpkin, beans, peas, corn etc is they are over watered and rot in the soil at planting time. Too much water and high temps cause them to rot. Temperate zone planting is Sept - Dec. To plant in Sept to mid Oct probably requires to have them in a warm place or indoors to germinate. Try and use a light soil/potting mix/seed raising soil. Or even a combo of these with some perlite. You want the soil to drain freely. Prepare your pots or garden soil and give a good watering, then plant the seeds, don't water again until day 4-5 and only lightly. Or another way is to place some paper towel on a plate, put your seeds on the paper, cover with another piece of paper towel. Give this a good watering and drain off the excess water. Re wet it morning and night draining off the excess water. When the seeds have sent out a tap root plant them into your moist soil.

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19 Mar 22, Elizabeth Koch (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

My pumpkins 2 Queensland blue have grown to about 6inches across, but now are starting to die. Lost a lot of smaller ones, about 2 to 3 inches big. Doing all the right things I think. The butternut have no problems.

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02 Apr 22, marco (Australia - tropical climate)

pumpkin trick is to deep plant the pumpkin from the start .dig a 1 foot plant in that, do not fill hole full of ground . let plant grow . when the plant is well above hole fill hole with soil .find the path u want the plant to grow and dont move . as the plant grows take out the runner branches .let grow for 3 to 4 meters then let 2 or 3 runners grow .when you have about 3 pumpkins nib any new runners ,keep pumpkin off soil use timber or tile .also as the plant grows the plant wants to grow up ,just put trowel on the growth ,this keeps it low to ground .why u grow 3 meters is because the leaves collect sun make plant strong for pumpkin to grow .also growing low to ground roots can appear at each branch that helps plant .i look at my plant at least once a week in growing time because u need to control its growth .i grew 3 big pumpkins for the first time and its worth all the attention .if u let it go wild the flowers just fall off or a pumpkin dies after a week or so and u end up with nothing

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07 Jun 22, Meghan (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

marco. you dig a hole and plant pumpkin seeds? don't you plant in a mound? can you plant seeds now?

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23 Feb 22, JUDITH MCPHERSON (Australia - temperate climate)

Why would I not be getting female flowers on my butternut vines?

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25 Feb 22, Liz (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

Female flowers follow the male ones and it sometimes takes a few days for them to start.

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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

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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.

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12 Feb 22, Sarah Akins (Australia - temperate climate)

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

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14 Dec 21, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Some thing that allows water to drain away quickly,

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