I buried my pumpkin to make it grow faster

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[@sugoiharris1348]

This makes sense as vines like to put down roots at all their nodes. I do this with my vining houseplants to make them stronger and fuller.

[@johndyer9232]

And sweet potatoes. Every a leaf node that roots grows more sweet potatoes.

[@oceandizzle7]

You can do this with regular Ivys (houseplants) ?? 😮

[@YoSpongebob]

@@oceandizzle7yes many people do that with their houseplants (Someone I know does it and her plants are lowkey thriving far more than before)

[@sugoiharris1348]

@@oceandizzle7 yep. Any vining plant, Ivy, pothos, heart leaf philos, string of things, even tradescantia if you are careful and don’t break the stems. I’ve done it with them all and they get fuller and stronger because they have more roots.

[@karmen9514]

​@sugoiharris1348 did this to fill my string of pearls and trsting everone i have lol. My watermelon plant that's on a trellis rooted itself to the ground too

[@faithsibanda403]

In some parts of southern Africa namely Zimbabwe and Zambia, we eat the pumpkin leaves as vegetables much like your collard greens in the US. However in Zambia we add groundnut powder and in Zimbabwe we add peanut butter. We obviously strip the prickley bit but just thought I would share a little of my heritage

[@GoblinMode3004]

How do they taste/do they taste similar to the pumpkin fruit?

[@dontworry4945]

thank you for sharing I would love to try it someday.

[@subhadramahanta452]

In India, at some parts as well, we eat the leaves, flowers, steams and fruit. Maybe, Ayurveda may even incorporate roots, but imma not sure about that.

[@Urmomdot.com69]

Same with laos and thailand its my favorite soup

[@Urmomdot.com69]

@@GoblinMode3004no it tastes like stewed greens and has a buttery texture and umami flavor

[@SirSkippy87]

You don’t even need to bury the stem, as long as the root senses the soil it will burrow straight down deep and spread out, and you definitely don’t need the rooting hormone to make this happen, it happens naturally with pumpkin and varieties of winter squash like Butternut Squash. However, if you’re trying to grow 200+ lb watermelons, I suggest slightly burying the vines and adding a decently thick layer of mulch to promote and encourage anchor roots at leaf nodes! I grow Giant Pumpkins and Giant watermelons and have been for 8 years now! The varieties I use are Atlantic Giant for pumpkin and Carolina Cross for watermelon…

[@chubbygardengnome]

You're technically correct, but doing what he's doing speeds up the process and tends to be a lot more effective

[@cloudy2o333]

I died a little inside when you cut off half the main stem. 😅

[@Nakira2000]

😮 i didn't see that the first time 😢

[@Stroke-it-2-Handed]

Close it up and cover it. It'll heal right up.

[@AaaaNinja]

I think that's actually just a leaf stem.

[@gameratortylerstein5636]

​@@AaaaNinja"just" a leaf stem? Leaves lives matter, seriously.

[@bustakxllabrown]

​@@gameratortylerstein5636yes, sugar leaves make good tea, fan leaves well, makes alright fans

[@love.wildly.live.fearlessly]

Strawberries do this too so if you see a LONG leaf it’s not it’s called a runner and make sure it’s touching the dirt so it can root when ready and grow a new plant!

[@feuerling]

On wild strawberries especially it's like a daisychain of connected plants, spreading everywhere. They just keep pushing outwards until eventually one plant in the chain hits a surface again. They can grow through weed fleece.

[@thatsalt1560]

That's not the same thing. Pumpkins are vines that develop roots along the stem. Strawberries don't do this. They make new plants. Strawberry runners are not vines.

[@davidthedeaf]

This isn’t the same thing at all.

[@samandmikikhardian1117]

If you start a running strawerry plant, it's only going to run on to make new strawberry plants. It's not going to fruit berries down the vine.

[@samandmikikhardian1117]

Cause it's not a vine, lol. It's a runner now.

[@jenniferrush8231]

U can also do this to combat squash vine borers on zucchini and squashes

[@admadea]

Saved a single vine from my first attempt at growing pumpkins because of this trick, didn't even think to do research into pests....

[@cristiewentz8586]

I was going to mention that! Thank you!

[@Painted_Owl]

I wonder if it also works with Water melons and cucumbers? I could only assume so

[@cristiewentz8586]

@@Painted_Owl I've not noticed cukes setting down secondary roots......hmmm....

[@natemarvel2471]

When I learned this, I stop spraying BT and don't have any problems with the vine borers

[@tempestive1]

You can soak the year's willow branches for a couple of days to get a solution with some salicylic acid, and use it to water instead of buying the auxins ;) aspirins also work.

[@ElektroXgras]

Aloe Vera is also usable as a natural rooting hormone

[@magiccookie22]

Don’t even need rooting hormone 👌the nodes have sensory tissue that knows when it’s underground or near dirt. Doing this helps all vining vegetables; zucchini, cucumber, squash, and surprisingly even tomatoes (but they still need additional support to keep the fruit off the ground). Plants like this are also easy to grow vertical in small spaces if burying like this isn’t plausible

[@marjanaavsec8392]

👀There you go gardeners!

[@BLEACH500]

I just rooted some bamboo and some of them fell in the prop box and they where on a angle the tops where inches from the perlite they grew roots a few inches down into the perlite

[@PaulC001]

i threw out some leftover seed from my parrots. there was also shredded cardboard, they like to chew it up while i watch tv. some of the seed was still viable and started growing in the cardboard compost after a few heavy rains and now i have lots of gourds and funny looking pumpkins. a few of the pumpkins are getting huge! i think it's because most of their growing stems were covered with just leaves and small stems coming out of the compost.

[@miscellaneousme]

These bite-size shorts full of information are so helpful! Keep ‘em coming!

[@MasteredMirages]

Hey buddy, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate all that you do and all that you share. It is been an invaluable resource and I've learned a lot, and you've helped me solve a lot of problems in my own garden! I know I'm just starting out and I have experienced gardening my whole life but it's different when you're the head Gardner. So I want to take my time and write you a reply and ask you if you have a code for Amazon or anywhere else for purchasing supplies. And tools? I would much rather pay a little extra. If it helps you and what you do then just go order it online or just go to the box store. I need a small shovel like you were just using in this video and some other odds of new stuff and I thought it'd be nice of me to see if you had a code like some other KZbinrs have for different things that they share.

[@ElrzbietaJabko5]

Yeah ❤ literalnie jedyny youtuber który widać że ma szczerą pasję, intelekt i common sense, przez to wyświetlenia trafiają mu rykoszetem tego podejścia, i to jak licznie!

[@TexasExperience]

Holy shit!!! I had just figured this out after 50 years. I never heard this Before but that it was crazy growth!!!!

[@Captainshark98]

I really thought pumpkins were easier to grow. Found out the hard way

[@HandmaidenOfDistinction66854]

Looks like another way to also defeat the squash vine borer as well.🌱👩🏾‍🌾🐛

[@GanjaBreadman]

Use aloe water for rooting hormone. I usually just blend up some aloe leaves with water. Works great

[@karmelicanke]

Thanks for the tip!

[@Marra7777]

Do you mean from aloe vera

[@GanjaBreadman]

@@Marra7777 yes

[@jims.3987]

This never works

[@GanjaBreadman]

@@jims.3987 I'm sorry it hasn't worked out for you. It works for me every time. I sometimes cut off a leaf of an aloe vera and stick the cutting straight into it. Get it all slimed up and stick it in the cloner.

[@IAmHumanJake]

I don't recommend burying the whole vines. Just put dirt on top next to the leaf nodes.

[@IAmHumanJake]

Haha I already commented on this, was about to say something similar but let me just add to this. If you bury your pumpkins like this you might have to uncover them once they root. Depends on your soil if it holds onto to much water vines can root. If you have Sandy soil should be good.

[@gritchard]

You don't want to bury the whole vine. Just the section where the leaves connect. You won't get rot that way.

[@seaniixogeniix]

I like your gardening techniques❤❤❤

[@patriciabernard8386]

Wow---I was wondering if the pumpkins gets more nutrition from the stem. Thank you.

[@apogeeangel2387]

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[@thegoatest]

I like how you gently picked up the stem then gently dropped it down.

[@gazepskotzs4]

Ik, it was AMAZING!!!!!

[@kelvincostner7775]

Instruction unclear. My pumpkin tree died. 😢

[@ardenthebibliophile]

My pumpkins do this unprompted, I think the rooting hormone might be overkill

[@melaniedennis9540]

Everybody has their own method and ways of doing things

[@BooBuKittyPhuk]

It doesn't hurt tho and for a lot of gardeners, especially those relying on a garden for most their food, its important to do everything possible and like he said it just makes it happen _faster_

[@chadklaren9537]

They already grow roots on their own there's no reason to do anything he did other than cutting the pumpkins off and leaving one or 2.

[@miekaandkadoe7042]

Pumpkins root very quickly and they will self root as long as the vine is touching dirt it anchors it’s self with them as it grows along no need to bury them or root hormone, I mean it may help grow even bigger pumpkins but Atlantic giants already get big as long as you trimming them down to 1-2 pumpkins per vine I actually live 10 mins away from the farm that first grew the Atlantic giants the Howard dill farm in Windsor NS I have some growing in my yard right now lol

[@Steve.._.]

@@chadklaren9537ah yes let’s let it grow slower! We have all the time in the world right? 😂😂

[@ssaircare]

Thank you I've been growing pumpkins for a couple years now and have failed every time I was starting to think I would never grow a pumpkin I found out you cannot grow them off the ground so the next year I made sure they stayed on the ground but never understood why they would die watching this makes so much sense the two plants I have left I am going to do this and it makes so much sense I appreciate this thank you so much❤❤❤❤❤

[@ameal1382]

No,what you need sir is a milk fed pumpkin. That'll do it right there, milk fed.

[@bingrusginckle]

Isn’t this what Wallace and Gromit do

[@dennisejoy01]

Wow big healthy leaves! How do you keep beetles away? They keep eating awat mine 😩

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

You need roadrunners!

[@Flesh4Toast]

​@@Lazy_Fish_Keeper?

[@MC4TWT]

BT dust for caterpillars and neem oil for beetles and other leaf eaters works good

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

@@Flesh4Toast roadrunners will eat the beetles. I used to go out in the early morning, and hand remove the squash bugs... Pinch them and throw them over my shoulder. By week 2 of my war on squash bugs, I had several families of roadrunners who would catch the squash bugs I threw over my shoulder. By week 5, those roadrunners kept everything out of my garden: Lizards Snakes Small voles Squash bugs Beetles....

[@_TheCollective]

​@@Lazy_Fish_Keeper"this idiot is just throwing away food its awesome man! No! Why would I lie about this dude, c'mon I'll show you he's a sucker I promise." -those roadrunners prolly

[@vinito19]

'Use growth hormones' "Hey, my harvest tastes off and my soil is nutrient deficient". That's you, soon enough.

[@hera7884]

This really does work! It works on butternut squash too and I love butternut squash because it’ll last for months and months on my counters. Onions, Squash, and Garlic last the longest for me

[@nantikk4764]

Do you know if this works on melons? From when i saw this video i was curious if this would work on melons, because the are like in the same family and everything

[@hera7884]

@@nantikk4764 It does, however, the watermelons grows small shallow roots. They really only seem to function as anchors so the vines don’t blow over in the wind. Watermelon need a lot of fertilizer

[@nantikk4764]

@@hera7884 i know right, i planted my melons in a really poor soil, because i had like NO experience in growing anything, but I've been fertilizing them with organic liquid fertilizers in 10-15 days period and i just recently got one baby watermelon that's growing, so yeah, thank you for the reply, i think I'll try making them root next year with a way better soil and a better liquid fertilizing schedule. Again, thank you and have a good day:)

[@gardennonsense]

I'm going to try this, thank you I appreciate it 💚💚💚

[@wr3ncher]

Does this work on watermelons too? Vine fruit in general?

[@crbrowes449]

You cut the stem almost all the way through when cutting the little pumpkin. Did it die or the area just hardened when left alone? God bless.

[@sarahdenkins3431]

Cinnamon works well To prevent fungus and encourages root growth!

[@rosysaturniidae]

cinnamon powder or cinnomon trees? i figure the former but you never know

[@kalizya]

I love this is so crazy😊

[@RaccoonRecluse]

Yup, though I always have 3 to 5 plants at first. Then each year you take the progressively larger stronger skinned one of the few till you have seeds from a chonker, then you reduce down to one. This is how my family grew a mega zucchini for the state fair.

[@Andy-pr5be]

I give mine a little bit of beer on the hottest days

[@sgtprestonoftheyukon2423]

I asked for some of that rooting powder at my local Walmart. The manager of the garden center had never heard of it. 😅

[@michelleh4588]

I'm burying my sweet potato stems, hopefully it makes the plant stronger and gives me more potatoes!

[@Lisa.G412]

Wow man I'm happy I found u, u got some great ideas for the garden!!!! I'm always in need in good info and tricks

[@kathrynkij5979]

Would this also help pie pumpkins in a short growing season?

[@Margatatials]

I always take off every other pumpkin so it can focus growing fewer pumpkins bigger

[@kathrynkij5979]

@@Margatatials my growing season is so short I usually end up keeping only one pumpkin on each plant, because if I don’t they don’t get big before they start dying off in the fall.

[@carrieleeharrington562]

I hope it works well for you!!!

[@bensalembahemmi9454]

Does it work with watermelon 🍉?

[@mrvalhalla6577]

Same concept so yes, pretty much any Vining plant

[@lizmortensenmortensen149]

Thankyou for sharing this with us all awesome stuff ❤❤❤😮😮😮😮

[@tiffany7023]

Does the same go for melons?

[@kimberleyhosmer5997]

I would think so. But why not experiment and find out for yourself? Pick one or two plants and give it a try…

[@chrystalselous1511]

You should try cooking the pumpkin tops, it's delicious

[@Crimea_River]

Huh first time grower and I kinda figured this one out on my own (albeit, your method is far more intentional). I'm curious though, is it advantageous to continue watering every node or should I just water the main stem?

[@colekter5940]

Water all of the roots. As any other plant, avoid overwatering.

[@_xO_Ox_]

Every buried node must be watered, and for cucurbitaceas, there is no risk to overwatering !

[@RiveraaG27]

Blessings on your new home and your upcoming baby 🙏🏻 Wanted to ask Can I mix different polen varieties to crooss pollinate? Like mixing ecuador palora, american beauty and SG to pollinate each one or other varieties

[@FinnaPassAway]

Can this be done without the rooting hormones?

[@johndyer9232]

Yes, it just takes a little longer. Depending on which zone you’re in and the length of season. Hormones just speed the process. Cinnamon and/or honey work too.

[@FinnaPassAway]

@@johndyer9232 thanks😁

[@zhsjjzsjkz9788]

He did say "so your pumpkin regenerates roots faster" you should be fine 😁👍

[@jenholley3596]

You can also use honey

[@thesodathief]

I grew pumpkins of multiple varieties, the summer heat coupled with squash bugs killed my ENTIRE crop, it makes me almost want to quit gardening 😭😭😭

[@FukGoogle-kg7un]

It happens. Its definitely a part of gardening. Soap and water in a sprary bottle does take care of most pests though. I didn't pay attention this year and they got all mine and i had multiple kinds of pumpkin as well. It does suck but its really just part of gardening.

[@MrsLisaCrow]

I do something similar with my wacky tabacky plants. I put a collar on the base and backfill it as it grows taller. More roots, more fruits!

[@tinatimthompson3115]

​@@villaineramatriarchycode😂❤ old school.

[@Sinqhnt]

Votre substrat est magnifique ! 🌱

[@JavierFernandez01]

nice. gotta remember this

[@sydney5887]

My next door neighbor waters his lush lawn everyday x3.. it sogged up the side we share, where I HAD 20yro Dusty Miller bushes (California native) he wont do anything to keep the water off my side and they rotted away. Dont worry i took cittings ;) im thinking of putting a huge pumpkin vine in that area now 🤣

[@thatsalt1560]

Yeah, I'm not doing that. 😂

[@jailelitaker9921]

Just like tomatoes! You gotta bury them suckers 😂

[@zeahlessley6108]

The indole-3-butyric acid in the rooting powder causes plants to create callus tissue at the cut site that is undifferentiated, and that undifferentiated tissue can become root tissue. Just sprinkling that near where you want roots is not the proper use of this product. You want to apply it to a cut site so that the tissue you just exposed can take the product up and grow undifferentiated tissue that can become roots. So for your fig marcotting, put it on the cut-through tissue at the top (growth point side) of the collar, or for cuttings put it at the bottom cut site. For pumpkins, best to not use this.

[@WagnerPD]

Thanks 4 the tip.❤

[@4rmd9tres48]

One year when i was like 17 i decided to grow pumpkins, My grandma whom is from mexico helped me, as it grew and extended and flowers began popping up i got excited and thought im going to have pumpkins for Halloween, the next day i went out to the yard aafter school and all the flowers were gone, i go to the kitchen my grandma made fresh handmade tortillas and was making quesadillas i had some then i opened one up to put avocadoto to my surprise it had the pumpkin flowers in it 😂

[@kelliesmith4068]

Great info, but the vid needs slowed down a bit. I can't read that fast % had to keep pausing.

[@RedHawk1979]

Can you add in your video is the time of year and temperature you’re planting and how much sun I would so appreciate it. Your garden is very inspirational. It’s the next movement

[@Endevide]

We eat the stems, flowers and leaves in Greece. They're even tastier than the actual pumpkins or zucchinis. I like to cook them in a stew kind of way with tomato sauce. We call it kolokythokorfades or korfades. Absolutely looking forward every summer just for having them ❤️

[@HereIsMyStuff35]

That's really interesting! I'll have to try that next season.

[@GrowingGhosty]

Im trying this in the morning!

[@theillegitking1304]

Interesting. Does this work with melons too?

[@phillipstevens1921]

Curious.. is the rooting hormone you’re using organic/are you still going to eat the pumpkin or is this more or less just a way to grow a giant pumpkin?

[@heideralialiheider-qh3tr]

Is there a difference between hormones for other plants or it is for all kind of plants?

[@gigiwallace6768]

Thanks for the tip! Any ideas how to keep beetles off? They kill my pumpkins every year 🙁

[@cyndisomemore4040]

🌹❤️❤️❤️ """I'm in love 💞 Oh I mean your pumpkins. 🎉🎈 God has give you wonderful insight" 🎈🎉 You guys are Shirley amazing 👌

[@shilohthylacine8115]

Pour high quality beer!!!!! Makes them grow HUGE!! My last giant pumpkin I grew with my dad was so big it broke the wooden pallet we put it on, and nearly broke the tractor that lifted it up 😂

[@Star-hg4zx]

I have always wanted to know how to grow pumpkins.

[@skipdreadman8765]

I'm just glad that there's someone out there who gives a crap about this type of thing, because I just can't.

[@DebRoo11]

😅😂

[@HUX8075]

Omg I was wondering if I could do this. I can't wait to grow pumpkins next year

[@AfroCari.Naturals]

Thanks for the tip 👍any ideas how to stop the leaves from going yellow? plenty tiny pumpkins on one vine but the leaves are starting to show yellowing...also in the mornings i wake up to seeing shiny dried liquid on the vines and some vines chewed off so i am thinking its slugs? its my first time planting pumpkins in a bucket in UK so any helpful advise would be greatly appreciated.

[@zalkebjones4917]

Awesome advice 👏👍

[@nfrench2100]

Watching you cut into that other system cause my anxiety to skyrocket 😣

[@Lisa.G412]

What can I do for my cucumber plant? It's getting Huge flowers but only a few Is actual cucumbers are on the plant,do u have any advice on how to boost the growth or any tricks for them?

[@jtcr4199]

I bury mine above ground. You really should look into it. It'll change your life.

[@care7663]

Great tip! I knew this worked with squash but not pumpkins! Does it work with watermelons and canteloupe?

[@BooKee-xs3gk]

I keep thinking I should try using snowball molds for this!

[@PintuMahakul]

👍 Very nice and amazing video art work. Thank you very much for sharing your wonderful video.

[@yuniprastowo1506]

Salam perkenalan Indonesia hadir, mau tanya kalau boleh tahu apa nama bubuk yang berwarna putih itu ? Terima kasih atas perhatiannya,

[@EllRiver]

The logic is sound. Instead of many stems making mant pumpkins. All those stems are absorbing nutrients to provide even more neutrian to the lone pumpkin. Givinf it more nutrictian then all the small pumpkins could get.

[@TonyMontana_.]

I did this for years with weed! It’s called super cropping! In just 30days of vegetation the canopy of only one plant in a hydroponic bucket would be 6feet by 6feet wide! due to the low stress training it also causes the plant to have huge branches and extremely raise THC and resin levels naturally! The only downside is your “flowers” wont be as huge as they would be normally! Instead of them being the size of a 2L bottle they become more around the size of a 1L! But still due to the increased amount of “flowers” you will end up with alot more doing this! (Im in Canada and had a licence to grow)

[@warroom17]

Pumpkin tips are so tasty! You just need to know how to clean them and remove the excess "fur," but if you ever try it, it's an unforgettable and unique, almost buttery taste.

[@ShayBayBay585]

I had to do (kinda) this with one of my tomato plants that I accidentally broke the stem. It never missed a beat! I do have a quick question for you about pumpkins though. If no fruit start to grow where the flowers are does that mean my plant has not been pollinated? My flowers just keep dying off and I get nothing.

[@hollyhalpin1]

Heat and stress, it’s called blossom drop.

[@FloraM44]

You may just be getting male flowers, which is totally normal at the beginning! Only if you see a tiny fruit at the base of the flower is it female, and if it falls off then that could be lack of pollination. But you can pollinate them yourself with a male flower too!

[@ApplesPlaytime]

If you kept two of the flowers with ovaries would it still grow big ?

[@DropDieter]

Didn't know I wanted to know, cheers!

[@iwantorbs]

Leaves are leaves and nodes are nodes. Nodes contain all genetic information to reproduce plant, leaves are solar panels.

[@janemyfoodandflowers7726]

No need to do so. Use garden staples to force the node closely touch the ground is good enough, once root grow, pluck the garden staple out and do the same next section/few section. These years the cucumber beetles damaged so many squashes, zucchinis, cucumbers, even cape gooseberry now! What a bugger! It is very hard to kill them all if grow organically.

[@lerozell8896]

epicgardening can you please explain to me that why do we have to cut all the pumpkins except for one.

[@sarajohnson6855]

Would I be able to do this with regular pumpkins?

[@maebhryan3040]

Do you have to give the stem time between cutting off the extra immature fruits and burying it? To allow the stem to crust over?

[@andrewsealy3875]

holy shit!!... thank you sir

[@joshyoung1440]

...and I thought I put down an excessive amount of root hormone haha. So what exactly is that white patch? I'm always trying to figure out what's up with different plants' roots because I like to clone them... I know mint will EXPLODE with roots when cloned, and it definitely doesn't come from just one place, it sends out dense clusters of roots from the center... but that's cause it mostly propagates with runners. Do a lot of plants have this white patch?

[@johnboyajian1689]

Thanks

[@baldseagul]

You can do the same thing by wrapping a bag of really fertile soil around the stem. Wait a couple weeks and there will be roots in the bag.

[@jenniferturner7293]

Do you think, if your goal isn't giant pumpkin, that you can burrow the stems, not trim the baby pumpkins and it would prevent vine borers or they will just bor into the leaf stems anyway?

[@unnamedchannel8915]

Do you have a full video on your giant pumpkin? Asking for a friend

[@MadrigalCatamaran]

I am a 3rd gen Pumpkin farmer and the Atlantic giant is my family’s best seller. We get them to vine out on their own by applying granular 19-19-19 fertilizer (percentages of nitrogen, phosphorus, and pot ash. For best results use seeds treated with Farmore. It makes the seedling resistant to various diseases for the seedling stage.

[@fariahcriss5696]

Did you let the cuts callous over before you buried the stems?

[@MichaelMasucci-d3m]

This propagation technique is called layering. Layering is a method of plant propagation that involves growing roots on a stem while the stem is still attached to the parent plant. The technique was invented in the 1850s.