Pumpkin Growers Panel: Answering All Your Pumpkin Growing Questions

Join Harris Seeds and Harris Moran as we present the Pumpkin Growers Panel: Answering All Your Pumpkin Growing Questions!
We've gathered professional pumpkin growers and breeders from across the country to share their experience and insight into pumpkin growing. We'll cover topics around no-till, crop rotation, cover crops, best storage practices, and more.
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome!
05:25 New pumpkins from Harris Moran - Olympus, Adonis, Popcorn, Pixie, Lemonade, and Fireball
12:30 Panel introduction
17:45 Panel discussion
18:00 Fertilizing, spacing, and seed starting
28:20 Crop rotation
33:07 Pollination and fruit set
42:40 Weed management (traditional and no-till)
51:20 Disease management
59:46 Insect management
1:03:36 Mammal management
1:07:15 Harvesting timing and storage
1:15:29 Wholesale strategies
1:21:42 Roadside stands and farm market strategies
1:30:30 Audience Q&A
1:38:53 Final comments and thank you
For additional questions, please refer to the following resources:
Plasticulture:
Pumpkins and Plastic: The Pros and Cons of Plasticulture, Michigan State University:
www.canr.msu.e....
Pumpkin Production, Penn State University- see specifically the sections about planting and fertilization and the Sample Budgets for Plasticulture vs No-till.
extension.psu....
Irrigation
Vegetable Irrigation: Squash and Pumpkin, Utah State University:
digitalcommons...
Squash and Pumpkin Production: Oklahoma State University - see specifically the section about Irrigation
extension.okst...
Fertilizer
Squash and Pumpkin Production: Oklahoma State University - see specifically the section about Fertilizer
extension.okst...
Pumpkin Production, Penn State University- see specifically the sections about planting and fertilization.
extension.psu....
Insect Pests
Insect Management in Pumpkins, University of Tennessee
ag.tennessee.e...
Disease
Managing Phytophthora and Powdery Mildew in Pumpkin, Michigan State University
www.canr.msu.e...
Biofumigation for Phytophthora Management
www.vegetables...
Spring Cover Crops
vegetablegrowe....
www.nrcs.usda.....
Look up your State Cooperative Extension contact info: nifa.usda.gov/...

[@rwatson2318]

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[@dannycocuzza4842]

Great information, Thankyou!

[@jeremywalijewski2543]

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