What You Need to Know about Growing Pumpkins and Winter Squash

Did you know that some pumpkins will cross - and others won't? Do you know how to make sure your heirloom winter squash stays true to type? Do you know how to fill a field full of pumpkins without improving all the soil? Today David shares his tips on growing winter squash and pumpkins, even in poor soil. Including how to stop vine borers!
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Today we talk about growing Seminole Pumpkins, growing Hubbard Squash, Growing Boston Marrow Squash and Growing Summer Squash - and how to keep them all from getting mixed up!

[@davidthegood]

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[@ElohiSilverEarthVentures]

Ide be so happy I have invested all the hours of daylight and even sometimes nights in my garden and compost...and stocking up on my ammo,lol.

[@candidapple293]

Great advice. I did your "melon pit" idea when a 'possum tragically met its end on the road in front of my house. I buried it (and his flat squirrel friend) in my little garden bed and planted squashes and pumpkins over it. The vines are going everywhere! I may burn a candle in one of the pumpkins as a tribute to Mr. 'Possum who made it all possible. 😂

[@deliahiggs1752]

😂🤣

[@TRINITY-ks6nw]

HILARIOUS

[@juliettedemaso7588]

Ah what a beautiful way to honor their little lives. I love this.

[@baby.ribz.]

This is so sweet 💫

[@10Caramella]

I don't know why I watched a man talk about pumpkins for 29 minutes but I'm not complaining.

[@permatopiafarm1119]

"Artwork made my God" , BEAUTIFULLY said and I am sold. Thanks.

[@joycecoates685]

I had a Georgia candy roaster that went nuts! Climed a five foot fence and grew up into my locust trees. Fruit formed in the trees and hung dow very stron stems with no losses! Amazing

[@laurellewilson8328]

My Dad use to burn of the rubbish in the backyard then the next day he threw in pumpkin seeds in the burnt area and he grew the most amazing pumpkins … we lived in tropical North Queensland Australia when we were kids, now we live in Brisbane, South East Queensland and we still plant pumpkins the same as my Dad did and we have the same success. Great video… your channel is great.

[@veneceweeks3730]

Oh wow. I use to live at Aloomba south of Cairns. I now live in Townsville for past 14 yes and now have the opportunity to finally grow fresh fruit and vegies. Definitely will try your dad's method 😊 thankyou for sharing

[@rachelhall4808]

Ooooooh! “Cut it and set it out as part of your fall display…” You’re speaking my language now! Of course I grow food to eat, but if I can set it out to be pretty and then eat it, well, I feel like Martha stinkin Stewart.

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

One of my friends bought something out of one of those $6 Walmart bins, once. He brought it to my house asking "wanna see if it's any good?" We cut it up and found out that it was pretty good. Apparently, we lost a seed in the yard. It produced two pumpkins. One was roughly the same size as the original, but the other was like the size of a f'ing bathtub. They both looked roughly the same as the one he bought, but one of them was huge

[@davidthegood]

That is awesome.

[@elkhound25]

the cross of butternut and Seminole has already been done and grown out for awhile. the cross has way more disease resistance . its called south anna butternut. edmond frost of common wealth seed growers developed it starting in 2011 and its downey mildew resistant. you can actually grow 4 types. maxina,pepo,moschata and then toss in cushaw which is argyrosperma.your planting holes are often called zai pits. covering the nodes is a very good growing tip. video filled with nuggets--thanks.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you.

[@FloridaGirl-]

Takes notes. Thanks elkhound! Gonna research it.

[@juliettedemaso7588]

“Like a beautiful pregnant lady” Ah, my heart. I just adore you, David. You’ve given yourself the perfect moniker. Also, getting all those surprise varieties of pumpkins is such a joy. I love that aspect of gardening. Nature is simply spectacular! ❤🎃 ☺️ (I can’t believe your clear green leaves, free of powdery mildew! My Pumkin leaves never look that good. Even with Neem and Copper!)

[@plowandswordhomestead]

“Paint your miami house orange pumpkin” 😂 I was born and raised in Miami and you nailed it with that color

[@evanq4366]

That was the color of our house in miami

[@evanq4366]

He nailed it

[@fadista7063]

That is the color of my house--pumpkin...with chocolate, eggplant and brick accents. 🎃 My seminole have been growing for two months and no or few flowers...might be lack of bees and the blossoms are falling off?

[@geraldfranz9085]

Art work by God in the garden 😎👍🌱🌱🌱👉💥🛎

[@Iamcode101]

Someone should have told my 4th grade teacher about not carrying by the stem! She asked for help moving pumpkins we had in the classroom for decoration and said we could carry them by the stem. I volunteered and picked one up by the stem, then the stem broke out of the pumpkin and the sad pumpkin splattered on the floor. She, of course, then blamed me for being careless, even though I still had the stem in my hand. Learned my lesson though, never carried a pumpkin by the stem again.

[@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim]

I'm sorry you had to go through that!

[@akashaofthenile6077]

Sad when grown ups can't take accountability.. sorry you had to go through this

[@FlomatonFamous]

You just saved my entire Cherokee tan pumpkin seed saving harvest with the information that the yellow crooked neck will not cross. Thank you. Good info here.

[@tamararoberts9307]

I learned from this video that it's best to wait 4 to 6 weeks after harvesting to eat , ty

[@mrs.cindynipper]

Beautiful! Last fall I collected pumpkins and leaves from all over my small town. I threw the pumpkins and the leaves all in a pile to begin my compost piles and added to them ever since with food scraps, wood chips, garden waste, etc. Now I have at least one pumpkin/squash growing beautifully. It's not vining much. More bushy like a zucchini, but it's fruiting and I can't wait to see what it ends up being. Zone 5a Rigby, Idaho.

[@ahabthecrab]

Thank you for explaining the mother plant thing!! I finally understand how these crosses work. My compost pile has given me so many strange and wonderful pumpkin surprises over the years and now I know why.

[@tytyvyllus8298]

For any norther gardeners: Buttercup squash was developed by the U of North Dakota as a short growing season winter squash. It has a flavor like sweet potatoes. If you like more savory try Lakota squash; also grows very quickly for a short season.

[@davidthegood]

Excellent - thank you.

[@TehBanannas]

Thank you I'm always trying for winter squash but my growing season is very short

[@releventhurt]

Lakota Squash is awesome

[@TheKrispyfort]

They make excellent cookies

[@DebRoo11]

HONEYnut squash taste like candy. They're a mini serving size winter butternut squash. Feeds two people perfectly roasted in the oven. Stringless. I grow them up arch trellises. Very prolific! I'm in Ontario Canada.

[@slaplapdog]

This year I bought almost 50lbs of "decorative" pumpkins for about 20$. I'm saving the seeds and planting an insane amount of them this spring. Food for me, for my chickens and my compost!

[@Wonderland_Homestead]

How'd it go?

[@timfenton4943]

Curious how well it went?

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

If you have the patience, you could keep crossing pumpkins from the seeds from that plot, select the healthiest crosses you like best each year for more seed, and eventually develop your own stabilized open-pollinated cross that is *perfectly* adapted to *your* climate and conditions. I'm considering doing that with a variety of good heirloom cherry tomatoes in our back pasture, where they'd be far enough away that the weird mix of genetics isn't likely to cross-pollinate our "normal" heirlooms. That's not exactly a "proper" breeding program, but it's more or less kinda sorta how it goes.

[@davidthegood]

Yes. I started doing that years ago, then moved overseas and lost the line. It's fun to see what the crosses create. As for tomatoes, they are strong in-breeders. You can grow varieties close and they usually don't cross unless you deliberately tear open blooms and pollinate them by hand.

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

@@davidthegood that's my experience as well, you have to actually try to cross tomatoes. I wouldn't rely solely on insect etc pollination for any breeding project. I once accidentally ended up with some red "yellow pear" volunteer tomatoes which I believe were a cross, and I was all excited about it, but then I realized that stable red pear cherry tomatoes already exist, so I didn't pursue that particular batch of seeds any further.

[@BTUTrucks]

Rouge vif d’Etamps (Cinderella pumpkin) and Long Island Cheese are our 2 favorites. So much more flavor and fun in heirlooms.

[@applesomething]

Idky but seeing different varieties and colors of pumpkins growing makes me happy. They’re so beautiful.

[@thegretnaexperiment2.021]

So jelly! I planted a bunch of different varieties of winter squash to trial what grows well under conditions in my yard in NC. I believe the last man standing is a Seminole pumpkin. We’ll see. Hoping to work on a landrace. Great info! Thank you!

[@EmotionMasteryLLC]

Planted 4 Seminole pumpkin seeds over a melon pit....they have taken over the side of my house! Tried to climb my fig tree! I've had to cut them back multiple times

[@davidthegood]

Excellent.

[@sarahbehler5437]

Hmm…I’ve run out of enemies can I compost my friends? ;) wondering about growing pumpkins/squash under semi shade? With less than 100 days until our first frost date. Your video gives me inspiration to just try ! See what happens! Thank you, David TG! & your wife & family! …lol, I had a wonderful old-man-dog named Rudder(his first people were into boats?), lost him at 23 this past Fall. Dug up and planted “mystery-squash” seeds over him this year. They are growing beautifully so far! We have named the squash Rudder-Nut-Squash, in his honor! …my brothers & family has already refused to eat any of them, hahaaa! I hope they grow Something!!! Thank you again!

[@davidthegood]

That is hilariously demented.

[@annburge291]

Eat the leaves, tips and flowers. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h16pqadja95sg5I and see if you can manage some green pumpkins to eat like zucchini

[@cedarchoppincartographer]

David, my friend, you've sold me on the pumpkin patch. Cheers.

[@davidthegood]

Awesome.

[@julianadelion5497]

David, I am so grateful to you. Your talks are so informative. I am so ready to turn the lawn into a pumpkin patch. wow

[@davidthegood]

DO IT

[@swatson1190]

Three sisters garden. Yep. Dent corn, pole beans, and winter squash. You can grow them all together. The corn helps the beans and the squash helps the other plants.

[@shannonalaminski2619]

My compact growing zucchini squash grew next to my vining spaghetti squash. Their squash looked right. The seeds I planted from them grew vines but produced zucchinis. It was weird but cool. We liked zucchinis more.

[@johnmoreland8706]

Last season a squirrel or rodent ate a hole in a pumpkin I brought home.. left outdoors as a decoration.. two pumpkin plants started sprouting that following next spring..one just off my front porch.. and one in my flower garden.. so I let them grow not having a clue what I was in for…live and let live so to speak.. Japanese Beatles destroyed my backyard plant yet the front yard plant took off along the porch.. and ran along the front of the house behind my bushes to emerge at my side yard so gently turning back along the front side of said bushes I gained an amazing display of yellow flowers.. I was blow’n away… I harvested five pateet pumpkins last year… some green/orange.. and orange..Soooo I’m hooked.. going to try melons as well.. so I’m a subscriber now

[@davidthegood]

That is awesome

[@FloridaGirl-]

I think the squash pits are a great idea! I dug some pits the other day, burned sticks, watered it down, added scraps, chopped em with the shovel, added some slurry and topped it off with a can of sardines in water. Added compost to the dead FL sand and planted seminole seeds. And pray they grow! I’m going to use the pits for melons too (I’ll try). Good vid 👍 Thank you Daaaa-vid the Good! 🤣

[@joniboulware1436]

What fun to have the room to experiment and allow for all of those pumpkin surprises. You got the entire Walmart bin with a few vines.

[@paulblankenship7865]

“And if a poor little squirrel happens to die while eating your corn, bury it in the pumpkin pit.” (insert Boom Boom snippet here without skipping a beat) 🤣🤣love it!!

[@sarahkaboya7761]

That's composting your enemies

[@arizonagardencuisine1930]

This was amazing! I've been trying to maximize my growing space--you convinced me to dig pits around the yard and let them go! Thanks!

[@deecooper1567]

I never paid attention to the different types of pumpkins 🎃. This is a learning video for me. Thank you 😊 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[@TheKrispyfort]

Oh, now I know the difference between the two based on the leaves 🤩

[@jcmustian]

I basically did this with corn and squashes this year but I call em Hopi Holes :) dug a hole about a foot down, put a shovel full of goat manure in, filled most of the hole back in, planted seeds, then one to two more inches of soil on top with some light mulch. They are all doing really well! I will do this all over my 5 acres next year!

[@jcmustian]

I'm in Colorado so I make the hole as kind of a basin too to retain water.

[@mollygardens6646]

I LOVE you, David! Information AND entertainment! ❤️

[@JoyAdele68]

Growing in central florida and squash are my #1 difficulty due to vine borers. You absolutely blew my mind with the dirt covering trick. Gonna go stick some seeds in the ground right now! 🤞

[@work.with.naturethorher254]

Its amazing how people around the world used same techniques without modern technology to exchange information. Melon pits is used in Maldives to grow melons in generations. I learned those techniques from my great grandfather. I actually thought its a tradition at first, but results surprised me. It doesn't matter what you grow, if u have bad soil, use this method and fetile the root zone. If u want to plant a fruit tree make a bigger melon pit and use it as an inground dirty compost for one year. Even burn the woody stuff in it.

[@nancyfahey7518]

I thought it was great that the seminol was climbing into the elderberry. I'll get it off right away. Thanks again!

[@mylesfalconer9183]

Nice info. I grow canada crookneck c. Moschata. Love them. We are on poor sandy soils and our only bad pest is also squash vine borer. I cant grow zukes bc of them. What you really need to know about squash and pumpkin is, how the hell am I going to eat 500 lbs of it? I'm finding some pretty neat ways of using it all up tho...

[@beebob1279]

Thank you for giving the variety names of the squash and pumpkin. Great presentation. I keep my bees on a local farm that only grows jack o lantern pumpkins. I want something that I can eat. I'm now looking for extra ground for the bees and to get a large area for vine plants and vegetables I never knew pumpkin needs to be cured.

[@FlannelFarms]

Those Seminole pumpkin seeds you gave us some years ago did great, and the pumpkins themselves did last like 18 months off the vine.

[@msb8013]

This brings up a good topic. I still have my watermelon from last year.

[@godonlylovesme1638]

@@msb8013 Is it still edible?

[@msb8013]

@@godonlylovesme1638 it appears to be. No holes or rotting whatsoever. Does it just get tastier or what?

[@katiemoyer8679]

I too had a pumpkin that stayed edible for almost two years. 🎉👍 🤩. Thanks for this Great teaching vid, I learned a lot. Good job. 👌✨👌

[@em286]

Great tips thanks! I have only one Seminole pumpkin vine growing but so far so good. I also got one of those ñame from Publix and sure enough its growing! Yay! Thanks for that tip too! 🙏❤

[@anniebancroft1175]

This was SO HELPFUL! I've been growing pumpkins in the dark!! Thanks for some LIGHT on the subject

[@melissakingery4393]

I get it David in the ground I've been able to dig the vine borers out and cover the hole with dirt I couldn't do that when I tried to grow them vertically. However in containers I have 3 patty pan squash plants with lower stalk covered with foil and then I have this green nonsticky tape that I've wrapped all over the stem up to leaves. So far so good!!

[@davidthegood]

Good idea.

[@tamararoberts9307]

I use foil on my squashes and cukes

[@melissakingery4393]

I had tried the foil but it didn't work for me

[@phillippinter7518]

Calabaza is a general word in Spanish that means winter squash/pumpkin. It could be a butternut, spaghetti squash, masque de province, buttercup, Castilla pumpkin, etc. Calabazita (small squash) means summer squash.

[@LadyTSurvival]

Thank you for the info. Didn't know they would root like that.

[@acidbat4441]

i have these same pumpkins, came from a dark greenish grey pumpkin that i saved the seeds and planted, the pumpkins are coming out yellow on some vines and a cool green on others

[@garyharris4008]

Always grew sweet pumkins. Jack-O-Lanterns are for kids. I grow Acorn, Butternut due to having to haul water. Else dry seeds for personal consumption or birds.

[@lynettetucker5236]

Hello David The Good thanks for sharing this video on pumpkins very interesting

[@msjostr]

I have plenty of room to plant. Planning to plant squash/pumpkins to help supplement purchased feed for our hogs and chickens next fall. Love the idea to gather seeds as they are a lot of $ to do a huge area of.

[@TRINITY-ks6nw]

1st Survival 2nd Feed 3rd Land enrichment 4th Longevity of storage

[@camillet9883]

The ladies tank tops are sold out! More black ones, please, David!

[@davidthegood]

I will write The Aardvark.

[@susanjordan2130]

Wow. I learned so much from you. I grew pumpkins for over 20 years and let the volunteers do thier thing. We had very nice pumpkins for decoration large ones and Jack be little ones. Till I composted everything and no more volunteers. Darn. I had to plant new varieties this year. Well see what happens. Thank you so much. 😍

[@davidthegood]

Good luck - and you are welcome.

[@danielleedmondson3347]

Did you compost the volunteers?

[@Melanieallen968]

Wow! You sure do know your pumpkins!! Great advice.Thankyou

[@EricaD61]

I have volunteer kent pumpkin every year. They take over half the back yard every time and sometimes escape over the fence😂. Last year i got butternut and kent growing. Not sure how but they did cross pollinate and this year i have both leaves on the same vine. The fruit hasnt ripened yet so not sure how it looks inside or tastes. Theyre a mix of body types and the skin starts kent and ends with a very pale butternut orange with stripes near the end. Will take pics when finished and opened to send if you like.

[@TheBeaker59]

Thanks, I have a 1/2 acre field which I basically just use for my newly weaned calves so empty mid spring on I have been considering planting pumpkins but also squash and melons perhaps, mainly to be gifts using community sharing stall and food bank (here that supplies free food to poor people). good ideas re fertile beds in a field to plant Pumpkins I will do that using bedding from the calf stalls and manure from older steers (maybe gut bags of cattle we kill for same purpose and our use (we also eat pumpkins ourselves). Lots of ideas here thanks. (cooler southern hemisphere climate here)

[@ralsharp6013]

Wow absolutely beautiful Pumpkin Patch you have

[@alinabladow1775]

“Dingy green-gray”…. Ohhh, we love it!!! 😂👍

[@laurap4415]

This is a font of useful information. Thank you!

[@hardyakka6200]

The old-timers in Queensland would burn large hardwood logs. When they passed through the area to see how much the land was cleared they would drop pumpkin seeds in the ash. They ever passed through the area months later they had pumpkins to eat. Very common practice in the olde days.

[@katrinagarland5219]

Fantastic video... I had no idea all of the ins-and-outs of growing pumpkins/squash. Thanks!

[@Yachanantheavenger]

You're right on time with this video, I can't successfully grow a pumpkin to save my life.

[@kathyscott4671]

Just puta seed in your deep compost pile and water!

[@jdeloach9]

This explains so much!!! I 3 planted seeds all from one winter squash/pumpkin and 2/3 are growing green like mama but one of them is growing white pumpkins. I was like HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?!? Mystery solved 🤣😂

[@davidthegood]

Awesome!

[@nvater1]

Wish there was a chart of what cross breeds and what doesn’t. Great video thanks. Will be trying this method

[@c.j.rogers2422]

It's simple. There are 3 species: c. moschata, c. maxima, & c. pepo. There are many varieties of each species. Varieties from different species won't cross; varieties from the same species will cross. Dogs can't cross with cats, different species. Labrador can cross with basset hound, same species.

[@eddiegilliland9760]

My.pumppkin taste good. A slight watermellon background. Very good with cinnamon sugar nutmeg & margarin.

[@butternutsquash6984]

I grew Seminole pumpkins in the Virginia mountains and they were fantastic. I kept them in my kitchen.

[@jakesarms8996]

I'm going to try those Seminole pumpkins. I'm in far north Illinois and Butternut is the only thing that the larva doesn't get.

[@davidthegood]

Seminoles should be the same. They grow like butternut, but with more vigor.

Great video, I´m gonna try the pumkin pit next year.

[@jantellfowler5883]

we call it a cutlass here in The Bahamas 🇧🇸 also I'm glad I watched this video, I tried pumpkins last year and it got to flowering then they just died this time I'm doing things differently

[@eddiegilliland9760]

The pumpkin looked very similar yo the one that you selected from walmart. A light grey.

[@organicgardenmamavictoriab2768]

I've always wanted to grow pumpkins. I don't have alot of space though.I need to trellis stuff.

[@tytyvyllus8298]

Yeah! Muh Punkin Content! Thanks DTG! Last year I planted out seeds from a very similar pumpkin to the one you described and had similiar results. I planted six seeds and they had a great variety of fruit. Three were the flattish slate gray type one was a pink globe and one a orange "cinderella" type and the last very close to the one called "turk's turban". The best were the gray ones (tho' after a while curing they turned a light pink) sweet and dense. They made great soup. Gordon Ramsey's recipe is excellent and easy.

[@phillippinter7518]

south anna butternut is a cross between a butternut and a seminole pumpkin, some say it's the most productive butternut squash, ive seen reports of up to 200lbs from a single vine, people also say it is sweeter and it has been tested to have a higher dry matter content than a waltham butternut, and that it has very good keeping qualities, the shape and size are inconsistent (which is a good thing for me but maybe not market sellers). I havent grown this.

[@polkcellar]

Exciting to see the results of your rotting fertile holes DTG! We've started a few of your stinky pits for this 2022 year in zone 9b cal. Thankyou and merry pumpkin patching this year ya'll. 🎃

[@FloridaGirl-]

Me too! Zone 9b Florida

[@patrickmcleod7811]

The squirrel reference made me laugh so hard I had to push pause.

[@jimt902]

Squirrel tragedies can happen in a gardening situation. Boom!

[@BTC_Vader]

Alot of chipmunks "accidently" died in my flower bed's... >.>

[@rosewood9839]

I love growing pumpkins! I love your video. Lots of great info. Thank you! Brightest Blessings ✨💫

[@shantelbryan3660]

Here in NW Florida I have tried every other trick with vine borer. I can’t wait to try your way. Speggetti squash is my favorite and pumpkins are a favorite all the time

[@terber12392]

Extremely helpful video. I learned a lot watching this. Thank you.

[@CAMMET1973]

True science. We use this for homeschooling educationn.

[@kellypetersen8204]

Thanks David for the informative video on pumpkins with great cross breeding information. And yes pumpkins are always in my garden and they are a delightful creation. I should add a variety that has flavor + character and save its seed. Bless you and your family!

[@bardobro]

If you want wild running, tree climbing vine adventures, with no vine borers, try growing bottle gourds! Of course then you have to figure out what to do with all the gourds you had to shake out of the trees! I still had some from 10 years ago I just added to my bio-char burn!

[@halleluyah8241]

Gregor Mendel would be so intrigued. As he always used to say, "Ah yes...recessive and dominant traits. There ya go." :)

[@adryawebb2556]

Last year I grew all sorts of zucchini, pumpkins, and gourds. This year I have a few volunteers growing. One of the plants is growing bushy with short vines like zucchini, it has three elongated fruits growing on it shaped like zucchini. Two of the fruit are white like Casper pumpkin I grew last year and the third fruit is half green and half yellow like one of the gourds I grew last year.

[@elonafxcmgrondona1873]

Great Vid Bud , well done

[@peggyoconnell3733]

Great video! What I learned today may save my pumpkin patch!!!

[@margiemurray2147]

The Nana's here. thanks for this video and all the information you shared with us. My question has to do with we purchased Seminole pumpkin seeds from your daughter when we came to the "Keeper of the Old Ways" in January/February get together in North Florida. Was wondering if the seeds that we purchased are from that garden in your video and if they're just totally Seminole pumpkin or from other cross variety? The leaf pattern does appear to be Seminole pumpkin though. Unfortunately, we still haven't figured out how to take her out of the bucket we planted her in so we can give her a room to grow. Now I understand why she grew so fast, one day she was a little tiny thing and the next thing we knew she was outgrowing her bucket and wanted a room of her own. We may not have enough room to grow her anyway since she is so prolific. Anyone have any ideas how to keep her under control LOL. We don't have enough room for her to take over the yard though. Can we cut her down to fit a smaller area?

[@cynthiabaldwin5419]

So much good info in one video. Thank you for not wasting my time! Really…. Thank you! PS: also love the tune

[@davidthegood]

Thank you.

[@colincrisp1592]

Thank you Great info. Cheers from Oz

[@nicmic6138]

Thank you for all the information packed into such a "short" video, always on point and to the point

[@davidthegood]

Thank you.

[@marthaochoa6148]

Thank you very much for sharing all the knowledge in June I plant pumpkins 28 plants guess what about 2 feet apart I don’t know how many pumpkins I’m going to have or any well there are some already which ones or how many they are going to be full mature for next year I will be ready. I have learned a whole lot. Thank you very much.

[@torismith3468]

Sweet video bro I'm on my third year of pumpkin and squash

[@coralsworld1907]

Yes it's a cutlass. I get it, I'm from the Bahamas.

[@gardenofhummingbirdz9840]

I followed yoyr method to compost scraps of meat into the garden with chicken poop, cow poop and bones into the pumkin area. I have a tidal wave of pumkin leaves...I have a pumkin bigger than a basketball at this time. Open pollinated organic or heirloom. Great info. Appreciate you. 💌

[@davidthegood]

Awesome! Great work. Glad you tried it.

[@ElohiSilverEarthVentures]

That is very cool information ide not crossed before..hehe crossed, and isn't something ide of looked up specifically...I've always just been looking up tips tricks ways to grow bigger faster happier and getting rid of mildew bugs pumnkin issues...but I had a mash up of multiple pumnkins we'd tossed in my compost last year and there was at least 4 different types, and I didn't think prior to digging into my compost this year when fertilizing my new grass seed and suprise my new yard had a couple hundred pumnkin sprouts popping up everywhere. Ide already planted a bunch of winter squash and other squash types I don't remember honestly it was a bag of seeds ide saved for a while and didn't mark and wasn't totally sure what they would end up being. Just looked like squash to me. Anyways, I let my son sell most the pumnkin sprouts after they got a bit stronger, and I kept about 5 of the healthiest biggest ones I had. But since ide not planned for my pumnkin patch this year I sorta just squeezed them in near my squash...and I acually hand pollinated a couple crossing the two wondering what would happen...so this was pretty interesting and helpful in giving me an idea what's going to happen. And I've had a pumnkin sitting on my window seal for I think 2 years, and it appeared perfect, still does acually and just sat it out front acually...and I can tell by its weight its not dried up at all inside...so I wonder if it's like your friends you'd aten.

[@davidthegood]

Might be. I would plant those seeds.

[@rodericktheartist]

I got the same pumpkins from Walmart, so happy I’m not the only one.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💙💙💙

[@davidthegood]

Good work.

[@diasporagardens4874]

Very informative. I grow only in containers but I will be brave to grow them in the ground.

[@jaredmccutcheon5496]

South Ana butternut is a cross of Seminole pumpkin and Waltham butternut that is stabilized and has amazing vigor and great keeping quality. I’m growing it alongside Seminole pumpkins and Cherokee tan pumpkins lol his year.

[@davidthegood]

Sounds like a great variety.