How to Grow Sweet Suger Pie Pumpkins

This article will tell you how to grow sweet sugar pie pumpkins, which are used to make pumpkin pies. These are moderately easy to grow, but with the right care, you will have some delicious home grown pumpkin pie for halloween!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Sweet sugar pie pumpkin seeds
• Water
• Sun
• Poor to high quality soil

1. 
    
   Here are the seeds. (This image is not mine, I take no credit for this.)

   Planting your pumpkins.
   These pumpkins should be planted right into your garden, but can be germinated inside by soaking in warm water until germination. These pumpkins only get to be around 6 pounds, so a large pot is also ideal for these pumpkins,but is not recommmended because it can cause the pumpkin to turn out very small.

2. 
    
   Water it! (This image is not mine, I take no credit for this.)

   Caring for it.
   The pumpkin should be watered only once a day, and should at least have 4-5 hours of sunlight. If the vines start forming pumpkins, and the grass/soil below it is wet, put a crate or hay under it so the pumpkin does not rot on the ground.

3. 
    
   Mmmm, pumpkin pie! (This image is not mine, I take no credit for this.)

   Harvesting.
   Harvesting is very easy. Just cut the vine, still leaving a few inches of the vine on there, and take it inside and make yourself a pumpkin pie! Have fun growing them!

Tips & Warnings

• Water once a day
• 4-5 hours of sun a day
• SOW in average soil
• Only 6 pounds
• Ready to harvest in about 90 days
• SOW seeds 3 inches apart
• Transplant when 3 inches tall or smaller
• Sprouts in about 7 days
• Don't over water, this can cause the pumpkin to rot faster at maturity
• Don't leave the pumpkin sitting in moist grass/soil, this can also cause rotting
• Try not to give it intense sunlight

[mrgardener]

on 7/17/2009 No problem, I'm writing more articles about growing crops/plants/flowers/etc. every day!

[jull14]

on 7/16/2009 Wonderful article, thanks for sharing