How to Grow Pumpkins Indoors From Seeds
While pumpkins eventually grow so large they will have to be transplanted outdoors, many people begin the growing process indoors. This is particularly true if you live in a state whose growing season is short. Growing pumpkins indoors isn't a hard process. By providing ample sunlight and plenty of food, you can turn pumpkin seeds into thriving pumpkin plants beginning inside your home. Does this Spark an idea?
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Fill your peat pots with decomposed compost and mix in a little manure if you have it. Fill peat pots with this mixture, leaving about 1 or 2 inches of space to the top of the pot. Dig holes into the mixture about 2 inches deep for your pumpkin seeds. Two or three seeds per pot is all you will plant. If you have a particularly large peat pot, you may be able to plant more seeds. Begin this process two or three weeks before you expect the last frost of the season.
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Cover the seeds with the mixture. Do not press the mixture down tight. Add water and place your peat pots with pumpkin seeds where there will be plenty of sunlight. Pumpkins need a lot of sunlight.
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Water your pumpkin seeds once a day, until the mixture is damp, not soaked. After two or three weeks (sometimes four), you will see your pumpkin seeds producing shoots. You can continue to grow your pumpkins indoors at this point, but you may want to consider transplanting. Pumpkin plants are vine-producing plants and will eventually need to be moved outdoors, unless you happen to have a greenhouse.
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Dig a hole in your garden large enough to leave 3 to 4 inches of space above your peat pot as well as around the edges. The peat pot should sit comfortably in the hole. Place the peat pot in the ground and cover with soil up to the stem of the seedling. Your pumpkins will continue to grow with regular care.
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