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on 6/30/2006 When the fruit is about 6 inches across, insert an IV drip (50/50 water and sugar) into a vein 4 inches above the pumpkin. Keep on with the IV drip for 2 weeks, sit back, and watch them grow.
on 11/22/2005 I use plenty of blood meal at planting time for a nitrogen kick that lasts all year. I do this because pumpkins are nitrogen lovers. Also, avoid wetting leaves when watering. Use soaker hoses.
on 11/22/2005 You can grow a square pumpkin by placing a young pumpkin in a small, square-shaped box or carton. Makes for very interesting Jack-o'-lanterns for Halloween.
on 11/22/2005 After Halloween has passed and your pumpkin begins to rot, toss it into your compost pile. Next year watch it grow and produce pumpkins like crazy. I put my pumpkin over the side of our front porch and it took.
on 11/22/2005 When fruit is about two inches across, pinch off to one pumpkin per vine stem, or one pumpkin per plant. More plant energy will go into making that particular pumpking bigger.
on 11/22/2005 Use a nail and scratch in the name of a favorite "trick-or-treater" when the fruit is young and green. When mature, the name will have scabbed over. Does not harm plant. (Kids love this!)
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