Growing pumpkins is quite easy. It's enough to know a couple of secrets.
How to grow pumpkin
To grow pumpkins, it is important to choose a sunny, draft-free place in the garden.
The vegetable also loves moist, nutritious soil. The plant needs this for normal growth and development.
You can also grow small, decorative pumpkins at home.
You can start seedlings in containers indoors first, and then plant the plants outdoors if the climate is cool.
Plant pumpkin in the garden only when the air temperature is warm and there is no frost at night.
The soil should warm up well in the sun.
This usually happens in the first half of spring.
How to increase pumpkin yield
To ensure a good pumpkin harvest, it is important to properly water and fertilize the vegetable.
Watering should be regular and plentiful, especially in hot weather and drought.
Large pumpkin varieties need plenty of room to grow.
For more compact varieties such conditions are not necessary.
At the time when the pumpkin fruits begin to form, it is important to start feeding the vegetable every two weeks.
For fertilizer, it is best to use fertilizers that contain a lot of potassium.
For a good pumpkin harvest, it is also important to use mulch and pruning.
Previously, we told you how to fertilize raspberries in the garden.
