Growing Pumpkin

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(Best months for growing Pumpkin in New Zealand - cool/mountain regions)

Easy to grow. Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 20°C and 32°C. (Show °F/in)
Space plants: 90 - 120 cm apart
Harvest in 15-20 weeks.
Compatible with (can grow beside): Sweet Corn
Avoid growing close to: Potatoes

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31 Aug 11, Graham (New Zealand - temperate climate): The name you want is Triamble. A grey pumpkin with deep grooves between usually three segments
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25 Sep 10, len freeman (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate): what causes the hard white growth in the ripe pumpkin
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05 Jan 09, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate): Brett, Are you using bought seeds or saving seeds from pumpkins? If you have bought seeds, it might be worth contacting the supplier and telling them about your problem. Otherwise, if you saved seeds, see the answer to Jean's query.
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05 Jan 09, David (New Zealand - temperate climate): Ray, your pumpkins are falling off early because they are not fertilised. You may need to go around with a paintbrush and transfer pollen from the male flowers to the female. Check the comment from Jaci to identify which is which.
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05 Jan 09, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate): Jean, you may be lucky. If you had an organic pumpkin it will probably produce both male and female flowers but if it was a F1 hybrid then its seeds will produce sterile plants. Check the flowers for possible female ones (see comment from Jaci above).
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