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- Score twice with pumpkin on the balcony
- Growing in the house ensures the best growth on the balcony
- Planting time on the balcony
- Tips & Tricks
Score twice with pumpkin on the balcony
You have a unique balcony planting in stock? Do you prefer to eat fruit vegetables from our own production? Pumpkin fulfills both wishes at the same time. How exactly this works, you will find out in no time.
Growing in the house ensures the best growth on the balcony
It is preferably small-sized varieties that recommend pumpkin as the ideal balcony planting. A magnificent blossom is followed by decorative fruits that attract everyone's attention. Not to mention the tasty autumn harvest. We recommend a cultivation in the house.
An exemplary germination temperature of 23-25 degrees Celsius, the heated mini greenhouse. Alternatively, stretch a cling wrap over each potty and place it on the partially shaded, warm windowsill. Within 8 days the germination starts. Now carry the vessels to a light-flooded place with cooler temperatures just under 20 degrees Celsius.
Planting time on the balcony
After germination, the seedlings thrive so quickly that after 4 weeks they are ready to move to the balcony. Now it's mid-May, the ideal planting season for cold-sensitive squash. A planter with a volume of 60 to 90 liters as well as a nutrient-rich substrate with plenty of compost should be available.
We recommend a phase of hardening at the partially shaded, protected location. Subsequently, the pumpkin receives its summer residence with as many hours of sunshine as possible. Gladly it may be warm here and at the same time airy, so that diseases and pests find no attack surface. So that the wanderings of the heavy-duty bucket do not cause sore muscles, you place it on a practical plant scooter right from the start.
Tips & Tricks
Do not forget to leave a pouring margin of 2-3 cm. There is hardly a more annoying work than to mop up the over-spilled water-soil mixture from the balcony floor after each watering.