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- Simply sow pumpkin
- Preferring creates up to 21 days longer culture time
- Direct sowing after the icy saints
- Protection against cold, wet and weeds
- Tips & Tricks
Simply sow pumpkin
From the start pumpkin plants make it easy for the hobby gardener. They are just as good for direct sowing as for rear cultivation. We explain all the pros and cons and how it works.
Preferring creates up to 21 days longer culture time
If you sow pumpkin seeds behind glass, the plants benefit from a 3-week longer stay in culture. Especially for varieties with a long maturation period, this aspect should be of interest. The breeding begins in mid / end of April and ends in a planting during the second half of May. Since direct sowing in the field begins only at this time, the time advantage is obvious.
A constant temperature of 25 degrees Celsius activates germination within 1 week. By the third decade in May, the plantlets have matured so far that they move to the field. Before that, it makes sense to harden them in the protected place in the garden within 8 days. In concrete terms, this means that they spend the day in a partially shaded place under the open sky.
Direct sowing after the icy saints
Significantly less workload causes the direct sowing in the bed. The signal for cultivation without cultivation give the Eisheiligen in the middle of May. They traditionally mark the beginning of the frost-free season. Now look for a suitable location with the following conditions:
In the first step, you tackle the weeds and rake through the beetle thoroughly. Lean, sandy soil should be improved with compost. Place the soaked seeds in the ground at least 1 meter apart so that they are thinly covered with substrate. Overflow the seedbed carefully so that the pumpkin seeds do not immediately swim away.
Protection against cold, wet and weeds
If you sow pumpkin directly into the bed, the climatic conditions play a role from the beginning. The warmth-loving plants can only slightly win cold and steady rain. Moreover, at the stage of germination they are threatened by weedy weeds. A mulching foil reliably stops these negative influences. Spread in the seedbed, the innovative material keeps the soil warm and suppresses weeds.
Tips & Tricks
Pumpkin plants show considerable growth. This requires from an early age on a trellis help, so they do not fall right back. This premise applies to seedlings as soon as they have developed more than 2 leaf pairs.