The beloved golden fruit, whose homeland is Mexico, has long taken root in our country and is part of culinary traditions. By the way, pumpkin sowing is also popular in China and India. What vegetable grower would miss the opportunity to grow such a beauty in his garden? But to do this, you need to know how to plant a pumpkin correctly, what factors should be taken into account if you are going to plant a pumpkin in open ground. Read below about how to plant a pumpkin in open ground and how to care for the plant in the future.

Landing dates

The first question you need to understand is: when to plant pumpkins in open ground? The planting time for pumpkin, like all melons and melons, is at the end of spring (the sowing of all related crops also begins at the same time). Therefore, seedlings should be placed in the ground at the end of May - beginning of June. At a temperature of 25 degrees the plant will actively develop, and at 14 it will stop growing and sowing will be in vain. Do not forget that if you want to get an early harvest, plant the seeds for seedlings for a period of 25 days.

Selecting a location

It's clear that pumpkins will grow well in the South. But in any case, place the seedlings in a sunny place. It is better to plant pumpkin in place of onions, cabbage, carrots, beets, and legumes. Avoid places where potatoes, sunflowers, cucumbers, zucchini, and melons used to grow. Neighborhood plays a lot important role. Some plants can be harmful to the pumpkin, and some can be harmful to the pumpkin itself. Therefore, the question will not be strange: what can be planted next to pumpkins?

You can plant leeks, beans, peas or spinach nearby. It is not recommended to plant next to potatoes and radishes. It is better not to place beets, carrots, or garlic nearby.

What is this connected with? All melons abundantly absorb nutrients from the ground, as a result of which they do not allow their neighbors to fully develop. Can I plant pumpkin next to corn? Need to!

It is better to place pumpkins not in windy places, but if you don’t have any, you can plant corn nearby to create a kind of fence from the wind.

Interestingly, you cannot plant the pumpkin itself after the pumpkin. This is due to soil diseases, the pathogens of which can persist and harm new related plants.

Soil preparation

In relation to the soil, this plant is not picky. But even good soil still needs treatment in the fall. Dig up the area and mix the soil with organic fertilizers - potassium and phosphorus. Already in the spring, after the snow has melted, loosen the soil and clear the area of ​​weeds. Before sowing the pumpkin, dig everything well again and apply nitrogen fertilizers.

Make the beds high. Standard sizes: width – up to 1.5 m, height – at least 20 cm, and distance – half a meter. Sowing can be done in different ways, but the most popular is wide-row. Pumpkin planting scheme open ground differs depending on the variety. For example, a bush pumpkin is usually planted 70 by 70 cm, and a long-vine pumpkin - 210 by 180 cm. The question “at what distance to plant a pumpkin” will no longer confuse you.

How to choose a planting method

If the speed of fruiting is important to you, then you will have to think about choosing a pumpkin planting method and further care. Planting usually occurs either with seeds in open ground or with seeds for seedlings. The second method is relevant for those who are concerned about how to grow pumpkin in order to get fruit faster.

Features of planting seeds

How to plant pumpkin seeds correctly? First of all, you need to get good seeds. But it is worth considering that not all varieties are sown in open ground. For example, the muscat variety, which includes all honey varieties, is not suitable for this. Planted seeds of this variety may simply not sprout. You definitely need to pay attention to the freshness and germination of the seeds. To do this, you can conduct a test sowing on wet gauze.

When the seeds have been checked, you need to start preparing them. Warm them up at 60 degrees for about 2 hours, and then dip them in a solution of potassium permanganate. After these activities, the seeds can be planted in the ground.

Features of planting seedlings

If you grow seeds for seedlings, then all the above rules for preparing seeds are relevant in this case. Prepare a deep tray with sawdust: pour boiling water over the wood and cover with gauze. Place the seeds there. Then cover with sawdust again and cover with film. This way you have a home greenhouse. Sprouts will begin to appear on the 3rd day. Seedlings grown in 25 days then need to move into open ground.

Further care

Planting pumpkins in open ground requires further care of the plant. Caring for it, like other melons, includes a number of activities:

• weed removal;
• gradual feeding: the first - with the appearance of the first leaves, the second - after the formation of the ovaries;
• regular watering (especially during the flowering stage);
• pinching long-climbing varieties (there should be no more than 3 fruits on the shoot).

Now the question of how to properly plant a pumpkin in open ground will not bother young vegetable growers. After all, as it turned out, this is not a difficult or time-consuming task. Planting pumpkins and caring for them in the open ground can become not only an ordinary household chore, but also a favorite hobby.

Pumpkin is famous not only for its exquisite taste, but also for its content of a rare, but necessary vitamin T for the human body. Any housewife who has planted this vegetable knows that with a couple of such fruits you can feed a huge family, because not only pumpkin porridge is prepared from them, but and jam, marmalades, purees, pies, side dishes.

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In this video you will hear useful tips on planting pumpkins in open ground.

For many centuries in Rus', one of the most grown crops has been melons, such as pumpkin and zucchini. This is no accident, because they contain many vitamins and minerals in abundance. Such vegetables help treat many diseases.

However, now not all gardeners who want to grow zucchini or pumpkin have large land resources, so they have to fit many plants on one plot of a couple of hundred square meters in size. To do this as efficiently as possible, it is important to take into account the characteristics of their cultivation, and most importantly, how they coexist with other plants.

Features of cultivation

In order to competently approach the issue of cultivation, you need to understand the main features of growing these crops. Both pumpkin and zucchini are heat-loving plants. Therefore, their seeds germinate best at a temperature of +20-25°C. These plants are especially sensitive to transplantation. And so as not to damage the fragile root system, use peat pots for seedlings. This way, the plant will receive minimal stress or not notice the replanting at all.

Melons like to grow in warm soil, so if cultivation takes place in more northern regions, then a compost heap is prepared for the plants. It heats itself thanks to ongoing internal processes. Compost is sprinkled with soil on top, and in the resulting beds the melons warm up well and receive additional nutrition.

When growing pumpkins and zucchini, you need to pay attention to the planting pattern. Both cultures need large area for growth. Planting these varieties in close proximity is not the best solution. In the “battle for resources,” both plants and, ultimately, the farmer will lose. Therefore, by planting the plants at a comfortable distance from each other - which is 1-4 meters - you can solve this problem. But this will not get rid of yet another threat.

Pumpkin and zucchini are related crops. Therefore, even with a slight wind, successful cross-pollination will occur. The results of such a crossing will be unpredictable. By the time of harvest, instead of a large round pumpkin, your garden will have a smaller, oblong vegetable. To taste, it will most likely be the same pumpkin, but it has already lost its sweetness and presentation. And the zucchini will completely lose its individuality and inherit the features of the dominant pumpkin.

To be fair, it is worth noting that there is information from actively practicing gardeners that one cannot always expect hybrids when growing pumpkin and squash together. But having far-reaching plans for breeding a crop, you must take into account that the opinions of experts here are clear. If cross-pollination does not spoil the upcoming fruits, then this will certainly affect the next offspring.

Therefore, when growing pumpkin and zucchini in the same area, first of all try to take care of their distant proximity. Ideally, if we are talking about a small plot of land, it is necessary to ensure that these vegetables are separated by a partition - be it brickwork or hedge.

How to protect plants?

Knowing the peculiarities of cultivation, a logical question arises: how to ensure a neighborhood that will not adversely affect the harvest.

First, you should take care of the space surrounding the pumpkin or zucchini. Melons, which include these two crops, do not like active winds. Therefore, in this case, corn and sunflower will be good neighbors, because both of these plants are able to serve as a reliable natural barrier to strong winds. But in this neighborhood it is worth taking into account the characteristics of the soil. Since in poor soil such a tandem is more likely to begin to conflict for resources than to be useful.

After the problem with the wind has been solved, you can move on to arranging the interior space in the beds. Taking into account the close relationship between pumpkin and zucchini, we can conclude that similar dangers await them.

Tomatoes planted in close proximity to melons will not only delight you with red berries, but will also help prevent the invasion of pests such as sawflies, aphids and moths. Tomatoes owe this feature to their specific smell. And black radish, thanks to its deep root system, will not compete for resources with pumpkin or zucchini. On the contrary, it will release useful phytoncides that will repel spider mites both from the radish itself and from the plants surrounding it.

Also, legumes, such as peas or beans, will be no less useful. They will gain strength and rush upward towards the sun much earlier than the melon leaves shade the entire space around them. True, here it is worth taking care of the opposite. You should not build high trellises for peas and beans, which will ultimately cast a shadow on all the lower plantings. In addition, it is worth mentioning the positive contribution of legumes to the composition of the soil, because by-product Their life activity is the release of nitrogen into the soil. It, in turn, is extremely necessary for other plants to gain green foliage.

Pumpkin - amazing plant, its fruits can grow to truly gigantic sizes. Both pulp and seeds are used for food: both contain huge amount useful substances. Pumpkin is a champion among vegetables in terms of iron content, rich in pectin, and its healing properties. It requires a large amount of fertilizer, but otherwise growing pumpkin is not difficult.

Choosing a landing site

When it comes to placing a pumpkin, you have to think carefully, since in a common area among other vegetables it will offend its neighbors, whom it will certainly drown out with its powerful lashes. Although it is often planted among potatoes, which experience almost no oppression. But since a pumpkin, like cucumbers, with the help of its tendrils is able to climb neighboring plants and low structures, gardeners with little land take advantage of this, for example, letting its lashes climb over fences.

A wide variety of supports are invented for growing pumpkins.

When there is nothing suitable for this in the garden, then directly above the holes a flooring of two or three poles or slabs is made on stakes - 1–1.5 m in height. As the vines begin to grow, they are directed onto the flooring, and separate supports are placed under the hanging fruits. In this form, the pumpkin is not a hindrance to many low-growing vegetables, at a height above which it will grow.

The next question is how to create suitable soil conditions for pumpkins. The difficulty here is not so great, since one pumpkin bush will require a hole area of ​​no more than 1 m2. If you consider that for an average family you need to plant 3-4 bushes, then you can find a place for this anywhere and provide the pumpkin with a nutritious soil mixture on it.

What kind of soil is needed for planting pumpkins?

Pumpkin grows well on structurally fertile, light dark-colored sandy loam soils. In areas well fertilized with manure, the fruits reach enormous sizes.

The basic tillage of soil for pumpkin is no different from tillage of soil for vegetable crops: in the fall, the bed is dug up with fertilizers using a shovel, and in the spring it is leveled with a rake. The soil for this vegetable should have an acidity close to neutral, the optimal pH being 6.5. You should not plant pumpkins where any pumpkin crops (cucumbers, zucchini, squash) grew last year.

Fertilizers for pumpkin when planting

According to pumpkin content requirements nutrients in soil it is quite similar to cucumbers. Pumpkin feels great on a pile of finished compost, where various waste was dumped last season, as well as in those places where manure used to lie.

You can grow pumpkins in specially prepared trenches, filled with chopped branches, green or dry grass, manure, and various household waste, which are mixed with soil and a layer of fertile soil is poured on top. The depth and width of the trench is up to half a meter.

The greatest effect is obtained with the combined use of organo- mineral fertilizers based on 1 m2: for digging 4–5 kg of manure and for feeding (when 5–6 leaves appear) 20 g of ammonium nitrate, 30 g of superphosphate and 15 g of potassium chloride. Nitrogen fertilizers (saltpeter, urea) can also be applied when loosening the beds in spring.

Landing dates

In central Russia, mainly large-fruited and hard-bark pumpkins are cultivated, and in the south - nutmeg. Types of pumpkin differ quite significantly from each other. In hard-barked pumpkin, the bark of mature fruits is woody, while in other types it is soft. This pumpkin is characterized by the greatest early ripening. Large-fruited pumpkin is the most cold-resistant and productive. The hard-barked pumpkin is also quite resistant to low temperatures; the most demanding of heat and also late-ripening is the nutmeg pumpkin.

Thus, it turns out that in the middle zone, without growing seedlings, you can only be guaranteed to get a harvest of hard-bark pumpkin, while nutmeg may not grow even using the seedling method. In the southern half of the country, any pumpkin can be grown, but nutmeg varieties, even in the south, are sometimes grown through seedlings.

Butternut squash is the most delicious, but also the most capricious

Pumpkin seeds germinate in soil heated to 13–14 o C, and its seedlings are very sensitive and die at 1–2 degrees below zero. The best temperature for normal growth and development of plants is 20–25 o C. If you sow it in the ground with the onset of heat, you may not wait for ripe fruits, which require from 115 to 130 summer days. Therefore, you often have to start growing pumpkin from seedlings. To do this, pumpkin seeds are sown in peat pots at the end of April. The pots must be large, at least a liter in volume.

The period for planting seedlings in the garden is approximately the same as for tomato seedlings. In the regions of central Russia this is usually the end of spring (depending on the actual weather), and in the north it can be mid-June.

When pumpkin is grown by directly sowing seeds in a garden bed, they are sown in mid-May and it is better if holes are made for this so that they can be covered with glass. It has been noticed that slugs react very early to the emergence of pumpkin seedlings by gnawing their stems. To catch slugs, pieces of boards are laid out next to the seedlings and checked every morning.

Planting pumpkins in seedlings

The best way to prepare seeds for sowing is through germination, which causes them to lose their taste and, as a result, are less damaged by pests. Before this, they are disinfected for 20–30 minutes in a dark solution of potassium permanganate.

The pots are filled with nutritious garden mixture. 2-3 seeds are sown in one pot, burying them 3-4 cm, but after germination they leave one best plant, the rest are deleted. Before planting, the seedlings are kept in a greenhouse, they try to give as much sunlight as possible, remembering that pumpkin seedlings are sensitive to lack of lighting and stretch out very quickly. In an apartment, seedlings are kept on a lighted windowsill, where during the day the temperature on clear days is 25–27 o C and above, and at night it does not drop below 12 o C.

For pumpkin seedlings, select the largest pots

The period for growing seedlings in a greenhouse or at home is about a month. You should not keep it longer - the roots will not have enough volume of the pot for full growth: they will fill it very closely.

The holes for planting seedlings are prepared in a place where in the future the vines can be easily transferred to any supports. To create a better thermal and air regime, the sides of the holes are laid out from any rotting organic material or from turf, boards or slabs with an elevation of 25–30 cm above the soil. Fertilized soil in the amount of 2–3 buckets is poured inside the hole. In order to avoid moisture loss during the spring-summer period, the hole is covered with a film of any color, and its edges are sprinkled with soil.

Before planting the seedlings, a hole is cut in the film in the appropriate place. First, one or two buckets of water heated in the sun are poured into it, and then the seedlings are planted. The overgrown and elongated one is lowered into the hole deeper than usual - up to the cotyledons. The planted seedlings are covered with a piece of glass using a box made of boards. This measure is necessary to better warm the soil, reduce moisture evaporation and protect against birds.

Ready pumpkin seedlings are a completely viable plant

Watering is carried out every other day until the seedlings become stronger and begin to grow. Adult plants are watered as needed, which they themselves signal by wilting leaves.

Video: planting pumpkin seedlings in open ground

How to plant a pumpkin in open ground: seeds to help!

In the southern regions, and often in the central region, pumpkin is grown by sowing seeds in the ground, trying to do this on light, fertile soils. Sowing of seeds is often carried out on ridges. Basically, the holes are prepared in exactly the same way as in the case of seedling cultivation. Sowing seeds is very simple.

Under favorable conditions, seedlings after planting a pumpkin in open ground appear in 6–8 days. If really warm weather has already arrived, the film can be removed. But sometimes holes are cut in it for sprouts, and the film is left in place for a while so that the soil does not cool down. After a few days, the excess shoots are cut off: it is better not to pull them out, so as not to damage the roots of nearby plants.

Video: sowing pumpkin with sprouted seeds

Planting schemes

The root system of all types of pumpkins is well developed, penetrating to a depth of up to 1.5 m. However, it requires a lot of space: the pumpkin spreads roots not only deep into the ground, but also to the sides, and the growing lashes reach a length of several meters.

The feeding area for pumpkin is perhaps the largest among known garden dwellers. The following planting schemes are recommended: 2 x 1 m, one plant per hole, or 3 x 2 m, two plants per nest.

If there is space, you can plant pumpkins along the path, and lay out the whips in directions from it

Ways to plant pumpkins

In addition to the usual planting of pumpkins in a pre-prepared bed (on a flat surface or slightly raised), gardeners often come up with some tricks to save space in the country and make caring for plants easier.

Planting on a compost heap

Any plant residues, including those that rot slowly, are placed in compost. And if compost from grass ripens by the next season and can be used as fertilizer for any vegetables, then large residues like cabbage stalks, tree branches or raspberries can be processed within 2-3 years. In order not to waste space, you can plant a pumpkin in this pile, which is not yet ready as fertilizer.

Partially rotted remains will already be a nutrient medium for the plant, and those that will continue to rot will not hinder it in any way. The pumpkin roots will quickly take up all the free space in this pile: after all, it is quite loose. Since the pumpkin leaves are large, they will shield the future compost from the rays of the sun; it will be better for it to rot rather than dry out. True, you shouldn’t hope that such a pile of pumpkins will have enough nutrients; you’ll have to add a little mineral fertilizer. To make caring for the pumpkin easier, the pile should be fenced on the sides with boards, giving it a convenient shape and height. But on top of the plant residues you need to pour a layer of soil of 10–15 centimeters.

Both the pumpkin and the compost pile mutually help each other.

Such a bed, in fact, is a greenhouse: the rotting of large fragments warms the soil, and the pumpkin itself helps this. For growing on compost, it is more convenient to use varieties with not very long vines and plant them in such a bed better seedlings, placing plants no more often than 80 cm from each other. But early ripening varieties can also be planted with seeds, temporarily covering the compost heap with spunbond. Caring for pumpkins planted in compost is very easy. Firstly, you have to bend over less. Secondly, such a bed does not require loosening, and often no weeding. But the heap needs to be watered no less often than a regular garden bed, and even more often.

Planting in bags

In order to save space in the garden, you can plant pumpkins in ordinary garbage bags made of thick plastic film, but it is advisable that their capacity be at least 100 liters. After all, the bags can be placed anywhere, even on the asphalt, as long as they are not completely in the shade. In the fall, a mixture of soil and compost or even just compost is poured into bags, and in the spring one pumpkin is planted. You can do this either with seeds or seedlings, depending on the situation.

It is best to place bags of pumpkins next to the fence, so as not to have to come up with additional support: the stems will climb up, and the growing fruits can be placed in nets, which are also tied to the fence. Pumpkins in bags are easy to care for, if only because the plants are at a very convenient height. It is also easy to regulate humidity: irrigation water will not flow out through polyethylene, and if, on the contrary, the climate of the area is too humid, then through several drainage holes you can excess moisture release outside.

A variety of vegetables are planted in bags, including all pumpkin crops

Using barrels

Instead of plastic bags can be used metal barrels. Of course, this pleasure is not so cheap, but for this you can also take a barrel that is no longer suitable for its intended use.

In order for the soil inside the barrel to be better warmed by the sun, it is advisable to paint the outside of the barrel a dark color.

Of course, it is a pity to spend a new barrel for such purposes, but if it is clearly unnecessary, you will have to drill several drainage holes in its lower part. It is advisable to put a cut irrigation hose on the upper rim for easy care of plants.

In the fall, various plant waste is placed at the bottom of the barrel: branches from pruning trees, leaves from under trees and bushes, tops from collected root crops and other plants. Garden soil is poured on top. In the spring, water the soil in the barrel generously to speed up the decomposition of the waste poured into it. Since the contents of the barrel will have settled significantly by summer, humus will need to be added by the time the pumpkin is planted.

At the very beginning of summer, pumpkin seedlings are planted in a barrel. Sometimes two plants are planted, but it is better to limit yourself to just one. At first, the pumpkin is watered very often: both the seedlings need to take root and the biomass continues to decompose. Rotting causes heating, and the pumpkin in the barrel is very comfortable. Additional fertilizing is not required for this planting.

The fruits of short-stemmed pumpkin can even be left on a barrel

The vines hang freely from the barrel; over time, flowers appear on them and fruits begin to appear. If they have reached the ground, you can leave them there, placing a small plank under each one. If you are left hanging in the air, you will have to come up with additional support.

Planting pumpkin on nettles

One of the most popular natural fertilizers in the garden is an infusion of cut grass and pulled out weeds. It smells very unpleasant, but contains many nutrients necessary for plants, and therefore is very often used for fertilizing. One of the leaders in nutrient content is common nettle. In this regard, it is used not only as a liquid fertilizer: various garden crops are often planted in nettles. Unlike manure, this eliminates the introduction of pathogenic bacteria, larvae of harmful insects and other pests.

The highest quality nettles are spring ones, collected in May. Make a large hole, right up to a bucket, and fill it with chopped nettle leaves (along with the stems; you can cut or tear them in any convenient way and not very finely). Mix nettles with soil approximately 1:1 and water well. It is better to water with an infusion of the same nettle, obtained by pouring a bucket of nettle with water and letting it sit for 5–7 days.

The top of the hole is sprinkled with clean soil, after a few days the pumpkin seedlings are planted and watered. clean water. After 3–4 days, the seedlings begin to grow.

Is it possible to plant pumpkins in a greenhouse?

It is impossible to grow nutmeg pumpkins in harsh climatic conditions, but even with ordinary large-fruited ones there can be a problem due to the lack of warm summer days. In this case, you can plant a pumpkin in a greenhouse. True, space in the greenhouse is precious, and the pumpkin grows in the form of a huge plant, occupying a large area, so you have to be a little cunning. In modern polycarbonate greenhouses It’s difficult to implement such a trick, but it’s easy with ordinary film cameras.

Often they plant a pumpkin next to cucumbers, giving it a place somewhere in the very corner. Planting holes are made in the same way as in open ground, they are filled with fertilizers, seedlings are either planted in the holes or seeds are sown. But by the time the stems grow to about half a meter, summer weather has already set in in the fresh air. They bend the edge of the film from which the walls of the greenhouse are made and release the pumpkin outside. This is how it grows all summer: the roots are in the greenhouse, and the fruits are in the open air.

A pumpkin is planted in a greenhouse, but is released outside to live.

Features and timing of pumpkin planting in different regions

From climatic conditions region depends not only on what varieties of pumpkin can be planted, but also how and when to do it. If in the middle zone it is difficult to grow only the most heat-loving and late-ripening nutmeg pumpkins, then in Siberia or the Urals problems may arise with more cold-resistant varieties. But usually preliminary preparation of seedlings solves these problems. In the middle zone, they prefer to grow mid-season varieties with seedlings, and early ones are sown in the garden with seeds. Sowing seeds is possible in the last days of May, and planting seedlings without film covers is closer to June 10.

The climate of Belarus is similar to that of the Moscow region, and the approaches to growing pumpkins there are approximately the same. The State Register of Belarus includes about twenty varieties of pumpkins, and almost all of them are widely known in the central regions of Russia. The timing of planting seedlings or sowing seeds here is the same as on the territory middle zone our country, neither the planting rules nor subsequent care are any different.

In the Urals and most of Siberia, night frosts are possible even in June, so the time frame for growing pumpkins is very tight. Here they almost never risk sowing seeds directly into the ground, preferring to grow seedlings. It is transferred to the garden bed no earlier than mid-June. And even in this case, they monitor the weather, perhaps covering the plantings with non-woven materials for the first time. However, Siberia is large: in the south, as well as in the Southern Urals, summers are sunny and sometimes even dry: in these areas you can grow almost any variety of pumpkin, including direct sowing of seeds in a garden bed.

In the south of the European part of Russia there is no need to grow seedlings. Here the pumpkin grows without problems, huge fields are allocated for it, it is illuminated by the hot southern sun and grows large and tasty. All available varieties have time to ripen by sowing seeds directly in the field, which, depending on the weather, is possible either in early May or even earlier.

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Compatibility of pumpkin with other plants when planting

If you are thinking about what can be planted next to a pumpkin, first of all you need to think so that it does not drown out its neighbors: the pumpkin bushes are huge, and the vines extend far. Therefore, if, for example, she climbs into a garden bed with carrots, you won’t have to expect any carrot harvest. Therefore, you should ask yourself the question about neighbors only after it is clear to which area the spread of pumpkin vines will be limited.

From a biological point of view, anything can grow next to a pumpkin patch: apart from its geometry, it does not interfere with anything.

Pumpkin feels very good next to corn, beans, onions, and various salads. It is not advisable to plant it close to cabbage. Sometimes you can read that potatoes are also an undesirable neighbor, but the practice of planting pumpkins in potato fields has long been known, and both plants coexist normally. Although, probably, in this matter it is better to listen to agronomists and limit the possibility of such a neighborhood.

Pumpkin can be grown either by sowing seeds in a garden bed or by pre-preparing seedlings. Options are selected based on the climate of the region, pumpkin variety and gardener preferences. In any case, pumpkin is an unpretentious vegetable, and apart from good doses of fertilizers, it does not require anything special, and the planting process itself will not complicate even the most unskilled gardener.

To make the process more active, be sure to water the turf with warm water, possibly with the addition of Baikal or Fitosporin, and cover with plastic wrap.

Monitor the growth of the seedlings and, as soon as you see shoots (this can be in a week), replace the film with a plastic mini-greenhouse from a 5-liter canister.

If two seeds sprout at once, remove the weaker one, but do not pull it out, but cut it off so as not to damage the roots of the neighboring sprout. Weak plants should be removed at the stage of 4-5 true leaves.

Pumpkin is a drought-resistant plant. This is a deeply rooted culture that does not need large quantities water: it is perfectly adapted to obtain water and spend it economically. You can water the pumpkin when the ovary is growing or during prolonged drought. Stop watering when the fruit grows. Water the pumpkin only with warm, sun-heated water in the evening.

Pumpkin grown on a compost heap does not need feeding. But if your plant needs it, then pumpkin likes ash and manure as fertilizers: ash - 1 glass per plant, and mullein solution is made in a ratio of 1:10. And at the very beginning of development, it is better to feed the pumpkin with nitrophoska - 1 tbsp per plant.

When growing a pumpkin, you need to shape its stems.

• The easiest way to do this is in one stem. To get a large pumpkin, leave 2-3 ovaries on the vine and remove the rest. And in the North-Western climate zone, only 1-2 fruits per stem have time to ripen.

  The last ovary should be pinched after 3 leaves.

  You can leave two shoots on the pumpkin, but then there should be 2 ovaries on the main one, and only one on the side one. And pinching the top still needs to be done, as in the first case after the 3rd sheet.

  If the pumpkin variety is bush, then pinching is not necessary.

To prevent the fruits from rotting while lying on the ground, you should place a board or slate under them when they are still small in size.

To prevent the lashes from flying away from the wind and from twisting with each other, they are sprinkled with earth when they reach 1.5 m in length. This sprinkling of soil gives the pumpkin additional roots that nourish the plant, making it stronger and healthier.

During harvesting, do not move the vines from place to place and do not change their location in relation to the sun. And periodically turn the pumpkin itself so that each of its sides receives warmth and light from the sun.

For food and storage, the pumpkin is cut off along with the stem.

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Many gardeners who own a small garden plot try to grow as much as possible on it. vegetable crops. And this makes a big mistake. Not all plants are compatible with each other. When grown together, some crops produce a meager and poor-quality harvest. Today we will talk about whether it is possible to plant pumpkin plants nearby and what will come of it.

When planting pumpkins and zucchini together, cross-pollination occurs, which can affect the quality, shape and color of future fruits

Zucchini: description

Zucchini or zucchini - herbaceous plant Pumpkin family. Produces large yellowish-green or light green oblong-shaped fruits. This is one of the varieties of ordinary pumpkin.

This annual crop is successfully grown in regions with warm and temperate climates.

The vegetable's homeland is the American continent. The Italians first began to use this product in cooking. In Europe, zucchini has become one of the most popular varieties of zucchini. Its dark green, oblong-shaped fruits are used in preparing a wide variety of dishes.

What can you plant next to this low-maintenance crop? Zucchini tolerates the following plants well:

• Salad.
• Peas.
• Spinach.
• Bush beans.

Pumpkin: agricultural technology of culture

This ancient healthy vegetable of the Pumpkin family is grown everywhere. Annual crop with a hairy stem and large, hard, lobed leaves produces large orange-colored fruits. Spherical or oblong shaped pumpkins have a pleasant buttery taste. Inside the fruits there is loose pulp with a large number of white seeds.

South America is the birthplace of this vegetable. High plant productivity is noted in regions of temperate and subtropical zones.

This is the most valuable food product, which is widely used not only in cooking, but also in medicine.

What garden crops can pumpkin be planted with?

Compatible plants:

• Beans.
• Beans.
• Peas.

Many gardeners practice planting this vegetable separately on compost heaps.

Cucumber is a plant of the pumpkin family.

It is the most popular vegetable in gardening and is grown all over the world. An annual crop of the Pumpkin family produces tasty, crisp, dark green fruits. Fresh greens are used to prepare a variety of salads, consumed in fresh, salted, pickled and canned.

This plant first appeared on the territory of Ancient Egypt and Greece four thousand years ago. Over time, it began to be grown on the European continent.

Cucumber is a heat-loving and moisture-loving plant that requires proper care - nutrition, watering, warmth and good lighting.

Thanks to the variety of hybrid forms, cucumbers began to be grown not only in the south, but also in the regions of the Middle Zone.

This is a universal plant that develops well and bears fruit both in open and closed ground.

Cucumber is a versatile plant

What garden crops can cucumbers be planted next to? This plant coexists well with almost all useful vegetation in the garden:

• Onion.
• Garlic.
• Legumes.
• All types of cabbage.
• Greens – dill, parsley, basil, spinach.
• Radish.
• Beet.

Pumpkin compatibility when planting

Many gardeners, especially beginners, doubt whether it is possible to plant zucchini and pumpkin next to each other.

When these vegetables are planted together, cross-pollination occurs, which can affect the quality, shape and color of future fruits. Such fruits are edible, but have a slightly specific taste. A certain hybrid grows on zucchini bushes, round in shape and yellowish in color, which is only suitable for making zucchini pancakes. Pumpkins produce oblong-shaped fruits with unchanged taste.

Therefore, for those who want to get a good harvest of vegetables with excellent taste and presentation, pumpkin and zucchini should grow in separate beds.

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