Pumpkins are heavy feeders and nutrient
requirements change, as your pumpkin grows. For the first few weeks, your
pumpkin will require a fertilizer with more Phosphate, such as Fox Farm’s Fruit
and Flower to help establish roots.
For the next 3 weeks or so, switch to a
higher Nitrogen fertilizer such as Fox Farm Tomato and Vegetable Food to
encourage your pumpkin to produce vine and leaf growth.
About week 6 or 7,
switch back to 5-10-5,
until first fruit set, then stop feeding
until you can see the pumpkin has started.
At this point switch to a fertilizer
with high Potash to encourage fruit growth and that’s what you’ll feed your
pumpkin until harvest.
Pumpkins can draw nutrients through their leaves, so
another way to feed your plant is to spray the leaves with liquid seaweed or
fish and seaweed.
The value of fish and
seaweed fertilizers is they are loaded with amino acids, enzymes and
micro-nutrients, great for supplementing your regular fertilizers, especially
during the Nitrogen phase.
Pumpkins need a lot of water. It’s best to water in the
morning and to water at the base of the plant, not the leaves. An easy way to
gather water at the base is to build a moat around the plant and water in the
moat. Another trick is to pick out the biggest two or three pumpkins and remove
the rest. This will help your big pumpkins grow even larger. Pumpkin plants
like a lot of sun. The pumpkins themselves like shade, so consider covering
your fruit with shade cloth or Seed Guard. Start your pumpkins now and plan to
enter our Giant Pumpkin Contest, which will be held Saturday October 11th,
2014.
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