Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 2 Entries. Friday, June 4 View Page well I know it's super late in the season to be doing this but I JUST got my pumpkin in the ground. Due to lack of money I didnt have enough to do a nutrient pit for the pumpkin to go in so it stayed in a pot for longer than it should have. The soil in the pot consisted of mushroom compost cow crap and regular soil. Ive got three true leaves so far with a 4rth trying to pop up. Non of them have very much size to them either which also is of concern. after the third leaf sprang out its like the plant just totally stopped growing. I attribute this to one of two things. 1. it got pot bound and couldn't grow much larger- although when I took it out of the pot it didnt seem all that pot bound or 2. there was not proper drainage due to all the soil amendments in the pot causing the water to get caught and cause root rot. Either way Im just hoping it will spring back with its new home in the ground! I hope with every fiber of my being I didnt kill the poor thing. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Bond Friday, June 4 View Page The nutrient pit I dug was 4X4X2. The top was nice and black while beneath there was a great deal more clay and some rocks. I used 2 parts cow poop .2,.2,.2 to three parts native soil. The mount at the top I used some store bought vegetable and garden soil for the majority of the mounding. I still have the rest of the patch to work on but for now I just dont have the money to rent a tiller and get all those amendments. Hopefully once I get a second job I can better fund this extravaganza! Anyway, thoughts on how to grow pumpkins on a budget are greatly appreciated. Oh and also, do you all add amendments specifically to help in drainage or does the native soil usually take care of that? thanks, Bond