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Edmonton, Canada

Hi everyone, I have a question to ask all of you. I moved at the end of last year to a townhouse style condo. My back yard is consideribly smaller, and my garden is just over 60 square feet. I'm wondering if this is big enough to even attempt to grow a giant pumpkin. The yard in total is about 600 square feet, and I would let the plant spread out all over, but with only 6 X 10 feet of soil would this be enough. I'm able to grow 1 plant at a freind's farm, but it's almost an hour away, and would love to have something closer to home. Alright everyone, what should I do?

3/26/2002 11:28:39 AM

Eagan,Minnesota

I would give it a shot.....I would bury as much of the vine as possible,and make sure you prepare the soil real good!
I grew a 370 lber in 20 by 8 feet!!
Chris....Good Luck :)

3/26/2002 12:47:54 PM

porterville, calif.

Why not give it a shot. Im going to try 1 plant out of a big whiskey barrel. You never know until you try it, you may be surprised! Good luck ..Greg

3/26/2002 2:31:50 PM

Utah

go for it !
You're going to have to think about how you are going to
train and prune the plant and set fruit on it in the
small patch. what if you don't get a female till
10-15 ft out ?
but it can be done. I've heard of people
growing good sized pumpkins in really small plots.
good luck

3/26/2002 3:04:07 PM

Deer Park WA

Grow it by all means, unless you also grow edibile veggies then it's a tough choice! I bet you could still grow a neighbourhood record pumkin in that small space!

3/26/2002 10:46:28 PM

Edmonton, Canada

Thanks for the advice guys. I think I'll give it a shot. The veggies will just have to grow in the flower beds!

3/27/2002 3:44:43 PM

San Diego

Last year was my first and I planted a 357 mongeon in a planter box of 20 sq. ft and it did fine. It grew to 250lbs before powdery mildew killed the plant and the pumpkin stopped growing. You got 3 times the dirt so you should be fine.

3/27/2002 9:25:49 PM

Pickaway County , Oh.

Hi Smitty-Last year was my first year- I put 6 of my best
plants in a 30by30ft.garden of well prepared-ph perfect soil-they went nuts! It was like killing babies, but I had to pull out three nice plants to make room for the others-they did well, but I did alot of pruning and burying- ended up losing an aprox.200# &a 250#er before putting a nice180#er on my porch-But I never had more fun! Go 4 It!

3/28/2002 8:05:57 PM