This year, 2016, am also growing two "decorative pumpkins" from seeds salvaged out of an enormous pumpkin tossed in a dumpster. Im going out on a limb calling them "decorative " because these pumpkins are so UGLY they're beautiful!! The seeds were 3 years old. To my surprise they germinated indoors immediately and I have transplanted them to a full sun location where I grew pumpkins last year. I have to water my gardens every day because it gets so hot everything starts to wilt. The problem I had last year was with powdery mildew. I'm new to vegetable gardening this being my second year. So as a novice my advice is if your pumpkins are wilting and need to be watered, then water them, or they will die. And if they get powdery mildew or some other secondary problem, treat that too. Gardening is time consuming and can be expensive. But for me it's the most rewarding activity I have ever done.
