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Milpitas, CA  SoulReaver009 Jun 7, 2020 5:45 PM CST |
| So I was wondering if I could grow a pumpkin in my bucket. It is the same height as a 5 gallon bucket, however, it's opening is about 2.5 feet in diameter. Is this enough root space, and enough top space for it to develop a pumpkin? Thank you |
Name: Big Bill Livonia, Michigan (Zone 6a) American Orchid Society Judge              BigBill Jun 7, 2020 6:48 PM CST |
| A pumpkin is a squash, a rather large squash. It's fruit bearing vines will run all over. So I am confused, why keep it in a bucket? It will get more water, produce larger fruit if in the ground in my opinion. Rodney Wilcox Jones, my idol! Businessman, Orchid grower, hybridizer, lived to 107! |
Milpitas, CA SoulReaver009 Jun 7, 2020 7:51 PM CST |
| Because I heard that pumpkins grow wild if directly sowed into the ground. But I already have pumpkin seeds and was really looking forward to growing pumpkins... but I don't want to have a pumpkin patch in my backyard. So in order to control it from growing wildly, I was thinking to grow them in a bucket. Otherwise, I don't know what to do with my pumpkin seeds. And it seems like a loss. I was gonna give them away to family, friends, donate some, and cook some. *at a loss, not wanting to concede*  Thank you |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost    DaisyI Jun 7, 2020 8:37 PM CST |
| Its not the roots that grow wild, its the tops. They take an incredible amount of space and each plant will grow 3 - 6 pumpkins, depending upon the size of the pumpkins. Those big ones in Half Moon Bay have leaves the size of garbage can lids and grow one pumpkin per vine. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
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