The Only Pumpkins We Can Grow!
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- Growing pumpkins for a fall harvest is not for the faint of heart. But we'll share our failures and successes over the years to help you determine the varieties that you'll be the most successful growing. We'll then show you how we plant these giant butternut squash which did really well for us last year!
CHAPTERS:
0:22: 🎃 Challenges of cultivating giant butternut squash seeds similar to pumpkins in South Georgia.
2:49: 🎃 Best pumpkin varieties for successful growth and timing for planting.
5:38: 🎃 Comparison of storage potential between different types of pumpkins and squash.
8:13: 🌱 Planning for fall planting of giant butternut squash and cucumbers with drip lines.
11:00: 🎃 Planting pumpkin transplants with drip emitters, spacing for future thinning, and minimal pruning for 15-20 Pounders.
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Ty Travis, zone 8a here. Im going to try pumpkin next April. Ty for the information ❤😊
Last year we planted some "Orange Smoothie" small pumpkins in late spring. They did great and after harvest kept just fine well past Halloween. The grandson loved them! Zone 8A McDonough, GA (south of Atlanta for those not in GA).
Hey Travis. One thing you can try is any place on the vine that puts on a viable pumpkin,
cover that vine with soil about a foot before the pumpkin. The vine will put down roots
at that point, offering more moisture/nutrients to each vine as it grows further and
further away from where it was originally planted.
What the heck!! Wow!! That’s big.
In central Louisiana I have had some good luck growing the little Pie pumpkins and did really well with the blue Jarrahdale pumpkins" from Australia". I Plant in a mostly shaded area with good drainage due to our intense summers. I found that by adding a lot of lime to my soil made my pumpkins explode in growth in my area. My daughter and I started a tradition by planting on father's day weekend. I also have some giant butternut squash growing right now about seven fruit on one vine 2' a piece in length. Ps My family and I love watching your channel please keep up the good work.
It’s a pleasure to watch these videos. You are the real deal!
Real deal
I grow the dutch fork or old timey cornfield pumpkins. Its like a giant seminole or cherokee tan. And when i say giant, i mean like large jack o lantern size.
I’ve had great fun growing the prolific Rampicante squash in Louisiana. We eat the young fruit as a Summer squash and then let many mature for a storage Winter squash. They are savory, not sweet and store beautifully for many many months. And they are fun because they grow over 30” long when mature, somewhat resistant to pests and disease. The borers will get in the vines but it’s strong enough not to kill the whole plant usually. I do try to dig the borers out when I find them. We have Vine Borers until frost kills the plants.
Watching this after I planted jackolanterns and some variety called first prize hybrid the end of last month. Hopefully it keeps raining every other day and it doesn’t dry out or they’re toast haha
I've got that gray stuff also. Looks like something that had slow burned to gray ash.. It is in a couple of raised beds that were pretty heavy in compost. First year I noticed it and only in a couple of beds and here and there.
That gray stuff looks a lot like the leftover nature safe I work up on occasion. Especially in spots the drip tape stays for multiple seasons. Although my phone doesn't have the best video quality so it's hard to make it out. If in a day you go out there and it has returned to the darker soil color then its some type of mycelium. Anytime I work up mycelium it dies off in the sun pretty quick
I’ve already failed with Buttercup and a hybrid Zuccuri pumpkin (Japanese seeds from Japan). The easy part was germinating the seed. The tricky part is to NOT overwater the transplant cause they will wilt first then die a slow death. They are in containers and so far anything in the squash family WILL NOT tolerate overwatering. Under watering they will tolerate. I am zone 8b (formerly 8a) in south central Texas.😢
Just cooked my last two butternut squash from last season. I was surprised they stored so long. Didn't plant any this year. Been having quit a time this year getting things to turn out in my garden. Things just are not growing like normal. Ive had to replant beans/pole beans, and some purple hull blackeyed peas like 3 times. Still not getting turnout like Id like.
Travis, we've grown jack-o'-lantern pumpkins for the last 2 or 3 years. i plant them at the same time as i pkant the sunmer crops (early april). we've been harvesting pumpkins for the last 3 weeks. i only planted 3 plants this year. With my limited experience, it seems that the earliest pumpkin to ripen will be the biggest. Last year, i harvested the few we got and put them under our deck on a table, out of the sun. It and a couple smaller ones made it all the way to Halloween without melting. This years crop is inside the basement where it doesn't get much above 70 tops in the summer. They are sitting on wire shelves next to a fan that keeps the air circulating around the basement. We also keep the basement humidity under 60 percent by running a dehumidifier (has nothing to do with the pumpkins). I'm expecting all our harvested pumpkins to survive until the end of Oct. Maybe some other followers of yours can support or deny that this works. I really enjoy your channel.
Are you in South Georgia? Some things don’t grow that well in extreme heat.
Unfortunately Halloween is not in July.
That squash would make your worms very very happy. Mine love them and seem to make short work of them.
That's where they went -- right to the worm farm.
As always, another informative video! Thanks!
After I bragged about how well the mustard greens did with my nematodes, the second container crop had some root knots and a few containers were badly infested. In the in-ground garden the nematodes only hit by row near the edge of the garden. Either I didn't get enough greens to do the job near the edge or they migrated from the adjoining soil. I managed to get a few messes of yellow squash early before the vines succumbed to vine borers and powdery mildew. I tried a second crop of C maxima and patty pan, but within a couple weeks, they were butchered by vine borers and some kind of green larva that doesn't usually attack them. The vines were bored from top to bottom, including the stems. I've never seen it that bad.
Tried the Tahitian Melon, which is just a big butternut, and it grew better than anything else up north n short season, and still perfect and good eating in July, after sitting on the counter all winter! Also found long pie pumpkins to be the best flavored pumpkin with best texture. Thanks for all the stuff you’ve taught me!
The Tahitians and other moschatas have small seed cavities, so, lots more edible flesh than pumpkins.
Love you Trav!!!❤ Love your videos!!!
My buttercups and butternuts have developed and are ripening and just about ready! The first few... not gigantic, just regulars.😊
The gray stuff on your soil may be actinomycetes, a beneficial bacteria in the soil. It blows from point A to b and lands where it lands, not a bad thing at all.
I've prepped my area and soil for my pumpkin patch and will hope for the best! We're here in zone 6b. We get excessive heat and the humidity can be smothering!
Look forward to follow up video...
btw, the Egyptian walking onions me and the neighbors got from you are doing really well. Fun veggie!!! I'll grab the Louisiana underground multiplying bulbs next. 😊
The gray stuff seems to be only where the ground is dug up. Some fungus in moist soil maybe,
My winter squash aka pumpkins are battling vine borers and mildew. I only plant machata types because I know the Maxima's can't handle the pest and disease pressure.
I live in south Carolina and there is a fellow that does a corn maze each fall and he also runs cows in their as well he grows Jack O'Lantern pumpkins and those green ones to but ive have tried to grow them and it definitely doesn't work for me bugs get em or they just bolt
I found pumkins down here are almost impossible for me --- vine borers normally get them. I had a pumpkin volunteer this year, but I have no clue of the type and it doesn't look like anything I ever grew before. So far they are growing very well without any pests, but the plant looks more like a summer squash plant.
*Research squash and pumpkin varieties of C. moschata - these are more Vine borer resistant. Seminole, Cherokee tan, calabaza, Dickenson pumpkin etc. For squash.. South Anna butternut or Tromboncino. These are just to name a few*
I’m in the phoenix area and I’ve also tried large pumpkins 🎃 but don’t get much results. I do have some luck with the smaller pumpkins like black cat and snowball. Those are fun for decorating.
Travis, have you tried Seminole pumpkins. Just like Everglades tomatoes they are tolerant of the heat and the bugs.
Yes. We actually talked about them in this video.
My giant butternut squash all died last week. 116 degrees was too much for them to handle even on drip tape.
Ouch!
Its mycellium maybe? (Grey stuff)
That's my guess too, which is a good thing. Means the soil is healthy. Just Google mycelium in soil Travis and see if that could be it.
That would be my guess to
Looks like healthy spots of mycelium to me. Great sign!
Looks like wood ash!
Gray could indicate low iron in that area, waterlogged soil will cause that. Is this happening where water drips? You mentioned this is a no-till bed. Areas with high concentrations of organic matter and dead roots can lead to anaerobic bacteria growth - another cause of gray soil. Gray mold is another possibility, but you would notice that affecting plants. These are the 3 possibilities that I am aware of.
could you do a video on how you save your tomato seeds. i love better boys but the heat in south ms works on em pretty bad before they can really get going well. i was thinking if i could save my seeds after a few years i might could make a little tougher plant. plus i can plant earlier that our stores usually get em.
I just squeeze the tomato juice into a strainer and rinse until the seeds are relatively clean. Then put a paper plate to dry, and then into a ziploc bag in the fridge.
Hyphe of mycoryzae/ mycelium it usualy looks like the compost got to hot and turned to ash. But its not ash its your gardens intranet.
Good afternoon. I just picked up some pumpkin seeds called orange bulldog developed by UGA for georgia heat. I follow another farmer in southwest georgia that grows this variety and swears by it. Check them out
That no-till bed must be extremely healthy to have that much mycelium in it!
Mycelium. It’s a good thing to have.
Travis have you ever grown Seminole pumpkins? It is a Florida native variety that is supposed to take Florida summers, but I have never grown them even though I have lived here since 1981.
Never mind you answered that question. Do they really take summer heat and humidity?
We love these, zone 7B in DE, no pest problems, keep for months, very tasty, the cook’s favorite as they don’t need peeling.
I am growing Seminole pumpkins IN Seminole county in FL. I can attest that they are the hardiest heat-loving plants, next to sweet potatoes (which are basically weeds to me) I’ve ever planted. I got 21 pumpkins last year before they gave up to pest and disease and they vined all over my yard, house, and fence. They didn’t even flinch when the summer temp hit over 100 degrees. I’m regrowing them this year but like Travis said, the pests are harder for me, so I don’t know if I’ll get as many.
@@seang7435 Thank you for that. Maybe I need to get seeds. TRAVIS you have them on your website?
I have grown them a few years and had good success with them, but this year I wanted to try the Futzu and it's just as prolific as the Seminole, but already been hit by vine borers.
I wonder if tou could do the Long Island cheese pumpkin? Maybe? Its a C Moschata or maxima
It's a moschata, I've grown it here in southeast Alabama but it doesn't hold up to the mildew we get here.
First comment?!
what was the variety of that little orange one you had?
Seminole pumpkin
Squash