Gardening and Horticulture - growing pumpkins

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sallen
10-26-02, 07:04 PM
I want to grow pumpkins next season. I have a small yard, but I read that it is possible to grow them on a trellis or a similar structure. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to build such a thing? I want to get started on this ASAP.

Gami
10-28-02, 10:23 AM
Hi Sallen,

If you want to grow huge pumpkins, such as used for Jack O'Lanterns, you would need to support them somehow on a trellis. Smaller, decorative pumpkins would be fine.

Here's some reading info. Some have trellis plans -

http://www.essortment.com/in/Gardening.Growing.How.To/
http://www.gardenguides.com/articles/growingplantsvertically.htm
http://gardening.wsu.edu/library/vege017/vege017.htm
http://www.burpee.com/Burpee/GardenSchool/school1/class2/c2p3.asp

Gami