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Title: Spacing for giant pumpkins?
Post by: Jayb on May 14, 2010, 10:55:44

I'm hoping to have a try at growing a large, well large for me pumpkin. I've raised a couple of plants and I'm now wondering how much space is going to be needed for each? Nothing like forward planning!  ;D

Title: Re: Spacing for giant pumpkins?
Post by: springs on May 14, 2010, 15:08:50

 my spacing is 2meters by8meters for 2pumpkins, plant each end and grow towards each other.

Title: Re: Spacing for giant pumpkins?
Post by: nilly71 on May 14, 2010, 15:37:06

This is my first year growing them, so i have no idea.
Try http://www.gvgo.ca/articles/ (http://www.gvgo.ca/articles/) & http://www.backyardgardener.com/secert.html (http://www.backyardgardener.com/secert.html) for some interesting info.

Neil

Title: Re: Spacing for giant pumpkins?
Post by: gaz2000 on May 14, 2010, 21:54:27

mine are going in spaced out by 4 metres  between all four,then will train the vines to avoid to much interference

planting out tuesday coming fingers crossed,courgettes also

Title: Re: Spacing for giant pumpkins?
Post by: Jayb on May 15, 2010, 07:56:06

Thanks Springs, I'll follow your advice I’m only going to plant out 2 so that sounds good to me  ;D

Cheers for the links Neil, it is a first for me too so perhaps we can do a giant/big as you can pumpkin support thread because I have not got much of a clue  ;D

Good luck for Tuesday Gaz, I think the weather is meant to be improving. I'm a bit behind you so really intrested to know how it goes :)