Punkins

[Dominique]

No, I know, it is pumpkins, only it's what my grandson calls them...   ::)
Anyway, I've got TWO growing, (out of 4 plants!) and I read somewhere else that - I think it was Wardy - put some membrane under them.... I have been worried in case they rot, what should I put under?  I don't have any membrane!  Or any brain left for that matter....  :(
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[Dominique]

[wardy]

A plate, a stone, a bit of carpet, some straw.  Just something to keep them off the floor where they might rot  :)  I've used a can of John Smiths but put some slug pellets in it too so it has a dual purpose  ;D

[spacehopper]

I like that idea Wardy!

[slyfox-mal]

im growing atlantic giants never grown anything befor but some are about the size of a football so far im growing them through plastic sheeting i have 8 plants all doing ok so far will they be ok just resting on the plastic or do i need to  rest em on summit else ?

[wardy]

Mine on sheet mulch are ok I think - it's the ones resting on soil and manure I've raised up off the ground.  One balancing on a John Smith's can and one on a tripod, oh and another reclining on a cardboard box.  I just want to keep them off too damp ground so the slugs aren't attracted  :)

[real food]

I use slates.

[Mrs Ava]

I have used straw, but only cos I have some left from mulching my strawbs earlier in the year.