Seeds

[amanda21]

Hi all.  Don't have an allotment yet - but I am living in hope!  Anyway Daughter No. 2 is carving her pumpkin as we speak and I wondered if I should save the seeds - just in case I get some ground to plant sometime?  The pumpkin came from my uncle so no idea what variety.  Do I just dry them out naturally or can I put them in the airing cupboard?  I guess then I just store them somewhere dry until I can plant them?   ???

[amanda21]

[agapanthus]

dry them somewhere cool and dry and you should have prime seeds for gorgeous pumpkins next year ;D

[amanda21]

Thanks - sorry another question - very new at this gardening lark! - do you sew them straight into the ground or pots first and when?  Cheers

[amanda21]

Hi Wardy - this particular pumpkin was a bit small by the time she'd messed around with it for any culinary delights but I have another that is all mine....all mine!  :P

[agapanthus]

I usually start mine in the warm...either a windowsill  greenhouse or conservatory if you have one..then harden them off before planting them out in the warmer weather.

[amanda21]

Thanks - I have a conservatory so will try that.  If the allotment doesn't come through I will just have to give the plants to my dad for his plot!  ;)

[Derekthefox]

I saved the seeds from my last pumpkin, and am eating them as I speak. I was unsure how to roast them, so I just bunged them in a dry cast iron skillet, and gave them a while until they started to smell sort of roasted ...

I am eating them whole , shell and all and they are delicious. My wife and daughter agree ...

Derekthefox :D

[Derekthefox]

Why would anyone want to expel poppy seeds?  ;D

All the pumpkin seeds were eaten at one sitting by the way ...

Derekthefox :D