How To Plant Fresh Pumpkin Seeds
Tip Plant on the edge of the garden to give the pumpkins room to spread out.
How to plant fresh pumpkin seeds. Add any organic material to the soil as you work it into hills spaced 6-8 feet apart with each hill being roughly 8-12 inches tall. Be sure that you plant the pumpkin seeds after all chance of frost has passed. Fill a bowl with clean water and set on a counter or table.
How to plant pumpkin seeds from fresh pumpkin. In the mound plant three to five pumpkin seeds about 1 inch 25 cm deep. Place the rinsed seeds into a wide-mouthed glass jar and cover with water.
If you are buying a pumpkin at a farm or farmers market ask the grower whether or not the pumpkins are hybrids. There will be more seeds inside the pumpkin than you will ever be able to plant so once you have a good amount of seeds rinsed look over them and choose the biggest seeds. The soil temperature also needs to be 65 F 18 C or above.
Selected seeds are heated from 2 to 3 hours in warm water its temperature should not exceed 50 degrees. Pumpkin seeds are selected visually and to the touch. Indoors place seed-starting pots under artificial lights or in a bright south-facing window.
Step 2 Clean the seeds. Using a spoon scrape the pulp and seeds out of your pumpkin into a bowl. Due to large vines it is best to plant your pumpkin seeds five feet apart Watson says.
Video of the Day. Toss the drained seeds with a little oil some seasoning and spread evenly across a large baking sheet. For all pumpkin crops seeds before sowing need.