How to Grow Pumpkins Baby Pam

How to grow pumpkins will focus on growing the Baby Pam variety. Since it is October of 2009 and pumpkins do not grow well in the Winter, we plant ours in the Spring of 2010.

We will probably start with starting our own seeds indoors and then moving them out when it gets warmer.

This pumpkin has the best quality for pie pumpkin.

Bright, deep orange skin and thick, tan handle. Attractive small pie pumpkins avg. 4 lb. Dry, sweet flesh is clearly the best of all varieties for pie.

Days to Maturity or Bloom: 105

In the mean time start preparing your soil and place for the pumpkins. They are a vine plant and will need a lot of room to grow. I would say about ten square feet per hill of four.

I started my seeds indoors about two weeks ago. They quickly sprung up and have been doing quite well. Other seeds that I planted came up but did not get enough light so they have not grown correctly. Others, I am still waiting for them to come up.

I am putting two of my plants in a container as explained in a video below. Two others I will put in the garden with a trellis. We will watch these grow together.

For more detailed information on pumpkins, see Tips on Growing Pumpkins.

12-21-09

A frost got the Fall pumpkins I grew. I will have to try again.

03-03-2010

For the 2010 Growing Season it is time to start your seeds indoors.

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