pumpkin

[LAURA]

in sainsburys you can get a baby pumpkin for 99p
and its edible some of the larger ones arnt

[midi-mania]

:O

[nina]

Originally Posted by LAURA

in sainsburys you can get a baby pumpkin for 99p
and its edible some of the larger ones arnt

I got one of those last week - they're cute. The larger pumpkins are edible, it's just that when they get really big they don't taste of much (but I don't think tortoises care <g>).

[midi-mania]

a pumpkins a pumpkin, you know the seeds you scoop out of the big pumpkins, if i stuck em all in the ground on my bit of.... plantless ground would they grow?

[nina]

Originally Posted by midi-mania

a pumpkins a pumpkin, you know the seeds you scoop out of the big pumpkins, if i stuck em all in the ground on my bit of.... plantless ground would they grow?

Probably, but pumpkins need a lot of heat and a lot of water (I usually grow them and this year was a complete failure - we had lots of water but not much heat). Save any seeds you get, keep them in a cool, dry place, and then in the spring sow them two or three to a pot in good potting compost indoors. When they sprout, thin them to one to a pot, and when get their second leaves you can plant them out if it's warm enough. Be warned though - if they grow as they should they take up a lot of space. Also, what usually happens is that you get lots of male flowers first and no female flowers, and then female flowers and few male flowers, so it helps if you have at least two or three plants on the go, and also if you fertilise the female flowers with the male ones.

[joathome]

Thats great i will give them some tomorrow

[wildlifewarrior]

for best reasults grow them in a green house, or water them with nearly boiling water.

[midi-mania]

when i keep them in a dry place, how do i get rid of the gooy stuff first?

[midi-mania]

ile keep them in my conservantory untill they grow properly, all the tealight candles left over from last year from my pumpkins have melted into a big pool on the floor and because the conservantory isnt finished the cement has absorber the wax

[nina]

Originally Posted by midi-mania

when i keep them in a dry place, how do i get rid of the gooy stuff first?

Just wipe them with a paper towel, or don't even bother - if you leave them spread out on newspaper for a day or two, all the gooey stuff will just dry and shrink.