What is the best season to plant pumpkin?

Every family grows some pumpkins, which will cover the entire roof in midsummer. With sufficient sunlight, the yield will be much higher. One tree may grow hundreds of kilograms of pumpkins. Leave the seeds from the pumpkins you ate last year and sow them directly the next year . In this way, you don't need to buy seeds at all.

Pumpkin Planting Season

The pumpkin planting season is generally between the Qingming Festival and the Grain Rain in spring, from April to May . If the sowing is done with mulch covering or seedlings are grown in a greenhouse, the sowing time can be earlier. For spring planting, it is advisable to choose early-maturing, cold-resistant and high-yielding varieties.

Pumpkin planting process

Step 1 : Before planting pumpkin seeds, you need to select them properly. Choose sunny weather, dry the seeds for three days, and then soak the seeds in 55-degree water for 15 minutes.

Step 2 : Soak it in 30-degree water for three to four hours, then wrap it with a wet towel and place it at 25 to 30 degrees for two days, then you can sow it.

Step 3 : When sowing, you need to place the seeds in small holes, put 3 seeds in each hole, then cover them with two centimeters of sand, and keep the holes 50 centimeters apart.

Step 4 : It will generally take ten to fifteen days for the plant to germinate, and it can be transplanted after three to five leaves grow. At this time, the sick and weak plants need to be picked out, and fertilizer should be applied after ten days. When there are 10 leaves, the plant needs to be topped, and supports should be set up along the vines to allow the leaves to be better distributed.