Is it too soon to start off my Pumpkin seeds (in greenhouse)?

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boddy

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Is it too soon to start off my Pumpkin seeds (in greenhouse)? The sowing harvesting chart suggests I could. I want to grow another whopper but I don't think I'd started any this time last year....or was it that the weather was better and it seemed later?
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I wouldn't start them for another couple of weeks.

The problem with early sowing, especially the big'uns, is that once they germinate they grow super-fast, which is a problem unless you have a heated greenhouse or conservatory to put them in, until they can be planted out.

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I've started this early before and regretted it badly. The plants were monsters by May and that's still too early to plant out up here.

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Thanks for the advice, I'll hold on.  :)

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ive got marrows in the cold greenhouse   just making a show

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ive got marrows in the cold greenhouse   just making a show

I hope you have lots of nice warm space for them as they will grow quite quickly, m1ckz  :ohmy:
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yes i know...can allways sow a few more lol

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So... do people think now is OK? To sow both summer and winter squash. I have an unheated greenhouse.

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Mine have just gone in, God help me and my 200 pots I have sowed LOL got summerseeditis and I was excited.  :lol: they are not all pumpkins hehe

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Re: Is it too soon to start off my Pumpkin seeds (in greenhouse)?
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2015, 21:35 »
200 pumpkin/squash? Where are you planting them, a field?!




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Re: Is it too soon to start off my Pumpkin seeds (in greenhouse)?
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2015, 21:44 »
200 pumpkin/squash? Where are you planting them, a field?!


No no no no just all veg of some sort, got early itch  ;)

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Re: Is it too soon to start off my Pumpkin seeds (in greenhouse)?
« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2015, 07:50 »
I think that when it comes to pumpkins prolonged harvesting is the best option – therefore, after the first batch of seeds germinate, repeat again. I always repeat this procedure with all my vegetables, so I enjoy continuous and prolific harvest.
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