feeding pumpkins

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chickpeacurry

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feeding pumpkins
« on: July 28, 2013, 10:34 »
Pumpkins all growing well been feeding 1 weekly with tomato feed.  Due to go on holiday I wondered would they benefit from extra feed in the soil.  I have chicken pellets grow more.  I would do the same with squash.

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compostqueen

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Re: feeding pumpkins
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2013, 10:53 »
I would use the manure pellets, scattered around the growing point (which hopefully you marked with a stick when you planted them  ;))  You don't need many as they're very concentrated.  The rain will wash them in gradually and keep them well fed while you're away  :)

I grow my squashes etc in lots of manure at planting time

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Kleftiwallah

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Re: feeding pumpkins
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2013, 12:11 »

If you look along the runners, where the leaf stalk leaves the runner there will be a slight enlarging of the stem.  Bury this as this is an auxiliary rootlet, feed here also. :mellow:

Cheers,   Tony.
I may be growing OLD, but I refuse to grow UP !

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devonbarmygardener

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Re: feeding pumpkins
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2013, 15:39 »
I have a bottle with a point shoved into the ground below the squash roots and I feed mine on guinness occasionaly.

They do really well. ;)

1 bottle of guinness between 3 spaghetti squash and 1 between 4 'Honey bear' - washed down with water. :)



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