rcredmon
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Hello,
At the beginning of spring, my two year old and I planted six pumpkin seeds in a container. I did this with two containers actually, so I planted a total of twelve seeds. (of course I now know that you shouldn't do that). Later on after they began to sprout I built two raised bed planters. One of them is two feet by six feet, and the other is two by two and is three foot tall. In the 2X6 I separated the root ball of one of the container...unbeknownst to me, pumpkins produce hair thin roots that are just as curly as their vines. So inevitably, I ended up tearing a few roots in the process. I assume they've spent a tremendous amount of energy growing new roots, instead of growing up. Those plants are not growing very large, and are not growing quickly. They have blooms, but a couple of them aren't even three inches tall.
In the 2x2x3 container, I just put the whole root ball in without breaking it up...and these plants are growing like crazy. So...my question is, will a small pumpkin plant still produce pumpkins? Or...is there some sort of fertilizer I can use to speed up the process?
Thanks,
Robby.
At the beginning of spring, my two year old and I planted six pumpkin seeds in a container. I did this with two containers actually, so I planted a total of twelve seeds. (of course I now know that you shouldn't do that). Later on after they began to sprout I built two raised bed planters. One of them is two feet by six feet, and the other is two by two and is three foot tall. In the 2X6 I separated the root ball of one of the container...unbeknownst to me, pumpkins produce hair thin roots that are just as curly as their vines. So inevitably, I ended up tearing a few roots in the process. I assume they've spent a tremendous amount of energy growing new roots, instead of growing up. Those plants are not growing very large, and are not growing quickly. They have blooms, but a couple of them aren't even three inches tall.
In the 2x2x3 container, I just put the whole root ball in without breaking it up...and these plants are growing like crazy. So...my question is, will a small pumpkin plant still produce pumpkins? Or...is there some sort of fertilizer I can use to speed up the process?
Thanks,
Robby.
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