Rarely in which garden does a pumpkin grow. She needs minimal care - watering, infrequent cultivation and weeding. If you know when to remove the pumpkin from the garden, how to store it correctly, then the yellow-sided beauty is quite up to spring.
A little about planting seedlings
In order to get early harvests of this vegetable, pumpkin is planted with seedlings. Seeds are placed in separate containers, do not dive, because the pumpkin really does not like the transplant process. Seeds begin to germinate in such a way that no more than 25-30 days pass from the appearance of sunrise to planting a plant in open ground. If this period is increased, then the seedlings will stretch, will not be squat and strong. From such a plant, large fruits cannot be obtained. Seeds for a day are soaked in water, and then planted in glasses with a diameter of 7-8 cm and a height of 6-7 cm.
When transplanting seedlings into the soil, the soil in the tank is pre-watered and planted together with a lump of earth in prepared holes.
Growing season and harvesting time
Speaking about when to remove the pumpkin from the garden, it is important to talk about the timing of its vegetation. Depending on whether it is grown for summer consumption or storage, it takes from 90 to 136 days. Therefore, when sowing, it is important to consider these numbers. After all, if it is decided in the summer to feast on fruits that do not yet have a firm, roughened crust, then you can plant the seeds 3 months before harvesting. And when to remove the pumpkin from the garden so that the vegetable is stored for a long time? 4.5 months after emergence.
If seeds were sown on seedlings on April 25, and on the soil on May 25, then the first fruits can be harvested already in late July - early August. But such a crop is not stored for a long time. It is better to eat pumpkin for a week. Amazing amber puree soup is cooked from it, salads, cereals, delicious pancakes are made. For storage, the pumpkin planted on seedlings at the same time is removed in the middle - end of September. It should mature well, while the crust will become hard. That's when to clean the pumpkin in the suburbs.
Harvest
It should be remembered that the pumpkin should not be exposed to autumn frosts. If the weather forecast reported this weather phenomenon, then the crop should be immediately harvested, or at least cover the bushes and fruits with a double layer of non-woven material and a film.
Talking about when to remove the pumpkin, it is important to mention the external signs of the technical ripeness of the fetus. In large-fruited pumpkins, the peduncle should dry and become coarser. Nutmeg will tell you that it has matured by changing the pattern and color of its bark.
Cut the pumpkin with a sharp knife. You can not break off or unscrew the fruit from the main bush. It is important to know that at the same time the stalk can break off, and without it the pumpkin will not be stored for a long time, since an infection will penetrate the site of the original wound, which will undoubtedly cause rotting of the fetus.
Storage
After the gardener has calculated when to remove the pumpkin from the garden and harvested, it is important to provide the vegetable with suitable storage conditions. He does not like temperature differences, so it is better for him to immediately create suitable conditions. At 3-10 degrees of heat and humidity, 70% of the fruit will be stored for quite some time.