Planting and caring for pumpkins

Pumpkin - an annual plant with a creeping, long stem, with powerful roots that help draw moisture from the deep bowels of the earth, which contributes to good resistance to drought. Pumpkin is a medicinal, dietary product that has an excellent taste. It is useful to use for problems with the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, obesity, atherosclerosis, and pumpkin seeds can help in the fight against worms.

It is better to sow pumpkins on soil that has been prepared in the fall., the best predecessors of pumpkin are beans, tomatoes, peas, potatoes and root vegetables. In the fall, complete mineral and organic fertilizers should be added to the soil, then it should be dug well. Pumpkin sowing is also carried out in the inter-rows of early potatoes, corn, bush beans, table and fodder beets, and beans. Pumpkins can be planted near trellises, verandas, fences, and the fruits should be tied to a support. Seeds can be sown dry, or they can be sown wet or already sprouted. In mid-August, the main stem of the layer must be pinched.

Pumpkins love warmth, grows well in dry areas. Pumpkin should be sown in a sunny place when the soil reaches fifteen degrees Celsius, usually in warm regions, this is approximately the end of April, and in more northern regions - the end of May, so seedlings in northern regions are preferable. Seeds need to be embedded six centimeters into the soil; if the weather is already dry, then a depth of eight centimeters is achieved.

The main thing in caring for a pumpkin is loosening, watering and removing weeds. Pumpkin should be fed with mineral fertilizers, which contain a lot of phosphorus. Pumpkin is very sensitive to temperature at an early age; at zero temperatures the plant dies. In order for pumpkin fruits to develop well, they need a temperature of at least twenty-four degrees.