Next, it’s time to plant the seeds, usually in late March to early April. Giant pumpkin seeds have to germinate in a controlled indoor setting, ideally between 80 and 90 degrees. After 10 to 21 ...

When I was in high school and college, I worked on a farm. One of my jobs was to cultivate and grow about 10 acres of pumpkins. They were just the field pumpkins, the jack-o-lantern pumpkins that ...

Technically yes, a pumpkin is a fruit. The difference between a fruit and a vegetable comes down to the part of the plant we eat. A “fruit” refers to the edible part of the plant that develops ...

Technically yes, a pumpkin is a fruit. The difference between a fruit and a vegetable comes down to the part of the plant we eat. A “fruit” refers to the edible part of the plant that develops ...

No chemicals can be used. Jeff Theil, who also served as emcee, said a pumpkin plant typically grows 60 days and a pumpkin grows typically 100 days. Staff members from the various Ohio prisons ...

An inmate crew led by Gary Mayfield, who started the detention center’s garden in 2015, spent some of the summer and early fall growing pumpkins and ... worked hard to grow that for you and ...

The city has a pretty good composting program, which means I can eventually return to the earth and help the next generation of pumpkins grow. And then, y’know, I’ll have to make way for ...

But, this cold weather could also take a toll on the plants in your garden.The frost shouldn't affect your pumpkins or Jack-O-Lanterns. In fact, even with the wild swing in temperatures over the ...

you can find canned pumpkin in stores year-round. Marisa Moore, RD, who is the author of “The Plant Love Kitchen” (NatGeo Books, 2023) and is based in Atlanta, extolls the value of both ...