After carving my pumpkin, can the seeds be planted to grow more pumpkins, and whats the process?
mike
pineapple asked:
How do I store them, where do I store them, when and how do I plant them? Thanks for any help.
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September 24th, 2008 at 7:03 am
wash them thoughroly…lol cant spell! keep them on the window sill to dry out. it will take about 6 weeks to dry properly before plantation. when planting put seeds no deeper than 6 inch’s.
It will not matter how close or how far appart you plant them.
September 26th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
toss a bunch into the ground where you want them to grown NOW and in the spring you will likely have several of them grow (if they haven’t been eaten by squirrels or whatnot)
take another bunch and wash them off. lay them out on a few sheets of paper towel or newspaper and let them dry on a windowsil.
store the dried seeds in an envelope or jar until spring. as soon as the frost is past, plant them where you want them or start them indoors in very early spring if you want them to grow faster. for the indoor plantings, plant them outside as soon as the frost is past.
September 29th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Yes,I think you can grow more and more pumpkins but it SO many pumpkin seeds.
September 29th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Rinse off the yucky stuff with cold water. Spread them out and let them dry flat on a couple of paper towels. Once dried they can be stored in a cool dry place. A plastic container is good. You don’t want any moisture to get on them or they will mold. You can plant them the following Spring.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:23 am
yes, works very well just let them dye out over the year in a brown paper bag….
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Yes you can use them to plant. Just put them on a paper towel in a sunny windowsill and let dry completely. Leave on paper towel, put them in a ziploc baggy and store in a dark, cool dry place until may and you should be able to plant them. Check an almanac or on computer for planting time. Then just make a hill with your soil, leave the seeds on the paper towel and rip the paper towel around each seed to seperate and plant by poking the seed into the hill of soil a few inches apart. Water and keep soil damp and you should have pumpkins next year! The paper towel will hold more water to the seed and help them grow.
October 6th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
put them into the ground and they will grow
October 7th, 2008 at 10:20 am
the reason for letting them dry in a paper bag is to prevent any moisture from getting in the baggie and telling the seeds to grow… dry out the seeds do all the stuff ..letting them dry rinsing the crud off. store the dry seeds… it does take a while ( weeks( BUT the next time you go to home depot look at the charts for your GROWING area… That will determine when to plant your pumpkins for your area. The planting is easy you dont want 50 seeds in one hole. Put one seed or two every couple of inches … If they live you have a million long vines. >> The problem I had was animals eating and digging up my seeds. SO if you do all that right get your seeds in the ground… Make sure your seeds after your hard work are not getting eaten… Ask your local Lowes or Home depot to help you figure out a way to animal proof your garden… These places have people who do like to help and actually have helpful information .
October 9th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Here are the simple steps for saving your seeds for next year:
Select large, healthy pumpkins from healthy plants. Remember large begets large and round begets round.
If one plant appears more disease resistant than others, lean towards a pumpkin from this vine.
Select two or three pumpkins if possible. Multiple sources increases the likelihood of good germination.
Extract the seeds from the pumpkins.
Wash and rinse seeds thoroughly, using soapy, lukewarm water. Do not use hot water, and do not allow the seeds to soak in the water.
Drain seeds in a strainer.
Spread seed out an screen.
Stir the seeds often the first two days. Turn them over as you stir.
Allow the seeds to air dry in a cool, dry area for three weeks. Longer is recommended. Do not cut the time short, even if the seeds appear “dry”.
Store seeds in a bag, envelope or jar in a cool dry place. Use of an air tight jar is not recommended, because if the seeds have not thoroughly dried, they will mold and rot.
Mark the seeds with date and type of pumpkin.
Some people place the seed in a freezer for a couple of weeks before sowing them to replicate nature if at all possible. This is optional and I have seen no difference.
mc
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October 12th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Actually no washing,drying is required.the neighbors just throw them out and they grow.you can throw them wher you want them to grow now. they will lay there dormant until spring.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:51 am
You can plant the seeds, but there’s a very good chance that what you get won’t be pumpkins. You will most likely get a sort of hybrid gourd. The resons get a little technical, but suffice it to say that you’ll be getting a different genetic mix from the seeds than from the parent plant. One thing you CAN do with the seeds, however, is toast them and eat them, much the way you eat sunflower seeds (just the inside, of course, not the husk). For next year’s pumpkins, you’re better off buying seed that has had its genetic history carefully controlled, from a reputable seed company.
October 18th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
You have to dry them first, but do so in the air, perhaps on some newspaper. Do not put them in an oven. I’d store them in an envelop in your kitchen drawer until next spring when you can plant them.