Can you plant pumpkin seeds?

[krystals]

The ones straight from the pumpkin? If so, do I need to prepare them in any way?

I am a notorious brown thumb, but I *am* determined. I've had advice from local farmers and they've said it's a good time to plant them here, but just wondering if I should get seedlings or just use the seeds I have from the pumpkin I used tonight?!!

Jealous of my neighbour who has both watermelon and pumpkins growing from his driveway- they sprouted without his knowledge and he has no idea how they got there!

[Inertia]

You can indeed, but they like slightly undulating land. They grow best out of a compost pile.

[~StarBright~]

Yep go for it!!! They will go crazy too!! One seed will equal a big vine with lots of pumkins!! I usually let mine dry for a day or so and then plant them in a few little pots first while they sprout and then transplant them into the ground, but you can put them straight in the ground if you want!!

Have funa nd happy pumnkin eating!!

[BlackCat]

perfect timing for this thread I just planted some I had dried out a few days ago tonight... thinking perhaps I shouldnt have put more than one or two in though now lol!

[sconeonamission]

I did! Now I have a pumpkin vine growing! No pumpkins, but a plant that runs wild! Where we lived about 4 hrs ago, I grew more pumpkins than we could eat!!

And I'm a black thumb!

[Trillian]

you will find that growing pumpkins from a seed straight from a plant will give you a fabulous pumpkin vine, but no pumpkins as the seeds are sterile and are not meant to be bred from. It's to protect plant breeder rights otherwise you'd never have to buy a packet of seeds kwim?

[Indadhanu]

Yeah, what Trillian said.

And with lemons, they won't even grow! I tried to grow a lemon tree. No go on that one.

[Miss.September]

LOL, make sure you have lots of room....I can no longer get to my clothesline

[AnyDream]

Not necessarily true all the time, Trill. My compost-origin pumpkin vines have finally started getting their girl flowers on, I think I'm gonna be eatin punkins soon! Turns out the trick was using a fertiliser with a different NPK balance.

BUT if you want to be sure, you could try growing them from seeds from organic pumpkin, or you could send away for some heritage pumpkin seeds, there are all sorts of amazing pumpkins out there. Jap and butternut and qld blue are pretty boring really

[Mildez]

Ours have always grown from a shop brought pumpkin and produced an abundance of pumpkins!