Category: pumpkins
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How Soil Quality Affects Pumpkin Size and Color
Every autumn, gardeners marvel at pumpkins that glow a deep, vivid orange and swell to impressive sizes on the vine. What most people do not realize is that the real work behind those results happens underground. The quality of the soil your pumpkins grow in is one of the single greatest factors determining how large…
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What Pumpkin Farmers Do During the Off Season
Most people associate pumpkin farms with the golden weeks of fall, the loaded wagons, the corn mazes, and the bins overflowing with orange and white and warty gourds. What happens after the last pumpkin sells and the gates close for the season is a different story entirely. For pumpkin farmers, the off season is not…