• Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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      1 month ago

      Those little pumpkins look especially adorbs and will be fast too. You have to show us pictures when they are ready. 🎃

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        1 month ago

        I hope they go ok… pumpkins are apparently prone to mildew and attract pests. And I’m worried the pots are too small.

        I was going to get Small Sugar pumpkins because they’re sweet and good for pies but checked the size of the fruit and it’s lucky that I did. Those are smaller than standard but 18cm/2kg would be a bit heavy for vertical growing.

        I picked the Jack Be Little variety that seemed like they’d grow to the size of my fist and will support them with cut off stockings if I have to.

        I considered the tiniest ones, Baby Boo, but they look very ornamental. Their description said they were edible but didn’t say they were good eating.

        https://www.theseedcollection.com.au/?skw=Pumpkin

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          1 month ago

          I grew the baby boo pumpkins last year. They were ok to eat, but a bit incipid. They made a decent individual stuffed pumpkin as long as you were relying on the filling for flavour and the pumpkin was mostly presentation.