Growing Pumpkin On Roof

If your pumpkin variety grows along creeping vines space the hills in the same row 12 ft 3 7 m apart and space the rows 6 to 10 ft 1 8 to 3 m apart depending on variety size.

Growing pumpkin on roof.

Talk about a green roof. In cooler climates it can be planted from april to late may. Pumpkin vines can sprawl quite far although there are some bush varieties that grow in a more compact form. Prepare the hills in advance with an abundance of old manure dug deep into the ground 12 to 15 inches.

Usually you can simply let them ramble around on their own. Pumpkin plants take up a lot of space. A favorite among children and gardeners the pumpkin plant is a fast grower that provides a lot of fruit. Whereas in much warmer climates it can be done until july.

In cool summer areas growing pumpkins on the roof is actually advantageous on another level. Plant pumpkins in widely spaced rows. However there s a limit to how much good heat can do. How to keep a pumpkin from rotting on the vine.

Should be loads of sun up there but i m not sure how wide or deep a pot i pumpkin on the roof of my shed. You can grow pumpkins from seeds or else buy seedlings from a nursery. In grow your own page 1 of 2. On your roof may sound like a neat idea it could cause water to pool on your roof causing damage to shingles.

Grow pumpkins no larger than the heaviest thing you can carry up and down a ladder without assistance. Bush type varieties that grow on shorter vines need 8 ft 2 4 m of space in all directions. Pumpkins will grow up a fence or trellis but make sure it is strong and study since there can be as many as 9 pumpkins per vine. An abundance of fruit can equal a rich.

The other reason you need to keep the pumpkin size down is that you have to get it down some day. You ll need a 6 x 8 foot area for 1 plant. A good rule of thumb is this. The vines of small pumpkins can sprawl as far as large pumpkins.

I have a small garden and was thinking of growing pumpkins on my shed roof. Beneath the empty air block place any type of block that a melon pumpkin can grow on and behind that space place an observer block. Pumpkin growing tips. Plant the seeds 1 inch deep into the hills 4 to 5 seeds per hill.

If you don t have manure loosen the soil and mix in a 2 to 4 inch layer of compost. Space hills 4 to 8 feet apart. Have the observer be wired up to a regular piston pointing towards the air block and on top of it. If you re feeling ambitious plant the seeds in pumpkin hills mounds of dirt.