Whens the ideal month to plant pumpkins so they are ready for
halloween? Start indoors/outdoors?

gman said:

Whens the ideal month to plant pumpkins so they are ready for
halloween? Start indoors/outdoors?

Where I live? Plant seeds outside *right now!* (no earlier than the
last week of May). Watch out for the dreaded squash vine borer.
Harvest ripe pumpkins as late as possible (but before a frost) and
hold them in a cool (but never freezing) area until carving time.
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On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 06:39:59 -0500, (Pat
Kiewicz) wrote:

gman said:

Whens the ideal month to plant pumpkins so they are ready for
halloween? Start indoors/outdoors?

Where I live? Plant seeds outside *right now!* (no earlier than the
last week of May). Watch out for the dreaded squash vine borer.
Harvest ripe pumpkins as late as possible (but before a frost) and
hold them in a cool (but never freezing) area until carving time.


thanks pat. I should have posted a region but not too sure what zone
am in. I live in central california.