Having planted pumpkins much too late last year to produce anything but flowers, I promised myself not to make the same mistake this season.
So, I bought some pumpkin seeds and earthbox renewal kits at Mahoney’s today (Wednesday, Senior Discount) and set up 2 earthboxes – one for pumpkins and one for tomatoes, whenever those arrive.
It was not much fun because the soil – basically only a growing medium like a wick – was hard and nasty, difficult to break up.
I did things right with the earth boxes for the first time, though – added dolomite to the growing medium, put in a furrow of fertilizer and covered them with the plastic top that looks like big shower cap.
I emptied one of the earth boxes completely and will set it up once I get more potting soil and peat moss.
I was thinking about getting jack-o-lantern type pumpkins, but Ron loves them so much that I wanted a kind that was good to eat as well as carve-able. So, I picked Botanical Interests’ “Sugar Pie”. These will be small, 6-7 inches in diameter, but carve-able for sure.