I'm getting pretty confident that the pumpkin patch will be a success this year! This is a picture of the lumina (white) pumpkins, my favorite, early this morning. I had attempted to grow pumpkins last year and I bombed the whole thing. I have been waiting a year for my chance to try again. In this mound I have five lumina pumpkin plants growing. Initially I had only planted three seeds per mound, but only one sprouted on this mound within the week to ten day time frame that they were supposed to. I gave them another week hoping that they would pop up and they never did. I was so worried because it felt like I was again going to fail my pumpkin patch this year. I was determined to succeed so I went out there and planted two more seeds where the others had not sprouted and crossed my fingers. I checked routinely, and by routinely I mean daily, for the new seeds to sprout. Within the week they did indeed popped up out of the soil and I was satisfied.
I visit the garden every morning first thing after I get out of bed. One morning I went out and discovered that the seeds I had planted, after the first ones had failed, were actually just then sprouting and the seeds that had sprouted the previous week were actually the seeds I thought had failed! Most likely I had planted the first seeds a bit deeper than the 1/2" I was supposed to. After all, I didn't exactly measure...I just used the old finger & knuckle measuring system. So now I have 5 plants to tend and I'm not complaining! I favor the biggest plant which was the first to sprout. It is now beginning to developin its vines and is so fun to watch grow. I will keep everyone posted as I continue to walk my pumpkin patch tight rope...hopefully this year I don't fall!
-GGJ
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