Growing Pumpkin On Roof

Usually you can simply let them ramble around on their own.

Growing pumpkin on roof.

Talk about a green 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. 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.

Pumpkin vines can sprawl quite far although there are some bush varieties that grow in a more compact form. It s warmer up there and pumpkins are heat loving plants that produce more and bigger fruits in hot weather. Plant pumpkins in widely spaced rows. Plant the seeds 1 inch deep into the hills 4 to 5 seeds per hill.

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. In cooler climates it can be planted from april to late may. Pumpkin plants take up a lot of space. 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. A good rule of thumb is this. Have the observer be wired up to a regular piston pointing towards the air block and on top of it. In grow your own page 1 of 2.

How to keep a pumpkin from rotting on the vine. On your roof may sound like a neat idea it could cause water to pool on your roof causing damage to shingles. Pumpkin growing tips. I have a small garden and was thinking of growing pumpkins on my shed roof.

Best planting time for growing pumpkins is when the temperature exceeds above 65 f. A favorite among children and gardeners the pumpkin plant is a fast grower that provides a lot of fruit. You ll need a 6 x 8 foot area for 1 plant. An abundance of fruit can equal a rich.

Prepare the hills in advance with an abundance of old manure dug deep into the ground 12 to 15 inches. 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. 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. The vines of small pumpkins can sprawl as far as large pumpkins.

However there s a limit to how much good heat can do. The other reason you need to keep the pumpkin size down is that you have to get it down some day. Whereas in much warmer climates it can be done until july. Page 1 of 2.