Pea Support Fence. I learned from training my cantaloupe vine that a tomato cage makes an excellent trellis. This inch cage from the Home Depot would work well for smaller varieties. For an enchanting arch of strong, vibrant vines, try this delightful arbor from the Home Depot. Sunjoy Wood Arbor. Soaring to a height of 82 inches nearly seven feet!
It features a growing box on each side, making it easy for you to plant a gourd and train the vines to grow through the latticework on the sides of the arbor. It would look utterly fantastic as the entrance to any garden or yard. To check out the best pumpkin varieties for pie, read more. If you live in Zone 7 and up, go ahead and direct sow your seeds in one-inch holes right next to your trellis, and then cover lightly with soil.
The same rule goes for those of you who buy young plants from a nursery: dig a hole as deep and wide as the pot, remove the plant, and put it in the hole. Backfill with soil and water thoroughly. Vigoro Soft Garden Twine. Get out your gardening ties or twine, like this product from the Home Depot , and loosely tie the main vine to your trellis.
You want the vine to have plenty of room to breathe and grow. For those lucky souls growing vines on a lattice, simply begin weaving the young vine through. The design of a lattice naturally holds the vine in place. Now, the next step is important: you must check on the vine every day. Add twine where you need to and keep it growing vertically. By keeping everything tidy, you give the flowers space to grow and the bees will have room to land on them.
Or, you can hand pollinate them — see our guide to hand pollinating pumpkins for details on that. To help the vines support your dangling gourds, place them inside a large netted sling like this, available from Amazon.
Net Slings for Pumpkins. Affix the sling to the trellis, and voila! Use whatever you have on hand, or order those slings! Tell me, have you ever grown a pumpkin vertically? And if you have any questions or comments, ask away! And check out these pumpkin growing articles next, for more tutorials and useful information:. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.
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Subscribe today. Some of the best varieties of pumpkins to grow on a trellis include Jack Be Little , Baby Boo or try this Harvest Mix that contains three types of small pumpkin seeds including Hooligan, Gooligan and Bumpkin.
Pumpkins need strong, sturdy vertical structures that can support their weight because the plants will become heavy as the pumpkins mature. If you have a wire or chain link fence, you can also train the vines to grow up the fence to give you some extra space in the garden. Plant your pumpkin seeds about an inch 2. Pumpkin plants produce long offshoots called tendrils that wrap around trellises and other vertical structures to help them climb.
Vertical gardening is the answer to the problems of limited spaces and fungi plus pests that can wreak havoc with your pumpkin plants. By improving air circulation, you are lowering the risk of diseases that can infect your crops. It will also allow easy access to when you need to get to the plants. Growing pumpkins on a trellis work well for little varieties. Little pumpkin varieties such as small sugar and frosty work well with trellis!
The trellis can support the wider varieties like autumn gold which can also be trellised but only if they get supported properly. You can use some imagination and make different designs like arches or circles with the trellis netting as it is flexible to mould how you would like it. Growing pumpkins on a trellis will require you to install the trellis before planting the pumpkins. Plant the seeds all in a row right in front of the trellis.
As the vines grow, you will need to wrap them through the trellis and upright; this will train them to go up the trellis. If you plant more prominent types of pumpkins, you may require slings for some extra added support for the extra weight of the bigger pumpkin. You can buy slings, or you can make your own using an old stretchy t-shirt or towel. You want to achieve the pumpkin sitting safely and supported inside a hammock.
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