Growing Pumpkin On Roof

In cool summer areas growing pumpkins on the roof is actually advantageous on another level.

Growing pumpkin on roof. In grow your own page 1 of 2. Whereas in much warmer climates it can be done until july. However there s a limit to how much good heat can do. You ll need a 6 x 8 foot area for 1 plant.

The other reason you need to keep the pumpkin size down is that you have to get it down some day. Grow pumpkins no larger than the heaviest thing you can carry up and down a ladder without assistance. Talk about a green roof. Pumpkin plants take up a lot of space.

In cooler climates it can be planted from april to late may. A good rule of thumb is this. 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. Space hills 4 to 8 feet apart.

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. Bush type varieties that grow on shorter vines need 8 ft 2 4 m of space in all directions. It s warmer up there and pumpkins are heat loving plants that produce more and bigger fruits in hot weather. Page 1 of 2.

Usually you can simply let them ramble around on their own. Pumpkin vines can sprawl quite far although there are some bush varieties that grow in a more compact form. The vines of small pumpkins can sprawl as far as large pumpkins. An abundance of fruit can equal a rich.

Plant the seeds 1 inch deep into the hills 4 to 5 seeds per hill. Prepare the hills in advance with an abundance of old manure dug deep into the ground 12 to 15 inches. 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. If you don t have manure loosen the soil and mix in a 2 to 4 inch layer of compost.

I have a small garden and was thinking of growing pumpkins on my shed roof. How to keep a pumpkin from rotting on the vine. Have the observer be wired up to a regular piston pointing towards the air block and on top of it. You can grow pumpkins from seeds or else buy seedlings from a nursery.

Plant pumpkins in widely spaced rows. A favorite among children and gardeners the pumpkin plant is a fast grower that provides a lot of fruit. On your roof may sound like a neat idea it could cause water to pool on your roof causing damage to shingles. If you re feeling ambitious plant the seeds in pumpkin hills mounds of dirt.