Vegetable Planting Calendar
Pumpkin
- Do not plant pumpkins too early. A suitable time for
planting is mid-June in central Missouri.
- Approximate planting per person per year, fresh, 3 to 5 hills
- 1 ounce of seeds for 100 feet of row
- Minimum row space if hand cultivated, 48 inches
- Minimum row space if using field implements, 60 inches
- 60 inches between plants in row
- Plant 0.5 inch deep
- 110 days from planting to eating stage
- 3,400 international units of vitamin A per 100 gram sample
- 0 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 gram sample
- Pumpkin questions and
answers
- Recommended varieties
- Howden Biggie
Connecticut Field type, large
- Jack-O-Lantern
Good for Halloween
- Jack-Be-Little
Novelty minature for decoration
- Lumina
White with orange flesh
- Small Sugar
Small pie pumpkin, stores well
- Spirit
Semibush type, hybrid
- Oz
Semibush plant produce 3 to 5 pounds fruit
- Spookie
- Connecticut Field
15 to 25 pounds fruit
- Gold Rush
30 to 40 pounds fruit
- Howden
15 to 25 pounds fruit
- Jackpot
20 to 25 pounds fruit
- Mother Lode
18 to 25 pounds fruit
- Pankow's Field
15 to 20 pounds fruit
- Wizard
10 to 15 pounds fruit
- Pro Gold 500
22 to 24 pounds fruit
- Recommended planting dates
- South Missouri
May 1 to 15
- Central Missouri
May 15 to 25
- North Missouri
May 20 to 30
G6201, revised April 2000
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