mommytotwo
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- Feb 2, 2004
How do you tell the difference between each one? My kids and I planted both pumpkins, and squash, and the seedlings are so similar that I am not able to tell the difference of which plant is which.
Not sure if this is going to be of any help at all....
I've grown zucchini, squash and pumpkin. I can tell the difference between zucchini and the other two....leaves are a greener colout. But with squash and pumpkin....I can't tell until after several weeks. The squash I grew flowered a lot quicker and once the flower started to bulge into fruit, then I could tell. The pumpkin just put out lots of growth and kept spreading out. Took a while for it to flower.
I took this picture about 3 weeks ago. "This" was growing 'wild'; we had dug in our bokashi bin food scraps here some time ago and this plant just sprang up. I figure it is pumpkin. All it's done in the last 3 weeks is keep growing and spreading.....
I've only grown zuchinni and pumpkins and the pumpkin plants almost immediately look larger.
Zucchini definitely do not spread as quickly. They tend to grow higher and spread slower.
How much space do you think is needed for the zucchini plants? Do I need to space out the seedlings? And a dumb question...is squash and zucchini the same?
Wow, these veggies will take up alot of space. Never realized it. Is there a way to contain them or have them grow upwards like beans or tomatoes?
My garden area is larger than we need now, so this year, I planted some pumpkin seeds near the compost pile, and they have taken over every square inch of space. They are keeping down the weeds, which is a plus. So far, I can see 2 nice sized pumpkins. I want them for decoration, not eating.
We've had a good cucumber crop, and NOW, in late August, my tomatoes are getting ripe. I really have to do better next year.
What type of pumpkins are these?
I wish we could grow our own jack-o-lantern pumpkins.
Yes, they are the jack-o-lantern type!
If you could, could you take pictures. It doesn't have to be now, as they get bigger or such.
Unfortunately, you can even see some bugs which were the demise of that particular vine! This is a mid-sized pumpkin compared to the others.