Post #1924060

I had to undo the relationship between pumpkins and Thanksgiving in my mind. (Sounds dumb when I say it out loud—silly US marketing propaganda.) I would try starting these plants in the summer for fall harvest bc they’re supposedly “heat tolerant” but summer is actually the worst time to grow anything in this region. The pest pressure is much too high. Growing them in the spring during milder weather, when everything seems to want to grow and bloom, was a much better decision. #gardening #zone10