My Small Sugar pumpkins, (locally disparaged as looking like melons) aren’t doing too bad so I thought they deserved a little webtime:
small sugar pumpkins
I’ve read growers of Small Sugar reporting that they only got one pumpkin per plant but so far mine seem intent on providing at least4 or 5 per plant. Perhaps some won’t develop but to be honest I don’t really mind as I am only really growing them for fun as I love to see them. I do intend to make soup and pie from any resulting harvest but given that I have never in my life cooked pumpkin, I can hardly see it becoming a staple of our diet.
I have planted half pop bottles and empty plant pots in the soil next to all my pumpkins and squash, to aid with watering and get the water right down to the roots – this is causing a certain amount of tutting and consternation amongst all my Jamaican neighbours who consider themselves somewhat expert in the art of pumpkin growing – but it’s working so far, so if it ain’t broke…
