I have never had so much amusement watching a pumpkin harvested, love your happy chuckles. Thank you for sharing so much with the world❤

Fun story when I was about 6 years old my parents decided to plant decorative pumpkins what we use in the US for carving for Halloween. They intentionally did this so I could grow my own pumpkin. The year they planted them nothing happened we didn't get a single sprout. The following year within a few months of Spring the vines had completely covered my father's shed most of our backyard, and I'm pretty sure tried to eat our dogs at one point. We got one single pumpkin. It was a big 1, but it was the only 1 lol.

Here in Montana, USA, I have no need of pumpkin growing tips... the trick here is to dig a little hole for the seed, stand well back, and use a slingshot to plant the seed. The standoff distance is so the leaves don't hit you in the eye when it shoots out of the ground in an immediate burst of growth. I trim about 5' of vine back per plant per day just to keep it on my own property. I only have four plants growing.

So this summer we used compost to start our new Sunflower raised garden bed. Then after a couple of weeks we noticed some new leaves that were NOT sunflowers. Turns out it was seedlings from the pumpkin that was tossed in the composter 6 months prior. We now have HUGE Tetra Giant sunflowers and five pumpkins thriving at the base level. This video gives me the confidence to keep growing pumpkins every year. Love your videos here in Colorado, USA

Hey mark!! I've been watching you for years my friend and you've inspired me to start a garden. I went outside to my dragonfruit yesterday and I finally have my first flower. Thank you my friend from Florida USA

That moment the chickens came walking over to see what's up got me by surprise. I love chickens so much. They're the best!

Love this. We bought about 4 pumpkins from the market this year and then I performed some half arsed compost piles and used the piles around my yard. I had pumpkin growing just about everywhere. We've made pumpkin buns, pumpkin filled buns, pumpkin curry, and several pumpkin stir frys. Then we harvested a bunch of seeds to do it all over again. Can never have enough pumpkins.

Hi Mark, I live in Victoria Australia . Recently retired and have back issues, but I've been watching your videos through winter. You have inspired me to garden again :) and I purchased a large Birdies raised bed. It's all set up now, and I'm starting some seeds... Thank you very much for your great videos.

Mark, your boundless positivity and cheerful disposition is always a bright spot in my day.

Mark, I doubt you will read this but on the off chance you do, I want to thank you for not only your service and sacrifices, but also for your content. I find your videos very informative and particularly funny, but humble at the same time. I have been binge watching but in reverse for the last 4 days straight. I’m an ER RN x 25 years, in NYC..during 9/11 , and years of turmoil following. Never considered myself weak or having PTSD, as never served in military or injured in combat. I have suffered mentally as an ED RN for so many years, witnessing Trauma and attempting to save lives. I’ve seen things, no one should ever have to see and or do. I was ok or at least I thought I was until August, 2017 when my only child, my son committed suicide. I’ve been lost and wandering ever since. First, suicidal, then begging god to kill me, drinking to excess, quitting my job, doing everything and anything I could to not feel, and buy myself some time, to recover. I began, a container garden in my small yard ( condo- sold my house etc)… born and bred in the concrete jungle…never even mowed grass, let alone grew anything. I found I really enjoyed it. Managed to grow in my first tiny attempt in only pots…2 sweet corn stalks, 1 broccoli, 1 spinach, 2 cherry tomatoes, 2 determinate tomatoes, small sugar watermelons, pumpkins and peppers! No experience, no research.. just bought lil plants, potting soil and water. Didn’t even fertilize or feed cuz never heard of those things ! I was just amazed and very proud. 2020 feb before covid got a Doberman puppy for companionship and protection. 2021- January stopped drinking, mild exercise ( mostly walking w dog) diet, ( so far lost 60 lbs I gained since son died) and enrolled in graduate school for MSN to Family nurse practitioner. Started to feel a bit bored and decided to invest in growing food again bc I liked it so much, began to seriously do research and found your channel. You are a great role model, and more than just a survivor of war and PTSD. You have transformed a home and made it a homestead, role modeled for your kids, spent important valuable time that can never be replaced or even accounted for, began a new career as a videographer and you tube personality and succeeded in everything you have put your mind to. You are truly an inspiration to not only myself but to everyone experiencing hard times, heartache, loss, suicidal ideation, and PTSD. Thank you for sharing and helping everyone…just by doing and being yourself! God Bless you and your family!

Love your work and enthusiasm Mark - a couple of things:- 1. Good cheap anti-fungal for cucurbits is whole milk watered down by half to two thirds. 2. If you like a tasty pumpkin wait until the stem dries before picking. Cheers to all..

I ended up with accidental pumpkins this year. They ended up to be huge. Can’t wait to see how it turns out. I absolutely love your videos!!! 😊

Those dad jokes and puns are the best 😂

Opened up some zucchini from last year the other day....blew my mind when they were orange inside

You’re my favorite gardener to watch on KZfaq. Informative and funny!

I recommend Seminole pumpkin. A native variety to Florida which has a similar climate to Australia they do well in hot and humid conditions and love to climb. The natives would train them up trees and even named an area chassahowitzka which means land of hanging pumpkins. The butternut was actually bred from the Seminole pumpkin but is less sweet

Gem Squash are so nice, boil them cut in half and add some salt pepper and butter and just scoop out with a spoon 👌🏻😊😊

Here in Florida we have the Seminole Pumpkin. Unsurprisingly, it was a favorite of the Seminole tribe and are well-suited for Florida's climate. You should be able to grow them in your zone pretty easily, Mark.

Mark, I have enjoyed watching the pumpkin saga unfold in the background of all your videos from the last year that maybe the biggest pumpkin vine in history!! Great video thank you!

Nice pumpkins you got there Mark

Sir your dad jokes are more out of control than that pumpkin vine is.

I highly recommend Acorn Squash. I'm not sure if it is technically a pumpkin, but very similar. Here in the US we categorize it as a winter-squash. It is excellent roasted with a little brown sugar, butter and cinnamon as a glaze applied on the flesh before roasting.

I recommend Crown Prince...although in UK, that is known as a winter squash...but then a pumpkin is a squash! The Crown Prince has a sweet, nutty and creamy texture which is banging in a soup with chilli sauce, lime juice and peanut butter with a hint of cream!

For zones 9-10 , I recommend Seminole pumpkins. They're sweet and great for pies, grow well in hot humid areas, are are known to grow up trees if you let them.

Yum, steam pumpkin dessert mom used to make. Thai dessert. Asian pumpkin, steam slices in coconut milk and palm sugar and serve with grated coconut flesh and palm sugar. Yum! I thought you were crazy to let your pumpkin grew wild like that but now I see your chaotic thought process! Congrats on the great haul!

Here in Brazil we also love to grow the Kabocha japanese pumpkin! Lovely flavour and one of the most plague resistance varieties I've ever seen.

Growing up in Connecticut, USA we always grew Connecticut Field pumpkins. They're great for carving and awesome for soups and pies. They are now what I grow in Georgia, USA as well!

Cant tell you how much I enjoy your videos your my go to gardener on you tube got so much knowledge and its fun to watch your vids and your teaching me things every time THANKYOU for helping us all out

My aunt grew a massive pumpkin like the ones in the photo. She won 3rd place in a competition.

I just love the way you explain each and every point......I'm just an amateur Gardner... your videos indeed help me a lot...thanks a bunch for that ❤️🌱

We have a pumpkin plant, the lone survivor from the goat and chickens.

You are a heap of fun and full of information!

I don't usyally grow pumkins but do grow cushaw, hubbard and butternut winter squash. I like those three cause I can use them just like a pumkin and they're very long keepers, I had cushaw last until I started getting new ones the following year( over 12 months).

I was able to source some local Seminole pumpkin seeds at the end of July, but was told by other Florida gardeners to wait till next year to plant them. I feel like I should have tried putting 1or 2 seeds out just to give it a go. Love your channel!

Love you, may I add u are awesome 👍🏼👊🏼 love the passion, your heart 💓 is in the right place 👌🏼

Very appreciative of your content - I’ve been learning from you for years! Keep up the good work - much love from the USA ❤

This video was so helpful! I'm going to be planting some pie pumpkins very soon for a fall harvest in November. I live in GA so we are quite lucky with 2 planting seasons per year.

Hi Mark, so encouraging to see how your vines routed even through your grass! My seedlings just popped up last week..excited to be growing my first pumpkins, and am doing it at least as much for their edible greens, because organic greens are so pricey in my small Hawai’i town. Thank you for this inspiring video!!

This vid is a true GEM, all top info. I have my pdc but I keep learning as everybody should. I managed to recieve a pumpkin of 1001 gram this week a cucurbita maxima. Its a small balcony..😃, more are underway, but 1 kg again? Have to admit, I beef up the soil with my own wormfarmed compost.. that is magic🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱🪱

Marvellous information. When one is cut and is good just blend it , bag it, freeze it for sauces, soups etc.

Love, love, love, love the cricket reference in the video! I was waiting for Richie's post catch comment as well! Great advice as always. You are truly global now Mark and I hope you do incredibly well out of it. So good for the world, the environment, our general mental health, the family and our present context (covid wise). Thanks heaps. From the T'ba up the hill....

I really wish I liked eating pumpkin, so much fun to grow!

I'm praying for you and your country. Thank you for all your wonderful information regarding gardening.

Hey Mark! If you just cut the wire in one place, bend it down to get the pumpkin out, then bend it back up...no hole!

Excellent videos mark thank you!

Pumpkin and Squash seeds not only start easily in either pots or directly in the ground, as you said, but they also easily start in the compost bin from discarded pumpkins or squash. And, they really grow in the compost!

This winter i was finally successful in getting fruit. We have plenty of space on the paddock so i am just letting the vine find its happy place. So delicious

Always love your videos Mark. My son-in-law and I love Butternut pumpkin soup. Alas, I only had room for 2+1/2 raised veggie beds. Planted a year ago with Snow peas, parsley, basil, oregano, carrots, radishes, tomatoes, lettuce and capsicum that grew 4ft tall flowered and no capsicum. I fertilized with ground egg shells and dried ground banana peels in organic compost from Bunning's. Then 8 weeks later used Seasol. Great harvest. I'm still picking big bunches of parsley and oregano, which I've been dehydrating and giving to friends. Whenever we are out of lockdown. Keep up the fantastic work 🤗👍🥂

Love your work Mark! We are also in the Moreton Bay area. Following your leading.

You made me laugh so loud, Mark. Love your dad joke attitude and your awesome gardening tips. I never thought I would ever get into gardening, esp when renting. Now I gave up trying to buy a house in this unaffordable market, and have completely taken over any remotely fertile ground as well as put together so many containers with herbs, veges and Bush Tucker plants. ✌🏽

just discovering your channel with this video, and I've gotta say- you're a DELIGHT! Thanks for making me laugh this morning. subscribed for sure :)

I love growing pumpkins. I usually plant at least 8-10 varieties in my garden every year. I need to find some seeds from that Kent pumpkin, that thing was a monster. My banana squash grow like that every year and they store for a long time.

I grew Cinderella (for roasting) and cinnamon girl (for pies) this year. They are fighting the vine boarers and squash beetles pretty well. Its been so rainy here in central Illinois this year it was hard to fight the pests. I have a winter squash thats doing well too, if I can keep my chickens away! 😄

Hello, your videos are awesome.I started gardening when the pandemic first began. This year I planted a few pumpkin & butternut squash seeds & they really took off. Thank you for telling me what to expect & what I should do next year. Keep making videos & I will keep watching. Take care & thanks again mate.

Amazing channel, I'm starting a large garden at long last and your growing information is such a valuable resource! This video in particular will be so helpful for this upcoming season!

That's probably the most common pumpkin variety we have here in the Philippines! However, pumpkin pies and pumpkin spice anything isn't as common. We eat pumpkins in hearty savory dishes. You inspired me to grow pumpkin from kitchen scraps (the seeds) and I have 4 seedlings growing right now!

Love the ton series👍

Thanks Mark! I’d say you had a ton of fun making this video. Your enthusiasm is contagious. What a harvest! 💕from Kentucky.

Your dry humor and garden insights always keep me coming back for more. Thanks for continuing to develop good content.

Space is what we don't have! We haven't allow that stop us though and we have a "trellis" variety as well! Awesome tips! Thanks for sharing.

I hope you are doing well. It is really hard to hear about things, possibly going on in different places, where i don't live, and not know if these things are true or not and how those, as yourself, are getting along. Love your channel and prayers for all in these seemingly, trying times on earth!!

Oh Mark! I love your schtick! 😁 What a great way to wake up. I don't know if pumpkin/squash is different here in the US. I did grow what we'd call a squash some years ago called red kuri that I really liked. I put plastic egg cartons or deli containers under to keep them off the ground. I just don't have room in my backyard to do that again without major renovation. Blessings! 💜

I had a pumpkin seed sprout in my compost bin. The seedling was so easy to transplant too. It just bloomed today berry excited

Some of my favorites are delicata, red kuri, and long island cheese. Delicata comes in a vining and a bush form and it's delicious stuffed or cut into half moons and roasted. Red kuri is a dry, sweet Japanese storage pumpkin that tastes like chestnuts. Long island cheese is soft and moist and I like to use it for custard or pumpkin butter.

I'll be ready for Halloween.

Next season I’ll be growing my first pumpkins next season. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. Very helpful. Take care

I love the traditional BLUE HUBBARD. Yummy. They can get big but the do at different sizes. Hope you can give them a try..

Hi Mark! I usually grow my zucchini and pumpkins from November onwards (on the Gold Coast) but last year for the first time we got hit hard with fruitfly and I got zero harvest. So when I heard in one of your videos that you had pumpkins up the wazoo and then you said you planted them in July I was like RIGHT that’s the secret. So my pumpkins and zucchini’s are in! Wish me luck! And well done on your harvest!!

The clock turned 12 (midnight) while i was watching and you said "I'm now a pimpkin" hahahaha

I just discovered your channel and you and your gardens are just delightful. I’ve learned so much in just an hour! Thank you from Oregon!

Pumpkins are super fun to grow, the fruits are very eye catching. Great video as always.

We grew sugar pumpkins for the first time this year and they taste amazing. We only got a meager yield, but they were a last minute addition and we didn't pay any extra attention to them. We also grew butternut squash and got 60-80 this year. They are definitely easy to grow.

Hello from Tokyo Japan! I love your videos. Question: Do some variety of fertilizer change taste of vegitables? I heard Quail manuare makes vegitable sweet. Looking forward to next videos!

I love your videos . You deserve your million plus subscribers . Someday I will be able to accomplish what you have accomplished . You've got to be the healthiest person in the world having access to all these healthy vegetables . I'm jealous of your life .

wonderful video! you outline all the points well and concisely and your garden looks so great!

I love your videos!!!!! Thanks for sharing! I'm getting my soil ready to plant pumpkins! In my last crop I managed to season some outside but one of them started to over-ripen whilst in storage - Any tips around stopping this from happening??? also would love to come and see your farm!!! it seems like a plot of paradise :)

Hi mark, have you ever tried growing the variety Turkish Turban? It's a pretty pumpkin, hard as jeebus, stores well and taste great.

I'm growing Japanese onion squash (Uchiki kuri). I have them in containers in a greenhouse and growing them vertically on a wooden framework

Finally, another 5 tip video! These are definitely my favorite but they are all great. Keep up the good work and cheers from North Carolina!

Try the "Lady Godiva Pumpkin" .. the seeds are hull-less which is super cool if you like making trail mixes and such or just don't like eating pumpkin seeds having to remove the shells. There are a few pumpkins that have hullless seeds.. not sure which would grow best in your area.

Good vid

We like to grow butternut squashes for the squash borer resistance, "Candystick" delicata squash, "Canada Crookneck" for flavor and long storage, Hopi Pale Grey, Oregon Homestead "Sweet Meat" - not all in the same year. Usually get at least one variety growing out of our compost where they get huge. Your harvest over the past year has been amazing!

Love it, here in America too many pumpkins go to waste in my opinion. I love the taste and they are great for you. Another great video thanks for raising awareness about this great squash.

Fall here in Ohio, US is my favorite time of year. The pumpkins are one of my favorite parts. Love this video. Can't wait to own land and grow my own. Thanks for sharing. Love what you do, and your enthusiasm and humor make my day so much better. Cheers!

I planted pie pumpkins for the first time this year. They haven't done very well. 😞 They vined out a lot initially, but started drying back and looking sad within a few months despite regular watering (I do live in Texas though, so it's been about 100°). I only got 2 tiny pumpkins so far.

Really enjoyed the fact that you showed us the trellis pumpkin, added humor to different ways of getting it down and showed us the process of cutting it off the trellis. Thanks!!

This is my first year growing Seminole pumpkins in South Florida. Unlike most varieties, it will grow even through our relentless summer heat. Supposedly, it tastes great (after two months of storage) and it stores for 14 months, typically. Hope it meets my expectations! Growing well so far, so the summer growth capability is definitely true.

Finally got the first 👍

So….many….dad….jokes…lol🤣😂🤣

I’m honestly loving your channel so much! I find you all around adorable to watch and I have learned more from a few of your videos this week than I gave with other gardening videos for years! My favorite “pumpkin” or just squash here in Canada is Acorn Squash!

Buttercup I grew this last summer. It roasted beautifully, gorgeous colour, creamy smooth and tasted fantastic! My new favorite.

Hi Mark, loved the video as usual, do you know you can eat pumpkin leaves? They’re very good for you and taste great in peanut or coconut milk based sauces.....

This video should be about how to STOP growing pumpkins because after watching you all year trying to cut them back and they STILL grew they seem like they easy to grow lol

Right on time! My grandfather and I are in the Caribbean and LOVE your videos. Thank you for sharing.

Love your videos, amazing content that you give out for free. My first year growing pumpkins I had great success with Seminole/Cherokee Tan variety here in Florida just growing in my backyard with little care. Great taste and pest resistance.

YES FIRST TO LIKE AND COMMEMT LOVE YOUR VIDS. And hello from ohio u motovate me to get into gardening I built a bed for potatoes this year. I also grew basil and beans. I will for sure be buying birdes raised garden bed as well. U proved to me they r great quality. My wooden tater box is already falling apart I used the good screws too. Going metal next season for sure.

This man is truly the Bob Ross or Mr Rodgers of gardening.

I live in south US (TN) and because of your videos it's my first year with an overhead trellis for my garden. I can't wait to walk under the growing cucumbers, luffas and pumpkins!

Great timing, I just grew some plants from seed and was wondering what to do!!! 😄👍🏼👍🏼

Hey Mark, when are you going to Teach us all . . . how to grow Cannabis?😉 Is it legal to grow within Australia?