The soil looks weak. You need more compost/organic matter and mulch helps with both of those.

I think you give the pumpkins one more chance.

Test your soil through your county agricultural extension. You'll be able to figure out better what to plant or amend 😊

You need a lot of compost fer pumpkins. And they need a lot of water, too. I make a heap of home made compost and plant two or three plants in it. I get a lot of pumpkins.

Berries!! Plant once and harvest for years. Choose local native plants or find a competent nursery ❤

We tossed our old pumpkins from Halloween in the landscaping and ended up with a huge pumpkin patch, without even trying🤣🤣 try again. You'll have success👏

Yall need yards of manure mixed in with compost an inch under the top of the soil. If ur not already layer with woodchips on top. The farm I volunteered at also puts down a weed cover tarp with holes cut for seedlings that still allows water and air transfer. Keeps the pumpkins and vines out of the dirt allowing them to be less susceptible to advantageous insects and rot.

Set up auto watering if haven't yet then 3 sisters (pumpkin or squash or gourd or melon + corn or sunflower or other tall item + vine-ing beans or other nitrogen fixer )

Use the 3 sister method with corn field on top. Beans climbing up the stalks. And pumpkin at the bottom.

three sisters indigenous method of growing, corn, beans and squash any legume will fix nitrogen from the air into the roots that other plants can benefit from

Have your soil checked before you restart. Just to make sure it's not that. Best of luck. Keep us posted !!!!

If they died suddenly it's probably squash vine borer. You can either put insect netting over the young plants for the first month of so or apply BT spray, which is organic, on the plants every week. Also you can mulch the stems for added protection.

I would definitely use fertilizer or amendment’s, that ‘soil’ don’t look too great.

My guess is squash beetles. They can destroy squash in a very short time. You need to look around the plant and in the stem. Your county extension is very valuable. Best of luck.

I planted a pumpkin seed when I was a kid. Two years later a decent size pumpkin appeared. Don't give up hope😊

Awe, I love your little sign.

Flowers for cutting. More diversity = more to learn. Feed the pollinators through a longer season.

Do the pumpkins one more time

in my experience they just look a little close together. got the biggest pumpkins from one or two plants over a 10ft square space. the pumpkin sprawl is hugeeeee. and they will produce from all the vines! so it’s worth it to just invest in a few and care for those.

Turn it into a berry patch. Last summer in 2022 my daughter planted 8 strawberry plants. Those original plants have propagated themselves into 100 plants this spring.

Throw all your rotting foods out there first and really get it stinking lol then till it in. Once you’ve added the pumpkins continue to use it as “compost”. My friend does this and hers are so glorious and long. She using the same area but she just throws the seeds and lets the m do their thing. She puts them out after the fall season and they come back every year. Good luck. Keep trying.

Sounds like Fusarium Crown and Foot Rot. Don't grow squash or pumpkin in that same spot for 5years. Instead of growing pumpkins try tetsukabuto squash in a different spot in your garden as they have better disease resistance and taste great! Good luck👍

Flowers!!!! Very easy way to make your daily existence feel a bit more magical and lush. Getting to pick your own bouquets and arranging them just so and getting to see yhem around your space!! Best feeling

Make hilled rows. As they grow bury various parts of the vines. You may have had bore worms. This will allow the plants to root at multiple locations ensuring survival. Reduce fruit production to 2 pumpkins per plant. This will eliminate stress on the plant. Mulch under plants to retain moisture in soil. This makes your watering more beneficial. Fertilize the soil just before planting and every few weeks after. Pumpkins take a while to grow. Your plants need food. 😊 good luck!!!

Definitely do a pumpkin patch again!!!

a berry patch would be so cute!!

I have a berry patch on one side of my yard, and I get raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, and blueberries throughout summer! Last year, I removed landscaping rocks from the middle part of my front yard and planted wildflower seeds from American Meadows. It is so beautiful and therapeutic - I wish I had done it years ago.

I've heard the concept of companion planting can help plants thrive.

Hope you didn’t get squash beetles. Can really screw up the pumpkins

Flower suitable for honey bees would be a nice idea too (:

pumpkins need to be planted in a mound, all melons, and cucumbers too, they need well draining soil, the roots will rot if it rains and the doesn't drain off, but they also need water when it's a drought

Nice idea. A flower garden would be very lovely. Happy Sowing!

Why would you need to use all that space for one thing?? You look like you needed more fertilizer and water. Your soil looks dry. Plant several different thing that you can eat rather than just look at

Grow corn

Sometimes pumpkins can be a little finicky because it takes so long to grow. Try planting each pumpkin seed on its own mound, also add straw. Make sure your soil is thoroughly watered, and lots of nutrients. But my personal opinion, do a cut flower garden! I think those are freaking wonderful.

Plant Sun Flowers. Allow people to take a picture with the flowers as their backdrop. It WILL be beautiful.

I think a big flower garden would be soo cool!!

YES YOU MUST KNOW THE SOIL PREPARATIONS AND ALSO THE WATER LEVELS, I WORK FOR A GREENHOUSE SO I SEE ALOT OF PUMPKINS OUR SOIL IS PREPPED VERY WELL, TRY TO GET PUMPKINS THAT ARE DISEASE RESISTANT OR DROUGHT TOLERANT, VERTICAL GROWING OR AQUAPONICS AND GARDEN TOWER GROWS WILL ALSO HELP WITH THE PROPER CARE AND YIELD OF YOUR FRUITS💪💯

I recommend planting earlier in the spring so they're able to be harvested by mid September, and a minimum of 8-10ft between plants

Plant patatoes. You can eat them off course but they also make the soil rich. So next year your pumpkins will grow better. Maakte sure you take out all the patatoes because otherwise the ones left behind wil make new plants.

Orange trees if you can were you are

Pumpkins! Definitely pumpkins! Lots of pumpkins!🎃

Half and half would be nice. I’d say half flowers and half maybe pumpkins another go.😊

Watermelon! Once you taste home grown watermelon you’ll never want anything else.

Cover crop and pumpkins next year

They're heavy feeders and like damp soil but not standing water. Lots of sun and that size garden will only fit 9-12 full grown vines. Give it another shot, drop germinated seeds in the ground on mother's day, or a little earlier/later depending on your growing zone.

We used to plant pumpkins with watermelons in-between rows of sweet corn... U didn't plant too many or too close... but u didn't fertilize fertilize weekly as needed... Or at least eery other week. We always had lots of nice big pumpkins & even a few nice big watermelons!! Loved growing them. It is hard to keep the weeds at bay because you'd probably have to so it all by hand & that is seriously labor intensive!! I considered it all well worth it!!

I have the same problem with squash. Every year, my plants look great, produce a few squash and then…….the plant dies. It’s the squash bug!😡

A pumpkin past is so cute! I think you should keep it! ❤

The fact that weeds didn’t thrive there means it’s probably compacted and inert. Amend it heavily and/or plant a cover crop mix that includes radish, and till it in next spring

I missed the setup video, but can we talk about that fencing? I LOVE it! A 2 or 3 ft tall round of chicken wire along the bottom would keep the chickens and most bunnies out and you wouldn't even notice it. I've got to go find the setup video. I think I need fencing like this.

Oh a flowerfield would be beautiful and the bees will be so happy :) Maybe an idea to start a hive? ;)

Go to a big box store and get a SOIL TESTER. Water your plants, protect them from critters. Dad planted his pumpkins in the corn patch.

Do a ground cover to nourish the soil. Add a lot of compost and highly nutritious material. Are you near an area that gets chem sprayed? Could be that or do you have any other foliage nearby? Plants die near black walnut trees and some plants don't work together.

I'm partial to pumpkin patch trips and enormous flower garden in my yard. 😊

We did a patch one year when kids were young… we loved it!! Lots of watering…

You can do the pumpkins for sure but you have to constantly check and treat for aphids bug)and the like. Super easy to maintain with an organic granular you sprinkle on the soil or treat if you find them with an organic spray or soapy (dawn dish soap) water.

Mulch and manure ...pumpkins are hungry little leaf babies as the mulch breaks down it keeps feeding the vines ...seaweed and diatomaceous earth 💞💞💞🌱

The pumpkins so adorable. But up to you !

You reminded me to fertilize my pumpkins! Thank you!

I love growing Fairytale Pumpkins!!! You only need a few vines and it would fill the whole space!!!

Start smaller maybe? We throw out old (uncut) pumpkins after Halloween in a yard location that gets lots of afternoon sun. We get big vines with little effort. One thing, once you pick them off the vine bring them in to a cooler environment. They’ll rot if you leave them outside (sans vine).

It's always good to have a variety of plants for healthier soil. Also, add some mulch.

Test your soil and restore all the nutrients before you sow more seeds. Compost is a huge game changer

Sept 22 in my zone (4a) my pumpkins would die also. Try growing them earlier in the season and watch the weather forecasts and if the temps are going to drop near freezing cover them.

I started a pumpkin patch on my land. And it flourished! I watered it quite a bit! And I made sure the ants were not biting my pumpkins because they love to nibble! So I did it all. Natural vinegar and water spray. I just let them get as much water and talk to them! Not sure if your soil has enough nutrients but maybe something about that.

I think they need more space because pumpkins love to drop seeds and spread. You can always plant things around them to prevent animals from eating them.

I've heard from multiple sources that squash, pumpkin, & melons don't like their roots disturbed, which makes it impractical to transplant them. Supposedly, if you correctly direct-sow for your region, these plants will just slightly outstrip your early hot-house-then-stunted transplants. Idk enough to know why those all died at once, though. That has me stumped.

That’s what happened to mine last year because of the squash vine borer. Search on that. There’s a lot of squash bugs or stinky bugs but they were not the reason my pumpkin and squash plants died, it was primarily caused by the stem borers.

Plant pumpkins again. Make sure you give them some space. Put straw or mulch down to help with weeds and help maintain moisture. Don't let pumpkin plants go more then 3 days without water in the hot weather of summer.

might be a fungal infection, check the leaves for white spots if you try again. Get it all the time in my patch.

You need to amend your soil, it looks very dry and grainy (Also don't till your soil unless you plan to amend it it does alot of damage to the microbiome) I have similar soil and I couldn't grow a damn thing until I started implementing Hügle Mounds, extra deep raised garden beds and permaculture style planting This summer set aside any and all: -Grass clippings -Fallen branches and logs (make sure they're NOT black walnut) rotten logs are great! -Start a compost bin/pile if you haven't already -Literally NOTHING should be going out when you have yard waste day other than black walnut Here's what you NEED to do this autumn when you put your garden to bed for the winter: -Either dig trenches or place deep garden beds into your growing area Fill them with all the garden junk and compost you've collected over the summer -Put ALL raked leaves into your garden area or on top of your mounds/beds -SOAK each garden junk layer with water -top with dirt and by spring you'll have a *great* garden I've done this method for the last two years and TRIPLED my yield My garden is doing so well that I'm actually experimenting with Atlantic Giant pumpkins this year! This method is great for dealing with poor soil quality as well as better for the environment and local pollinators because they lay their eggs in fallen leaves and other yard junk

For me, squash bugs and vine borers have been my biggest problem. So, this year I'm planting tomatoes, peppers and beans, and, yup, one raised bed for squash. Gonna have them climb a trellis, if that makes any difference. Also, planted two boxes with about 20 Zinnia plants (cut flowers). I'm expecting the squash to destroyed by bugs, but who knows.

I would double or triple the size of that bed. Rework and aerate the soil also if you have wood ash and plenty of it I would also incorporate that into the soil. Til, til, and til some more. Let it sit for a day or two. Break the soil, water it, let it sit until dry, at least one more day with plenty of sun, next morning a little before sunrise start digging your holes. Depending on the size of the seedlings about four or so inches down spaced apart by twenty four or thirty six inches apart. They need room to grow, and plenty of water. Everyday while they're little as they noticeable get bigger than every other day to at least once a week when they are just about ready for the fall harvest. Plant early spring tend to and take care all summer and by mid October should turn out great. Oh you might also try some miracle grow as well some Pruning of the tendrils they are known to choke out any near-by competition for food sources. Hope this helps. As mentioned by other's a soil composition wouldn't hurt, but that soil looks to acidic. Just saying, again I hope this helps y'all out. I wish you all the best with the gardening and may all the coming seasons bring you and yours a bountiful harvest for many years to come. Peace

I planted a pumpkin once. It too died. That was 6 years ago. That doggone thing regrows every single year and this year 2023 it's vines have taken over the back of the shed, climbing the fence, and the wood pile. It's like feed me Seamore.

Prepare your land well and divide in half. Read and look at KZfaq videos. One guy lives in San Diego, California and his videos are exceptional. Choose two of the hardiest pumpkins for your area. Purchase plants if possible. Augment your soil. Plant your little babies. Check your babies twice a day. Don’t forget to mulch. Wishing you much success!

You can always do half pumpkins half berries. I would love to see a berry garden

You should do a carrot patch but there probably a lot of bunnies where you live I can tell. 😊

Pumpkin, berry AND flower patch! Space them out, but crops love companion plants!

You should do strawberry plants so that you can go strawberry picking in your own backyard and even little kids from the family or friends side can too like a cute mini strawberry patch with little baskets or so☺️😊

I agree with a lot of people. Your soil doesn't look like it's nutritional enough yet. I suggest starting some worm beds and compost systems to help bulk the soil with nutrients for growing plants.

Give it another go and add flowers to your patch to attract pollinators. Good luck! And add some mulch. ;)

Pumpkins need plenty of water and feed. When they are a few weeks old, spread an inch or two of compost and another inch or two of mulch and you’ll be surprised how well they’ll grow. Water regularly

Try a no dig set up like Charles Dowding, its possible the ground just didn’t have enough nutrients, squash are very heavy feeders

They need lots and lots of nutrients in the soil. So either compost and mulch or you could buy worm castings and mix it into each little hole you create for sowing seeds. They're heavy feeders and they probably died when they ran out of nutrients

Try to sprinkle your leftover coffee grounds in the soil or use banana water after pumpkins start to sprout or add bone meal

Look into a soil test before planting them again. A soil test is 15$ at your local university. Also look into a bacteria that will kill root rot the only thing that can kill all of those in a day would be root rot. Larger leafed plants like pumpkins can also be a home for powdery mildew so use sulfur spray or something to prevent that. Only spray at night.

You may have writers too! Moles or Voles depending on where you live. All the other suggestions are good. Go for the pumpkin patch again.

Try companion planting..put pumpkin, but also put pollinator plants or other veggies and flowering plants in between. It will come out healthier.

It may sound stupid but I always pay very close attention to all of the beautiful landscapes around me and get ideas there! Your yard is absolutely beautiful btw!!

I would section it and make it an actual veggie garden with multiple veggies in there. Corn,beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, maybe do a smaller patch of pumpkins ,beets, cabbage, turnips, mustard greens.. Are whatever you like. Plant the climber alone the fence areas.. and even plant flowers along the fence areas as well... Gotta have flowers to attrack pollinators for your veggies and fruits your planting.. Also wanna make sure what your planting can handle the amount of heat that space gets . Make sure your soil is rich as well by adding good compost ,or top soils that have compost and sand in them and even adding mulch can help also.

Put some compost in there, direct sow the seeds instead of transplants & mulch after. Give the pumpkins another chance with better care and they’ll reward you for it

if you do pumpkins again, fertilize and water enough. but I vote for flowers...as they'd look sooo pretty in that space in rows. It'll be a lot more fun...and more work but beautiful work.

Berries! There’s so many different types of berries you could grow. Maybe avoid raspberry and black berry unless you have it contained in a separate area from anything else you’re growing. I have both in my yard and it’s a battle each spring and summer to prevent them from spreading to the rest of the yard/garden.

My best tip is just let a couple pumpkins rot in place and then cover in dirt. Separate the sprouts and then voila.

Grubs!! Watch for those guys in the stalks. They will burrow in and cause havoc by essentially eating through the stalk at random points. The stems will look as though all the green was sucked out of them. Look for tell tale holes that have evidence off burrowing (aka: stuff that looks like sawdust) underneath the hole area in little clumps. Best treatment is prevention but if you aren’t planning on eating them a little Mallet 2.0 goes a long way!! Good luck!!

Tomatoes, cucumbers? Corn? Maybe set up reclaimed water sprinkler system?

I definitely think you should try again. With just a few things different. I think you should till in some manure and other amendments. Those plants are heavy feeders and basically sucked up all the nutrients from the soil. Get a soil test so you can get back to equilibrium and know what amendments to add. I think you should cut down the crop from 52 to around 30. Pumpkins and watermelons need a lot of space so they don't choke each other out. If you want to get pumpkins of a decent size cutting down the amount of plants is gonna give them more room to grow. This time get some mulch or leaf mulch cause it's organic matter. It will give nutrients wall providing a weed barrier. If you don't wanna go the plastic route of course.

Use the heavy duty weed block, cover your whole area, cut x into weed block where you want the pumpkins planted, let them spread over the weed block, it will control disease, retain moisture during the heat, and obviously control weeds or grass from incrotching on your pumpkins, good luck

you must make a small greenhouse with some clear glass with white borders or just a reading room with lots of light and pillows and a bed like you planned near the pool area and this is a more efficient place