The amount of times I have gotten carried away with sowing and simply run out of room, is astounding 😂 Love creating new garden beds. Husband rolls his eyes.

Last fall I let a few pumpkins rot in a small section of my yard. When they started to really break down I simply covered them with a little topsoil and leaf mulch. They popped up early this spring, and despite the squirrels having some feasts, are growing strong. No manure, no fertilizer, and nearly no tending other than thinning them out a little

Experienced Pumpkin grower here - if you’re growing pumpkins up an obelisk, once they’ve pollinated and the pumpkins begin to grow, make sure you create a ‘hammock’ to support the weight of the pumpkin otherwise they’ll either drop off from the weight, snap the vine or just not grow very big. Also, unless you have your own hive of bees, it’s worth hand pollinating but of course you have to hope you’ve got a female & male flower open on the same day. I’ve spent many early summer mornings in my dressing gown, checking for open pumpkin flowers!

Hi Ben, please try get a few videos of these over the coming weeks, would love to see how they get on with this method!

I love this guy! I grow my plants in Sweden and have gotten alot of inspiration and information from this channel keep going please

I literally just came on from my first ever no-dig beds in planning, feeling quite overwhelmed, and was comforted by your opening lines "Do you ever feel like you've bitten off more than you can chew?". I was nodding along with the video. Thank you so much for all your guidance and wonderful enthusiasm. Anyway, wonderful project. Pumpkins are indeed amazing and quite magical. A whole patch is my dream too. The first year I gardened, the only thing that grew were carrots and pumpkin. But what a bumper crop of Hokkaido! We must've had 60 pumpkins for a family of 2 (my dog wouldn't take part 😂). Pumpkin curry, pumpkin stew, pumpkin lasagne...I got good at pumpkin dishes that year! This year I've planted more winter squash varieties than I have bed space, so I'm going to get creative with large pots and spare corners!

LOVED this video. I too have been over ambitious and have got pumpkin plants with no bed space left. I have a bit of spare lawn and this is a perfect solution. Thank you Ben!

You had me at the way you say, "Manuuuuu- re laiiiirrr". Goosebumps.

I am happy you make your dreams come true. You are an inspiration!

There is something kind of magical about a pumpkin patch!

I make a hill of mostly finished compost and cover with soil. I plant in the top. The compost gives off heat as it continues to decay. Much to the delight of the heat and nutrient and water loving pumpkins and squash

My pumpkins 🎃 will live on the parking lot this year! Lots of compost and yes, of course, cardboard put down last summer. The only way to go..The neighbors think I am insane, but my beans, celeriac, onions, cabbages and salads love the parking lot beds! Love your super British videos here in Burgundy, France! Keep up the great gardening and have a great season! Now..back to observing the bees on the red sage..😊

What a wonderful, wonderful garden you have! That Greenhouse alone is the greenhouse of dreams! 🤩 Nevermind that sprawling lawn. Not in my life time! You lucky thing

Hi Ben, thanks for uploading, all my courgettes squashes and pumpkins got eaten by mice in my greenhouse before germination. I'm glad I've still time to go again. Thank you

Your tip of nipping out a small piece of the seed casing was brilliant!! I did this about 2 weeks ago to sunflowers, put them on damp kitchen paper and into a bag, about 70% had germinated the next day!!!!

Exciting!! Winter squash family type crops are my favorite to grow.

I'm watching from Japan. Gardening is very helpful

Khu vườn được thiết kế với những chiếc cổng rất xinh ,bạn chia sẻ kinh nghiệm của mình rất hữu ích với những người đã và đang làm vườn .

Pumpkins really love grass its the second year for me they all reach with their main wine straight for for the lawn, Your patch seems perfect, Im definetly trying out some of that butternut squash next season.

Ben, I'm excited for ya!😃 Can't wait to see your beautiful pumpkin patch in its full beauty! I see Rosie, like me, likes to take. Aps in the garden.😄

Pure Pumpkin Perfection Ben - Practical and Precise advice!

Beautiful and big pumpkin

just when i planted mine ... nice timing

I used cardboard to make paths in and around my “in the ground” beds. As I expanded my garden I noticed so much worm activity, the dirt under the cardboard was loaded with castings and almost felt crumbly as if it had already been tilled. I absolutely love this technique! Thank You!

Hi Ben, great video on pumpkins with plenty of useful help and advice too. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

Great info Thankyou

Knock Knock gnocchi on heaven's door!! 🤣 Love it!!!

How lucky are you having woodpeckers in your garden! 🤩

Good work my dear

Looks great!

My children and i planted 4 giant pumpkin seeds, 3 are up and looking forward to getting them in the ground 😊

My story with pumpkins Back when I was a kid 6-8 years our neighborhood had an open place veg store ran by an old man, daily fresh veggies and fruits from every kind, he sits on an old wooden chair and sell his goods, but the only thing that catches my sight every day especially in Autumn - early winter was pumpkins, he displays them regularly big, stripped and dark orange and the image stuck in my imagination, especially that he was the only store to sell them in the region. Couple years later (age 9-10) and we weren't that much of a gardening experienced family, my father wanted to plant some veggies and fruits and the only crop I can sharply remmember is pumpkins, then we left our home and the garden after a couple years, to rent somewhere else. Today it's about 20-22 years since those memories, I plant everything but pumpkins are the most intersting crop for me, it's like magic, I always over sow them, I plant them every possible way and feed them like a spoiled child, checking them plant by plant inspecting every leaf and flower, my dad helps me too fortunately, I only plant the most crazy variety I have with lush dark green veiny leaves and most vigorous vines that grows a ton of secondary vines all dark green and fruiting with too many tendrils (which I like for no reason but they are catchy in a strange way), the variety is wild, each plant grows up to 14 meters main vine, and covers like 5 meters in width with side vines producing up to 14 big pumpkins of decent size (5-10kg) pear shaped. Pumpkins are just haunting in a weird way, their fruit their strong vines and tendrils everywhere, and I plant them for that fairytale affection I get watching them.

I have used your videos throughout my new gardening adventure thank you you are a great help

Thank you from southern california. Love to see an update on this pumpkins in 3 mos

Great video, I plan on growing my own pumpkins for Halloween this year. Very informative

Inspiring as always 🎉//Susanne

Thanks so much for this video, I was running out of raised bed space and have a lot of ground gaps so have used some tarp and manure 🤞🏻great tip as usual 🙌

Wonderful idea. Im going to try the same sort thing. I just took out an old apple tree and i have an open sunny area. I hope the love it.

Great way to plant pumpkins 🇳🇿❤️

My dream is also to have a pumpkin patch... i'm working on it haha

Good morning Ben, We just love pumpkins and yellow squash. As you say, you can roast them, soup, the use of them are endless. Not forgetting breads and other pasta dishes. It is a great idea and time saving to lay the 'pure' cardboard down and then the compost over. It is such a time saver as well as utilizing a patch that is just grassed over. Thank you for the informative garden talk, there are always so many ideas we can learn from you. Happy days, before you know it, harvest time will be ready. Do enjoy a lovely day, hopefully your weather is good. Kind regards.

I have no problem with these they grow like weeds but I love them 😊

Lovely😁 I was reluctant to build another raised bed into our grassy area because the blackbirds love it, but this way I could pop a couple of plants in. I might try a long low arch so they can still get to the grass underneath. I can imagine our dog lying underneath it on sunny days. Thanks for the great inspiration!

I'm in the middle of planting out my squash, all saved seeds with some three seasons removed from the bought seed. I'm having another go at planting some in the food forest/orchard too. The soil wasn't up to supporting them last time I tried this but it's improved a lot since then. Seeing a pumpkin hanging in an apple tree puts a smile on my face even if the main harvest comes from the kitchen garden! Thank you for the video.

Nice! 😍 I love pumpkins and just last week I planted out 35 of them, in holes in groundcloth. I just should have hardened them of better, some look really sad now, they’re burnt. But I’m confident they will survive. And if not, I have a few extra that are hardened and I can replace them with. 🤷‍♀️ In fall they will do their deco-time and then I’ll make soups and purées and freeze them. And roast and eat, of course. 😋 Thank you, I love your enthousiasm! 🎃

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Thx for the reminder that it’s not too late! Just plopped a few seeds into the grow pot- crossing fingers they’ll grow!

I'm about to do a pumpkin patch myself, although I didn't know that's what it was called. I've got three butternuts and five courgettes growing away in their pots. Hope they do well.

Hi. I just love your videos! We just planted Musquee de Provence Squash seeds (aka large, beautiful, Cheese Pumpkins), yesterday. I was worried because we made hills 3 ft apart, but I am going to leave them and let them (hopefully) sprawl. Thanks for the great video! :)

I've planted about 10 pumpkin plants this year and the bloody slugs head straight for them. I swear the slugs love pumpkins! #butcherallslugsindiscriminately

Awesome, love your videos. I too use lawn clippings for mulch but have found it best to dry them first before spreading because they can form "mats" and not allow oxygen thru and that kind of upsets the top soil .

Love the nail clipper idea! I planted oput my pumpkins yesterday and I have Hakaido pumpkin and Butternut. If I planted any more, I do not know what to do with them - I had so many last year I still have some left. But, as you said: pumpkins are simply delicious and look terrific in the garden. And, thank goodness, the voles don't seem to like the roots. Your gardening channel is, by far, my favorite and your weather is similar to ours in Northern Germany. I use straw to protect the soil but the downside is the slugs love to hide beneath.

Or try pumpkin croquet...yum 😋

🤞🏻🤞🏻 no slugs about!!

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There is something special about growing squash and pumpkins they are definitely my favourite veg to grow...had a nightmare with a new variety im wanting to try and grow but had no success on the germination of my crown prince seeds so ordered more ...Will I still have time to start again from seed?

Hi Ben, thankyou for this video. I want to grow my uchiki kuri vertically. How do you train them to grow upwards?

Running out of space here too. But more normal as I'm balcony gardening. I'm crazy enough to grow pumpkins in pots. Marina di Choggia, Futtsublack and some mini potirons mix (from Baumaux. How do you train the pumpkins up the trellises? LOL I need them to grow on trellises to save space.

Another excellent video. I'd like to try the obelisk idea. How tall were they and what make were they?

Greetings from Queensland! 🌴🌞 It's winter here, but I've grown some pumpkin seedlings for the first time. Was going to do something similar actually, but laying down newspaper. Would cardboard be better? How big should I let the plants get before planting? Yours look massive! 😄 Mine still have only 2 leaves on them. It's so exciting growing things!

We need more Rosie!!

"Gnoc- gnoc- gnoccing on heaven's door" Dad jokes are strong in this one 😂

When you use grass clippings, does this cause more weeds in your beds? After it dies down over a few weeks, do you go back and add more grass to the beds? Do you recommend grass or straw for mulching? Thanks for the help - LOVE your videos.

Sunshine is important, but is shade too if the temperature get out of control HOT. I had sunburnt fruits for the first time ever. I thought the cream colored patches were sometype of fungal disease. We had some lupines near by that spread a disease to the pumpkin leaves, which I then removed. If you have no shade, then create it. I lost 5 big beautiful winter squash last year.

Do you think I can grow pumpkins/squash in a tiny spot or long narrow bedding? Maybe vertically?

love the video do you have chickens

What do you do about snails and slugs?

is your "manure layer" fresh manure, old manure, compost that's mostly manure? Thanks. I'm hoping to plant in the next few days. 🌱

How do I stop the slugs getting to them our garden has so many I planted a few days it and they got eastern not even in a day now I’m scared to plant the others out. 😢

I just came here to say that I've won the first battle against the army of slugs and snails. It's doable, zone 8, but it's hard. We can grow vegs if we apply to it.

Hello I am growing pumpkin but I have some yellow water regular and fertilized I don't know what happen can you help thanks

No wonder my pumpkins are taking forever to germinate!!! I didnt nip them. Well at least i know for next year😊

Pumpkins were great fun to grow! But, the squash bugs definitely prefer them to Butternut varieties. And, it’s really tough to check under all those enormous leaves once the plant gets going well. How do you manage squash bugs?

How did they all do? I was wondering if the tree would steal most of the nutrition from your plants ?

knock knock gnocchin on heavens door YES!

Are you planting them directly into manure? Doesn't that burn them?

LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING THE PROGRESS! Do you all have squash borer beetles on your side of the pond?

Do watermelons next. I planted a whole plant, and aphids came and ate the whole thing! 😢

My pumpkins are marching off, despite me telling them that it is far too early to be out and about. I have bubble wrap at the ready. And I have the inevitable mystery dont-know-what-it-is, because they all look the same, and that is inspite of religiously labelling everything. Cutting a long story short, I acquired somewhere in the region of a 1000 plants including beech hedging [about 350] and cherry laurel [350] from a nursery that was about to burn the lot - trees, escallonia, elder, holly and some random ones - loads of what I think might skimmia. There is only me, a spade, acres of couch grass and rocks - my go-to edging choice. I think keeping on top of the veg garden will prove difficult for the next wee while and the pumpkins are misbehaving already thanks to the unusually good weather.

What was the point of spreading out the manure? I'd have made mounds and mulched between plants. This year, I'm covering the plants to ward off Japanese beetles. For a couple of weeks most years they're complete psychos. Then the plants dominate.

Pumpkins can be planted among the corn.

I wish you were my uncle

I planted 2 plants 2 weeks ago, they got slaughtered by slugs. I give up.

Great Video as always! But please don't use cardboard. There are everlasting chemicals used in food Containers etc that get recycled and also show up in cardboard and through that in your soil.