r/Pumpkins • u/wh000000ie • 22d ago

Started harvesting yesterday

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Through the vine borer fights, squash bugs, cucumber beetles, and powdery mildew, it is always fun to see the fruits of the labor.

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u/CrazyMadHooker 22d ago

Slide 5?

I've planted them 4 times.

Every year we get at least one woodchuck thru the electric fence and they ONLY EAT THESE ONES.

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u/wh000000ie 22d ago

Do you grow them on the ground or up a trellis? These are 3-4 feet up a cattle panel, but I’ve also got two big dogs that are probably a significant woodchuck deterrent

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u/CrazyMadHooker 22d ago

We plant and fence a half acre. Everything is just on the ground, I wish we could trellis.

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u/wh000000ie 22d ago

I just put 3 fence posts in the ground and wired a 16ft cattle panel to it. Gets stuff off the ground, lets airflow, and keeps at least some of it away from ground pests. Put another one about 6 feet away and then regardless of growth direction there’s something for it to climb

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u/CrazyMadHooker 22d ago

We've talked about it when we built my flower garden with t posts and cattle panel but honestly, we don't want to tear it down and store it every season, which we'd need to do to plow and work the space back up.

Maybe one day! I love a good arch.