Grow Giant Pumpkins: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-187

by Gail Damerow

Overview

Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781603426206
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	01/10/1998
Series:	Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Gail Damerow has written extensively on raising chickens and other livestock, growing fruits and vegetables, and related rural know-how in more than a dozen books, including What’s Killing My Chickens? and the best-selling Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens, The Chicken Encyclopedia, The Chicken Health Handbook, and Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks. Damerow is a contributor to Chickens and Hobby Farms magazines and a regular blogger for Cackle Hatchery. She lives in Tennessee with her husband, where they operate a family farm with poultry and dairy goats, a sizable garden, and a small orchard. Visit her online at gaildamerow.com.
 

Table of Contents

Introduction

Ready, Set, Grow

Beginning Well

Where to Plant

Four Ways to Save Space

Get Growing

Pumpkin Cultivation

Harvesttime

Giant Growing Strategy

Site Preparation

Wind Protection

Encouraging Root Growth

Feeding and Watering Your Giants

Setting Fruit

Avoiding Heat Stress

Pruning

Big Pumpkin, Big Challenges

Pumpkin Pests

Pumpkin Arts and Crafts