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Santa Rosa California

is there a place in the world or a green house to keep the pumpkin plant alive year round

10/5/2007 2:10:52 PM

Farmville, Virginia ([email protected])

Seems to me that I read somewhere that regardless of having a steady climate the plant still has a life expectancy, not like it would just keep growing and growing. Anyone else heard that?

10/5/2007 5:11:35 PM

Mn

people clone them and bring them in in the winter to grow them the next year. Search cloning on this site. or clone

10/5/2007 7:02:45 PM

San Jose [email protected]

just a guess but I think it would live at least a year in a controlled environment, so somewhere like hawaii could keep it going all year

10/5/2007 7:02:49 PM

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I kept an 845 Bobier cutting alive in my greenhouse 2003/4. I planted it in a 48" window box. As it out grew one box it was rooted down into another. While it was kept going just for pollen, we eventually did set a fruit on it that made 280 lbs on about 200 sq ft if memory serves.

10/5/2007 10:54:47 PM

Santa Rosa California

tremor thats crazy

10/6/2007 11:03:53 AM

Farmville, Virginia ([email protected])

So, would the pumpkin grow for a year? Seems like someone would have one WAY over 2000lbs by now if it would.

10/6/2007 11:50:23 AM

Santa Rosa California

but would'nt the humidity of a green house cause the pumpkin to split more easily than being outside

10/6/2007 3:26:03 PM

Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

One way to keep it alive is to clone it. You simply bury the end of the vine in another pot. Once the end takes root, you cut it from the "mother". You repeat the process, in effect making several clones over the winter. Light and a fan are the main requirements.

10/6/2007 3:54:05 PM

Ankeny, Iowa

I think since a pumpkin plant is an annual it would complete all of it's life cycle within a year. So once the pumpkin stopped growing and ripened the plant would die because pumpkin plants only have enough energy to produce a viable fruit for reproduction purposes. You can probably extend your season quite a bit but I don't think you'll be able to keep a pumpkin growing on the plant for like 8 months, although it would be a fun experiment to try.

10/6/2007 3:59:19 PM

Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

Other people like Russ Landry have successfully cloned plants to carry over to the next season. It can be tedious but it can be done. I think his clone made it to around 700 lbs or so before splitting. I don't think it's for me but others have been succesful.

10/6/2007 5:33:50 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Since a pumpkin grows a vine and continues growth the age of a pumpkin plant is undetermined. Brigitte or one of these botanical experts will give us the complete 411 of how when a plant sets fruit it changes.

10/6/2007 5:40:12 PM

Hayward, CA

If someone were willing to give me a 998 Pukos seed i WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE THIS A TRY, LOL. I am going to try this with the plant that produced the largest pumpkin for us this year only because I think it could do better with the right start. We have had alot of fun with this first year and it would be cool to see how long the plant could live.

10/6/2007 5:50:39 PM

Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

Just for fun I am trying to clone a "Reid 1202". I set it yesterday under lights.

10/6/2007 6:16:13 PM

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Dave Garrell had a LOT of choice cuttings that year. 801, 846, 845, etc. We ended up losing most ofthem but that darn 845 wouldn't quit despite some horrific abuse.

We didn't grow it on in the greenhouse. It eventually found it's way into the patch just like all the others.

Unless I kept the greenhouse very cool, the Powdery Mildew was a pain & the growth was alarming. Once we found the balance point it wasn't really all that bad...but I haven't done it since & probably wouldn't again.

10/6/2007 6:51:48 PM