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Youngsville, LA

How long will a pumpkin vine live in ideal conditions?

Has anyone here ever tried to grow a pumpkin indoors?

Has anyone here sucussfully grown a pumkin during the winter?

11/8/2007 4:01:31 PM

Georgia

The actual life of a giant from seedling to plucking the fruit is right around a hundered and fifty days. I picked my pumpkins on september 29 and went back this weekend to pull the vines and had some still living. You could grow indoors if you had a huge and I mean huge pot probally as big or bigger then most swimming pools to get actual real fruits going. They take up too much room as the vines get really long. In certain climates you can grow during the winter like In arizona or similar climates.

11/8/2007 4:10:24 PM

Check this out: http://www.bigpumpkins.com/DisplayPhoto.asp?pid=4355

11/8/2007 5:12:05 PM

ordinary,VA

yep- that will work.

11/8/2007 5:24:11 PM

Pumpkintown, SC

It just depends on how committed you are to...GOING NESBITT

11/8/2007 9:39:15 PM

Colo Springs CO

You can keep a propagated vine cutting growing all winter indoors forever. For a plant to grow a pumpkin indoors, well, that would require quite a bit of light and space, not really worth the effort.

Keeping a cutting alive just requires a south facing window, and two pots. One pot to grow in, the other to start rooting in. After the second vine roots in pot #2, the first pot is cut away, making the second plant it's own individual plant. The first plant is only kept long enough to make sure that the second plant has enough roots growing to sustain its existence. To do one plant using this method, only 6' of space is needed at all times from fall until spring. In spring the plant can be grown outdoors.

The purpose of keeping a plant alive in this manner is mainly to use this plant for breeding purposes. The cutting should come from a superior plant, one that has grown local records.

Can a cutting grow another larger fruit the next season? That is still undetermined. I've grown fruit larger the second season than the original plant grew originally. I have not had a plant that I thought was worthy of trying to grow it two seasons until now. I'll have some answers by this time next year.

11/9/2007 1:01:01 PM

Youngsville, LA

Thanks for the answer Marc.. that was really in line with what I was thinking.. If someone grows a record pumpkin wouldnt it be worth it to try and keep the plant alive to produce again next year.

11/9/2007 7:17:00 PM