Growing Pumpkin On Roof

For growing pumpkins in raised beds you can consider building a small mound of dirt and then plant your pumpkin seed at a depth of 1 2 inches.

Growing pumpkin on roof.

Here i am referring to the round or oval orange fruits that are a member of the squash family. Taking your pumpkins all the way to the roof top. In areas where daytime rooftop temperatures normally exceed 95 f 35 c on a. In cool summer areas growing pumpkins on the roof is actually advantageous on another level.

The hill will help in the improvement of drainage of soil and will let the heat to heat the soil quickly which will also speed up the process of germination of seeds. This year i decided that i wanted to grow a few pumpkins. Keep them apart from other plants so that they have lots of room to grow. However i ran into a slight problem.

It s warmer up there and pumpkins are heat loving plants that produce more and bigger fruits in hot weather. Pumpkins are prolific growers they tend to take over their part of the garden. Helpful 2 not helpful 1. Some people grow pumpkins to eat others want a pumpkin to carve and then there are those who grow pumpkins as sport striving for the largest pumpkin they can grow.

However there s a limit to how much good heat can do. A house a person once bought had an overgrown pumpkin patch with a pumpkin growing on the roof.