These are the newly germinated fluted pumpkins all looking fresh and we'll taking care of. Right after germinating, we would often allow the fluted pumpkins to take about one two weeks so that they can get used to the new environment and weather before we remove the mulching and expose them to direct sunlight.
Mulching is often done to this particular kind of vegetables during the dry seasons usually to prevent direct sunlight from affecting the crops that is planted..
There are two ways that fluted Pumpkins can be planted, it's either you plant the direct seeds into the soil of firstly have them germinate out of the shell to become seedlings first before direct planting in the soil.
The one in which you pre-grow the seedlings often better because by this time you would have already known which of the seeds will survive in field or not. Seeds that won't survive or be viable are sorted out and thrown away while the quality seedlings are then transfered to the field.
I have earlier shown us where we have planted these fluted pumpkins seedlings here, carried out mulching for them to survive and have been consistent with their irrigation.
How do your pre-grow fluted pumpkins
In order for us to achieve this we often use small sachets of nylons or cups filled with some sand and humus in which we plants the seeds inside. Wetting them as this task is often done around the house. After this is completed the seeds will begin to germinate in about a week. We allow them to rest for one more week before transferring to the field.
The next time we would be transferring seedlings to the field馃尡 I will show us the nitty-gritty of how this is done.
Having successfully transfered seedlings, they will continue to grow from there line the ones we see here.
