Growing Pumpkin On Roof

However there s a limit to how much good heat can do.

Growing pumpkin on roof.

In cool summer areas growing pumpkins on the roof is actually advantageous on another level. Here i am referring to the round or oval orange fruits that are a member of the squash family. This year i decided that i wanted to grow a few pumpkins. So i went and started some seedlings planted them and a few weeks later they were thriving and happy pumpkin vines.

Helpful 2 not helpful 1. 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. However i ran into a slight problem. 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.

A house a person once bought had an overgrown pumpkin patch with a pumpkin growing on the roof. Taking your pumpkins all the way to the roof top. It s warmer up there and pumpkins are heat loving plants that produce more and bigger fruits in hot weather. 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.

Wherever a pumpkin starts growing any plants underneath will. In areas where daytime rooftop temperatures normally exceed 95 f 35 c on a.