Growing pumpkins in Canberra

By Owen Pidgeon
Updated November 8 2014 - 10:08am, first published October 21 2014 - 11:45pm
Fruit of the vine: Pollination is essential for butternut squash.
Fruit of the vine: Pollination is essential for butternut squash.

Pumpkins are one of those crops where everything essential is underground. There are few vegetables that rely so much on the quality of the "under layers".  It is what lies beneath the soil surface that will determine the size of any pumpkin crop, apart from water and plenty of sunshine, of course.

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