Plant your own pumpkin patch for a bountiful fall harvest.

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Don’t throw away your the seeds from your decorative pumpkins or jack-o'-lanterns this year!

Because they are so agreeable, you barely need a green thumb to grow pumpkins.

Planting pumpkin seeds

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What you do need is spacelots of space.

Pumpkin vines can spread up to 20 feet.

You’ll always have a vine-full of pumpkins ready to take over the place of honor on your porch.

Pumpkin in garden

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Ready to start working on next fall’s harvest?

Here’s how to plant pumpkin seeds in your own yard.

Not all pumpkins are created equal.

Depending on whether you want a carving or abaking pumpkin, you might consider different varieties.

This will give you the perfectpumpkin harvest in October and November.

Here’s how to plant pumpkin seeds for the most bountiful harvest.

Tips For Growing Pumpkins

Want to see to it you have the biggest, healthiest pumpkins possible?

These are a few tips you’ve got the option to use to keep your pumpkin patch thriving.