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Melons, Squash and Pumpkins

11 years ago

My Watermelon and cantaloupe plants are a couple inches tall now. My Dill's Atlantic Giant pumpkin just sprouted today. How soon should I start hardening to plant at the end of the month or beginning of next?

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Edymnion
11 years ago
Yeah, I'm in zone 7 and I planted my pumpkins and watermelons out in the yard weeks ago. These things root like crazy, so you can't keep them in pots for more than about how long it takes them to sprout.
stuffradio
Original Author
11 years ago
My zone 8 is different. Temperatures are still dipping below 50, and we are only just starting to get to about 70F from time to time.

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