I've got an odd acre available next year that I'm considering planting to pumpkins. I was wondering how wide the rows need to be and what kind of a yield I might get. I'm thinking if I can find plates for my old IH corn planter I could plant every other row which would be 6 feet in between.
- Thread starter Charlie M
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The farmer I used to work for in Colorado planted pumpkins with a 6-row 30-inch Deere 7000 planter by skipping every other row. The 5-ft rows were about right for moderately spreading varieties but your 6 feet would be better for more aggressive types.
I plant about 4 acres of them a year. Lots of different varieties. I also have an old I-H planter that I have tried to use. I have found with the seeds being all different sizes, its easier to do by hand. I mark the rows with a tiller with an cultivator tooth mounted behind it in the middle. My wife walks with an apron for the seeds and about a 3 foot 1 inch or so plastic tube. She drops the seed down through the tube into the trench and kicks the dirt over it with her foot and steps on it to pack the dirt on top of the seed. She is 65 and plants about an acre an hour in my 9 foot rows. The plants are spaced properly and saves on seed.
I think your six foot rows would be fine for most varities. I go with 9 foot because I like to get down inbetween the rows with tractor to cultivate and spray.
I think your six foot rows would be fine for most varities. I go with 9 foot because I like to get down inbetween the rows with tractor to cultivate and spray.
We raised about six arces of pumpkins for 25 years. I had a Case 10 foot disk and laid the rows out 10 foot wide. We planted in that furrow that the disk left and planted hills 3 foot apart . We planted by hand and four of us could plant that in a little over 3 hours.
We also fertilized by hand and cultivated with a John Deere L until they started running and couldn't get through them.
We also fertilized by hand and cultivated with a John Deere L until they started running and couldn't get through them.
My neighbor plants them with a Kinze finger pickup,(just like a JD) He skips 2-30 in rows. So the rows are 90 inches apart. We planted 1 row this year and they spread out at least 10 ft on either side of the row. We just planted 2 seeds every 3 to 4 ft, and just had about 60 seeds. Got more pumpkins than we could amagine. I did irrigate them a couple of times.
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