Small Sugar Pumpkin Seeds

Start Small Sugar Pumpkin seeds after the last frost, not before, as pumpkin seed hates cold ground. Sow Small Sugar Pumpkin seeds directly once soil reaches 60°F or warmer, placing seeds 1/2 in deep and spacing them 3–4 ft apart so the vines have room to run. In shorter-season areas, you can start sugar pumpkin seeds for planting indoors in peat pots, then harden them off during a few days and move them out once the soil warms. Under warm conditions, sugar pumpkin seeds usually germinate in 5–10 days. 

A Small Sugar Pumpkin plant grows well in full sun. Anything less, and you get more vine than pumpkins. Rich, well-drained soil is important, because pumpkins pull a lot from the ground during fruit set, especially when you want Small Sugar Pumpkin fruit for pies and canning. Keep the soil evenly moist at the root zone, but do not soak the leaves — wet foliage causes mildew, which steals energy from fruit development. Additionally you can add a layer of mulch to avoid water loss, hold weed pressure down, and keep the fruit cleaner.

Once the vines start setting fruit, keep an eye on midseason blooms — if  you want the existing pumpkins to size up better, pinch extra blooms. Cut fruit when the rind resists a fingernail and the stem starts to dry. Leave 2–3 in the stem attached for better storage. Keep harvested pumpkins in the sun or in a dry spot for a week, then store them at 45–50°F for up to 5 months. That is why these Cucurbita Pepo seeds make sense for bakers, canners, and anyone who likes to buy once and use the crop for months.