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Buffalo, New York

burried my seeds in pots today.
how long should it take for them to sprout through the dirt and how long should i leave them in the pots before i place them in patch?

temps here still cooler. normally farmers around here dont plant nothing til memorial day weekend.

how long is the average time for a plant from when the seed is buried until the pumpkin stops growing?
120-150 days?

5/4/2008 9:45:16 PM

Farmville, Virginia ([email protected])

From my experience it takes as little as 3 and as much as 10 days for the seed to "pop" up. I would say average is 4 to 5 days.
I think leaving a plant in the pot for 10 days is about max. If something happens like bad weather that delays your planting in the patch repot it in a bigger pot.
Rule of thumb is 150 days from germination to maturity but your weather and growing season will have an effect on that also.

5/5/2008 6:40:50 PM

Buffalo, New York

how long from germination to pollination is average? 6 weeks, so mid july?

5/6/2008 2:33:36 AM

Farmville, Virginia ([email protected])

Jeremy, rule of thumb is 60 days give or take. The target time to pollinate is a few days on either side of July 1st.

5/6/2008 6:19:19 PM