I Grew A Pumpkin Patch Just In Time For Halloween

I decided to grow the biggest pumpkin in Canada with seeds that can turn into 500 pound pumpkins. I even 3D printed molds and put them on my pumpkins to grow giant pumpkin shapes. Then, I took the orange and white pumpkins I grew into the kitchen to cook up some tasty treats. Well…it’s been two years since I started this journey, and it all started with one pumpkin. So if you’re wanting to grow your own pumpkin patch in time for halloween - now is the time, and I’m going to teach you how while telling you this story in between. 🎃 Fun Facts You’ll Learn About In This Video: 1. Humans have been eating them since 7,000 B.C. 2. Pumpkins are native to North America. 3. The heaviest pumpkin recorded weighed 3,624 pounds 4. Pumpkins were originally referred to as Pepon (which means large melons) by French explorers. It wasn’t until the book Cinderella was published in the 1600s, that’s the reason for the name change to pumpkin. 5. Pumpkins take between 90 to 180 doys to mature and scientifically they are classified as a fruit. 6. There are more than 48 varieties of pumpkins grown commercially worldwide. 7. Every single part of a pumpkin is edible, including the skin, leaves, flowers, pulp, seeds, and stems. 8. Pumpkins are made up of 90% water and they contain more fibre than kale and more potasslum than bananas. So it’s ok to make that pumpkin pie. 9. In order for pumpkins to grow, pollinators like bees and butterflies come buzzing around in your garden. They poke their heads in the male flowers and bring pollen to the female flowers. That’s the only way pumpkins will sprout. You can hand pollinate your flowers using a little brush. 10. White pumpkins are a special variety of pumpkin. Even though they do not have the distinctive orange colour, the only true difference is the colour, meaning white pumpkins have different seeds. 11. Warty goblin pumpkins are also as knucklehead pumpkins, and they’re a unique variety of pumpkins bred bred for their bumpy skin. Now they’re trending for decorating for halloween! 12. If you are growing pumpkins, try to do so in a square garden box. If you do not have access to one, choose a vertical pot. 13. You can 3D print yourself shapes that you can then wrap around your fruit to grow fruit shapes! We tried it with pumpkins and a pikachu shape. 🎃 Timestamp: 00:00 - 04:10 How To Grow Your Own Pumpkin Patch In 2 Months 04:10 - 06:15 How To Grow White Pumpkins 06:15 - 08:06 How To Sprout Giant 500LB Pumpkins & 3D Print Fruit Molds 08:06 - 09:06 How To Pickle Pumpkins 09:06 - 09:20 What Are Warty Goblin/Knucklehead Pumpkins? 09:20 - Sprouting Packaged Pumpkin Seeds EASY METHOD 🎃 Thank you so much for watching my channel this week, I can’t wait for halloween so comment below if you’re growing pumpkins too! All I gotta say is LIFE IS GOURD! Always remember that I LOVE YOU, and I’ll see you next week.