I buried my pumpkin to make it grow faster

[sugoiharris]

This makes sense as vines like to put down roots at all their nodes. I do this with my vining houseplants to make them stronger and fuller.

[faithsibanda]

In some parts of southern Africa namely Zimbabwe and Zambia, we eat the pumpkin leaves as vegetables much like your collard greens in the US. However in Zambia we add groundnut powder and in Zimbabwe we add peanut butter.
We obviously strip the prickley bit but just thought I would share a little of my heritage

[cloudyo]

I died a little inside when you cut off half the main stem. 😅

[love.wildly.live.fearlessly]

Strawberries do this too so if you see a LONG leaf it’s not it’s called a runner and make sure it’s touching the dirt so it can root when ready and grow a new plant!

[SirSkippy]

You don’t even need to bury the stem, as long as the root senses the soil it will burrow straight down deep and spread out, and you definitely don’t need the rooting hormone to make this happen, it happens naturally with pumpkin and varieties of winter squash like Butternut Squash. However, if you’re trying to grow 200+ lb watermelons, I suggest slightly burying the vines and adding a decently thick layer of mulch to promote and encourage anchor roots at leaf nodes! I grow Giant Pumpkins and Giant watermelons and have been for 8 years now! The varieties I use are Atlantic Giant for pumpkin and Carolina Cross for watermelon…

[jenniferrush]

U can also do this to combat squash vine borers on zucchini and squashes

[PaulC]

i threw out some leftover seed from my parrots. there was also shredded cardboard, they like to chew it up while i watch tv.
some of the seed was still viable and started growing in the cardboard compost after a few heavy rains and now i have lots of gourds and funny looking pumpkins. a few of the pumpkins are getting huge! i think it's because most of their growing stems were covered with just leaves and small stems coming out of the compost.

[magiccookie]

Don’t even need rooting hormone 👌the nodes have sensory tissue that knows when it’s underground or near dirt. Doing this helps all vining vegetables; zucchini, cucumber, squash, and surprisingly even tomatoes (but they still need additional support to keep the fruit off the ground). Plants like this are also easy to grow vertical in small spaces if burying like this isn’t plausible

[tempestive]

You can soak the year's willow branches for a couple of days to get a solution with some salicylic acid, and use it to water instead of buying the auxins ;) aspirins also work.

[TexasExperience]

Holy shit!!! I had just figured this out after 50 years. I never heard this Before but that it was crazy growth!!!!

[HandmaidenOfDistinction]

Looks like another way to also defeat the squash vine borer as well.🌱👩🏾‍🌾🐛

[miscellaneousme]

These bite-size shorts full of information are so helpful! Keep ‘em coming!

[GanjaBreadman]

Use aloe water for rooting hormone. I usually just blend up some aloe leaves with water. Works great

[Captainshark]

I really thought pumpkins were easier to grow. Found out the hard way

[MasteredMirages]

Hey buddy, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate all that you do and all that you share. It is been an invaluable resource and I've learned a lot, and you've helped me solve a lot of problems in my own garden! I know I'm just starting out and I have experienced gardening my whole life but it's different when you're the head Gardner.

So I want to take my time and write you a reply and ask you if you have a code for Amazon or anywhere else for purchasing supplies. And tools? I would much rather pay a little extra. If it helps you and what you do then just go order it online or just go to the box store. I need a small shovel like you were just using in this video and some other odds of new stuff and I thought it'd be nice of me to see if you had a code like some other YouTubers have for different things that they share.

[sgtprestonoftheyukon]

I asked for some of that rooting powder at my local Walmart. The manager of the garden center had never heard of it. 😅

[thegoatest]

I like how you gently picked up the stem then gently dropped it down.

[RaccoonRecluse]

Yup, though I always have 3 to 5 plants at first. Then each year you take the progressively larger stronger skinned one of the few till you have seeds from a chonker, then you reduce down to one. This is how my family grew a mega zucchini for the state fair.

[ameal]

No, what you need sir is a milk fed pumpkin. That'll do it right there, milk fed.

[patriciabernard]

Wow---I was wondering if the pumpkins gets more nutrition from the stem. Thank you.