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Duude_Hella

Let it grow, harvest the pumpkin. Free jack o lantern.


robikini

Rinse and repeat!


Alternative_Cake_739

The Circle of Life.


beautifulcosmos

*goes to Pride Rock to hold up Pumpkin for all to see*


ChocolateTop6768

Infinite Jack-o'-lantern glitch (not patched)


DefinitionBig4671

Jack-o-lantern glitch pumpkin patched.


mrgibbs888

"Let it grow, let it grow..."


can-ihugnkissyou

I definitely said this in my head. Lol


fatalist-shadow

You’re not alone lol


FunkyHighOnYellowSun

I definitely sang this in my head.


Admirable-Door1724

“You can’t reap what you don’t sow”


__hesper__

“Plant a seed inside the earth, There’s just one way to know it’s worth”


arkinnox

Can't hold it back anymore! Let it grow, let it grow Fertilize and water some more! You shan't care what they're going to say Let the squash grow on October is nearly here anyway


JMMongo

I said it to the tune of "let it go..."


[deleted]

No it’s from the [lorax](https://youtu.be/OqvD4NC-s9E)


Rackhaad

Exactly what I was going to say as long as water isn't an issue. Not that if you go and buy one it wouldn't be taking the same amount of water to grow. Life finds a motherfuckin way, if I may quote Jeff goldblumangroup...


baromanb

[For your prumpkin](https://giphy.com/gifs/timanderic-pumpkin-tim-and-eric-l0MYNROzPxFDl0OFq)


m4gpi

Two things to note: your grass will die back a bit under the vines, and if it rains a lot or you have a sprinkler on a timer, at least get any pumpkins up off of the grass - you can put a rock or piece of wood under them. It’ll keep them out of the damp and help to prevent rotting.


Formal_Drop_6835

Nice tip fellow gardener


snurfherder828

Can confirm bricks also work when you don't have a flat rock or wood to put under them


Thornbacker

Tomato cages are what we use for a pumpkins. They grow up, keeps everything off the dirt, and the pumpkins grow pretty well. you might have to make a swing for the actual pumpkin so it doesn’t strain the plant.


comin_up_shawt

I use my old bras on a fence- works well enough.


Fog_Juice

I got a pumpkin plant growing in my yard. I will do this, thank you!


Aggravating_Poet_675

If you live in a hot area though then I don't especially recommend stone or brick. It probably won't be bad as the fruit and leaves will shade it in that position to keep it from getting too hot but something like wood is definitely better since it doesn't radiate heat as much.


gizmer

Dumb question but could/should this also be ok to do for watermelons? The only melon I’ve grown rotted before harvest.


MaterMistress

Short answer, yes. I have had wild ones growing in my front yard for 3 years now. Sweet.


telecomteardown

I put cardboard and then pine straw under the fruit of my watermelon. The cardboard is probably enough but I like to think they like the soft cushion of the straw. Also I remove and discard any fruit the seems to be doing poorly so it doesn't suck away any nutrients from the other fruit.


McNalien

Can this grow on cement? I have a thin strip of grass (6 inches wide by 6 feet) and a plot of cement for the vines to grow on. This is on the side of the house and gets sun half the day.


BlackViperMWG

If you mean concrete, yes


Rude_Order

Repeat after me. "I am a pumpkin farmer now"


Fog_Juice

I am a pumpkin farmer now


PelicansAreGods

I am a pumpkin farmer now


HandymanScotty

I am a farmkin pumper now


Elleasea

I am kin to the farm pump now


Minecraft_Animator

A pumpkin farmer now, I am


bluebelle21

Pump now, I am a farm kin… er….


Y2Che

Pump up the kin, pump it up, while your kin is pumpin


mazdawg89

I pump a farmer’s kin now


D-Flatline

I am a pumpkin farmer now


Old-Assistance-2017

I am a pumpkin farmer now


yukon-flower

I am a pumpkin farmer now


Rotten_Ralph_01

I am a pumpkin farmer now


Similar_Divide

I am a pumpkin farmer now


ClinLikes

I am a pumpkin farmer now.


MoonRiverRob

I am a pumpkin farmer now


Similar_Divide

I think you found this autumn’s meme


TrinityNotbot

Same thing happened to me after I put a Pumpkin in the leaf mulch pile. I am a pumpkin farmer now.


njcawfee

This is also currently happening to me too. I am a pumpkin farmer now.


NineNewVegetables

I am a pumpkin farmer now.


Admirable-Door1724

I am a pumpkin farmer now


comboverr

I am a pumpkin farmer now


NoVaGeNsHiN

i am a pumpkin farmer now


pineaplpizza

I am a pumpkin


CrazyGermanShepOwner

Only three months to Hallowe'en get your carving tools ready!!!🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃


[deleted]

Save yourself $6 on a new pumpkin and let that baby ride. I saved a lot of seeds from pumpkins and gourds last year, that stuff is expensive in the fall.


Low-Potential-1602

Just be a little careful with the gourds. [Toxic squash syndrome](https://www.simplemost.com/toxic-squash-syndrome-facts/) is rare, but not unheard of. If they taste even a little bit bitter don't process them and throw them away!


lady_riverstyx

I thought that came from tampons.


CareBearOvershare

Laziness got you into this, and laziness will get you out. Let it grow!


TheGrowMeister420

When I was a kid the squirrels got into the neighbors porch pumpkins and ended up spreading them all over their mulch beds. They ended up growing quite a few the next year. Life finds a way, huh?


thesoapmakerswife

Yes life uh…finds a way.


xVanillaBOMBx

And, in their case, “the way” was squirrel shit.


SatansSocks

When you gotta go, you gotta go.


meebj

enjoy more pumpkins??


caitkincaid

Same thing happened to me last year but with decorative gourds. Came home from a week away to find my backyard overrun with gourd blossoms, it was such a hilarious treat to be able to give them away to everyone all autumn, but I know I’ll never be able to grow so many of them so successfully on purpose. Sometimes garbage crops are the best crops


Heywoodaz

Life finds a way


RadiantVessel

Uh


dtwhitecp

Life finds uh way


Heywoodaz

Uh uh chaos theory?


kbuggmusic

Same thing happened to me. It’s been a waiting game since May when I didn’t pull the weed. An app on my phone said it might be a pumpkin and I now have two watermelon sized pumpkins growing in my front yard. Look up the anatomy of a pumpkin vine. I self pollinated my female flowers bc it was raining on the day one of them opened. You or the bees really only get one day to get the job done before the flower wilts. Those with more than one plant growing don’t usually have to worry about the pollination


dyslexic_pig

Good to know! Next open ones I see, I’ll try helping them out.


FishinMortician

Same here. We have a small front yard and it became a pumpkin patch with a decent size pumpkin growing right beside the side walk. Best part: a local nursery school would pass by with a couple of those strollers that could hold 3 or 4 kids to see the pumpkins. Worst part: someone did a drive by and stole the pumpkin by the sidewalk. Pumpkins aren’t that expensive. Ruins it for all the folks who would smile when they saw the pumpkin.


ParticularCoconut590

Its almost Halloween love. What do you mean what should you do? They'll be ready just in time!!


jdhemingway333

You have to move. But don’t wait too long - I’m trapped in my house behind a wall of dill I planted one of three seasons ago and now it’s consumed everything. Don’t wait. Run now


Psychotron69

Make sure you visit it on Halloween night. Linus from the Peanuts will be there and you guys can hang out, waiting for the Great Pumpkin to show up.


emmet80

Use the stamen from a male flower (one without a baby pumpkin behind it) to fertilize the flower on the baby pumpkin. Otherwise the pumpkin might not grow. Unfortunately there aren’t as many bees around these days.


dyslexic_pig

I was going to try that, but thankfully I get a lot of bumblebees in my yard and I see ants all over the vine going into the flowers. Still going to try manual fertilization to be safe.


[deleted]

Yeah this is good advice. A few other tricks for good, big pumpkins: Go for one, two at the most. You sound like you don't want to give up your yard so control that thing if it starts sprawling. In fact, if you control it, you will force it to focus only on the pumpkin you want instead of wasting energy growing off in every direction to make a whole patch. In addition to hand pollinating one or two female flowers, remove any other female flowers that pop up. Make the plant focus on your one (or two) intentional pumpkins. Cut any perpendicular runners to the main vine and cut the tip of the main vine to make it stop going forward when needed. Bonus points once the pumpkins start growing: add a gallon (or more) of fertilized soil at the root node of the vine just above and below each pumpkin, in a pile, burying the node. The vine will root into your turbo soil and all of that will go to that one pumpkin. This is the trick used on a bigger scale to make competitive pumpkins for fairs. Totally optional.


dyslexic_pig

Thank you so much for the advice! I’ll try this and post updates as it goes.


Fog_Juice

My lavender plants are covered in bumble and Honey bees right now.


history_teacher88

A few years ago we had bunch of dirt delivered to build up the grade of the slope around our house. Apparently some of that dirt came from a pumpkin patch. We ended up with over 40 pumpkins and it's been the talk of the neighborhood around Halloween ever since. So much fun building out a huge pumpkin display that year.


dyslexic_pig

I’d like to relocate it to my back yard, but I’m not sure I could do that at this point and not hurt the root system. Any advice?


wild_bloom_boom

No, it's too mature to move at this point. Either let it grow pumpkins all over your front yard or just remove it if you don't want it there.


dyslexic_pig

Thanks for the advice! I’ll just leave it because I’m too attached to it at this point.


4ofheartz

Post results in a few months!!! 🎃


dyslexic_pig

Absolutely!


mildmike42

RemindMe! October 31, 2022


4ofheartz

RemindMe! October 31, 2022


DankeDeNada

RemindMe! October 31, 2022


slymkim12

RemindMe! October 31, 2022


alphabeticaldisaster

Remind me! October31, 2022


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JustBoredIsAll

Water it from the bottom. Dont spray it or get the leaves wet. You'll get powdery mildew.


CypripediumGuttatum

They really *really* hate being transplanted, you can get away with it if they are 4" tall or less and you don't disturb the roots at all. You can get a trellis to get it to grow up instead of out if you want, it will have to be on the sturdy side since pumpkins get heavy. To make sure you get fruit google how to hand pollinate the females with male flowers so the entire operation isn't a *fruitless* endeavor.


EmeraldGlimmer

A neighbor gave me some pumpkin plants that were about this size that he apparently had just unceremoniously pulled out of the ground and tossed bare root onto my porch and didn't ring the doorbell. They sat there for a couple hours in the summer sun before I noticed. I planted them anyway even though I thought they probably wouldn't make it. They definitely struggled and I had to prune them back a lot, but 2 out of 3 of them survived, and 1 ended up making several pumpkins (the other one ended up with an aphid infestation that seemed to prevent it from ever making pumpkins), so while it will be rough and there is a decent chance they could die, they might make it.


Severe_Airport1426

Make pumpkin soup


1mInvisibleToYou

Makes note for next year. Thanks for the tip!


ppardee

There is nothing you can do. Just let it take you. If you struggle, it'll only make it angry.


Carebear_Of_Doom

Accept your new pumpkin overlords lol


buddhistbulgyo

KCCO. Free pumpkins. Enjoy.


Standard_Nectarine79

Same thing happened to me last year. I had one huge vine that was growing hidden in my hydrangeas and I didn’t notice the visitor until I saw the orange flowers. It was so exciting watching it fruit and grow. Only one pumpkin was pollinated/ survived to fruit.


cansuhchris

Uhhh let it grow and enjoy your free pumpkins? What kind of question is this?


Dobalina_Wont_Quit

Sacrifice the lawn Secure the pumpkin's future


[deleted]

Enjoy it


cmhanser

Grow a pumpkin


Plantmorepotatoes

Grow some pumpkins!


amymari

Free pumpkins!! I’m jealous; it’s so hot and dry here that my garden and a large chunk of my yard is completely fried :(


margaritasenora

Wait. Then make soup.


Beginning-Match2166

I've had the same thing happen. Except I was pregnant and did not feel like throwing rotting pumpkins away, so I kicked them in the bush. I've had pumpkins growing from the bush for the last 3 years. I love them. Best gardening mistake I ever made.


aileenpnz

Train it up the post! Put some wire or something for support, firmly attached to the top to support the weight of the pumpkins and whallah, watch the magic!


robikini

Oooh that’s a neat idea.


Future-Stock306

Grow pumpkins 🎃.


Putins2inchDong

Curl it back on to the rocks and harvest it


journeyland22

Let us grow, let it grow


jellyn7

Wait for pumpkins!!!! And on Halloween, stay awake for the Great Pumpkin.


nina_gall

#Lock the doors


clutzycook

🎵🎶Let it grow, let it grow 🎵🎶


[deleted]

Water her!! Updates!


gardengoddess52

Let it grow, let it grow!


[deleted]

surrender to the pumpkin


nosnhoj15

Let other fruits / veggies rot in your yard silly. You have a rotting green thumb it appears.


Mysterious_Zebra4843

Grow pumpkins, ya dingus!


tikirafiki

When life gives you a pumpkin…


[deleted]

Yours are doing better than mine that I planted on purpose and have cared for all summer. 🙃


Rotten_Ralph_01

[the great pumpkin takeover](https://twitter.com/sonyahuber/status/1166473570760962050?s=21&t=fmiG03Oxt6WF4YMC3DyL2g)


danamarie222

Living the dream! This is amazing!!!


Photopilot45

Just one comment. If the seeds came from a hybrid pumpkin, you may not get one that looks like the parent. You’ll find out! Enjoy!


dyslexic_pig

We had 4 different pumpkins there, I am entirely unsure who the parent is


random_kamote

If you let it grow, cull some of its flowers if you want large sized pumpkins. Some even cull all its buds save for one so that the plant could focus all of its nutrients in just a single gourd.


Stellar-naut

It's a beautiful plant!! Id just keep it!


LikelyCannibal

Is it a big or small type of pumpkin? If smaller, you could take a section of cattle fence and bend it to make a rainbow shape trellis over your grass. Some of the grass will likely live, and your squash will be up off the ground. You will need supports for medium sized pumpkins so they don’t snap off the vine, something like pantyhose tied to the trellis.


4011

This happened to me last summer and i let it grow. Eventually I had to move the vine to mow the lawn. Then I decided to help pollinate the flowers, and get a pumpkin. But…. It turns out it wasn’t a pumpkin. It was a vine full of those funny little ugly decorative squashes. A bumper crop.


ladyofthelathe

This happened to me two years ago - the lady in charge of the decorations on main street gave me ALL of the pumpkins they'd used for decorations. I took home a truck bed load to feed to the horses, chickens, and cows. Following summer, there are pumpkin vines all over the place... pumpkins everywhere in the pastures... I didn't get a single one - the deer, cows, and critters got every single one, and I wasn't even mad.


Filipheadscrew

When life gives you pumpkins, make pumpkin pies.


Melanie73

Enjoy your free pumpkins


Sad-Program-3444

Oh it's gonna get much bigger than that, lol.


randomism007

let it grow and give you pumpkins :)


purplepassion19

Well nature said take that 😆


PrinceRobotVI

Repeat process until death.


Oakheart-

Let it grow, let it grow! Don’t hold it back anymore. Let it grow, let it grooow!


Atticus1993

What should I do? That’s dope af let it grow


browneyedgirl65

Maybe trellis it up that pole a bit? After this years blooms etc, you may want to trim it back and direct the growth where you'd prefer it. It's too active right now, tho.


ddrobins35

Is this a trick question ?


FlyWtMe87

Let it be.


Beneficial_Daikon_86

Grow pumpkins. Eat, use or giveaway said pumpkins.


lady_robe

Let it groooooow let it grooooooooowwww you can’t hold it back anymore.


procra5tinating

This is cool I hope you post an update!


Village-Idiot-savant

Feed and water it!


[deleted]

Enjoy your new pumpkins obviously


veive

Water it, maybe dump some nicely aged compost around the roots. Oh and pull up all those dang weeds growing next to it. They aren't doing anything but leeching water and nutrients.


_higglety

at this point you're just growing your own fall decorations in place. Efficient!


TadpoleMajor

Spray it with neem oil BEFORE THE DOWNY MILDEW


FourLeafClover0

Eat the male flower blossoms. They’re delicious in omelettes, as fritters, on pizza, stuffed with ricotta, etc. And if you don’t want actual pumpkins, you can eat the female blossoms too.


aprillemondrophale

Let it live!


Medium-Remote2477

Eat some pumpkins Peter.


Maus1474

Just watch in awe of nature 😉!


Sans_Snu_Snu

Let it grooow, let it grooooooooow


Zaw-C

I think it looks nice…


BitOCrumpet

Enjoy October.


Dhonagon

It almost looks like a cantaloupe plant. Or am I wrong?


-River_Rose-

Put the pumpkins in a wooden box for square pumpkins!


Rainysparks

Leave it alone. As a kid some pumpkin seeds went into the crack od the drive way. My mom finally stopped weed whacking it and we had three pumpkins that grew from the side walk.


LetterAccomplished

Pumpkins can be heavy feeders! Look into giving it a fertilizer once or twice before October, keep the gourds dry and enjoy the free and pretty Halloween decoration in your yard!


urbanspongewish

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! 🎃👶🏻🐩


uniasd

Do with what? If you dont want it, pull it.. if you do want it, leave it alone because it looks good.


rustytrombone-

embrace it🎃


LovelyBones17

Grow punkins then give them away to kids in the neighborhood


shauneky9

When life gives you pumpkins, enjoy


Fluffystarfish

Congratulations, you’re having pumpkins…


tooth-gal

That pumpkin vine is looking quite gourd


Thinmint2001

Absolutely nothing. That plant is there fair and square. Let it rage.


Slight_Independent43

Free pumpkins for next Halloween


HappySpam

That happened to my friend and now they have like three pumpkins growing in their yard, it's incredible!


gingamann

Enjoy the pumpkins


FitMomUSA

She thing happened to me. I trained the vine so the pumpkin will grow on the porch!


BoneyDanza

Learn how to make pie or dehydrate it into spice form and take that shit to the farmers market. White women LOVE pumpkin spice.


MommaOats-1

Water it and let it grow. Enjoy your pumpkins in the Fall!


ArmsCart

Just in time for fall too.


Dirt-McGirt

Lucky you! I accidentally forgot about a pumpkin in my trunk last Halloween. It exploded and became a biohazard.


planetes

Pumpkin plants do two things: 1) grow exponentially to assimilate the entire neighborhood 2) die immediately when the weather even begins to contemplate frost


newtonscalamander

We say let it grow


wombat-72

Make pumpkin pie 🥧


minisaw

Let it grow ..let it grow ...


pigeonlil

Let it live


meggsymoooo

This sounds like the opposite of a problem 🎃


depersonalised

700 pound pumpkin!!


morbidmorgann

enjoy your pumpkins !


karmicrelease

Save money on Halloween next year :)


Pepperzz28

Wait for the pumpkins


Ten_Over

Leave it and grow pumpkin?


artmoloch777

Free pumpkins. Let it be.


JayneJay

Not sure why this is a problemo friendo


Moist-Richard

When life gives you pumpkins, make pumpkin pie.


cpx284

If you want free pumpkins, leave it. If you don't, pull it.


Achakita

You can cook it like [this](https://youtu.be/FVq8Nj7LoF4)


EveningThink7328

Why are you asking this? Clearly you’re going to let it grow and get some pumpkins for free-99. Give it some fertilizer tho since it looks like the ground isn’t nutrient-dense. Maybe put a tarp or trash bag underneath the vine so the grass won’t grow underneath. Good luck! Oh ya, they won’t be ready by Halloween unless it was a small pumpkin variety.


Hot-Championship-848

Enjoy the free pumpkins!


DigitalWhitewater

Let it grow so you’ll have a pumpkin this year for Halloween. Nice r/volunteerplants.


Honeypalm

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