How to grow decorative pumpkins?

For many gardeners, the favorite garden has long ceased to be a serious source of production. Not everyone can spend on the site all summer and even come every weekend. Therefore, the task of growing vegetables and fruits for food gradually fades into the background - it becomes much more interesting and practical to grow such fruits that will become an excellent ornament of the site.

Decorative pumpkins are great for this task, because they do not require serious care, but they give a lot of positive emotions. Most varieties can be planted directly on the bed, but if the end of spring and early summer turned out to be cold, it is better to prepare the seedlings.

It should be taken into account that most pumpkins prefer sunny places, they need abundant watering, and many - also support, because there are not only cluster but also decorative decorative pumpkins.

Growing of such fruits does not differ in principle from the process of care for the usual, there are only small differences depending on the specific variety. In the period of tying and growth, it is necessary to feed the plants well. Decorative gourd squirt needs a strong enough support, because the whips are quite heavy.

So, before the first frosts, you need to harvest. How to use decorative pumpkins? Depending on the variety and size, there are different options. Small fruits can be dried, varnished and made of them, for example, candlesticks or caskets for small items. Larger specimens can be used for painting or artistic carving, also after drying.

There are also special bottle decorative pumpkins, from which you get a wonderful dish. A variety of cans for bulk products, pots for drinking water - you can make everything your heart desires. And it will serve such dishes for a long time - it is characterized by high strength. Such containers will be an interesting detail of the interior in a village house, decorated accordingly. Some varieties look extremely exotic, so that the dried fruits can even be presented as a gift to friends and acquaintances.

All lined decorative pumpkins are great for vertical landscaping - the green mass grows quite quickly and abundantly. But the support, as already mentioned earlier, must necessarily be stable and strong.

Ideal fit pumpkin in order to fence off neighbors or hide anything from their eyes. In addition to selecting a suitable support, in this case, it is also extremely important to timely prischipka shoots.

By the way, do not think that decorative pumpkins differ from ordinary only in size. There are varieties with bicolour fruits, there are white varieties that look as if made of paraffin, there are smooth and tubercular varieties and, of course, there are a huge number of different colors and shades. In general, the choice is extremely large! Of course, even decorative pumpkins can be used for food, but does it make sense to grow them for this purpose?