Hey there growers of HIVE, a friend and I did a little experiment here to grow pumpkins in a weather that does not favor them much. Due to the heavy rains and constant wind in the place, these plants usually either rot or are not allowed to grow very much. So we tried making them some mini "greenhouses" to see what happens.
Hola huerteros de HIVE, una amiga y yo hicimos un pequeño experimento aquí para cultivar calabazas en un clima que no les favorece mucho. Debido a las fuertes lluvias y al viento constante en el lugar, estas plantas generalmente se pudren o no se les permite crecer mucho. Así que intentamos hacerles unos mini "invernaderos" para ver qué pasaba.
The structures were made out of willow which is always a nice tree to work with. It is so abundant and regenerates super fast so one doesn't feel like it's any harm at all.
Las estructuras fueron hechas de sauce, que siempre es un buen árbol para trabajar. Es tan abundante y se regenera muy rápido, por lo que uno no siente que sea ningún daño.
I wonder if by having the root and central stem of the pumpkin protected from the wind and water, the plant will be able to keep growing leaves outwards and eventually fruit in the contour of the small green house... 🤔
Me pregunto si al tener la raíz y el tallo central del zapallo protegidos contra el viento y el agua, la planta podrá seguir creciendo hojas hacia afuera y eventualmente fructificar en el contorno del mini invernadero... 🤔
Another feat of the mini greenhouses is that they are easily dismantled and we can use the material for another project later on.
Otra ventaja de los mini invernaderos es que se desmontan fácilmente y podemos utilizar el material para otro proyecto más adelante.
Pumpkins are more of a dry area crop, they thrive in soil with little organic matter and lots of exposure to sunlight. As weird as it sounds, you don't want too much water pouring down into their area!
Los zapallos son más un cultivo de área seca, prosperan en suelos con poca materia orgánica y mucha exposición a la luz solar. Por extraño que parezca, ¡no querrás que caiga demasiada agua en su área!
We experimented with smaller and larger formats. Hope to be able to visit my friend in some time to check out the results.
Experimentamos con formatos pequeños y grandes. Espero poder visitar a mi amiga en algún momento para ver los resultados.
To keep the plastic in place we simply put some clumps of soil where was needed. As you can see it's very quick and easy to set up.
Para mantener el plástico en su lugar, simplemente colocamos algunas champas de tierra donde se necesitaba. Como puede ver, es muy rápido y fácil de configurar.
There were some really mini formats as well. A very personalized shelter for the plant 😁
También hubo algunos formatos realmente mini. Un refugio muy personalizado para la planta 😁
The knots were made of the bark from the same willow branches. It's nice to work with these materials, just has some magic to it.
Los nudos se hicieron con la corteza de las mismas ramas de sauce. Es agradable trabajar con estos materiales, tiene algo de magia manipular directamente de la Naturaleza.
We tried leaving some plastics higher and others lower. We'll see what happens later on.
Intentamos dejar algunos plásticos más arriba y otros más abajo. Veremos qué pasa más adelante.
So that's the experiment for now, let's wait and see what happens!
Así que ese es el experimento por ahora, ¡esperemos y veamos qué pasa!
This is an interesting experiment. I'm looking forward to reading updates on this.
If I manage to get updates I’ll tag you bro ✌🏼
Good Work!
Thanks friend 🙏
Looking forward to how the experiment went.
In some of the pictures I see mountains. Where you're trying to grow pumpkins is it on very high ground; mountain landscape?
Here in the tropics they grow very easily.
My dad threw some seeds in the garden and before he knew it, he had pumpkins more than what he alone could eat.
Success!
Yes, it’s on relatively high ground, hence the wind and rain. Glad to know your father got such nice results, hopefully we’ll get something decent out of this 🌱
Yeah, looking forward to your progress 👍
Interesting! I hope your experiment works!
I have trouble with the short growing seasons here also it stays cool for so long and the pumpkins will not form female flowers until the temperature is warmer this makes it so most seasons the pumpkins don't have enough time to grow very big. I also have trouble with getting enough sunlight to them living in the forest and them taking so much room to grow.
I like seeing your experiments and hope you keep sharing them!
Here's to a wonderful and abundant growing season!
I would actually be happy with a few small pumpkins, to get seeds from and see if one could get a variety more adapted to this weather. It seems you’re in a way colder weather. Have you tried with other squashes? Maybe small varieties can still make it in cold weathers...
Thanks for your support @porters 🌱
I'm accustom to using techniques for over coming the challenges of a cool, short growing season and choose varieties that are adapted for shorter seasons. I start my squash indoors to get a jump on the season and have grown some in covered gardens but then they need to be pollinated.
I have come to accept that I'll plant things with the chance that we'll have good weather and I'll get a harvest and if we don't I don't get much of a harvest but I no longer get upset about that for there is always next year and each year is different.
I love your approach, no sweat if it doesn't work one year... plenty more to feast on 😊
Little experiment to grow pumpkins in rainy and windy climate went well i guess.
Good to see !!
So far, so good. Waiting to see if we get some flowers and hopefully pumpkins 😊