Small Sugar Pumpkin

 

They should only be planted once the soil has warmed up in the spring, and generally will not grow well in heat over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. It takes 90-100 days for sugar pumpkins to grow to their full size. The pumpkins have a growing season of early spring or late summer and need to be planted during these times so that they can fully grow before the soil becomes cold and fall frosts begin. The pumpkin should be planted in moist, rich soil, with a soil temperature of 15°C. Vines will grow about 8’–15′ long, depending on growing conditions. The length of time that a sugar pie pumpkin will last depends on a variety of factors such as storage environment and temperature.

A Sugar Pumpkin is ready to harvest when the rinds of the pumpkin are bright orange and hard. After you harvest them, let them cure in the sun for about a week. After that, your pumpkins will be ready to eat and use in any food you like. About 8-10 pumpkins will grow on a single Sugar Pie pumpkin plant. However, if you are planning on letting the pumpkins grow to be very large, you may want to limit the number of pumpkins that grow on each plant. If too many sugar pumpkins are growing on one plant, then none of them will grow to be very large.