When to plant pumpkin in Cockatoo Valley
- Sow in the ground: late Oct to early JanCockatoo Valley area, Mediterranean
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Cockatoo Valley. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
A sprawling summer vine sown in late spring once soil is warm, for pumpkins to harvest and store from autumn. Give it room (or a sturdy trellis for small types) and a mound of compost to grow from. Harvest only when the stem has dried and the skin is hard, then cure in the sun to store for months.