Growing pumpkins

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  1. Fitzy

    Fitzy Apprentice Gardener

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    I just love em and I grow them to eat. Does anyone know of a good support ot trellis for pumpkins to climb over? I see Monty Don uses big rose trellis' but I don't want something that tall.
     
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    HI Fitzy
    not grown pumpkins myself, but I thought they were usually grown along the ground. Perhaps with the fruits placed on a board, or similar, to keep them just clear of the ground.
     
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