Mother Earth’s Garden

Why do pumpkin seeds survive?

by Margaret on January 29th, 2007

Why is it that pumpkin seeds survive so well in compost, even when the heap has heated up well enough to kill everything else? I use compost all over the place - in pots and in the main garden. Everywhere I get volunteer pumpkins. I pull most of them out, but we planted one in the narrow strip of earth at the front of the house, and now it is rambling all over the place, threatening to trip up pedestrians if not kept in check. I yell “down boy” to it everytime I pass.

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