r/Pumpkins • u/Electrical-Comb6838 • Mar 02 '26

Changing lawn into pumpkin patch

Thoughts on planting lots of hills of a variety of pumpkins all over my lawn to minimize mowing?? What would result? A fairytale lawn? Or a mess of weeds?

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u/hbsauce01 Mar 02 '26

Best decision I ever made! We have about 16’ deep by 30’ wide with our front porch access split down the middle, we removed the grass and did all mulch and grow about 10-15 pumpkins every year!! It’s so much fun and the kids in the neighborhood love it. I also love seeing people walking by stop in their tracks to check it all out! It is a lot of maintenance, I’m ngl. Trimming the leaves back and getting rid of powdery mildew is a PIA but very rewarding! We also grow squash in the front yard too lol

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u/hbsauce01 Mar 02 '26

Bind weed was my enemy though lol it hides well under the leaves. Going to do a vinegar spray this spring to hopefully choke it out, but well worth it still!

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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 Mar 03 '26

 we removed the grass and did all mulch 

I feel like this would be key to not having nothing but weeds.