Pumpkins- I have the seedlings - what now?

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

I've just found this topic (after being on MN for years ) and I'm thinking "Garden" now.

I bought a tray of Jack O' Lanterns from Aldi a couple of weeks ago.
I tried last year to grow pumpkins from seeds but nothing

These are about 5" high now. Still in their original pots, I'm feeding and watering, but I need to get them out soon.

I read some information, I need a 'heap' of soil and they'll grow long vines (and take over basically)
I want to harvest them for Hallowe'en (I don't expect them to get big, but my plan was a pile of small decorated pumpkins rather than those monsters )

So..... where to site them. How close together?
When to plant them (I'm in Essex) and what to feed them with. Do I pinch them out (assuming I get that far) or just let them wander. I know I might not get all three to flourish, there were 4 but one got snapped off in transit DD fault

TIA

[ragged]

Oh lovely! We had 20+ last big fruit year, from maybe 6 plants.
I'm only 75 miles north of you or so.
There is a lot of info online for planting out in England, not usually until June.
We never fed ours .
They need regular watering in summer if it's not often raining where you are.
It's not too late to buy a pack of seeds & try growing your own.

[Ferguson]

Here is some BBC information:

www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/growfruitandveg_growingpumpkins1.shtml

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

Thank You

20+ from 6 plants I might get maybe 3 per plant ( I would rather have more smaller ones for decoration purposes so I'll need to see when /if they flower)

I have a batch of homemade compost brewing and if they're going to grow 6'-10' that would solve the problem of what to do with our raggy looking bit of garden . DH can make some large raised troughs (he keeps a good supply of Bits of Wood ) and I could plant them there.

[ragged]

Sometimes it helps to hand pollinate them. Good luck.

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

I have 5 largish pumpkins brewing and about 6 more flowers in bud.
(When I say 'largish' the biggest one is the size of a clementine at the moment but it's early days. )

I don't think these are going to get particularly big wrt the vines.
We're clearing a border , it has weed membrane and gravel, so the pumpkin pot can reside there this year.

[Whimsicalgardener]

I have some giant grey gourd plants growing from seeds from a suttons Alien invasion set I bought for my children. I have three plants in flowers but not sure where to put them

I am very excited to see the fruit start to grow though!

[Whimsicalgardener]

I have just found the name for the varied.....cucumber m Trimble....it looks spectacular.
I need to plant them 90cm apart. I'm going to have a pumpkin mound I think!

[Whimsicalgardener]

Cucurbita m triamble......my auto correct is crazy