Pumpkin Harvest at Wishwell Farms!
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2024
- We grow 4 acres of pumpkins, winter squash and fall ornamentals. In this video we will show you how we harvest our pumpkins and keep them healthy throughout the growing season, as well as having a little fun!
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We just watched your video! Learned a lot. Planted 5 acres of pumpkins this past season. Thanks!!
Thanks, glad you learned something! I checked out your channel as well, I imagine growing in the UP can be quite difficult! I do a lot of backpacking as well when not farming and pictured rocks and Taquamenon Falls are some of my favorite places.
Beautiful pumpkins!! Great crop, Jason!!
Thanks Samuel! One of our best crops ever!
Awesome video 🎃
Thanks! If you’re interested in other farming videos, we release three each week on our farming channel here: youtube.com/@wishwellfarms?si=Y8J1h11tceQRJ6IG
Love the farm videos. Thanks for calling out the honey bees and how you try to protect them. Looks like this farm year turned out well. Take care.
Yes this year turned out to be a more normal growing season but a very slow start due to Covid but overall pretty satisfied. Got to take care of those honey bees! Glad you enjoy the farm vids.
Thanks for the incredible fall farm experience. It's a pleasure to have this on as a backdrop while I work a desk job from home. I can't but bring up the John:15 reference with the vine and pumpkin footage looping throgh :)
Great scripture Scot!! I was pretty fortunate that all of my vines bore much fruit this season 😉
How much was the pixall b100 and the washing line ??
@@teresajohnson849 the Pixall was $33,000 nine years ago. I don’t recall what the wash line cost and guessing it was about two or $3000.
This is great info! Powdery mildew and Beatles took a toll on my patch this year. But I can see that you have to get ahead of them from this video
Yes, got to stay ahead of them. Usually a weekly spray starting in late July works well for us.
Great video with a lot of good information for those of use who know a little about farming but you teach more than we would otherwise know
Thanks Rick, glad you enjoyed the video and the information!
Excellent video thanks for sharing.
Thanks Justin, I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment!
Great info on the foliar spray! I could watch stuff like that allday.
Thanks Jacob...some think that foliar sprays are worthless and that only the roots absorb nutrients but I'm not so sure.
@@jasonwish- i may have to pick your brain about some things at some point. i know a profesional when i hear one.
What kind of foliar fertilizer do you use? Just normal water soluble fertilizer?
@@csdeyton we don't use any water soluble's only liquids. Nurti K, Nutri cal, Coron (which is N and Maganese) and Megafol.
@@jasonwish- thanks!
Nice to see that you got a good crop of pumpkins this year
Might even have trouble getting rid of all of them this year!
@@jasonwish-
With whatever leftovers there's nothing like fresh pumpkin pie 🥧
Amazing video about pumpkin🎃...😍😍
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
I love the farm I might go pick some tomorrow
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This is a solid gold video Jason. Thank you for sharing this excellent upload.
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Hopefully you dropped a pumpkin with the mildew on it.
It had a rotten bottom on it so it exploded nicely with a little slop inside! Thanks Adam!
You're welcome Jason.
Grandson loved the wagon of pumpkins. I’m going to wash my pumpkins now that I know they use pesticides.
Glad he liked it. We don’t like to use pesticides, but unfortunately if we didn’t use them on pumpkins we would lose most of our crop every year to insects and diseases.
A very insightful look Jason! Very cool!
Silo 1
Pumpkin 0
🤣🤣
Thanks Jeremy! Sometimes we take a truckload of extra pumpkins at the end of the season and throw them out of the back while flying down back roads and hitting guardrails and such.....talk about a barrel of laughs! Don't worry, never a mailbox!
@@jasonwish- 🤣🤣🤣🤣 !!!
She's hard working woman God Bless 🙏 you! And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.
Thanks!
Awesome video, I grow 4 varieties of eating pumkins, it is very tough to get a good crop where I am in North Carolina. Our Farm is certified organic which makes it even harder. Thanks for sharing.
Kudos to you for growing organic pumpkins, that is awesome! Hope you have a great season this year!
@@jasonwish- The past few years I have found a few varieties of pumpkins that does well with our humidity. Mostly any type of jack-o-lantern here will be consumed by powdery mildew.
@@johnhall1614 I have some in Rockingham county NC. What is your location? I had powdery mildew, cucumber beetles, and vine borers, which is enough to make me try something else.
@@lareemcra347 rowan county NC.
It is a sin to waste food for fun. Because a lot of people in this world are helpless without food.
Thank you your video
Would love a more in depth video on how you plant the pumpkins!
I linked a video in the description box and in the cards about how we plant our pumpkins if you are interested.
@@jasonwish- I am interested to plant pumpkin 🎃 I have 50 Acre land but I don't have this seed and I have no I idea about land and weather
This puppy likes everything made by pumpkin from a huge pumpkin fan puppy
That's probably one healthy puppy!
Also, could you possibly do a video about how to start all of this by hand? How would you water the, by hand? What basic equipment would we need?
This is a loaded question. Please email me for more information. jason@wishwellfarms.com
I'm in Louisiana and in my second year of growing pumpkins. Last year was a great year got hit with worms at the end of harvest. this year due to drought and hot temps was not as sucessful. Do you mind sharing what you spray for pest and fungus control.
I just use generic permethrin at 6 ounces once a week and I’ve never really had a problem. For fungicides we alternate between four products, bravo weather stick with rally/nova and Kocide 3000 with T methyl.
I didn't think that would be nearly as interesting as what it was.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
We are trying to grow pumpkins this year and was wondering What fungicide and pesticide do you spray on your pumpkins?
Pre emerge we use command, dual and permit mix. Fungicide we alternate between three items; bravo and rally, bravo and topsin, kocide 3000. I know there are many other combos to use but this seems to keep the diseases at bay for use. We only use permethrin for insects each time we spray fungicides as well as foliar feeding. We begin spraying in late July when they have vined out pretty good and are setting fruit and spray every 7-10 days. Hope you have a successful season!
great video but confused about the best time to start spraying for pest. You said start when it starts to leaf out but not when when it has flowers so you don't kill bees. But you said to begin late July and spray every 7 to 10 days? So, do I understand correctly that when bees are active don't spray at all? Thanks for clarification. Appreciate your channel.
I will try to clarify what I meant, we don’t begin spraying fungicide until the vines are starting to runner out and set small green fruit. And that is usually the same time that we also need to spray insecticide for pests. However, sometimes cucumber beetles will attack the plant long before it flowers and vines out and in that case you need to spray much earlier. It is fine to spray early mornings or late evenings when the bees are not active, I should have clarified that better. Thanks for watching and commenting and hopefully this is helpful.
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AWESOME, Great video, what do you do with all the vines after harvest?
Thanks! The vines and extra pumpkins just deteriate over winter and are basically gone by spring planting time. If grass or other weeds have gotten out of control during the growing season we will bushhog the entire patch after harvest.
Thank you so much, so even if the plants had alittle powdery mildew it won't stay in the soil area and you can plant pumpkin plants in the same area next year?
@@orrfamily641 I wouldn't recommend doing that unless it's your only option. We rotate to a new field each year and come back to the old field after 3-4 years of other crops being planted there like corn and beans.
How long do you keep the ppumpkins stored ? I know that if you toss them like that to the container to the ground they get damaged and start to rot. Thanks
I’ve never really had to store my pumpkins for more than a month, whatever’s leftover at the end of October we just throw out. As long as they’re fairly clean and not damaged they will last much longer, and keeping them from freezing makes a big difference, once they have a hard frost on them they will begin to deteriorate.
What do you do for field rotation with pumpkins and sweet corn?
And what brand/product of insecticide and fungicide do you use?
Fascinating! I grow pumpkins every year but the squash bugs always seem to get to most of them (especially this year) what pesticide do you recommend?
Seven dust or liquid seems to work well for us. grow 3-4 acres
@@andrewcveykus287 how often do you apply it?
@@Glitch_visions we just use 6 oz permetherin weekly
@@jasonwish- oh gotcha! Thanks!!
Wife and I are planning a pumpkin patch to help us fund our first house! Do you need to weed the field? And could could possibly do a video on how to sell your pumpkins whole sale?
I don’t wholesale pumpkins any longer so can’t really help you there
@@jasonwish- thats okay! Thank you anyhow!
What tempera is recommended for this type of squash? I got some seed in the United States and I want to plant it in Mexico. Do you think it can be developed here and or in any case, can you recommend me care for the squash?
Pumpkins and squash need warm soil temperatures of about 65°F and above for good germination. Whether they would do well in Mexico or not I have no idea. Best of luck to you.
Hiw long does it take for you to pick the 4 acres of pumpkins?
It’s hard to say exactly but I’m guessing there was about five or six of us that picked for a few hours in the mornings, maybe 7 or 8 times and filled about 15 or 20 wagons. Please check out our farm channel for more farming videos:
youtube.com/@wishwellfarms?si=4mDod5xrTFzkPMFX
Pumpkin Chucking!
If I could find an easier way to get pumpkins to the top I would have dropped dozens!
How do you irrigate them? Since you killed the rye with Roundup, wouldn't it also harm the pumpkin plants?
We don’t irrigator pumpkins, sweet corn or green beans. Round up is a contact herbicide and there is absolutely no round up touching any of the pumpkin seeds or plants. The pumpkin plants don’t emerge for several weeks after the rye has been sprayed and killed.
@@jasonwish- Ok.. I am not an organic fanatic, but with all the lawsuits against Monsanto I have stopped using Roundup. I used to spray my electric fence lines every two years with it. Good job on the videos and hope to see more.
Looks like you had a pretty successful harvest. Would you be willing to share the name of the company where you buy your seeds?
Rupp seeds in Ohio and Stokes, formerly Seigers, in Michigan. We usually plant about a dozen different varieties and sizes
What do you spray for PM and insecticide
Generic Permethrin, Perm-up 3.2 ec and nothing else unless we get an aphid outbreak then we will also spray Orthene(Asephate)
being that the winter rye and the pumpkins have been exposed to so much pesticides are the seeds toxic and not recomended for roasting and consuming? thank you for your response
I couldn’t say for sure but unless the farm is certified organic I guarantee every pumpkin grower in the world is using the same pesticides for controlling weeds and insects.
I grow over 20 acres of pumpkins every year. I have never sprayed a fungicide on any of my pumpkins fields. Depending on the year, some years we spray a pesticide for beetles if the get bad. And if we do it's always before any flowers are set on the plants. I plant mostly treated seeds now days and are that are powder mildew resistant.
@@jaysonnelson5457 Wow, then consider yourself very fortunate then. You are the first person in 23 years that I've been growing pumkpins say they can grow a good pumpkin without pesticides...good for you. I only use PM treated seeds as well but that is not enough for us. On a perfect year with not much dew in the mornings and lower humidity we might get by but doubtful. And our stems would be riddled with cucumber beetles without insecticides. Beetles dont touch our pumpkins until there are flowers and fruit. Our soil health is excellent and high in organic matter so its not a soil issue. Some trap crops/flowers would probably help some. I take it you are not growing in Ohio?
@@jasonwish- I am in southern Minnesota. I started growing pumpkins back in the late 90's and have tried most varieties out there over the years. I have learned stem quality can really vary between the different varieties out there. I am a firm believer that you get what you pay for when it comes to buying pumpkin seeds. There is seed out there that is under $30 a pound and others well over $300 a pound. The times we have sprayed for beetles, they have gone after plants about a month after planting. For some reason it seems like if its a hot spring I will have to spay for beetles.
@@jaysonnelson5457 I totally agree on you get what you pay for. Interesting on the beetles. Well, hope you have a great growing season.
Hello, what is the name of this pumpkin?
We grow about 10-15 different varieties all powdery mildew tolerant all different sizes
cool. what is the best type of orange pumpkin to plant commercially
Thanks, there are hundreds of varieties to choose from, just plant one that has pmt, powdery mildew tollerant.
@@jasonwish- any in particular that you like the best thanks
@@rdk162 gold medal, hawk, spartan, falcon, thor, big doris, tons of fun, large marge, any of the "golds" like solid gold, gold strike, gold rush, gold medallion.
@@jasonwish- I LIVE IN PA AND I AM GOING TO PLANT ABOUT 15 ACRES OF PUMPKINS. DO YOU RECCOMEND PLANTING MULTIPLE VARITIES OR STICK WITH A COUPLE? ANY POINTERS? ALSO I AM GOING TO USE STRATEGY PRE EMERGE. DO YOU JUST PUT THAT ON DURING PLANTING AND NEVER AGAIN. OR CAN YOU REAPPLY MAYBE A MONTH AFTER PLANTING. ANY POINTERS YOU CAN GIVE ME WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED THANKS!
@@rdk162 wow, 15 acres is a huge investment and will yield you about 300 tons of harvest! At this scale, you should be reaching out to Penn State or other large growers in PA for advice rather than me. We used to use Strategy, which is command and curbit mix but we now use command, dual and sandea tank mix, broader control and cheaper especially if you use generics. That is all put on pre and the only thing that can really be used post is sandea again and a grass herbicide like post or volunteer. There is a wealth of info on line about growing pumkins. My favorite variety is gold medal but like i said we plant over a dozen varieties to have different sizes and spread out the risk of one doing poorly.
Is that a home built sprayer or are they a brand of sprayers?
They are built by Penns Creek manufacturing in Pennsylvania
@@jasonwish- I just sent them an email. LOVE that sprayer!
Hi man, I am from Indonesia. About your pumpkins..can you send the seed to Indonesia so I can harvest those kind of pumpkins here too? We dont have that type of pumpkin in here mostly are only squash. Thx
Sorry, it is illegal to save and sell hybrid seeds, they must be purchased through a seed retailer.
@@jasonwish- Any recommendation seller for this seeds you can share with me?
@@aikidoman007 Rupp Seeds, Gowan Seed Company, Seedway, Johnny's Selected Seeds. I don't know if they ship internationally but worth a try.
Hello, am David I like farming and I wanted to try out pumpkin this year. But I would to get more ideals from you if at all its OK.
You can send me an email if you like. jason@wishwellfarms.com
How do you control weeds post emerge?
there are very limited options but the best one i'm aware of is Sandea, exact same herbiced as Permit, the Sandea just has the different label for cucurbits and it cost more. I think the rate is 1 oz per acre. This is your best option for broadleaves. For grass you can use select, volunteer, poast...ect.
Is that what your farm does?
@@dylanlee6972 Yes, but I've only had to use it a few times in the past 24 years, we rely on the heavy rye cover crop that creates a matt above the soil which covers up the ability for most weeds to get through. We kill the rye, along with any other grass or broadleave that may be there, right after we plant our seed.
Gotcha thanks for the replys
How many pumpkins do you get each seed
We hope to get 3-5 pumpkins per plant but it’s hard to know for sure in an open field of 4 acres.
@@jasonwish- yup hope to sell some of my own this yeer
30 to 50 years ago we used to blow a copper Sulphur dust under the pumpkin, melon, and zucchini leaves.
It worked really well
untill the neighbours started to complain all over the country about the method
Interesting. Yeah some of the sprays that we used to prevent disease have copper in them so that makes sense.
Don't forget to send some to angel stadium,Honda center, and Las Vegas raiders
How much lbs u guys made
I’m not exactly sure, somewhere between 10 and 20 ton per acre I’m guessing.
That's incredible great harvest
I will never spray because of the bees. There's no time that's "safe" to spray for the bees because they will still fly into the plants and flowers and pick up the residues. You just don't see them die later on.
If they were all dying later on there would be no bees left at all because every commercial pumpkin grower in the world sprays their pumpkins, you are misinformed and making incorrect assumptions. And from what I have seen from all the beekeeper friends that I have around me they are all doing just fine and making lots of honey.
SPLAT!
I was planning on dropping some watermelons off of it this summer but never got around to it, that would’ve been a serious splatter 🤣🤣
I work at a produce farm by fargo nd and not vary many people want to work there
There is only 2 other employees and in the 80’s they had like 20-30
It’s getting harder and harder to find good help each year. I do not want to use migrant help through the H2A program so we will continue to rely on high school and college help, but Kid’s from this generation just don’t want to work.
We need 25-30 employees each season and this is by far the biggest thorn in my side. We used to get 50 applicants each year but maybe 15 now on a a good year!
@@jasonwish- yup
i expected joel to be the one dropping the pumpkin for some reason.
Someone had to fly the drone while pumpkin was being dropped! Joel was too young to experience silo climbing during our dairy days....I've been up that silo hundreds of times!
Pass some elephant by your farm...
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geez, you guys are still using ROUND UP ?
what are you using on your commercial operation??
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Lost me at roundup
Well I don’t own a crimper machine so there’s no other way to kill the rye without it. Believe me, I would love to eliminate roundup use on my farm and we have eliminated nearly all conventional pesticides on my vegetable crops but weed control still becomes an issue…
@Steve Slade yes, its cereal rye 😁 I've grown pumpkins many times with very little to no spraying of any kind and some years they may do ok depending on rainfall and humidity but more often than not they will do better with crop protectants of some kind. Planting PM resistant varieties helps a lot too. Soil biology can always be improved...that's a long process.
Yuck, round up? Really
Absolutely, nearly impossible to grow commercial pumpkins without it. If I wouldn’t have mentioned the word roundup and just said we killed the rye you most likely would not have thought a thing about it. No other way to kill it without herbicides. You obviously have no idea how often this is used worldwide.
@@jasonwish- So spot on.
@@jasonwish- Spot on, I love the way you handle the Karen's!