How to Grow Pumpkins and Winter Squash: From Seed to Storage

📌 TL;DR: Key Takeaways Only save open-pollinated/heirloom. F1 hybrid seeds won’t grow true to parent. Easiest to start: Beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, and herb seeds. Storage: Paper envelopes in a sealed glass jar, cool and dark, most vegetable seeds last 2-5 years. Isolation matters: Squash needs 1/2 mile to stay true; corn pollen travels…

🌿 Key Takeaways Plan backward: start with what you want on your pantry shelf and work to what you need to plant Paste tomatoes (San Marzano, Roma) are the backbone, plant 10–15 plants for serious preserving One healthy paste tomato plant yields roughly 10–15 lbs per season Succession-plant cucumbers and beans to spread out the…