A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2006 pumpkins

grew 4 from seed -planted out when about six inches high ,2 have already died ---any tips on giving the others a good chance(costal garden,chalky bedrock ,stoney,full sun,intermitantly windy and rainy although uncommonally dry at present.) thanks.

Amend the soil. Pumpkins are heavy feeders.

Like JohnCT said. Best thing to do is get ALOT
of organic material like some compost and put it all around by the stems. Also under some of the leaf stems on the ground. Most ANY vine plants LOVE compost. Chicken Manure is good as well but it stinks for a few days.

Pumpkins are not the greatest for transplanting. So maybe transplant shock killed them too.
Hot sun is fine but the soil must remain cool. So mulching helps. Plenty of water while establishing and good drainage is essential. As already stated, they are really hungry, but shouldn't die off in poor soil, just not thrive.
Was it shortly/immediately after transplanting that they died?
Transplant shock can be overcome by using a seaweed or kelp extract before and after transplanting and then again a week later.

all these other answers seem right--but try watering it or fertilizing it more/less. also try not to touch the leaves at all if you already have. good luck, hope those other 2 don't die as well! when i grow pumpkins, i throw my haloween rotted pumpkins in the back of my garden after haloween--they grow by themselves from there-- also, make sure there is ALOT of room for them to spread--pumpkins are heavy feeders, and they need room to grow