Beginner Gardening: Jack o' Lanterns, 1 by GardeningMommy

GardeningMommy wrote:
For anyone who's considering making a pumpkin hammock out of nylons like I did, don't bother. It might work with another fabric, but not with nylons. The pumpkin quickly grew too wide, and slipped out of the little hammock I'd created. I went back to the drawing board, and now I've made some supports that are essentially I-Beams (except the top and bottom boards are triangle shaped) made from scrap wood. They were very easy to build, and I think they're going to work well, provided they stay upright (and I think they will). They've taken stress off of the vine, which is good, since the strings of my trellis were beginning to scar the vine form the weight of the pumpkin. Here's how they look!

Oh, I've also carved names into the 5 pumpkins that I think I'm going to keep. I'll let you know how those turn out. And I found a "siamese twin" pumpkin--two pumpkins, each with separate stems (though, actually, the stems are partially fused) that are fused together. I hope it grows, because it'll be awesome on my front porch!