Beginner Gardening: Indoor Pumpkins?, 1 by northerndude

northerndude wrote:
This is a very old thread, wondering how it went? I just started an indoor pumpkin plant in a tent, just to see if it could be done. It's actually working out and I grew on the sides of the tent. Tent is a 4x4x6.5 so each wall of the tent works out to about 26 sq ft of vertical grow area the vines can run on and I try to keep the middle area clear to the bottom so the light can penetrate. I used Dill's Atlantic Giant Pumpkin seeds. However having trouble with pollinating now, females not taking. Plenty of females and males. Wondering if it's a light timing issue, ph, nutrients, disease but I'm not sure. The plants look pretty healthy, only issues I see are a bit of burning where plants come close to the light and a few aphids. I put plenty of pollen into the female, I've tried leaving the male organ inside, tried using two different males on one female.. One started to bulge like crazy but then became all squishy and I thought it was going to die to I took it off idiotically to see what was happening inside. It looked like it was developing but another squishy one fell off the week before so again. No idea... My drainage is non-existent however, maybe not enough Oxygen in soil maybe too much stagnant water in the soil at the very bottom. The container is about 227L and I water roughly once a week, check water levels using one of those soil probs that tells you if it's dry/wet. Normally becomes dry/moist near end of the week so it seems to be taking it up/evaporating. I use around 40L of water per week with general hydroponics liquid nutrient for growing.

PH is at 7.5, so maybe thats it. Anyone have suggestions on what is the most common issue related to a pumpkin fruit not growing that I should try/check first?