When it comes to when you should start your giant pumpkins, nobody can give you an exact date. Giant pumpkins seeds are started before your regular size pumpkins because they need more time to grow and mature. You want to be very careful when picking a date to place them in the ground, if it frosts it will kill your little giant pumpkins. Your standard, run of the mill, giant pumpkin needs typical 148 - 155 days to reach maturity. If you are starting average sized field pumpkins you don't need to put them out as early.
Most expert giant pumpkin growers will always start their giant pumpkin seeds indoors. They prefer indoors because they can control "the weather" a bit more. We are not talking any big indoor greenhouses either. Strategic placement by a window or bright light will be suffice. A general rule of thumb for starting times is the following.
Giant Pumpkin - Start indoors no earlier than the last week of April. When it looks like it can be transplanted safely(usually when one or two leaves are formed). But watch the weather if it is going to get cold overnight that there is a chance for frost, make sure you cover them and do your best to prevent frosting.
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