Hey so did anyone else plant A LOT of pumpkins?

[DJStarstryker]

WOW. I planted like 35 or so and I felt like that was a lot. I don't really have the desire to have too much more than that. I'm not trying to be a big pumpkin farm!

 

[Xara]

XJSMSMSMNZ you rlly went “ah yes i need Exactly 250 pumpkins”

i definitely considered going overboard at first but since my island’s still currently overrun with flowers, i don’t have much room available and so i planted about,, 28 to start aha c’:

 

[~Kilza~]

I've only planted 5 pumpkins. I'll likely plant a few more at some point, though I don't want to go too overboard since I don't really have that much room, lol

 

[eko]

Yes of course! I have been super busy planting pumpkins by the truckload and then TT'ing. From what I've gathered on my island, pumpkin colour is up to chance. Orange is the most common, white and yellow are average and green is the rarest. Planting tons of pumpkins help increase odds of getting the green ones. Now I am sorting every pumpkin by color, harvesting and trashing the orange pumpkins to make room for new starts.

is there a reason why you're trashing the orange pumpkins? i did quite the opposite and dug up all the "rare" colors... you don't actually craft with them, they're just for customization which doesn't take a lot of pumpkins

I went a bit crazy I’m sure I have like 30 that I planted I didn’t get any white pumpkins tho I got all the other colours but not white

i know some people prefer growing it by themselves, but i can give you a stack of white pumpkins so you can plant them? :0c

I did, but the novelty has worn off.

exactly! i spent all of yesterday digging up all the pumpkins rip, a tiny 4x3 patch is more than enough honestly

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XJSMSMSMNZ you rlly went “ah yes i need Exactly 250 pumpkins”

i definitely considered going overboard at first but since my island’s still currently overrun with flowers, i don’t have much room available and so i planted about,, 28 to start aha c’:

i thought that once you picked the pumpkins they disappear and had to be planted again

 

[smonikkims]

I planted 18 - two squares of 9 for easy watering, aesthetics and because of those Harvest Moon vibes I considered expanding the farm area to have an area for each colour but I think that'd be too much space used for the same thing, which is not what my island is about~

 

[mayortiffany]

I went with 10 pumpkins to start with, and bought another 10 starts in case.

Hopefully, I'll get one of each colour but if not, I'll start planting the other pumpkins. I'm not too fussed about paying extra for starts from the Nooklings instead of from Leif, so I'll probably just rinse and repeat until l get enough.

Or, I'll pop into a shop on these forums and just buy pumpkins if I get lazy haha! That's how I ended up getting blue roses and green mums... by paying for them!

 

[Fye]

So I originally bought 25 since I was only planning on crafting the actual pumpkin items that could blend in with a normal island, and not the pumpkin/spooky themed furniture. But I was able to make space for a little seasonal corner on my island that I'll fill with that season's crafted items so I bought another 20 pumpkin starts so that I'll have enough pumpkins to make all the crafts! Now I just need to get the DIYs...

 

[Rosch]

I planted 80. Just because. XD
Also I blame my obsession with Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons for my farming instincts.

 

[Garrett]

I haven't counted but I must've planted over 100 starts, divided between various gardens and a couple of communal patches. I've always enjoyed making gardens so it's more for decoration than materials farming.

 

[Bugs]

I planted 25 - 30 pumpkins randomly around the place, cause I'd like to have some year-round and I'm testing how they look in certain areas. I've got two small pumpkin patches and I've also planted them on cliff edges and randomly around the forest, looking forward to seeing how they turn out

 

[Pyoopi]

I'm definitely under 50 because I don't want my island overrun by the pumpkins. But out of all of them growing, I got three green pumpkins (9 in total).

I have one patch dedicated to yellow and white. The other is green and orange.

 

[KittenNoir]

is there a reason why you're trashing the orange pumpkins? i did quite the opposite and dug up all the "rare" colors... you don't actually craft with them, they're just for customization which doesn't take a lot of pumpkins


i know some people prefer growing it by themselves, but i can give you a stack of white pumpkins so you can plant them? :0c


exactly! i spent all of yesterday digging up all the pumpkins rip, a tiny 4x3 patch is more than enough honestly

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i thought that once you picked the pumpkins they disappear and had to be planted again

Thank you for your generosity but I finally got 4 today haha

 

[Hanif1807]

I've planted like 48 pumpkins and i think that's quite alot since i have no idea where to plant the other pumpkin starts

 

[Snek]

is there a reason why you're trashing the orange pumpkins? i did quite the opposite and dug up all the "rare" colors... you don't actually craft with them, they're just for customization which doesn't take a lot of pumpkins

I sell the orange pumpkin plants at Nooks, which is basically me trashing them. I have enough of them. My storage is practically full of orange pumpkins and I already have a huge patch of o. pumpkin plants. I know that coloured ones are for customisation. I just like having many, is that wrong?

 

[Sgt.Groove]

At this point I've planted four full inv's of pumpkins... not much room left now lol.

 

[Xane_MM]

Is 106 too many? That's how many I planted around my island. The only problem is that I have to remember to customize the watering can multiple times during it to avoid breaking it!

AlsoI blame my obsession with Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons for my farming instincts.

That's why one of the fields is made of 3×3 squares for me, I think.

 

[Mairmalade]

That...that's a lot of pumpkins. More opportunities to get a variety of colors, though! How long did this take you?

I've only planted 15-20, but I may add a few more as I do have the space. Good luck to everyone on their watering adventures!

 

[AssassinVicz]

I think i bought over 100, assuming you’d dig them up after they fully grew. Then finding out that they respawned.

I mean I don’t mind having that many, since I can probably trade with friends for pumpkins I want

But I wouldn’t advise it, unless you’d want a certain kind.

 

[sleepydreepy]

I bought 30 which has been the perfect amount for me!

 

[Rinpane]

I planted 30 but bought around 80 sprouts in total, while considering buying a lot more prior to finding out the whole replanting thing...definitely glad I didn’t plant 50 like I originally planned. I already feel like I’ll have way too many orange pumpkins... ^^;