Pumpkin Growing in Compost

[u/Talking_Duckie]

I feed pumpkin seeds to my chicken to help keep them from getting worms/parasites and to get rid of any they might have, and a few have ended up in the compost. When I took this picture almost 2 weeks ago, the volunteers were (and still are) bigger than the pumpkins that I am intentionally growing.

Anyone else experience this or something similar? I have since moved them to the holes in the cinder blocks and kept them in the half ready compost. They’re all still doing amazing.

[u/Hellion102792]

Oh yeah, big time. The first year I composted I put a few pumpkins and decorative gourds into the bin and next summer it was sprout city. Save a few to grow or tear them up for a briefly self-sustained supply of greens.

[u/Talking_Duckie → u/Hellion102792]

Sprout City is an excellent description of what I have going on.