Pumpkins

Last week Avondale Primary School had a pumpkin competition. Mr Renwick our new caretaker brought in his hobby pumpkins for us to see.

We touched and climbed all over them. 

So what did we learn?

Pumpkins need lots of water.
They have hard skin but these ones are very soft and mushy inside.
The biggest weighs about 91kg.
The seed for these pumpkins is special and not like the normal pumpkin seeds used for growing pumpkins that we eat.

Later this year Mr Renwick is going to help Year 1 children grow these in the school garden.