Where to position a pumpkin

[Jbird]

I have been given a pumpkin plant which is ready to be out into the ground. I know nothing about these things!! Should it have direct sunlight, some or none?

[Clanad]

It needs a lot of sunshine... 6 or more hours per day if you can manage that. It needs about an inch or so of water (or rain) per week, but likes to be well drained so it doesn't stand in water. It will take lots of space though, since it will run and run... You can train it to vine in only one direction if you're careful though...
Best of luck!

[Jbird]

Thanks - I don't suppose you know anything about radishes? Again, they are ready to go into the ground - but where??!!

[Clanad]

Radishes? Sure! Just about any place as long as they get water and at least 4 or 5 hours of sun a day... radishes love water! Keep the planted area noticbly damp until they sprout. Just barely cover them with soil... not more than a quarter of an inch deep, but assure the bed is well worked to a depth of at least 6 inches, 10 is better. Thin them as soon as they show to about 1 inch or so apart. As soon as the show, plant another round so you'll have fresh ones and keep doing that all summer. I mentioned, on another thread, that a handy trick to sowing them is to use an eye dropper... you know the kind, a glass vial with a rubber bulb at the top... place your radish seeds (the tiny, little black things) in the dropper an squeeze them out one at a time. It makes thinning a thing of the past...

Best of luck!