Main vines should be pruned when it reaches ten to fifteen feet beyond the last fruit you are leaving on the plant. Secondary vines(or runners) should be trimmed when they reach ten to twelve feet from the main vine. Trimming a vine is simple.Click to see full answer. Also to know is, should I cut dead leaves off my pumpkin plant?I typically remove dead leaves so the plant will stop trying to send water and nutrients to those parts. I usually prune some leaves off my pumpkin and squash plants anyways to increase airflow to the center of the plant, so pruning the dead ones should not be a problem as well.Also, why does my pumpkin plant have flowers but no pumpkins? If the pumpkin delays female blossoming, late sets often do not have time to develop before the days shorten and colder weather sets in. Also, too much nitrogen in the soil can result in the production of primarily male pumpkin vine flowering or even lush, healthy pumpkin vines but no flowers or pumpkins. Beside this, can I prune a pumpkin plant? Cut the main vines with hand pruning shears 10 to 15 feet beyond the last fruit on the vine. Wait to begin pruning the main vine until you can determine which fruit is the healthiest on each vine, and then remove any later pumpkins as they develop.Are coffee grounds good for pumpkins?Keep the root zone well watered and fertilized, as the pumpkin is drawing a great deal of energy from the soil. Pumpkin likes coffee grinds as a nitrogen fertilizer, so be sure to keep adding it directly to the root zone in power or liquid, or via finished compost.

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