SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) – The Bi-Water Farm and Greenhouse in Georgetown will open for pumpkin picking in a few weeks.

Stephen Fister, one of the farm owners, said they were afraid the harvest would not be enough.

“We start planting pumpkins in June and the temperatures were really hot in June and the first half of July. We started to wonder if it would affect the pumpkin crop, but then the rains came, the temperatures dropped in mid-July and the pumpkins were able to get pollinated when the temperature dropped below 90 degrees,” Fister said.

Fister said rain and cooler temperatures are important to stimulate pumpkin growth and development, and now dry weather is just what the pumpkins need.

“If those ripe pumpkins are sitting on the really wet ground, that’s not good as far as disease or rot goes. From now on, we expect a little less rain and a little more dryness,” Fister said.

Although temperatures are expected to rise again next week, this critical period for pumpkins is already over.

“Pollination is not as strong right now as it was a month ago, so we’re not pollinating the pumpkins as much right now. So the high temperatures aren’t really going to affect us if we have enough water to grow the pumpkins that we already have here,” Fister said.

Bi-Water Farm and Greenhouse opens September 7th and is open until the end of October.

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