Growing Kamokamo

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Whakatō i te Purapura (planting seeds) is a great Spring activity for the whole whānau.

You will need

• Six eggs (shells only)
  
• A cardboard egg carton
  
• 6 kamokamo (or pumpkin) seeds
  
• 2 cups of good potting mix
  
• A needle or pin
  
• A knife, teaspoon and cup
  

What to do (in October)

• Using your knife, carefully tap around and cut the top off each egg.
  
• Pour the yolk and white into a cup, then make a hole in the bottom of each shell with your needle/pin.
  
• Spoon potting mix into the shells until they’re 3/4 full.
  
• Water the soil using a drink bottle.
  
• Insert a kamokamo seed 2cm deep, then recover with soil.
  
• Draw a face onto your egg shells with felts, and sit them in your carton.
  
• Leave in a warm sunny place to sprout.
  

When seed sprouts are 20-30cm tall, give two away to whānau and plant the rest in a sunny part of the garden, at least half a metre apart. Water in the late afternoon or evening.