I have Hundred Weight pumpkin seeds and intend to try and grow some whoppers with the kids this year. Does anyone have any tips on growing giant pumpkins they'd like to share?

On Feb 17, 9:46*am, DavidofWales DavidofWales.
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I have Hundred Weight pumpkin seeds and intend to try and grow some
whoppers with the kids this year. *Does anyone have any tips on growing
giant pumpkins they'd like to share?

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DavidofWales

No personal experience here but I have always heard that you pick one
pumpkin early on and get rid of the rest.

On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:46:44 +0000, DavidofWales wrote:

I have Hundred Weight pumpkin seeds and intend to try and grow some
whoppers with the kids this year. Does anyone have any tips on growing
giant pumpkins they'd like to share?

Have a big yard.

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On Feb 17, 9:46*am, DavidofWales DavidofWales.
wrote:
I have Hundred Weight pumpkin seeds and intend to try and grow some
whoppers with the kids this year. *Does anyone have any tips on growing
giant pumpkins they'd like to share?

--
DavidofWales

No personal experience here but I have always heard that you pick one
pumpkin early on and get rid of the rest.

Some gardener in Pennsville watered his pumpkins with milk.

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Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden

³Every conflict in the world today has its origin in the
imagination of British map drawers,² Author Unknown

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On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:46:44 +0000, DavidofWales wrote:

I have Hundred Weight pumpkin seeds and intend to try and grow some
whoppers with the kids this year. Does anyone have any tips on growing
giant pumpkins they'd like to share?

Have a big yard.

'

I was going to try too. I had some home roasted pumpkin seeds last year
that were coated in olive oil and roasted in the oven on aluminum foil until
toasty. Awesome. Same person made a couple of pumpkin pies.

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On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:46:44 +0000, DavidofWales wrote:

I have Hundred Weight pumpkin seeds and intend to try and grow some
whoppers with the kids this year. Does anyone have any tips on growing
giant pumpkins they'd like to share?

Have a big yard.

'

I was going to try too. I had some home roasted pumpkin seeds last year
that were coated in olive oil and roasted in the oven on aluminum foil until
toasty. Awesome. Same person made a couple of pumpkin pies.

Got folks know about lady godiva pumpkin seeds?

http://masdudiable.com/2010/01/23/edible-pumpkin-seeds/

BTW to the OP with a large yard look at Tahitian Squash sort of a sweet
carrot 2.5 feet long by 5 inch diameter that stores well at room
temperature.

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Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden

³Every conflict in the world today has its origin in the
imagination of British map drawers,² Author Unknown

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On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:46:44 +0000, DavidofWales wrote:

I have Hundred Weight pumpkin seeds and intend to try and grow some
whoppers with the kids this year. Does anyone have any tips on growing
giant pumpkins they'd like to share?

Have a big yard.

'

I was going to try too. I had some home roasted pumpkin seeds last year
that were coated in olive oil and roasted in the oven on aluminum foil until
toasty. Awesome. Same person made a couple of pumpkin pies.

I layer shelled pumpkin seed on in a toaster over. Light sprinkle of
soy sauce. Then abour 400 F. till the snapping is almost done. Better
to err on the early side. Addictive.

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Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden

³Every conflict in the world today has its origin in the
imagination of British map drawers,² Author Unknown

DavidofWales wrote:
I have Hundred Weight pumpkin seeds and intend to try and grow some
whoppers with the kids this year. Does anyone have any tips on
growing giant pumpkins they'd like to share?

Good deep soil with lots of manure, full sun, plenty of water especially
when it is hot, mulch well, long hot growing season and keep the fungi at
bay. Thin out the set fruit to only a small number.

David

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"DogDiesel" wrote:

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On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:46:44 +0000, DavidofWales wrote:

I have Hundred Weight pumpkin seeds and intend to try and grow some
whoppers with the kids this year. Does anyone have any tips on
growing
giant pumpkins they'd like to share?

Have a big yard.

'

I was going to try too. I had some home roasted pumpkin seeds last year
that were coated in olive oil and roasted in the oven on aluminum foil
until
toasty. Awesome. Same person made a couple of pumpkin pies.

Got folks know about lady godiva pumpkin seeds?

http://masdudiable.com/2010/01/23/edible-pumpkin-seeds/



Guess what, The ones I ate were roasted shell on. I ate the shells.
Didn't know.

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On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:46:44 +0000, DavidofWales wrote:

I have Hundred Weight pumpkin seeds and intend to try and grow some
whoppers with the kids this year. Does anyone have any tips on
growing
giant pumpkins they'd like to share?

Have a big yard.

'

I was going to try too. I had some home roasted pumpkin seeds last year
that were coated in olive oil and roasted in the oven on aluminum foil
until
toasty. Awesome. Same person made a couple of pumpkin pies.

Got folks know about lady godiva pumpkin seeds?

http://masdudiable.com/2010/01/23/edible-pumpkin-seeds/



Guess what, The ones I ate were roasted shell on. I ate the shells.
Didn't know.

A common practice and labor intensive )). I used to eat them and
they were white with salt. Fun to eat and spit out.

A good reason to grow your own below.

http://www.amazon.com/Bergin-Nut-Com...dp/B001EQ4NNO/
ref=sr_1_3?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1297980536&sr=1-3

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Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden

³Every conflict in the world today has its origin in the
imagination of British map drawers,² Author Unknown

Bill who putters wrote:
-snip-

BTW to the OP with a large yard look at Tahitian Squash sort of a sweet
carrot 2.5 feet long by 5 inch diameter that stores well at room
temperature.

'stores well' doesn't tell the whole story. These buggers are 10-15
pounds [or 8-30 if you believe these guys;
http://www.seedsofchange.com/garden_...item_no=S10676
] and are supposed to store 'on the counter' after you cut a couple
pounds off.
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct...od/fo-market31

Damn you Bill!! I just lost 100 sq feet of garden to a new
'experiment'.g

Jim

I do know that the guys that grow the giant pumpkin contest winners feed
them milk when they get big, for whatever that's worth.

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I have Hundred Weight pumpkin seeds and intend to try and grow some
whoppers with the kids this year. Does anyone have any tips on growing
giant pumpkins they'd like to share?




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DavidofWales

Thos wrote:
I do know that the guys that grow the giant pumpkin contest winners
feed them milk when they get big, for whatever that's worth.


OK I will bite. How do you feed a pumpkin with milk?

D

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DavidofWales wrote:
I have Hundred Weight pumpkin seeds and intend to try and grow some
whoppers with the kids this year. Does anyone have any tips on
growing giant pumpkins they'd like to share?

Good deep soil with lots of manure, full sun, plenty of water especially
when it is hot, mulch well, long hot growing season and keep the fungi at
bay. Thin out the set fruit to only a small number.

And take off the last foot of the vine when it reached 5 ft long as that
encourages the vine to set fruit.

FarmI wrote:
"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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DavidofWales wrote:
I have Hundred Weight pumpkin seeds and intend to try and grow some
whoppers with the kids this year. Does anyone have any tips on
growing giant pumpkins they'd like to share?

Good deep soil with lots of manure, full sun, plenty of water
especially when it is hot, mulch well, long hot growing season and
keep the fungi at bay. Thin out the set fruit to only a small
number.

And take off the last foot of the vine when it reached 5 ft long as
that encourages the vine to set fruit.

Don't we want a big vine feeding only a few fruit? I would let the vine run
and keep thinning as they set.

D