2014 Pumpkin Patch Thread

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matthewthemanparker

Discussion Starter · Apr 27, 2014

Anybody started yet? Yesterday I tilled my garden and got it ready for planting. I live in south Georgia so risk of frost was gone a month ago. I plan on getting some seeds this week to go along with the seeds I saved from carving last year and plant Saturday. This is my second year attempting to grow with last year not going too well. I had a couple of pumpkins reach the size of baseballs and softballs but ended up turning to mush seemingly overnight. Crossing my fingers this year for at least a couple of good carving pumpkins this year.

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Stringy_Jack

· #41 · May 9, 2014

I don't have any pumpkin plants because I don't have a garden area big enough, I can only grow a few tomato, peppers and herbs. I do have some venus fly traps starting to sprout and grow their first non-active traps.

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matthewthemanparker

Discussion Starter · #42 · May 10, 2014

Exactly one week after planting my seeds have sprouted.

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WitchyKitty

· #43 · May 10, 2014

Stringy_Jack said:
I don't have any pumpkin plants because I don't have a garden area big enough, I can only grow a few tomato, peppers and herbs. I do have some venus fly traps starting to sprout and grow their first non-active traps.
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Awesome! They will be really neat full grown. I had one when I was younger. As for pumpkins and space, you could always do Jack-Be-Little Pumpkins like I do each year, if you don't have room. You can either plant them in ground and train them up a trellis, or you can plant them in a large planter. I have done both with great results!! I have pics in last years Pumpkin Patch thread...and also in my personal albums, if you want to see how I did it. Barely took up any space, especially in the pot. (Well, the one On the trellis got a bit carried away, lol, only because I let it...this year I may tip it at a certain point to keep it a bit smaller along my roof.

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UnOrthodOx

· #44 · May 11, 2014

I've never been able to keep a fly trap alive.

Saki.Girl

· #45 · May 12, 2014

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ok got my pumpkins and gores in the ground I am trying something new this year with my garden will see how it turns out

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Shadowbat

· #46 · May 12, 2014

I have yet to till the ground! It's been raining just about every day. I'm hoping to at least get it done this week. Still not planting until 2nd week of June though.

UnOrthodOx

· #47 · May 12, 2014

Sorry, got busy. Here's the little guys over the weekend.

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WitchyKitty

· #48 · May 12, 2014

It's so exciting!! Your seedlings look great, guys! Saki, I can't wait to see how your garden fills in...an interesting and cool layout!

I just need to get through this cold week we have coming then I can start, too!!!!!! It's crazy, it's almost 90 degrees today, and will drop to the low 60's, upper 50's for highs through the week. Illinois weather just keeps getting weirder each year, lol.

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Saki.Girl

· #49 · May 12, 2014

Thank you I to am hoping what I have envisioned in my head pans out for real lol only way was to try

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printersdevil

· #50 · May 12, 2014

We are having weird weather in Texas, too. It has been in the 90s and tomorrow high will be 60. Storming right now and sky is black. I hate this time of year. Hope the tornados stay away.

CDW

· #51 · May 12, 2014

I finally got my seeds into their starter pots late last week - this will be my first attempt at growing pumpkins, but I have particular plans involving a white pumpkin, so I'm hoping I'll get at least one to grow. I wish I'd seen UnOrthodOx's plastic bag method earlier - I'd at least know if they're going to germinate a bit earlier, instead of waiting for them to poke their heads out of the pots.

kakugori

· #52 · May 13, 2014

Ok, I did it. I got some big max seeds today, and I've got them started in a ziploc on a damp paper towel. We'll see how this goes.

I'm going to get a kabocha and harvest it for seeds too.

WitchyKitty

· #53 · May 13, 2014

printersdevil said:
We are having weird weather in Texas, too. It has been in the 90s and tomorrow high will be 60. Storming right now and sky is black. I hate this time of year. Hope the tornados stay away.

Storming here, too. It's odd that Texas and Illinois would be having the same weather at the same time, lol. It keeps raining so heavy on and off with high winds these past few days that I'm glad my seedlings weren't started yet...they would've drown or blown over and broke! As it is my herb seedlings are quite drenched...

Col. Fryght

· #54 · May 13, 2014

matthewthemanparker said:
Exactly one week after planting my seeds have sprouted.

Nice Job!!!!

Col. Fryght

· #55 · May 13, 2014

kakugori said:
Ok, I did it. I got some big max seeds today, and I've got them started in a ziploc on a damp paper towel.

I went with Big Max, too. In my area, carving pumpkins get down to $3-$5 each, but the larger ones are like $100 bucks and up. I wanted a larger pumpkin but not so large that it lost its round shape. Plus, a 100lb pumpkin is all that I care to pick up and wheel barrow around the yard.

kakugori

· #56 · May 14, 2014

Yeah, I can get cheap little things easily enough but I haven't found any really good, big pumpkins in a few years. I want another couple that are this size:

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(That arm in its mouth is life-size, for scale of course...the one behind it you can just kind of see was just as big or larger.)

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UnOrthodOx

· #57 · May 14, 2014

kakugori said:
Yeah, I can get cheap little things easily enough but I haven't found any really good, big pumpkins in a few years. I want another couple that are this size:
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(That arm in its mouth is life-size, for scale of course...the one behind it you can just kind of see was just as big or larger.)

I could be mistaken, but that appears to be a smallish atlantic giant pumpkin. Big max usually has smaller ridges and is more orange. My uncle plants atlantic giants ever year, and while I don't use them at home anymore, they regularly get that size.

Col. Fryght

· #58 · May 15, 2014

kakugori said:
I've got them started in a ziploc on a damp paper towel. We'll see how this goes.

So how are your ziploc seeds turning out?

kakugori

· #59 · May 15, 2014

They're sprouting! I'm going to give them one more day, then move them into small containers.

Not a clue what the big pumpkin was - we bought 3 from the guy who grew them, sold as "hey you want some pumpkins?" More orange with less ridges sounds good. I just chose at random from the two available varieties.

Sometime next week I'm going to get a kabocha and harvest it for seeds. For eating, not for decor. If I've gotta water these things all summer anyway, might as well go for it.

Col. Fryght

· #60 · May 18, 2014

kakugori said:
They're sprouting! I'm going to give them one more day, then move them into small containers.

Good for you. I was starting to get worried about my little Maxes. After four or five days in the ziplock, I only had about 6 germinate. But after eight days, I had 25 out of 30 germinate. I never used any external heat source, other than heat from the sun, and it was overcast and in the seventies half the time, and sunny 85 the other half.

Today, I put them in a nice size peat pots, maybe quart size or about the size of a coffee can. I have read that pumpkins hate to have their roots disturbed. So I figure that I can grow them to a decent size before putting them in the ground.

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