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2014 Pumpkin Patch Thread
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I'm real interested to see how yours do, that cinderblock planting is such a great idea.
Our garden as it stands:
The Mystery variety, going to trelis up the fence.
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JBL's on some curby trellis I found.
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The new Pumpkemon seem to be growing quite well.
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Going to try to trellis the sugar pumpkins as well, which we have 3 rows of.
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Our neons are in one row, about 4 ft apart along the edge of the other garden, probably 20 plants total.
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Just thinned out the first batches of corn. Tried to stagger the plantings, but these first two popped up together anyway. We have a third in the ground already. Note the drip line irrigation, lots more of that to install as we plant the corn. We're hand watering until it all gets installed.
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The "sunflower house". My daughter was given a packet of seeds and a little book on these at school, so we figured we'd give it a try. Assuming they all grow big and strong, it will make a nice end to the corn tunnel this year as well as her play house later in the summer. ~7' diameter.
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Tons of roma tomatoes. We tried bottling our own tomato sauce last year, just run out, and going back to store bought is rather painful, so more than triple the tomatoes we've planted before.
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Our garden as it stands:
The Mystery variety, going to trelis up the fence.
JBL's on some curby trellis I found.
The new Pumpkemon seem to be growing quite well.
Going to try to trellis the sugar pumpkins as well, which we have 3 rows of.
Our neons are in one row, about 4 ft apart along the edge of the other garden, probably 20 plants total.
Just thinned out the first batches of corn. Tried to stagger the plantings, but these first two popped up together anyway. We have a third in the ground already. Note the drip line irrigation, lots more of that to install as we plant the corn. We're hand watering until it all gets installed.
The "sunflower house". My daughter was given a packet of seeds and a little book on these at school, so we figured we'd give it a try. Assuming they all grow big and strong, it will make a nice end to the corn tunnel this year as well as her play house later in the summer. ~7' diameter.
Tons of roma tomatoes. We tried bottling our own tomato sauce last year, just run out, and going back to store bought is rather painful, so more than triple the tomatoes we've planted before.
thanks UnOrthodOx'
ya i am also looking forward to see how it will trun out if gose well i can add more designs and stuff to it next year.
your garden is looking great i only had one sun flower make it i should get more none of the black sunflowers i bought made it
think it is to late to start more sunflowers now ?
ya i am also looking forward to see how it will trun out if gose well i can add more designs and stuff to it next year.
your garden is looking great i only had one sun flower make it i should get more none of the black sunflowers i bought made it
think it is to late to start more sunflowers now ?
Lol, yeah, If I started tearing up the yard for a garden, I'd probably get carried away, too. The only reason I haven't...yet...is that most of our back yard is gigantic, towering, branching, 90 year old pine trees! Sunshine is hard to come by in our back yard. I have one corner of the yard that gets lots of sun, but I can't bring myself to dig up the nice grass that grows in that one spot! I need someone to come and cut down all my pine trees for me...for free, lol. If we are ever able to buy another house someday, I know I will be searching for a house with prime pumpkin growing areas!
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This should be a big week for the pumpkin patch. I started to build my raised bed project- raised in the since that I will be adding 12-18 inches of composted top soil to the top of my existing backyard soil/clay.
The biggest difference this week is a couple of inches of growth and the addition of the second true leaf to every plant with most plants sprouting a third true leaf. Below is a picture as of this morning of the plants and the bottom is the progress picture from the week before.
Today's Picture:
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Last Week:
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The biggest difference this week is a couple of inches of growth and the addition of the second true leaf to every plant with most plants sprouting a third true leaf. Below is a picture as of this morning of the plants and the bottom is the progress picture from the week before.
Today's Picture:
Last Week:
More strong storms with high winds again last night...bent the leave stem of another one of my 3 seedlings. So now I have two plants with messed up leaves. Sigh...hoping they will both be okay. The weather here is just so rough on them...
So now I have two plants with messed up leaves. Sigh...hoping they will both be okay. The weather here is just so rough on them...
The top soil and compost in the picture is about 4ft tall. I will get it spread out this weekend and my tiny plants will find a new home.
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