Mr Pumpkin...

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  1. Bilbo675

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    Here's a pumpkin I have growing in a large growbag; a method I did successfully last year :thumb: It's had a handful of male flowers so far...

    Sadly its not one of the 'Giants' (they're still babies :D), it's one I started off earlier this year..
     

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      Looking very good Bilbo
       
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      Thanks Bilbo, I've got 4 pumpkins on the go and was wondering if I could pot them out in growbag/large pot? I'm gonna empty a large growbag in an old tyre.

      Cheers, Plant Potty.:thumbsup:
       
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      The first 2 female flowers have opened (VERY large flowers too) and already there are little pumkins slightly larger than a golf ball; things are looking good :thumb:
       
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      Bilbo, have you any male flowers? If so I'd perform manual pollination.
       
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      Hi, thanks, yes there are several, I have manually pollinated them just in case, but there were quite a few bees round them too...:thumbsup:
       
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      Great stuff Bilbo - I'd start feeding them once the fruit have set. :thumbsup:
       
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        Steady Melinda :heehee:

        Actually I'm surprised Ziggy hasn't made some smutty comment - must have become all serious now he's a mod :)
         
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          Me too:gaagh::mute::D
           
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            He's definitely changed.

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            John- I go to the trouble of finding an appropriate Dr Who photo for Zig, and you've gone on to reference The Borg! :D
             
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              No, I was like that before, but now i've started wearing a viking helmet with cow horns on as well:thumbsup:

              Your cutural distinctiveness will be added to the forum collective.
               
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              Update.....well Mr(or perhaps Mrs?) Pumpkin has now got about 6 young pumkins on, all but one I'm assuming have 'set' as they are firm and have doubled in size, the one that hadn't was soft so I removed it....:thumb:
               
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