Pumpkin growing and carving challenge 2016

3 Seeds sown yesterday (23rd) in case there's good weather at end May/early June, 2 seeds left should another, later sowing be required which I'll do when my big marrows get sown.

 

Filed my seed and put them in for an overnight soak this afternoon.

Steve...

 

First one appeared sometime last night, 2.5 days after sowing.

 

Wow that's good going mate I'm still waiting on mine to show

 

Think that must be the quickest I've ever had any sort of squash seed germinate, sown in seed compost and edges rubbed with sandpaper. One of the 3 sown might be past it, other should still be OK, but just one plant will be fine for me this year as I want to go back to concentrating on giant marrows as the size required to win at my village show is getting bigger every year, it's incredible that something that would have been a world record not that many years ago might now only get 2nd place at a village show.

 

First one popped through the soil yesterday evening, so six days after sowing, two more through a few hours later.

I had a disaster last year sowing seeds so I have split them up this time round, the above seeds are indoors in a propagator, the other half of the sown seeds are in the greenhouse propagator which I need to go and check.

Steve...

[Edit] And I have another four just coming through out in the greenhouse propagator.

Steve...

 

Any movement on yours Richard?

Steve...

 

I've got some soaking for 24 hrs will pot them up tonight!!!

 

Hey Steve yes got two through going to stick a couple more in tonight as one struggled to get the leaf out and is misshaped so give a couple more a go see what grows the fastes the one I really wanted to grow failed to germinate

 

10 days after sowing, and 2 of the 3 seeds have failed to germinate, but they were a bit old, think I'll sow another one of the strain that germinated quickly.

 

Any history of your seeds Scrungee?

Richard, that always seems to happen to me in that the seed I most wanted to use fails to germinate. But this year I have 8 out of 9 up, and I think the 9th is coming too.

Steve...

 

Really good Steve never had all of the germinate think that 50% is good really I put another 4 in last night hopefully I will get a couple more not stressing yet as I don't want them too big when I transplant them really

 

No...bags of time yet and as they grow like stink, they will soon get going for you.

I took the following photo last night, 8 out of 9 have grown on and now need potting on, I do not think the ninth is coming.



But eight plants gives me 4 doubles to plant, 3 for me and one for another plot holder on our site who has asked for one.

Steve...

 

Look at entry number 7 on this page http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2016&grower=73948&action=L

Steve...