Pumpkin Growing Challenge !!

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  1. Steve R

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    Great to hear..has everyone else received theirs?

    Steve...:)
     
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    No seeds have arrived here Steve. I'll let you know as soon as they do.
     
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    What a brilliant thread!

    Can I have Alice in the Pumpkin Patch Sweepstake please? hap feet


    When you are all passing out these monster pumpkin seeds to your gardening friends, the Gods of Comedy (and I!) will be forever grateful if you perhaps fail to mention they are in fact Giant Pumpkin Seeds.:yess::yess:

    Imagine the consternation it would cause!
     
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      I once gave a sunflower plant to my friend, telling him it was a marrow & that he'd have to pin it down as it grew to keep it under control.:heehee::heehee::heehee:
       
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      I am SO going to car boot sale the spare ones now :heehee::yess::heehee:
       
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      Not got mine yet, I'll let you know when they arrive :)
       
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      John/Alice..If the dont arrive by tuesday..I'll resend, I have no shortage of seed.

      Steve...:)
       
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      Has everyone got their seed?

      Steve...:)
       
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      I have mine Steve ..Thanks .

      Dave
       
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      Five days at 80F :D

      [​IMG]
       
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      No Steve, I haven't got mine yet :cry3:
       
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      OK hows things going?

      Hoping to plant mine out in a week or so.
       
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      One of mine is growing in a tonne of maturing compost in a dumpy bag. To get over the space problem i'm planning on training up the Ash tree & using cargo nets to support the fruit.

      Other 3 are still in the cold frame.
       
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      Got the planting hole prepared last month:
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      It needed 6 wheelbarrow loads of muck, trouble is I only could spare a couple.


      I sowed my seed a week ago, got 100% germination, 2 per pot. Removed the weaker ones yesterday. They will take 2 or 3 weeks before mine are ready for planting outside, I'll plant the two strongest plants.
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      Right, I might have to rethink my strategy, dont have any muck or an ash tree and cargo nets.
      Looks like I'll just have to use the chemical approach, with gallons of water
       
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