Re: New to group.
Gary,
First of all welcome to the group. I myself just joined this group
because this is my first year trying to grow very large pumpkins. I've
been on this board two weeks now not knowing a single thing about
growing these bohemyths and I've learned so much from all the
respondants. Everyone here has been so helpful I can't speak enough
about this group. There are even some people here happy to give away
seeds with good backgrounds. Just post your questions here and I am sure
you'll get enough replies. By the way I am all the way on the other side
of the US in California trying to grow something over 50-100 lbs in a
small area...Good luck and happy growing..
Ric
"Gary C. Lewis" wrote:
>
> Hello All,
> I came across this list yesterday after doing a search about
> pumpkins. Am very happy to have found it. We live in McKean County Pa.,
> western most, north central country, along the NY boarder. About 75
> miles east of Erie and 10 miles out of Bradford, Pa. Home of the "Zippo"
> lighter.
> We moved here from RI 5 years ago and really enjoy living in the
> hills, actually we live in a valley. It is my wife and two children, the
> boy Nicholas is 3, 4 come December and Collen is 11 months, I am going
> on 51!!!
> It would seem that there are more pumpkin varieties out there than I
> know about, we are familiar with the common types listed in all the
> catalogs... ...in doing my search I came across varieties listed with
> numbers and not names. Will need to do more research to find-out what
> they are.
> We grow pumpkins every year and have for many years. It was this year
> that I thouhgt I would try my hand at some "serious" pumpkin growing.
> That's when I found out that I know so little about this noble fruit.
> I don't need to grow a 1000 pound giant this season but a nice 200
> pounder would be a good start. "Big Max" seems to be a good starting
> point. We normally grow for pies and decoration, this year I would like
> to grow for "big".
> So there you have it. I love pumpkins, always have, you don't find to
> many long faces in a pumpkin patch, mostly smiles. There is something
> about those nice bright orange globes that make people happy, well, here
> anyway.
> Any tips would be a great help. I have rad about the deer problems
> most seem to have, same here. We planted a vast number of fruit and nut
> trees here our fisrt two yeas and the deer had a field day with them.
> Made no never mind what we tried the got to the trees. Now I read they
> like to play football with pumpkins.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> Gary
> Duke Center,
> Pa.
>
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