Re: Pumpkins in pots


I have one that i never transplanted from the peat pot.  it is still on my
window sill, and there is a female flower starting to open up, if i could
find someone with a male, i would try to fertilize it  :-)

Richard

Kathie Morgan wrote:

> Mike, I did it by mistake. Last year I got a bargain on seeds if I
> bought 5 packets. Among my choices was Atlantic Giant pumpkin, of which
> I'd never heard.
> One day in mid-July I planted some of the seeds in a white plastic
> 55-gal drum, some in my wee trailer-park-lot plot. The gophers and moles
> had their way w/ the plot punks, but the other was safe from them. I
> grew a 17-1/2-pound pumpkin. My husband believes that if I plant one
> this year, on time, I can move the weight up considerably. Don't know
> that I'll have the time, since I got bit by the AG bug bad, and now I'm
> tending  a clutch of unruly AG rascals in the ground a mile away.
> WARNING: This Could Happen To You!
> (I hope that it does, for your sake. Good luck!) Kathie
>
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