Re: Late Start
Oh my, you just wait and see! these things are amazing! Once your vines
start to run, put a little stick in the ground next to the end of the vine,
watch where the vine is the next day. Their growth is incredible. After the
pumpkins start growing, it really gets exciting, they can grow 25lbs a day
or more! Good luck with them and I hope you become as facinated with
Atlantic Giants as I am. Read all you can about them, especially,
pollinating,vine burying, pest and disease control and fruit position and
protection. Never be afraid to ask questions. I got a computer before my 3rd
season last year and with the help of all my new friends,grew a 788.6lber
and 3 more between 550and 650lbs.
Amy Dopp
----- Original Message -----
From: Jon Ewing <j28e2000@yahoo.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 5:52 AM
Subject: Late Start
> Thanks. This is my first year growing the atlantic
> giant. I bought 7 seeds (671 dill) from Howard Dill
> ENterprise. Two of them came up so I had no
> difficulty deciding which two to use! I think the
> seeds were ok though because I dug up on the failed
> hill and found that one was growing but i had
> accidentally planted it too deep. (I knew it was only
> supposed to be an inch.)
>
> Last year I grew jack o lanterns and my step-dad
> jokingly asked if i was going to try to grow huge
> pumpkins like on that old miracle gro commercial. So
> one time when I was on the internet I did a search on
> "giant pumpkins" and found out about the atlantic
> giant pumpkin and how much time some people spend on
> it.
>
> Those jack o lanterns started out slow too but once
> they started I think the vines grew 20 feet in about a
> two week span. I was wondering if I could expect the
> same sort of spurt from these plants.
>
>
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