RE: Thanks to all of you

Congratulations Paul

that is an amazing first year

best of luck for next year

Terry

Original Message:
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From:  ToPraymore@aol.com
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 08:35:25 EST
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Thanks to all of you


 
Pumpkin growers,

Last fall I found Atlantic Giant pumpkins while Internet surfing.  Being a 
long time vegetable gardener, I was intrigued.  I joined this discussion
group 
and asked if anyone had a few seeds.  The response was unbelievable!  I
sent 
off a few SASE and was ready to go.  Since I was a vegetable gardener and
not 
(yet) a pumpkin growing fanatic, I simply planted a pumpkin seedling as I
do my 
melons -- dig a hole abut 18" deep, fill with 1/2 horse manure and 1/2 good 
dirt, and mound it up.  I just got my pumpkin weighed last week.  I think
you 
folks would call it a UOW, but it weighed 640 lb.  It never got orange but
it 
was pretty big.  I didn't do that much to/for it except water it with the
soaker 
hose when I watered my other garden stuff and give it 3 or 4 feedings with 
liquid plant food.  Since I was born and raised less than 1 mile from the 
Altoona, PA weigh off site and had seen pictures of that contest on the
Internet, I 
thought my pumpkin was fairly puny.  But I went (without my pumpkin) to a 
weigh off in Tennessee where I live and the winner there was only 854.  

So thanks much to Bill V. from Canada who provided the seed I used.  And 
thanks much for all the rest of you, who are probably the friendliest group
of 
people I've ever met.  Since I got 640 lb without really trying, I'd like
to go 
for 1000 lb next year.  So if you have any seeds with the genetics to do
that 
I'd like to have a few.  And if someone can point me to tips for trimming
the 
vine so it doesn't totally take over your garden I'd really appreciate that 
too.  I do like this pumpkin growing stuff, but I'm not about to sacrifice
my 
green beans and corn!!


Paul from Tennessee    

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