Re: Growing space

RWall31673 wrote:
> 
> Over the past several weeks, I have seen a few posts on how much space is
> needed to grow a Atlantic Giant. I for one am a firm believer in a big plant.
> My patch is 12,000 sq ft. I planted 4-plants last year. This year I will plant
> 3. ( due to increased work load) I however have seen some very interesting
> things this past season. There is a ''core'' group of growers here in RI and
> Mass who travel patch to patch over the season. This past year I have seen
> 3-pumpkins over 650 lbs grown in small back yard gardens.One grower here in RI
> using my seed from last years 567.4 grew a 686 lb AG ( this pumpkin won
> prettiest at Toppsfield) This pumpkin plant had only a few hundred
> leaves!!!!!! I have never seen a AG that big on such a tiny plant! You could
> tuch the pumpkin and reach out and tuch the base of the plant! A couple other
> pumpkins in Mass were over 650lbs grown on slightly larger plants. Two of
> these three pumpkins were grown by second year growers. So how much space is
> really needed? I don't know, but I can tell you if you are sitting there with
> a small patch it can be done I've seen it!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> Ron Wallace RI

Hi Ron,

I wonder how much space is really needed also. This was my first year at
growing one & I grew a biggy with my raised bed.  The good soil only
goes down about 1 1/2 ft.  I keep hearing about how deep the main root
can go. I decided it was time to dig up my main root yesterday - I was
curious how deep it went.  It had dried & decayed somewhat & pulled up
easily.  As far as I could tell it really didn't go down that deep - it
went down the 1 1/2 ft. & then went horizontal. I found this
interesting. It seems that it will find a way to grow - one way or the
other. However, my new raised beds I am planning, will be deeper.

Bev from N.C.
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