1st year result
Hey fellow growers,
I just wanted to let you know how my first year trying to grow an
Atlantic Giant Pumpkin went. I will first tell you how I got into it.
Last year I was at a a Pumpkin Patch with the wife and daughter and saw
some huge pumpkins and asked the attendant about them. They were in the
100-200 lb range and asked where can I get the seeds for them and how do
you grow them. He said just look for packs that say Atlantic Giant
pumpkins and make a mound about 3 feet around and stick 2-3 seeds into
it and water regularly and use Miracle grow every other week. Then watch
them grow. well I couldn't find any Seed packs around my neighborhood
cotaining Atlantic Giant pumpkins so I tried the internet. What I found
was tons of information that got me all excited. I ended up ordering
some from P&P seeds that were from an 800+ lb pumkin with no names. In
the spring I dug up a whole in my garden and did what the guy told me.
They started growing like crazy. I didn't even have enough room in my
20x20 space. All in all I ended up with one 90lb pumpkin before my
dachshund puppy jumped the fence and dug up all the roots. BAD PUPPY!
But I was very happy that My 4 year old daughter will have a big pumpkin
to help me carve next week. I sure learned alot from a bunch of great
people on this list. There were alot of nights all I thought about was
my Pumpkin Patch. I went through every different emotion a person can
think of. I saw some that never took I saw some that got to the size of
a basketball then died (very emotional drain) and I even had the big
battle with white flies. Next year I will be ready for a much larger one
by tilling the whole patch instead of just the mound area. I didn't even
know that the vines had extra stakes or roots that came out of them to
get even more nutrients. They didn't even have anywhere to stick there
little roots because the area wasn't tilled. And misting, shade,
fertilizing I don't even want to get into that part. But as for next
years seeds I read on the list that there will be people giving or
selling seeds after the weigh offs. I just need some with good genetic
background to start again next spring. If there are any of you selling
or giving please email me...Thanks for a wonderfull year. And as for the
Puppy, we still have him afterall he is part of the family.....
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Ric (Fremont California)
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