My first 100+ pound
- Subject: My first 100+ pound
- From: E* B* <e*@trineday.net>
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:01:37 -0700
Howdy folks,
I've been reading this list for about a year, and I finally have something to
post about.
This is my second year trying to grow giant pumpkins. My biggest so far
(depicted here) was a volunteer from a 6-inch pumpkin left in my dirt
recycling pile from last year (none of my carefully greenhouse-started
transplants did anywhere near as well).
I suspect that the average grower on hortnet is not involved in the
competitions, fairs, etc., but still have some entertaining fruit to show. I'd
be interested to see how some of this year's "amateur" giant pumpkin growers
fared.
Here's my 101 pound volunteer growing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-NLo5Y5Zjs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fAWBJT91eg
Here it is carved (Oct. 30, 2011):
https://plus.google.com/photos/114282739323181401072/albums/56696923170619747
69?hl=en
In case anyone has been wondering (as I've been) about the edibility of Dill's
Atlantic Giant, we made a big pot of squash soup from the carved-out pieces of
the 100 lb. pumpkin, and it was really very good, but wouldn't rate amongst
the sweetest squash available.
By the way, this entire plot near Walterville, Oregon was just a waste field
of grass, with densely-packed river rock just below the surface as of May
2010, but the sunrise-to-sunset full solar exposure makes the extra hard work
worth it (and the river rock substrate and rock wall raised beds makes it
impervious to the hordes of voles and gophers in the surrounding fields.
Getting ready for another cold & wet La Niqa winter,
Ed Bishop
McKenzie River valley, Oregon
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