Re: My first 100+ pound
- Subject: Re: My first 100+ pound
- From: D* M* <d*@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:14:46 -0500
What is the duct tape on the vine for?
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Ed Bishop <ed@trineday.net> wrote:
> 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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