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Saturday, May 31, 2008

Fertilizer Time

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It is about time to give a little nitrogen boost to your pumpkin plant. By about now your plant should be showing some signs of growth. In...
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Friday, May 30, 2008

Pumpkin Roots

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Did you know that the root systems of giant pumpkins are massive? In a “one-of-a-kind” research project in 1927, John Weaver and William Bru...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

This is Haddie's Pumpkin

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Haddie is my daughter. Just turned four this last Sunday. This is her first pumpkin plant. She has been doing an excellent job of giving i...
Saturday, May 24, 2008

Here is My Pumpkin 'Dill Boy'

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Here is a picture of my pumpkin plant. I'm calling him 'Dill Boy' in honor of Howard Dill. The seeds for this plant came from Ho...
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

A Great Loss

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Howard Dill passed away two days ago due to complications from liver cancer. It is a great loss for the pumpkin growing community. Howard ...
Saturday, May 17, 2008

A Pumpkin Growing Experiment

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Today I've setup an experiment to see what kind of soil types new pumpkin plants like best. I've planted Prize Winner seeds in Hypon...
Friday, May 16, 2008

The Pumpkin is Planted!

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A couple of weeks late, but the the pumpkin plant is finally in the ground. I put the green house on it with a 60-watt bulb to keep it warm ...
Thursday, May 15, 2008

Compost Feeding Your Pumpkin

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Pumpkins love good rich soil. We've already talked about how to build your soil before you plant your pumpkin. There is one other thing ...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Words to Live By

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"There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin." - Linus van Pelt...
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Monday, May 12, 2008

Tucking the Baby in at Night

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Tomorrow is supposed to have a low around 32 degrees with a chance of snow. To keep Haddie's pumpkin warm tonight I built a little green...

Transplanting the Seedling-Walking on Your Tipi Toes with New Plants

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It is time to put my potted plant into the ground outside. Normally I would have done this two weeks ago but because of very cold weather he...
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Thursday, May 8, 2008

Still Time to Get and Plant Pumpkin Seeds

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It still isn't too late to plant seeds and have an enormous jack-o-lantern this fall. If you are new to growing giant pumpkins there ar...
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Pumpkins - A Family Affair

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Pumpkin growing is a family affair for us. My 3-year-old daughter has her own pumpkin plant (she put dirt in the pot, planted the seed and h...

It's Planting Time in Denver -- Kind Of

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It is about that time of year to plant your pumpkins in the ground. By now you should have a nice little green plant popping up from a seed ...

Soil Preparation for Big Pumpkins

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If there is one thing you need to get a really big pumpkin (outside of good seed like Dill's Giant Atlantic) you need good soil. Denver...

Denver Pumpkins--Your Guide to Growing Big Pumpkins in Colorado

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A few years ago I bought my first house with a yard. I always participated in he family garden growing up but never took much to it because ...
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The Great Pumpkin

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This post was originally written in October of 2007 after my first pumpkin contest (the Arvada Festival of Scarecrows)... Remember the Charl...
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