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Saturday, November 29, 2008

Ginger Bread House Pumpkin Grower Style

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Merry Christmas from the ginger bread pumpkin patch!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The Next Great Pumpkin Grower?

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My 2-year-old son just ran up to me exclaiming "Big pumpkin, daddy!" He then lead me into the kitchen where I found a butternut sq...
Monday, November 17, 2008

Pumpkin Seeds Available for Trade

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Please contact me if you have any interest in the following pumpkin seeds at jamie@wedpagedesigns.com . 925 Giarrusso (904 Stelts x 1385 Jut...
Saturday, November 15, 2008

Pumpkin Patch Cover Crop

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Cover crops are a great thing to get started in October in Colorado. The cover crops can add additonal nitrogen, build organic matter in the...
Saturday, October 25, 2008

Pumpkin Patch Fall Soil Prep and Amendments

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50% or more of the work for growing a giant pumpkin isn't done during the growing season. It is done in the fall and early spring. It do...
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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Pumpkin Contests Round 2

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Congrats to my daughter and dad on both getting 3rd place in the Arvada Festival of Scarecrows pumpkin competition in the adult and junior d...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008

2008 Proven Pumpkin Seeds

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After sorting through the weigh-off results this year I have come up with the following list of proven hot seeds. The criteria to make this ...
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Monday, October 6, 2008

Super Bowl of Pumpkin Contests

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This weekend my wife and I went out to Topsfield, MA to attend one of the largest of the GPC pumpkin contests. The Topsfield Fair. Last year...
Saturday, September 27, 2008

755 Pound Pumpkin!

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The pumpkin went heavy and we ended up with a 755 pound pumpkin. I was thrilled. I didn't expect it to go heavy and was slightly suprise...
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Monday, September 22, 2008

Come to the Denver Pumpkin Weigh-off at Jared's Nursery!

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Welcome to Fall! This will be last post until the weigh-off . It has been a great growing season, a lot of hard work, and a lot of fun. I...
Sunday, September 21, 2008

We Did It! 151 inch Pumpkin Circumference

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A month ago I set a goal to get the pumpkin to a 151 inch circumference. I knew we would need everything to go right in order for it to happ...
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Guess the Pumpkin's Weight Contest

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The Denver Post's MileHighMamas.com is doing a contest this week around my pumpkin. If you guess the weight then you will win tickets t...
Thursday, September 18, 2008

A Special Thanks to My Pumpkin and Parents

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I would like to thank my wife Amber, the only true pumpkin, for putting up with me this growing season. She is my inspiration and she has pu...

Done with the Fertilizers Until the Weigh-off

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I have 8 growing days left until the weigh-off. The pumpkin put on 20 pounds today but it is scaring me. A valley is forming across the top ...
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My Pumpkin is in the Newspaper Today

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DillBoy the pumpkin, my son and I are in the newspaper today. On page 6V of the Arvada/Wheat Ridge edition of YourHub, the Denver Post and ...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Over 700 Pound Pumpkin!

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We met a new mark today. Over 700 pounds now both on OTT and circumference measurements. Just 4 more inches now to reach my goal with 10 m...
Saturday, September 13, 2008

Coming Up On My Pumpkin Weight Goal

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We are now down to 6 inches remaining to reach my goal of 151 inch circumference. Slow growth the last couple of days, but with today's ...
Friday, September 12, 2008

Rain, Rain Go Away

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I wasn't thinking very clearly yesterday when I added fertilizer. I thought the report was for only 1/2 inch of rain from this storm bu...
Monday, September 8, 2008

Who Has Been Messing with My Tape Measure?

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I can't explain it, but my pumpkin appears to have put on 37 pounds in the last two days. The temperatures were cold today and were only...
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Sunday, September 7, 2008

1,465 Visitors on DenverPumpkins.com!

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Thanks to everyone for visiting denverpumpkins.com! In the four months since I launched the site in May I have had 1,465 visitors. I hope yo...