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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

The Pumpkin Plants are Growing Nicely

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Today I took the pumpkin plants out for their first direct sun of the season. It was the first day in a while that it hasn't been too wi...
Sunday, April 24, 2011

Order Giant Pumpkin Seeds from The Pumpkin Man!

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Welcome to the redesigned denverpumpkins.com. Tell me what you think of the new design! Would you like to take a shot at having the biggest ...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

It's Grow Time

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Every seed germinated and it is pumpkin plant growing time. My experience is that for the first few days after the plant pops out of the see...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

Some Aggressive Pumpkin Plants

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I checked the seeds that I started and three of the four of them have germinated so I have transferred them to their peat pots. The 1306 loo...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

Giant Pumpkin Seed Starting. Let the Season Begin!

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Tonight I sanded the edges of my pumpkin seeds and I am soaking them now in warm water with a drop of seaweed and a little humic acid to hel...
Sunday, April 10, 2011

Pumpkin Season is Springing Upon Us

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Yesterday was the annual Rocky Mountain Giant Vegetable Growers Spring Meeting. It had a great turnout and equally as good weather for the e...
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Doing the Final Spring Soil Pumpkin Patch Prep

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In the next three weeks (weather permitting) I will be doing my final pumpkin patch prep before planting. My soil tests came back looking re...
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Pumpkin Patch Soil Testing

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The nice weather we have had for the last couple of days in Denver sent me out into the pumpkin patch to get some soil samples for soil test...
Monday, February 28, 2011

It's Been Too Long

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It was pointed out today to me that it has been some time since my last post on my pumpkin blog. I apologize for that. Since the end of Nove...
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Saturday, October 30, 2010

We Interrupt the Fall Patch Prep for Marriage Counseling

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The weather this fall has been unusually warm so I've been waiting for the leaves to fall so I can finish my fall patch prep. Finally I...
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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Got Seeds? And another First Place!

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Congrats to Bode and Haddie on a great pumpkin season. Yesterday they got another first place finish with their pumpkin. An eating establish...
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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Bitter / Sweet Part II

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Another bitter sweet day at the weigh-off. Pumpkin #2 ended up a respectable 4th place, I got a personal best, but ended up going about 9% l...
Friday, October 1, 2010

Pumpkin #2 - AKA Larry

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I just loaded up the 1161 Rodonis (AKA Larry) on the trailer for tomorrow's giant pumpkin weigh-off at the Flower Bin in Longmont. The 1...
Monday, September 27, 2010

Pumpkin Party and RMGVG Weigh-off

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A big thanks to everyone that was at the Johnson Pumpkin Party on Friday. I think we probably had 100 people in attendence and for those who...
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Saturday, September 18, 2010

One Week From Today: Weigh-off Time!

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Just one week from today and pumpkin #2 goes to the scales (first picture). We've had great weather this growing season and I feel relat...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

With a Week Until Vine Cutting the 1236 Gave Me a Scare

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The 1236 gave me a little startle yesterday as a crack showed up just above thestem. Any pumpkin that has a hole that goes into the cavity i...
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Sunday, September 12, 2010

1161 is the Dark Horse

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I've purposefully been a little neglectful in mentioning the 1161 pumpkin (aka Larry). It has been doing a bit better than I have lead ...
Saturday, September 11, 2010

The RMGVG Weigh-Off at Jared's Nursery

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The question was asked where the giant pumpkin weigh-off is at. The first and main weigh-off is at Jared's Nursery. The second weigh-off...
Thursday, September 9, 2010

Slow But Steady

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Not much growth these days on either pumpkin but there is still growth so that keeps us happy. Sent out the RMGVG press releases today for t...
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Monday, September 6, 2010

Larry The Pumpkin

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I've mentioned before that the 1161 Rodonis pumpkin is named LarryBoy (Larry for short). Larry was inspired by a child that is about the...
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