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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Pumpkin Plants are Getting Back on Track

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Today the pumpkin plants color was a nice dark green again and the growth was good. the vines are finally on the ground and running. It fe...
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Monday, May 30, 2011

Some Additional Biology While in the Hoop House

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About half the time when I water the pumpkin plants while they are still in the hoop house I only use compost tea. I figure if I can give t...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

Lithovit and Calcium Nitrate Today

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I gave the pumpkin plants some Lithovit (AKA CO2) this afternoon and then some calcium nitrate this evening. Lithovit is the product name ...
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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Some Azos for Growth

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The pumpkin plants keep growing however slowly. A little more sun the last couple of days have helped but I'm hoping for more. Today I...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Kind of Slow Growth; Pray for Sun

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Growth is a bit slow right now for all of my plants. My good wife took care of the plants while I was out of town and did a very good job, ...
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Monday, May 23, 2011

A Big Thanks to CBS Trucking & Excavating!

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I grow my pumpkins on my neighbor Chris' land. Not only is he good enough to let me take 1,000 square feet to grow on but he also let...
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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Actinovate, Compost Tea and a Touch of Fish & Seaweed for the Pumpkin Plants

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Today I gave the plants a little Actinovate, liquid fish and liquid seaweed mixed into a compost tea. They are going to like all of that. ...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

The Unsatisfied Pumpkin Grower

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Three weeks ago I was complaining because the patch was too dry. Two weeks ago I was complaining because it was too cold. One week ago I...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Some Pics from the Pumpkin Patch

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866 Johnson (1161 Rodonis x 1544 Revier) 1306 Mohr (1161 Rodonis x 1288 Wallace) 1204 Scherber (1421 Stelts x 1725 Harp) 1308 Todd (50 Todd...
Sunday, May 15, 2011

5 Most Common Questions About Growing Giant Pumpkins

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The following are the 5 most common questions to me about growing giant pumpkings: 1. do you use special seeds? Yes! Atlantic Giant seeds ...
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Friday, May 13, 2011

A Little Test with Biotamax

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Last year I tried a new product called Biotamax. Yesterday I decided to do a little test with it on the lawn. Biotamax comes in a tablet for...
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Pumpkin Plants in the Ground and Snow on the Hoop Houses

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Yesterday evening I put my new pumpkin plants in the ground to replace the ones that were damaged/dead. In the first hoop house I put my 868...
Sunday, May 8, 2011

A Shout Out to the Rocky Mountain Giant Vegetable Growers

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As mentioned previously, I lost 3/4 of my plants this last week. On Friday I sent out an email asking for plants and within 24 hours I had h...
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Friday, May 6, 2011

Rough Start To the Pumpkin Season

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Was just looking out the window and saw one of the hoop houses suspended in the air. I knew this was a bad sign. Went out into the patch and...
Thursday, May 5, 2011

A Little to Cold for the Pumpkin Plants

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Had something happen last night that hasn't happened before. The 1204 hoop house got a little froze. Not sure why. The hoop house has a ...
Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Hoop Houses are Built and Pumpkin Plants are in the Ground

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Now the real pumpkin season begins. Germinating time is a bit tedious to me. At time it seems that it takes forever for the seedlings to sta...
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...