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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Soil Tests are Back; Cation Exchanges

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My pumpkin patch soil has been a bit jacked up for a while now in terms of potassium and phosphorus. The numbers have been too high for abo...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

Planted a Cover Crop in the Pumpkin Patch Today

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I saw that the forecast called for 60s and 70s here in Denver for the next five days so I put in a cover crop today. The seed mixture inclu...
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Sunday, March 4, 2012

It's That Time of Year Again; Soil Samples

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Time to start thinking about pumpkins. We'll actually thinking about pumpkins for most giant pumpkin growers is a year around thing, bu...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Grateful

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I got an envelope from a grower today. Opening it was like Christmas. Not only did I receive the seed that I wanted but an additional one ...
Monday, January 30, 2012

Worm Casting for Giant Pumpkins

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Just before Christmas I ordered some worms for my worm bins. I lost all of my worms last year after a deep freeze in January (the new worms...
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Organic Gardening

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My friend Ray has started an organic gardening website that you should check out. Visit www.plantyourown.com to participate in organic gar...
Sunday, January 8, 2012

Giant Pumpkin Irrigation

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For the last four seasons I've used over the top irrigation for my pumpkin plants. Different combinations of sprinkler heads would spra...
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Saturday, December 17, 2011

The Giant Pumpkin Off Season

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My wife would tell you that there isn't an off season when it comes to giant pumpkin growing and that is somewhat true. When you aren...
Saturday, November 12, 2011

The Great Pumpkin & The Marriage Ref Delivers

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Last week my wife and I went on a trip to the Dominican Republic compliments of NBC's The Marriage Ref. All of the guests on the show w...
Sunday, October 23, 2011

Pumpkin Patch Prep is Done

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I did my fall patch prep yesterday. I added old leaves, humic acid, sulfur, blood meal, gypsum and alfalfa pellets and then tilled it all i...
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Sunday, October 9, 2011

Heavy to the Charts and it Has Clone Genetics in the Pumpkin

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My son and I took a small pumpkin from the 868 pumpkin plant that popped up sometime after my main pumpkin ("Jerry") went down to ...
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Pumpkin Weigh-off Video

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The following is a little video from yesterday's giant pumpkin weigh-off in Denver Colorado.
Saturday, September 24, 2011

A New Personal Best Pumpkin at 924.5 Pounds

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Last night we cut the pumpkin from the vine and much to my surprise and relief the bottom of the pumpkin hadn't rotted out. This mornin...
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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Another Big One that Got Away

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I feel for Joe Scherber today. Yesterday he lost a pumpkin that would have been a new Colorado state record to a spot of rot. He was exact...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Come to the Biggest Pumpkin Weigh-off in Colorado

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The much anticipated 6th Annual Rocky Mountain Giant Vegetable Growers Pumpkin Weigh-off will be held on Saturday, September 24th. Last yea...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

The Home Stretch

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We are coming to the end of the season now. 1 1/2 weeks until we cut the pumpkin off the vine. Gave the plant some seaweed today along wit...
Friday, September 9, 2011

Monster Big Pumpkins

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A great grower who I've been privileged to spend some time with talking pumpkins over a plate of buffalo wings is Ron Wallace. Super ni...
Saturday, September 3, 2011

The 656 Johnson AKA Jerry

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I took the final measurements on "Jerry" today because I will be cutting it open to get the seeds out. The 868 measures 142 inche...
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Friday, September 2, 2011

One Last Round of Calcium

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There are studies that show that calcium can preserve the shelf life of some fruits and vegetables. I gave my 1204 plant one last round of ...
Monday, August 29, 2011

Got Shirt?

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Get this great shirt for your significant other who has been a "widow" during the pumpkin growing season. Perfect for wearing to ...
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