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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Foliar Feeding Pumpkin Plants this Evening

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I gave both pumpkin plants some Neptune's fish & seaweed this evening.  Using a pump sprayer I sprayed the leaves of the plants and ...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Down to One Pumpkin Plant in Each Hoop House Now

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I took out the 335 Scherber and the second 1451 Scherber pumpkin plants this morning so we are down to one plant in each hoop house now.  My...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

Fast Pumpkin Plant Growth, Compost Tea & Seaweed

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This evening I gave the pumpkin plants some aerated compost tea that has been brewing for two days along with about two tablespoons of seawe...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Swamping the Pumpkin Plants with Beneficial Bacteria & Fungi

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Since I started growing giant pumpkins I've been using compost tea and beneficial bacteria like myco to help build the root system and ...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

A Little Calcium, Turbinado Sugar & Blood Meal for the Pumpkin Patch

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This morning I put down 4lbs of turbinado sugar, 25oz of Soil Logic calcium and about two pounds of blood meal over my 950 square feet of pu...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Latest Pictures from the Pumpkin Patch

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Pictured below are my 4 pumpkin plants.  The first plant is the 1451 Scherber.  The vine on this plants should be lying down by the end of t...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Feeding Time for the Pumpkin Plants

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This evening I gave my pumpkin plants their first fertilizer of the season.  I mixed one tablespoon of Fox Forms Organic Big Bloom with a pi...
Monday, May 21, 2012

A Little CalCarb Before the Heat

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This evening I gave a little CalCarb to my pumpkin plants. Tomorrow it is going to be about 94 degrees in Denver and the CalCarb should help...
Friday, May 18, 2012

Update from the Pumpkin Patch

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This is kind of the boring time of the year.  When you first put your pumpkin plants in the ground they tend to grow kind of slow and there ...
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Pumpkin Plants are in the Hoop House and in the Ground

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I finally finished up the hoop houses yesterday and got the plants in the ground in the evening.  I like to put my plants in the ground in l...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Warming the Soil in the Pumpkin Patch

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If I can get my hoop houses (little greenhouses) put together this week I'd like to get my plants in the ground this coming Saturday.  T...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Giant Pumpkin Growing Tips

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For those that are new to this giant pumpkin blog and looking for tips on how to grow a giant pumpkin this blog covers everything that I do ...

Sunbathers

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Pumpkin Names

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I was recently asked what I am going to name my pumpkins this year.  My grandfather was a very good gardener.  He taught my dad a lot about ...
Saturday, April 21, 2012

Tilling the Pumpkin Patch isn't My Favorite Thing

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Today I tilled the planting area in the pumpkin patch.  I'll till the rest of the patch in about a month so I can let the cover crop gro...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Let the Pumpkin Season Begin!

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I've soaked and planted my seeds this morning.  I've started two 1475 Scherber (1725 Harp x 1161 Rodonis) seeds, a 1647 Wallace (172...
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Monday, April 16, 2012

The Children Have Got off to a Great Start for their Pumpkin Season!

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My children are giant pumpkin growers (I can just see my wife rolling her eyes now as she reads this post).  This year they seem more exci...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Cover Crop is Coming Up Nicley

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I mentioned previously that I added a cover crop a couple of weeks ago to the pumpkin patch.  Unusually warm and dry March weather in Denv...
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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