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Thursday, August 30, 2012

The Final Push; Getting Every Bit of Weight That You Can Out of Your Pumpkin

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One month from tomorrow many growers in Colorado will be cutting their pumpkin off the vine.  My family throws our biggest party of the year...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Some CalCarb & Calcium for the Pumpkin Plant

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Growth of the pumpkin has been consistent for the last week.  I'm hoping to see about 180 pounds added to the pumpkin before the weigh-o...
Friday, August 24, 2012

Powdery Mildew and A Nice Pumpkin Plant

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My kids pumpkin is growing very nice for them.  At the current rate of growth I think they will have equaled their personal best in the next...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

At Day 50 Start Watching Out for Pumpkin Problems

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At around 50 days of growth problems with your pumpkin can start showing up.  I don't know what makes 50 days magical, but dill rings, r...

Wouldn't the Biz Be So Proud of Me: Richlawn

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Former Colorado state giant pumpkin record holder Jim "The Biz" Grande is famous for his use of Richlawn fertilizer on his pumpkin...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The Pumpkin Plant is Maturing Way too Fast

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I saw a report on 9News from yesterday that said the pumpkin farmers pumpkins were turning orange two weeks ahead of schedule.  The heat of...
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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Vines Almost Terminated & To The Halfway Mark

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1451 with Sudan Grass in the Foreground Jared's weigh-off is 42 days from today and Nick's weigh-off is in 49 days.  That puts m...
Friday, August 17, 2012

924 Johnson Giant Pumpkin Seed

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My 8 and 6 year old daughter and son are growing a seed from my 924 Johnson from last year.  Despite the fact that the plant had some earl...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Hoping It Goes Heavy

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Today I did an annual event.  My buddy Jeff, who is a power lifter, came by and moved the pumpkin for me so it would be better positioned on...
Monday, August 13, 2012

Some Fish & Seaweed Sprayed on the Soil

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I gave the plant a healthy dose of fish & seaweed this evening that I sprayed between the vines.  Temperatures in Denver have been relat...
Saturday, August 11, 2012

RMGVG Summer Meeting

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Today was the annual Rocky Mountain Giant Vegetable Growers meeting.  Normally it is a patch tour but this time we just did a gathering.  ...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Still a Bit Slow So Some Big Bloom

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Growth on the pumpkin still isn't where I think it should be, so I gave the plant some BiG Bloom which is a very mild fertilizer to see ...
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Ants, Calcium & Lithovit

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I went to spray some Lithovit (similar to CalCarb) that I had left over from last season on my plant this evening and decided to spray some ...

A Late Bloomer?

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Morning sun makes the pumpkin look more orange As I mentioned in the last post, Christine the pumpkin was growing very nicely over the f...
Friday, August 3, 2012

Slower Growth on the Pumpkin

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For the first 20 days the pumpkin was cranking along very nicely, but from day 21 to 28 things have not ramped up as fast as they should hav...
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Checking the Stump on Your Pumpkin Plant

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Around this point of the season you need to start checking the stump of your pumpkin for soft spots, ooze and overly wet spots.  Around thi...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Giant Pumpkin Growth

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For the last three days my pumpkin is adding about 3 1/2-4 inches per day in circumference growth.  Prior to that it was putting on a very c...
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Monday, July 30, 2012

Powdery Mildew and Giant Pumpkins

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Powdery mildew often shows up on giant pumpkin plant leaves in August.  It shows up as a white, almost powdery substance on the leaves and i...
Friday, July 27, 2012

Latest Pics from the Pumpkin Patch

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1451 Scherber- "Christine the Pumpkin" - Day 21 Gave the plant some compost tea with a fair amount of molasses and a little Bi...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Some Calcium & CalCarb for the Pumpkin Plant

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This evening I sprayed the pumpkin plant with a mixture of Calcium and Calcarb.  Both are basically calcium but they are in a slightly diffe...