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Sunday, February 9, 2014

Join the Club; Colorado Giant Pumpkin Growers

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The Rocky Mountain Giant Vegetable Growers (RMGVG) is Colorado's chapter of the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth.  If you are thinking about g...
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Pumpkin Seed Lineup for 2014

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I've gone back and forth on this for months, but the following is my seed lineup for 2014.  There are a lot of great seeds out there and...
Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Winter Time is Testing Time for Pumpkin Growers

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Happy New Year!  Today I started doing some tests with my new toys I got for Christmas.  Pictured here is my new seedling heat mat.  Normall...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Seedling Heat Mat for Seed Starting

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For my birthday last week I used a gift card to get myself a seedling heat mat.  I'll use it to warm my pots when they are under the gro...
Thursday, November 28, 2013

1220 & 695 Johnson Root Systems

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I did some test plantings of the 1220 Johnson (1421 Stelts x 220 Debacco) & 695 Johnson (1775 Starr x 1725 Harp) seeds a few weeks ago...
Saturday, November 9, 2013

1220 Johnson Giant Pumpkin Seed

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I germinated a couple of the 1220 Johnson seeds this week.  The one pictured here is a very nice looking plant.  I also have a 695 Johnso...
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween Pumpkin Man Style

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Friday, October 25, 2013

EcoScraps, BioChar & Final Pumpkin Patch Prep

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At a weigh-off this fall I met a very nice gentleman by the name of Scott that works for a company by the name of EcoScraps.  I had actua...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Secrets to Starting Cover Crop Seeds in Late October

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Because I've been waiting for some amendments to come in I haven't tilled the pumpkin patch yet.  That will happen this Friday.  I w...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Colorado's Largest Jack-o-lantern

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I don't believe you will find a larger carved pumpkin or at least not a better looking giant pumpkin in Colorado this year.  A massive t...
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Sunday, October 13, 2013

How to Choose the Right Giant Pumpkin Seed

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Forest Gump once said, "Life is like a box of chocolates.  You never know what you are going to get inside."  Unfortunately Atlant...

New World Record Pumpkin

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This is the new world record pumpkin grown by Tim Mathison of California.  An amazing 2,032 pounds!   Congrats to Tim.  This pumpkin was gro...
Sunday, October 6, 2013

10 Things to Do to Grow a Giant Pumpkin

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I often get asked by newer or struggling giant pumpkin growers at the weigh offs as to what they could do to grow bigger pumpkins.  I'm ...
Saturday, October 5, 2013

Elbert Ends up at 695 Pounds

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Before I even planted the seed that grew Elbert I knew the pumpkin would go light.  Mom was a light pumpkin but the genetics were interest...

Giant Pumpkin Coming to a Restaurant Near You; Giant Pumpkin for Sale

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After the weigh-off today about a dozen growers in the club went to Ruby Tuesday for lunch.  My pumpkins were in the parking lot and proba...
Thursday, October 3, 2013

Big Thanks to Chris & Jose

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Loaded up the last pumpkin this evening.  Storm is coming in tomorrow and the weigh-off is Saturday.  Elbert is a nice looking pumpkin (a li...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Elbert is Still Growing Along with the Clone Pollinations

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Last Friday night we had a light frost at the house.  Interesting enough the leaves under the hail netting were partially spared but leaves ...
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Saturday, September 28, 2013

1,220 Pounds!

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The pumpkin went very light on me (meaning the pumpkin's weight didn't match its size, but I'm still very pleased with the final...
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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Pumpkin Party Time

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Tomorrow evening at this time the pumpkin should be all loaded up on the trailer and ready for the weigh-off at Jared's.  Information ab...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Is Your Pumpkin Big Enough for a Pumpkin Weigh-off?

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I'm often asked at this time of year if a pumpkin is big enough to take to a weigh-off.  The answer is always YES.  You may not win but ...