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Thursday, December 25, 2014

Look What Santa Brought Me

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One thing I've always felt a little in the dark on was with what I should be feeding my plants during the season.  I of course do a so...
Saturday, December 6, 2014

Things I'll Be Doing Different in 2015

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Today at the RMGVG club meeting one of the growers asked me, "What will you be doing different next year."  My quick reply was, ...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

The Kingly Line of Giant Pumpkin Genetics

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For years I've noticed something and pretty much have only grown seeds from what I would cal the "Kingly Line" of giant pumpki...
Saturday, November 1, 2014

What to Do on Halloween Night with a 1,300 Pound Pumpkin

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This is hilarious!  We had a lot of fun making this video.  My apologies to any kinds that can no longer go to a house with a jack-o-lantern...
Friday, October 31, 2014

9News Features Joe and My Pumpkins this Morning

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I'm hoping they will post the video a bit later, but the following is the link to the 9News story with the pumpkins. http://www.9news.c...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

What You Didn't Know about Pumpkins

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Courtesy of: SpareFoot Storage Finder
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

The Pumpkin Man on 9News this Friday

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Halloween day there will be in an interview on 9News with Joe's and mine pumpkins included.  This interview just kind of popped up out o...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Next Season's Patch Configuration

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I'm going to reconfigure my pumpkin patch next year.  For the last five years I've had my two pumpkin run side by side each running ...
Saturday, October 11, 2014

A Nice End to the Season

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To say this season was miserable would be an understatement.  After losing both plants I decided to try to save a pumpkin and I'm glad n...
Thursday, October 9, 2014

I'm in the Denver Post Today

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I was contacted a couple of weeks ago by the Denver Post.  They said they wanted to write an article about me and my pumpkin growing.  Let...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Finally Got a Chance to Till the Soil

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I tilled into the pumpkin patch 1 1/2 yards of compost, 6 bails of sphagnum peat moss, 100 pounds of alfalfa pellets, 30 pounds of gypsum ...
Sunday, October 5, 2014

One More Weigh-off to Go

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Yesterday I took my 335 Scherber pumpkin to the weigh-off at Nick's.  It ended up at a respectable 511 pounds which in my book isn...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

A New World Record Pumpkin

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Congrats to Beni on a new world record pumpkin.  An amazing 2,096 pounds.  Rumor has it that this is Beni's smaller pumpkin and the larg...
Saturday, September 27, 2014

My Son & Daughter Took the Top Two Positions in the Weigh-off Today

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Congrats to both of them this year.  They worked hard in the pumpkin patch and it paid off, taking 1st and 2nd place in the weigh-off.  Of c...
Friday, September 26, 2014

Jared's Weigh-off Tomorrow

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Early this morning I put down 1 1/2 yards of some nice compost on the patch.  I hope to till that in this next week.  This evening I loaded ...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Colorado Giant Pumpkin Weigh-offs

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Want to see some giant pumpkins this fall?  Pumpkins well over 1,000 pounds?  Visit one of the Rocky Mountain Giant Vegetable growers weigh-...
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Monday, September 1, 2014

Peat Moss for the Pumpkin Patch

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Today I spread 7 large bales of peat moss over the pumpkin patch.  Peat moss is an excellent soil conditioner, loosens up clay soils like I ...
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Sunday, August 31, 2014

Kids Pumpkin WAR!

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Both of my kids are growing pumpkins this year.  Considering the problems they've run into, they have done fairly well.  Between hail st...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

And Then There Was None

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Both plants are pulled.  I planted some sorghum sudan grass as a cover crop today.  I first soaked the seed for about 30 minutes with a hal...
Friday, August 22, 2014

Picking the Right Pumpkin Seed, How to Not Do It

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This season I couldn't have gotten my pumpkin seeds more wrong.  Not that there wasn't some wisdom in what I planted, but of the one...