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Sunday, October 25, 2015

Clone of Plant that Grew 2008 Neptune

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I transplanted the clone cuttings into pots this weekend.  All three of the cuttings rooted, but the plants don't look very healthy ri...
Sunday, October 18, 2015

18% Heavy on the Scale! Great End to a Tough Pumpkin Season.

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Yesterday I took my pumpkin to the Old Colorado City Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off.  I've never been to this event before and had heard good...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Strong End to the Season

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Typically a pumpkin will put on about 66% of its weight in the first half of its growing days (about 45-50 days) and then will put on the re...
Saturday, October 10, 2015

Clone/Cuttings of Pumpkin Plant that Grew a 2,008 Pounder

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Today I received in the mail a clone/cutting of a plant that grew a 2,008 pound pumpkin.  The plant is a 1730 Werner that Bill Neptune gre...

Congrats to My Kids' 1st & 2nd Place Finishing in the Annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off

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Each year we've had a pumpkin in the Arvada Festival of Scarecrows giant pumpkin weight.  My son and daughter took first and second plac...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Some Big Pumpkins in Colorado This Year

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It is killing me that I missed out on some great weather this year.  Lots of big pumpkin at the weigh-offs in Colorado this fall.  Each weig...
Thursday, October 1, 2015

Nick's Garden Center Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off

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Nick's 6th annual great pumpkin weigh-off is this Saturday at 11:00 in Aurora.  See some pumpkins over 1,000 pounds with the potential f...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Foliar Application of RAW Bloom on Pumpkin Plant

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Today I did a foliar application of RAW Bloom (3-12-12) on the pumpkin plant.  The phosphorus and potassium should help continue the growth ...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

Squash Squashes Colorado State Record & A Near Giant Pumpkin Record

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When helping Joe get his pumpkin out of the patch, I would have guessed that he had a new Colorado state record, but the scale doesn't l...
Friday, September 25, 2015

The Night Before the Weigh-off

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I think late September and October are awesome for multiple reasons, but the weigh-offs can make them amazing.  Great weather, football, ...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Got Fusarium in the Pumpkin Patch? Try Kelp & Silica.

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Here is an interesting excerpt from some studies using kelp and silica on cucurbit plants (the same family that Atlantic Giant pumpkins are ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Some Last Azos for the Pumpkin Patch

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I did a soil application of Azos this evening.  Soil temperatures have to be decently warm for Azos to grow and typically in Denver this tim...
Saturday, September 19, 2015

Some TKO with RAW Grow as a Foliar

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This evening I did a foliar application of TKO and RAW Grow on the pumpkin plants.  I measure the pumpkin this morning.  First time in almos...
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Friday, September 18, 2015

It's Colorado Giant Pumkin Weigh-off Time (2015)

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It's the best time of the whole year.  Football in the full swing.  Major league baseball play-off action and most important of all, the...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

Nitrogen & Humic Acid for the Pumpkin Plants

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This evening I sprayed on the leaves and soil some RAW nitrogen along with some RAW humic acid.  That will probably be the last nigrogen app...
Saturday, September 12, 2015

Lastest Pictures from the Pumpkin Patch

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This is a picture of the 1985 Miller looking from the vine tip towards the stump.  I'm guessing the vine is about 38 feet long right now...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

The Pumpkin is Still Growing

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I put a tape measure on the pumpkin today.  About every five days I've been doing that to make sure it is still growing.  It is still pu...
Tuesday, September 8, 2015

TKO for the Pumpkin (and not the Knock Out Kind)

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I sprayed some foliar TKO on the pumpkin plants this evening.  That is a good source of potassium for the pumpkin growth.  At this point of ...
Friday, September 4, 2015

Pumpkin Growers Are Typically Good People

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Had a casual get together with some different pumpkin growers yesterday evening and had a very nice time.  Conversations ran the gamete, but...
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Some Fertilizers for the Pumpkin Plants

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Today I gave the plants some cane molasses, omina and humic acid on the soil.  This is in keeping with my former post on how to keep the pum...