The great pumpkin challenge.

mrbadexample

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Just a lickle bit of advice, use a fork instead of a spade...... and seriously get those pumpkins out asap, my winter squash already has 10ft shoots in all directions, you are losing valuable growing time.

I've been using a fork, mostly. It's just that the tines bend when you're trying to pry up whole paving slabs.

Hopefully they'll be in by the end of the week. :rolleyes:

kazwookie

mrbadexample was last seen digging


I have some spare rockery plants if you want them!! :rotfl: :rotfl:

mrbadexample

kazwookie wrote: »

mrbadexample was last seen digging


I have some spare rockery plants if you want them!! :rotfl: :rotfl:

If I could dig as fast as that fella then I'd be laughing. :rotfl:

And rockery plants -can you eat them? I'm not interested in growing it if it's not edible.

KAAT_LADY

mrbadexample wrote: »

If I could dig as fast as that fella then I'd be laughing. :rotfl:

And rockery plants -can you eat them? I'm not interested in growing it if it's not edible.

You could always put cabbages on your rockery

K

mrbadexample

Right then. I've now unearthed this lot:



Some of that is very large, and very heavy. Just what I needed. :rolleyes:

Eventually, after the addition of compost and manure:



:think: Which ones to pick?



They're all suffering from being cramped in a greenhouse, and only in tiny pots. Hopefully, once they're planted they'll take off somewhat.

Here we [strike]go[/strike] grow then.



As you may notice, I have also bothered to plant the beans mrbadexample snr donated. Much too late, I know, but I might get a few if I'm lucky.

Edit: I've planted 4, but intend to whittle it down to 1 once they actually start making pumpkins.

Sarahjovi

Any Updates ???


Sarah:D

mrbadexample

Very briefly, as I'm just off out:

Plants got off to a slow start but are at least trying:



I had a go at pollinating this one this afternoon:



I'm waaaay behind schedule, but so's my mate.

SKIPPY54

OOOOh that's a small one Mr.:rotfl:
You could challenge your mate to a rockery competition next year:D you :rotfl: have a head start after all:rotfl:

Nip the growing end off the plant now and feed and water loads,Keep the slugs off.
Lets have a picture of your mates. LOL

mrbadexample

Well, the results are in. I have to say, it wasn't as successful as I'd hoped.

I think getting started late was a bad move, as I was always playing catch-up. I also think that Atlantic Giant may not have been the best choice for the lousy English climate, especially this year.

I did not win the pumpkin challenge. My 73g pumpkin was dwarfed by my mate's 94g whopper.







The two other original entrants were non-starters.

Gutted.

Sarahjovi

I would love to show you a picture of my Pumpkin which I had grown, however we carved a face into it and put it on the doorstep for halloween, and some Scroats nicked it! It was about the size of a football and I was chuffed with it! I have managed to save the seeds though and will be trying again next year... how about you?

Sarah

PS, You definately need to start earlier, perhaps march or april!