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Saturday, April 22, 2023

Let the Giant Pumpkin Games Begin!

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We've germinated the seeds and we are off to the races.  This year my son and I are growing together.  The seeds we've chosen are th...
Thursday, January 5, 2023

Doh! Looks like I've Got a Lot of Work to Do this Spring

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Greenhouse collapsed under the weight of a wet snow storm.  It appears that most of the poles are bent, so I'm going to have to rebuild ...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

How it All Started

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 Received this photo via email from Bill Orchard.  He has been very kind to stay in touch with us since moving from Denver to keep us update...
Thursday, August 25, 2022

2022 Has Been a Tough Season in the Pumpkin Patch

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 This has been a tough season in the pumpkin patch this year.  My son's pumpkin got eaten by a deer and my plant has had something wrong...
Saturday, July 2, 2022

Pumpkin Growing Time

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Goodness.  I'm delinquent in doing new posts and my notes aren't very good.  If I remember right, I self-pollinated the first pumpki...
Saturday, April 30, 2022

Pumpkin Plant Sunbathing to Harden them Off.

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I try to get my pumpkin plants out from under the lights and in the sun as often as I can before I get them into the ground.  Often if the p...
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Monday, April 18, 2022

Soak, Sanded and Sprouted--Yea, We are Growing Again

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Started the pumpkin and watermelon seeds on April 15th.  All four are germinated now and in their pots.  One of the 2047 seeds looks like it...
Saturday, April 2, 2022

The Pumpkin Patch is Tilled and Amended

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Today I put down some peat moss, a little compost, copper, boron, manganese, iron, elemental sulfur and humic acid as per my soil test recom...
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Sunday, March 27, 2022

What Fertilizer to Use for Giant Pumpkins & Irrigation Water Flow Rate

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I'm putting this post here for my own notes.  This is something I should have done before, but it is a first time.  It is an estimate of...
Tuesday, March 8, 2022

New & Improved Put it to the Floor, Giant Pumpkin Fertilizer Program

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Are you ready to rock!  That is what this new and improved 2022 giant pumpkin fertilizer program makes me want to say.  I'm excited abou...
Monday, February 28, 2022

Hello 2022 Giant Pumpkin/Watermelon Season!

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It is that time of the year again.  Yea know, when you get maybe a few semi-spring like days and you can smell the earth and then the pumpki...
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Monday, September 27, 2021

It's in the Books; The Pumpkins have Hit the Scales

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This year was kind of a challenging year for pumpkin growing.  The pumpkin was doing okay until smoke, cold nights and aphid problems just w...
Sunday, August 1, 2021

Inspired by the UGPG Annual Patch Tour Yesterday

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I went to the Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers patch tour yesterday.  Some inspiring patches to see.  All of them could be learned from.  Two of t...
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Friday, July 30, 2021

56 Growing Days Remaining

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Today we are at 56 days until we cut the pumpkin off the vine.   Typically, after the first week of September, I get very little growth, bec...
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Slow & Steady Wins the Race

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 At least that is what I like to tell myself.  Slow and steady.  But I wish it would crank it up some when it comes to the pumpkin's gro...
Saturday, July 24, 2021

Time to Watch for Bugs

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This week I've seen two aphids on the pumpkin.  Little green sucking bugs that suck.  I'm not great with insecticides, so I'm no...
Friday, July 16, 2021

What I'm Looking at for the Pumpkin this Time of Year

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At this point pumpkin growth doesn't appear to be breaking any records this year, it is growing.  I haven't measured in a while.  Ov...
Saturday, July 10, 2021

Some Fugicide & Insectocide for Pumpkin Plant

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 We've been in the high 90s and low 100s for the last week+ so I've been running the misters extra long, sometimes, during the heat ...
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Monday, July 5, 2021

The Little Things that Make the Biggest Difference in Growing a Giant Pumpkin

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 Last year I went to the GPC pumpkin seminar.  A number of great speakers at the event.  Joe Jutras, former world record holder for giant pu...
Saturday, July 3, 2021

Foliar Feeding the Pumpkin Plant

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Today I did a foliar application of 7-4-5 and multimineral on the plants.  The multimineral is a blend of chelated minerals that are essenti...