Here is a picture of my pumpkin plant. I'm calling him 'Dill Boy' in honor of Howard Dill. The seeds for this plant came from Howard and has parentage that could give a 300-500 pound pumpkin. I'm shooting for a 300 pound pumpkin this year but would be thrilled with a 500 pounder (or bigger). You might see some holes in the leaves. Hail did a little bit of damage two days ago before the plant could get covered, but it seems to be doing fine now. I'll post new pictures from time to time so you can keep up on it's progress if you wish.
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
Here is My Pumpkin 'Dill Boy'
Here is a picture of my pumpkin plant. I'm calling him 'Dill Boy' in honor of Howard Dill. The seeds for this plant came from Howard and has parentage that could give a 300-500 pound pumpkin. I'm shooting for a 300 pound pumpkin this year but would be thrilled with a 500 pounder (or bigger). You might see some holes in the leaves. Hail did a little bit of damage two days ago before the plant could get covered, but it seems to be doing fine now. I'll post new pictures from time to time so you can keep up on it's progress if you wish.
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Sorry to here about Howard's death. Is there a location where you can buy Dill lineage seeds?
She's looking good. Do you water her every morning, every night, or both. I have been doing both, but think it might be too much.
There are a number of locations that you can get Dill seeds. You can get them right from the source at http://www.howarddill.com/premseedtext.html.
For now I try to water in the morning and in the late afternoon. Less water in the afternoon however. Since the pumpkin was only planted 1.5 weeks ago it has been in a little shock except for the last couple of days. A little boost of water tends to help it out. It also gets a mist of water from a spray bottle on the leaves during a hot day in the afternoon if the leaves are sagging a little.
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