monster pumpkins

[davetheforker]

i want to grow a monster pumpkin this year, who has grown one and what did you feed it to make it grow huge.?

[zazen999]

I've moved your thread to an unmoderated board, where you can hopefully get an answer

[Ouya Mellsa]

Last year, I grew the recommended Atlantic Giant variety (£3.50 per packet) and a cheaper Big Max variety (29p from Lidl).

The latter grew the bigger by quite some way!

I only fed the plants with tomato feed once a week.

It is great fun.

[Two_Sheds]

I prefer edible pumpkins to enormous ones, but the chap on my site does em like this: massive pumpkin | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I couldn't tell you what he feeds them though

[davetheforker]

I prefer edible pumpkins to enormous ones, but the chap on my site does em like this: massive pumpkin | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I couldn't tell you what he feeds them though

blimey that will take some carrying into our hall,i know what your saying two_sheds,i have never grown one in my life so i thought i would try this year, so, i then thought why not have one plant for the allotment show/comp and one for household use

[davetheforker]

Last year, I grew the recommended Atlantic Giant variety (£3.50 per packet) and a cheaper Big Max variety (29p from Lidl).

The latter grew the bigger by quite some way!

I only fed the plants with tomato feed once a week.

It is great fun.

thats what i have atlantic giant,i read somewhere feed them with a milk and sugar solution ie knock it up and put it in a bowl,cut a slice into the stalk and put a piece of wool into the slice and into the milk and just keep it topped up?
your guess is as good as mine.

[Pumpkin Becki]

SMT grows bigguns!! Grow Your Own - Growing, How To Grow Tomatoes Growing Fruit & Veg - Recipe Advice, Organic food Gardening, Chickens, Seeds for Sale.

Have a look on his profile page and you'll see more pics. He is our Giant Pumpkin guru.

Last year DarkCrow grew some substantial Atlantic Giants too. Not bad for a complete beginner Grow Your Own - Growing, How To Grow Tomatoes Growing Fruit & Veg - Recipe Advice, Organic food Gardening, Chickens, Seeds for Sale

If you type Giant Pumpkins into the search bar, you'll get all kinds of useful hints and tips.

[snakeshack]

I grew atlantic giant last year,restricted to 3 fruits per plant,(or 1 if you want really big ones)I feed on tomato fertillizer and comfrey tea and plant into a large hole filled with well rotted fym.picture shows last years effort bit disappointed at 40 kilos though

[dave_norm_smith]

Hi

You may want to read this diary if your serious, these are huge!
Grower Diaries - BigPumpkins.com

Happy Growing and make sure you post the results!

Dave

[Creemteez]

Seem to remember the chap on "The Big Dig" last year fed his giant pumpkin on beer! He got his local pub to empty the slop trays into a bucket and gave it a couple of pints every other day or so.

[snakeshack]

possibly that explains the pumpkin like shape of my stomach

[Florence Fennel]

Yep, he was that shape too. There are some huge pumpkins to be seen. I grew Atlantic Giant, but only to the size for decent Halloween Lanterns. The grandchldren loved them and I enjoyed the soup! I haven't the ground to be able to grow to that size, even given the secrets.

[jonohanson]

I tried last year, but bloody late frosts got them, my second rushed effort returned 1 pumkin mini football sized