atlantic giant pumpkins

[adamhartree]

is anyone growing atlantic giant this year, if so how big are your pumpkins now?

[Florence Fennel]

Hi Adam, I've got three Atlantic Giants, two Howden, two Blue Moon and two that I'm calling SMT because that's who donated the seed via another grape. The Atlantic Giants have some golf balls on them, the rest haven't fruited yet. A couple of the golf balls withered so I've pulled them off and given the plants a good feed and they're going great.

[jackie j]

My atlantic didnt germinate for some reason, I have hundred weight which have a bit bigger than golf ball size fruits on them.

[baldrick]

mine are only like big marbles

[Incy]

Mine took forever to germinate so no fruit yet. It is however growing nicely now so hopefully I'll get something.

[adamhartree]

wow, i take it mine are doing really well then as i have a pumpkin on mine bigger than a dinner plate, i wasnt sure weather that was good or not but looking at the responsed i take it, it is. ive never grown them before but wanted a try at it this year. thanks all for the responce, keep us posted on how your go. good luck

[Florence Fennel]

Well there you go Adam, you're doing better than we all are! Hope it reaches a record weight for you, it sounds like it might if it's that size already.

[adamhartree]

mine is growing really fast now, its gone from he size of a dinner plate to the size of a large car wheel in the space of a week, im very pleased. at this rate im gona have a monster of a pumpkin.

[dave_norm_smith]

If you want to see how much these things can really put on, check out some of these files
Grower Diaries - BigPumpkins.com

Some of these guys are really serious pumpkin growers!

[vicky]

Mine are slightly larger than tennis balls....

Weirdly I have two plants, one has yellow fruit and the other green - what colour are everyone else's babies? I think one of mine might be a rogue plant and I don't want to end up saving the seed from a dodgy one!

[Rhona]

Ours are football-size now. They're rambling around underneath the sweetcorn, looking pretty happy.

Who turns their pumpkins? Ours are getting yellow-ish flat bottoms. Never grown giants before. Any advice please (don't want to hijack thread but sort of relevant-ish to the OP)?

[adamhartree]

mine are yellow aswell, also yes i turn mine aswell because the bottom is starting to go flat, i can beliver how much they drink, i been giving mine 4 gallon a day, if i dont the leafs start going floppy.

[rustylady]

mine are yellow aswell, also yes i turn mine aswell because the bottom is starting to go flat, i can beliver how much they drink, i been giving mine 4 gallon a day, if i dont the leafs start going floppy.

Post some pictures please.

[Rhona]

I had a quick go at turning them... I'm slightly paranoid about breaking the stems though. Do other people bother or not? We have around four/six pumpkins on each plant but only two on each plant are swelling to this sort of size. The others are pretty small. Here are the fellas anyway...

[lem66]

Hi..I've got three atlantics in a row and as a first year allotmenteer and my first go at these big sprawling beasts need to know if you cut them back at all to encourage bigger fruits rather than loads of smaller ones as mine are melon sized(at the mo) but the plant is stretching its legs along the plot!..