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  • #46
    Isn't he cute! He will be taking over your garden in no time.
    Looking forward to watching his progress

    Little Humphrey is growing nicely

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    • #47
      He is a she. Given that she produces a fruit...She's called Elvira. Elvira the Enormous
      http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia

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      • #48
        Oops, sorry Elvira

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        • #49
          I've given Humphrey his first little weak feed. Mainly because he is in a big pot and don't want him to run out of nutrients. He is looking good, already bigger than last years plant managed.

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          • #50
            Elvira's out! I dug a big pit late last night and filled with a barrow of manure mixed in with the soil. Am going back to check tonight that I haven't put her in the wrong way up - apparently they grow in the opposite direction to the first true leaf and I may have put her in facing north, not south.

            Elvira also has a second-in-command, Murgatroyd. He is yet to go in. Am waiting to see what hellishness the local slugs unleash on Elvira.
            http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia

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            • #51
              Originally posted by sparrow100 View Post
              Elvira's out! I dug a big pit late last night and filled with a barrow of manure mixed in with the soil. Am going back to check tonight that I haven't put her in the wrong way up - apparently they grow in the opposite direction to the first true leaf and I may have put her in facing north, not south.

              Elvira also has a second-in-command, Murgatroyd. He is yet to go in. Am waiting to see what hellishness the local slugs unleash on Elvira.
              I found out about the main stem growing in the opposite direction from the first true leaf today ( been doing some homework as it's raining )
              Think I'm going to have to turn Humphrey as well. Thankfully he's in his big pot

              Hope slugs don't eat Elvira!

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              • #52
                I inadvertently did it right. Woo-hoo!

                Murgatroyd is going out in his own pit on Saturday. Just in case. I don't want to lose any more time if anything goes wrong. Plus he's outgrown his quarters.

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                http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbia

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                • #53
                  My little Humphrey is growing.
                  I've got to spin his pot round and open the door a little so he can get out. Or I'm not going to be able too get into my tunnel soon.
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                  • #54
                    pumpkin plants especially the larger fruited variety produce massive plants taking up 6 meters x 6 meters or more
                    Last edited by wargarden2017; 06-06-2017, 07:54 AM.

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                    • #55
                      Humphray is growing fast. Feeding twice a week now.

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                      Here is the rest of him . with a wind brake round him.

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                      • #56
                        What are you feeding him?

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                        • #57
                          Something that needs a wind break

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                          • #58
                            Originally posted by NickG View Post
                            What are you feeding him?
                            Home made liquid feed. Mix of seaweed, nettles & borage. At about a 100ml to a litre. No idea if that's the correct usage. I'm using the well known gardening method of winging it

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                            • #59
                              I've just hand pollinated
                              The female flower opened yesterday so she may have already been pollinated by a nasturtium or something ( definitely no other male cucurbits flowering yesterday, I looked). The male flower was open this morning, so I introduced them to each other . Especially as he was inside the tunnel and she was outside.
                              It's so exciting!!! Humphrey might be having a baby! ( hopefully a bl@@dy big one )

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                              • #60
                                im going for pumpkins too but wont be giants, just about got a couple of plants in the ground so watch this space

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