Giant pumpkin

[Small pumpkin]

Cool, what varieties you going with Damian ?

[damian1225]

Cool, what varieties you going with Damian ?

No idea mate, was just given a tray with 3 plants in a few weeks ago, total unknowns lol, I asked them what variety and they said they dont know they have been using their own seed for 20 years and cant remember what they started with.. will be a nice surprise

[Small pumpkin]

That very exciting. Want to see photos when it's all grown up

[damian1225]

if I get a pumpkin it will be a miracle.. going to give it a good go though

[sparrow100]

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 )

Elvira isn't any bigger. She's having a very definite sulk and not thinking about babies. Am so very jealous.....!!

[Small pumpkin]

My little Humphrey is growing



And he's going over here



And he's out the door



Baby is now sat on a bed of straw (on the palette)

I'm 99.9% sure that the pumpkin out the door is set. So how soon do I start taking off all the other females? Should I leave another one to set as a back up ?

[damian1225]

I'm no Pro but for a beast it one per plant, so as long as one is looking promising sacrifice the other.. most people have back ups on another plant.. depends how big you want big to be lol, personally on my pumpkins im going to let nature decide but on my giant marrows im going to set one per plant and sacrifice anything else to try and get a whopper, did you use giant seed from something mahoosive?

[Small pumpkin]

I didn't go with special seeds as this is my first attempt. Also because of the experimental growing in a big pot and the inside outside thing that is going on. So Humphrey is just a hundred weight available from anywhere.
To be honest he's bigger than last years hundred weight already ( fruit & plant ), so as far as I'm concerned my little experiment is work. It's all very exciting

[damian1225]

I will be following your progress, as its a bit like my quest for elusive big marrows, just want to see how big and daft I can grow one.. now the plants have taken off I might start a thread to show the journey

anything over 50lb and I will consider it a success, thats only small for a marrow so only setting the bar low this year

[Small pumpkin]

Giant marrow thread............do it, do it!

I'm also setting the bar very low for my pumpkin, I'll be happy with anything over 20kg ( what's that in old money? About 40lb? ). Obviously I'd be very very happy with bigger, but baby steps! And if this summer doesn't show up soon, I'll be amazed if I get 2kg !!!!

[damian1225]

Keep the faith!! thats one on the giant veg group on facebook :O

[Small pumpkin]

That's cool.
Mine has a little catching up to do.

[sparrow100]

Elvira and Murgatroyd are a bit bigger, but still no sign of any fruit or really large leaves. I am watering daily and about to go a little waily waily from being so behind!

[Peteyd]

So I've been given a pumpkin plant. Apparently the seed came from something called "Matt's Monster" last year...

Would be nice to at least get a decent sized one as I've only ever grown "Jack be little"

[Small pumpkin]

Elvira and Murgatroyd are a bit bigger, but still no sign of any fruit or really large leaves. I am watering daily and about to go a little waily waily from being so behind!

Can I watch a little waily waily? Because it sounds hilarious

So I've been given a pumpkin plant. Apparently the seed came from something called "Matt's Monster" last year...

Would be nice to at least get a decent sized one as I've only ever grown "Jack be little"

Just had a look at Matt's Monster. That fella could get quite big! Found it on T&M website are you going to enter yours in their autumn pumpkin festival?
https://www.thompson-morgan.com/p/pu...ster/tm78011TM