The Memory of Pumpkins

[1Bee]

... because I thought we had a thread for sharing our successes, failures and tips with pumpkins (and perhaps for trying to grow a whopper) but it turned out it was just my imagination.

So on the sage advice of Small Pumpkin, I am starting one...

[1Bee]

Here's baby Mad Max (Big Max seeds from Lidl)



and Bad Max....



And meanwhile Jack O'Lantern is just getting on with it.



The flowers are spectacular, just huge... that's a very big bee in on this one! They're drunk with nectar and covered in pollen.

[Bad Boy Club]

Trying some very late Crown Prince



& experimenting with one in a growbag

[1Bee]

I do love Crown Prince. I think I'll be resurrecting that one in the seed tin for next year.

[Small pumpkin]

Small sugar


A couple more small sugar


And another couple of small sugar


Lil' Pump-ke-mom

[1Bee]

Do you like small sugar, SP?

[Small pumpkin]

Do you like small sugar, SP?

You picked up on that

[rary]

My pumpkins are jack-O-lantern they are starting to change colour now but if it is forecasted to be very cold or frost should I cut them off and move them inside, and if I cut them off while still green will they ripen inside

[MYintheGarden]

You can ripen them inside, takes a lot longer than it seems to on the vine. I ripened a couple last year when the fruit set quite late, they were just starting to turn too. They were 'halloween' from unwind rather than jack-o'-lantern but doubt it'll make a difference

[Small pumpkin]

How's your pumpkins doing 1Bee?
Here's a little update on my babies.

Small sugar


More small sugar


Surprise..... more small sugar and an old boer white ( now that's a pumpkin that likes to spread out ! )


old boer white At the other end of the bed


Lil' Pump-ke-mom

[1Bee]

Here's a pic from the beginning of Aug - I haven't been on the plot for a couple of weeks because of hols, work and bad weather. Looking forward to seeing how they've done!



Bad Max in the foreground.

[Small pumpkin]

Proper big pumpkins !! They're looking brilliant.

Can't grow big ones up here (well I can't). A couple of my squash are bigger than my pumpkins this year. It's all very exciting and I Can't wait to start eating them.

[1Bee]

You know, I don't have any proper, nice eating winter squash (as opposed to pumpkins for carving) this time. I had one rouge vif d'etamps plant, but it didn't fruit for some reason. Unless I find something when I start clearing, which has happened before!