Giant Pumpkins

[Ricard_Persson]

-3 tonight. Hunker down my friends.

[MP]

First frost in the forecast. What's your pumpkin at RP?

[MP]

Beat me by seconds....

[Ricard_Persson]

A little over 1300, and was still doing 14 pounds a day last week. Looks like good weather this weekend so hopefully it can get through tonight. It's covered, all 1200 square feet.

[PPJ]

I'm growing a giant butternut squash. Is this where I should post of it?

[AD]

Does it say "giant butternut squash talk" in the title?

[PPJ]

[Craig]

I think we can afford a new thread for each giant gourd being grown by our members. Feel free to start your own up.

[PPJ]

I think we can afford a new thread for each giant gourd being grown by our members. Feel free to start your own up.

Never mind. Got hungry and ate it.

[MP]

I'm growing a giant butternut squash. Is this where I should post of it?

Was it like this:

[MP]

Well when/where is the pumpkin sex?

:hereforthegangbang:

[Ricard_Persson]

It's been happening over the last week. A few times too. Multiples on one as well.


Quite a week.

[Zardoz]

Is this the poo thread?

[Muffin Mannequin]

Updates plz

[AD]

I saw a picture of the both of them, they seem off.

[vonbonds]

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[Twitter bArt]

[AD]

Those pumpkins are juicing.

[R-66Y]

Lead in the soil I bet

[PPJ]

So how's the pumpkin growing going this season Rico?

[Sailor Man]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scot ... -1.3732507

Danny Dill jokes people taking part in Windsor's annual pumpkin regatta this year may have to shed a few pounds before fitting into one of his giant pumpkins.

Dill usually supplies several dozen pumpkins for the annual regatta's races and is already taking bookings for the fall, but he says his giant pumpkins are only half the size they should be.

A pumpkin needs to be about 180 to 225 kilograms for a person to be able to sit inside it and row, Dill says. The ones he's seeing on his farm are more in the range of 90 kilograms, with just a month left in the growing season. He blames the weather.

"It's been the driest I've seen in my lifetime," he said. "It's getting very depressing, discouraging."

Dill's family is famous for growing giant pumpkins on their farm. His father, Howard Dill, is a pioneer of giant pumpkin growing with four Guinness World Records. He also developed the internationally recognized Atlantic giant pumpkin seed.

Dill, who runs his father's farm now, says he has about 100 Atlantic giant pumpkins growing that he's trying to keep irrigated. He has sprinklers going, but says that's not the same as a good rain. His biggest concern is that his giant pumpkins could hit a permanent wilting point if wet weather doesn't come soon.

"If they reach that, there's no point of return whether they get rain or not. They're done."

Despite the slow growth so far, Dill says he expects to see some heavy pumpkins weigh in when his family farm hosts its annual weigh off this fall.

That's because the weather hasn't been bad news for all giant vegetable growers. Hobbyists are having more luck.

"A dry year actually is a bit more beneficial to us, so I expect this year we'll grow some heavier than average pumpkins," said Ron Muis, chair of the Annapolis Valley Giant Vegetable Growers.

​Last year Muis, who lives in Steam Mill, grew the longest long gourd ever in Atlantic Canada — measuring 149.25 inches (3.79 metres), just less than an inch shy of being world-record size.

Unlike Dill, who has a large number of pumpkin crops to keep watered, Muis grows just a few giant vegetables in garden space that can be easily watered with a lawn sprinkler.

On top of his long gourd growing, this year he's growing a pumpkin that's already reached 272 kilograms. He's hoping it will get up to 454 kilograms by the end of season.

Muis says he expects other hobbyists to show up with up to 680-kg pumpkins at the Annapolis Valley Giant Vegetable Growers Association annual weigh off this fall — three times the size Dill is hoping for at his farm.

Dill says he's still very optimistic that with a lot of watering, the majority of his giant pumpkins will reach 180 to 225 kilograms.

"Isn't it a bit ironic ... we need water to grow these big enough for people to put them in water."

[PredsFan77]

uncle rico is too busy day trading to keep after his pumpkins. shades of iceland fishermans before iceland went bankrupt.

[Ricard_Persson]

[MP]

Hey Rico, nice gourd!

I've got this whitish mildew on my cucumber plant leaves. Should I be worried?

[PPJ]

Looks kind of flat Rico. Have you weighed it?

[The Bytown Boozer]

[Ricard_Persson]

Hey Rico, nice gourd!

I've got this whitish mildew on my cucumber plant leaves. Should I be worried?

Powdery mildew. It will slowly kill the leaves, but really, you're late in the third period anyway with the growing season.


Next year try some kelp (seaweed). It's a natural fighter against it. Also great for the plants every week with a drench. I had one cucumber plant this year not at the pumpkin garden, and I'm at 49 cucumbers so far this year. It still looks good with the kelp drenches working well. Hoping to crack 60.

[MP]

Yeah, the leaves are nearly dead. Google directed me to baking soda/oil solution. It got rid of the mildew, but it seemed to dry everything out. Got new shoots coming again though...

[Ricard_Persson]

Not sure how much you care for next year, but this stuff is good, and it's not a hard chemical. It will keep powdery mildew if you mix some weekly starting around August 1st.

I can possibly get it cheaper for you elsewhere.


https://www.amazon.ca/Actinovate-ACTINOVATE-FUNGICIDE-2oz-721500/dp/B0089Y8ALU/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1474569929&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=actinovate

With that and kelp drenches you should have nice healthy plants.

[Ricard_Persson]

[Boring Choice #2]

is the measurement this weekend r_p?

if so, good luck. pumpkins are looking good.

[Ricard_Persson]

I took the small one on the right side of picture to a weighoff this weekend just to get rid of it. It was a late pollination so not much potential for it. It came in at 1143 pounds.

The other two will grow longer. They're both "taping" over 1500, and the one on the left could push for CDN record. I'll weigh that one on the 15th of Oct, last weighoff of the year. The one in the center of picture will go to Toronto for a weighoff on the 8th.

[MP]

Record pumpkins in a drought year?!

[Ricard_Persson]

Yes, I can't control the heat but I can control the water. I need heat and we certainly had it this year. Some rain would have been nice, because you can't re-create the perfect rain.

I invested (mostly a lot of time) into laying 2500 feet of drip tubing with 2 litre/hour emitters punched in every 16". I pushed a button and the pump would run for 10 minutes...do that a couple times a day and I was good. 50 gallons a plant, every 10 minutes of run time.


Next year I'm going to go with a wifi switch that I can control from my phone. Then I can water from anywhere.

[Lifer]

Double the pipes, bury them, plug the holes, add a refrig system, and you could have the best outdoor rink around.

[mayoradamwest]

I found that I no longer needed exotic or expensive pornography after reading this thread. Thank you Rico for allowing me to find joy in erotica again.

[mayoradamwest]

Double the pipes, bury them, plug the holes, add a refrig system, and you could have the best outdoor rink around.

if you plugged the holes, how would the water get out?

[Sailor Man]

Plug them holes, 'til you see straight through to the mind's eye.

[Lifer]

Double the pipes, bury them, plug the holes, add a refrig system, and you could have the best outdoor rink around.

if you plugged the holes, how would the water get out?

Kinda hard to refrigerate something if you let it leak out into the ground eh?

[CharlieGirl]

Rico, that picture is awesome. Good luck at the weigh ins!

[Lifer]

if you plugged the holes, how would the water get out?

Kinda hard to refrigerate something if you let it leak out into the ground eh?

Then why do you even make holes in the first place?

I'll see myself out.

[PPJ]

Rico, I think the moon fell on your property.

[PPJ]

Eiff, e getz dee record, we shall all dance to Rico Suave!

[AD]

Congrats for the winning pumpkin. Well done.

[Boring Choice #2]

Is there a dancing pumpkin smiley? There should be one.

[AD]

Eiff, e getz dee record, we shall all dance to Rico Suave!