Giant pumpkin

[Small pumpkin]

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

[sparrow100]

He is a she. Given that she produces a fruit...She's called Elvira. Elvira the Enormous

[Small pumpkin]

Oops, sorry Elvira

[Small pumpkin]

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.

[sparrow100]

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.

[Small pumpkin]

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!

[sparrow100]

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.

[Small pumpkin]

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.

[wargarden2017]

pumpkin plants especially the larger fruited variety produce massive plants taking up 6 meters x 6 meters or more

[Small pumpkin]

Humphray is growing fast. Feeding twice a week now.



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

[NickG]

What are you feeding him?

[veggiechicken]

Something that needs a wind break

[Small pumpkin]

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

[Small pumpkin]

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 )

[damian1225]

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