Growing Pumpkins in Poo

Medbury Gardens · December 18, 2010

Ive never grown pumpkins on horse poo & sawdust before but thought i'd give it a try and see how they go as i had always noticed wild self sown plants do well in compost heaps,what has struck me was the size of the leaves.

The name of the pumpkin is Iron Bark

KLorentz · December 19, 2010

Back when I lived in Cali I used mainly rabbit poo and sometimes chicken poo in the same way. Boy did we ever have some great looking pumpkins.Looks like you are off to a good start down there.Hope you keep us posted on how they do.

Kevin

Medbury Gardens · December 19, 2010

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Originally Posted by KLorentz

Back when I lived in Cali I used mainly rabbit poo and sometimes chicken poo in the same way. Boy did we ever have some great looking pumpkins.Looks like you are off to a good start down there.Hope you keep us posted on how they do.

Kevin

I will Kevin

**mdvpc** · December 19, 2010

Medbury:

Looking very good!

Medbury Gardens · January 4, 2011

Two weeks since the last photo and what a lot of growth there's been in that time

stormymater · January 4, 2011

WOWOWOWOWOW!

onder if relatively fresh cow flops would have the same effect - after last year's aminopyrallid contamination from horse manure I am avoiding all poo I do not know the provenance of from mouthful in to deposit. That being said I have a source of fresh organic beef flops & would like to make judicious use of them.

waddaya think?

I want to grow pumpkins & winter squash that look like yours!

lemurian · January 4, 2011

Holy crap!!!!!!

RinTinTin · January 5, 2011

@ Medbury:

Pull those plants NOW...they want to take over your farm!

feldon30 · January 5, 2011

After seeing how well watermelons grow near a pile of *stuff*, I've always believed that melons in general just love pucky.

I grew watermelons in a raised hill in 50% composted cow manure and got 40 volleyball sized melons out of 3 plants.

Medbury Gardens · January 5, 2011

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Originally Posted by stormymater

WOWOWOWOWOW!

onder if relatively fresh cow flops would have the same effect - after last year's aminopyrallid contamination from horse manure I am avoiding all poo I do not know the provenance of from mouthful in to deposit. That being said I have a source of fresh organic beef flops & would like to make judicious use of them.

waddaya think?

I want to grow pumpkins & winter squash that look like yours!

I'm lucky that i know the the bloke well who owns the racing stables where the manure comes from,he grows all his own hay and is not a great fan on using to many chemicals on his farm,so i should be ok I think,besides if there is any aminopyrallid contamination there should be signs of it in the leaves by now.
When i first piled up the manure and sawdust it heated up nicely in fact i was a bit worried about planting the pumpkins in a heap that was that hot,i'm thinking now that this maybe why they are growing like mad.

Medbury Gardens · January 5, 2011

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Originally Posted by feldon30

After seeing how well watermelons grow near a pile of *stuff*, I've always believed that melons in general just love pucky.

I grew watermelons in a raised hill in 50% composted cow manure and got 40 volleyball sized melons out of 3 plants.

wow 40 from 3 plants is good going, yep manure is the way to go alright

.

Full Moon · January 5, 2011

That is a beautiful pumkpin patch you got there!

What ratio manure:sawdust did you use? Me thinks I'm going to get myself a big pile of poo.

Mark0820 · January 5, 2011

Wow! That is amazing. That is one nice looking pumpkin patch.

Medbury Gardens · January 5, 2011

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Originally Posted by Full Moon

That is a beautiful pumkpin patch you got there!

What ratio manure:sawdust did you use? Me thinks I'm going to get myself a big pile of poo.

Hi neighbour

Because thats how it comes out the stables i don't know the exact rate but i recon it must be about 50/50

Full Moon · January 5, 2011

Oops .... I'm no longer your neighboor I forgot to change my profile.

December 18, 2010	#1
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	Growing Pumpkins in Poo Ive never grown pumpkins on horse poo & sawdust before but thought i'd give it a try and see how they go as i had always noticed wild self sown plants do well in compost heaps,what has struck me was the size of the leaves. The name of the pumpkin is Iron Bark

December 19, 2010	#4
mdvpc Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 4,386	Medbury: Looking very good! __________________ Michael

January 5, 2011	#9
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	After seeing how well watermelons grow near a pile of stuff, I've always believed that melons in general just love pucky. I grew watermelons in a raised hill in 50% composted cow manure and got 40 volleyball sized melons out of 3 plants. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

December 19, 2010	#2
KLorentz Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Stryker, Ohio Posts: 995	Back when I lived in Cali I used mainly rabbit poo and sometimes chicken poo in the same way. Boy did we ever have some great looking pumpkins.Looks like you are off to a good start down there.Hope you keep us posted on how they do. Kevin

January 4, 2011	#5
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	Two weeks since the last photo and what a lot of growth there's been in that time

January 4, 2011	#6
stormymater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pleasure Island, NC 8a Posts: 1,162	WOWOWOWOWOW! onder if relatively fresh cow flops would have the same effect - after last year's aminopyrallid contamination from horse manure I am avoiding all poo I do not know the provenance of from mouthful in to deposit. That being said I have a source of fresh organic beef flops & would like to make judicious use of them. waddaya think? I want to grow pumpkins & winter squash that look like yours!

January 4, 2011	#7
lemurian Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ida Grove, IA Posts: 55	Holy crap!!!!!!

January 5, 2011	#8
RinTinTin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Seattle Posts: 581	@ Medbury: Pull those plants NOW...they want to take over your farm!

January 5, 2011	#12
Full Moon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Montréal, Canada Posts: 347	That is a beautiful pumkpin patch you got there! What ratio manure:sawdust did you use? Me thinks I'm going to get myself a big pile of poo.

January 5, 2011	#13
Mark0820 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 907	Wow! That is amazing. That is one nice looking pumpkin patch.