Giant Pumpkins anyone?

[harleysilo]

Mysterious leaf damage from yesterday....

[harleysilo]

I wish I knew if it was pollinated or not, I don't even know what happens if it isn't, i mean there is a pumpkin there, I guess it dies?

This is the biggest, and oldest, the first I've let stay on the vine...



This one is about 3 days behind the first one pictured..



I haven't pollinated anything by hand, I see lots of bees.....

[veratrine]

When one is pollinated, you'll know. Very rapidly (2-3 days) it begins to grow...fast. My pumpkins are about 2 feet across now, and much bigger than last year. Try the hand pollination. Once again, I have only 2 pumpkins on my vines, and both I pollinated by hand. I also have lots of bees, but it doesn't seem to do the trick. The instructions posted further up the thread for hand pollination are exactly what I do. Early morning is the best time to do this.

[harleysilo]

Updated pics from last night....

[mcasey]

Wishing you all the best with those giants.....
My fiance had planted 2 vines of Atlantic Giant in the far back garden and discovered Chuck the Woodchuck happily chomping them last week- along with my brussel sprouts and sweet potatoes! The little guy climbed right over the fence to get them. Gotta admit- was a funny sight seeing a grown man running thru the yard swearing, laughing and chasing a little ole woodchuck!

[sacratomato70]

To grow those colossal sized pumpkins, the vines need to be pruned down to one fruit per vine. I know this is a tough thing to do, but it gives the plant energy to produce one huge pumpkin instead of several smaller ones. Also pumpkins are heavy feeders and love rich, fertile soil. The more compost they have the better.

[harleysilo]

Getting bigger!

[jhp]

Have you measured them yet?

Jen

[korney19]

Here's about 900 pounds worth from 2003. I don't have much space and grew them in about 200 square feet. Pumpkin "C" is the one in my avitar.