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Giant Pumpkin
Any hints or tips on growing the above. We have a competition in our
village............ |
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On 5/11/2010 3:07 PM, harry wrote:
Any hints or tips on growing the above. We have a competition in our village............ Believe it helps to live in Alaska. If not, put out grow lights |
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On May 11, 3:07*pm, harry wrote:
Any hints or tips on growing the above. *We have a competition in our village............ Try rec.gardens.edible. If you google "growing giant pumpkins" you get over 6 Million hits, like this one: http://www.backyardgardener.com/wcgp...s/10steps.html Paul |
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On Tue, 11 May 2010 15:14:58 -0400, Frank
wrote: On 5/11/2010 3:07 PM, harry wrote: Any hints or tips on growing the above. We have a competition in our village............ Believe it helps to live in Alaska. If not, put out grow lights Maybe start out with Giant Pumpkin seeds, also. |
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On May 11, 9:34�pm, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 11 May 2010 15:14:58 -0400, Frank wrote: On 5/11/2010 3:07 PM, harry wrote: Any hints or tips on growing the above. �We have a competition in our village............ Believe it helps to live in Alaska. �If not, put out grow lights Maybe start out with Giant Pumpkin seeds, also. I got hold of the North Atlantic Giant variety seeds which is of American descent. |
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On Tue, 11 May 2010 12:07:35 -0700 (PDT), harry
wrote: Any hints or tips on growing the above. We have a competition in our village............ Careful, US giant pumpkins have a history of violence. You might want to stick to UK-centric garden groups. Jim |
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harry wrote:
Any hints or tips on growing the above. We have a competition in our village............ Kill all the coons in your area. -- If I wasn't me I wouldn't like me either. Signature file not found |
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harry wrote:
On May 11, 9:34�pm, Oren wrote: On Tue, 11 May 2010 15:14:58 -0400, Frank wrote: On 5/11/2010 3:07 PM, harry wrote: Any hints or tips on growing the above. �We have a competition in our village............ Believe it helps to live in Alaska. �If not, put out grow lights Maybe start out with Giant Pumpkin seeds, also. I got hold of the North Atlantic Giant variety seeds which is of American descent. Only one tip I remember is to grow a bunch of vines and when they flower, snip all except the largest flower on each vine. So it's 1 pumpkin per vine. |
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On May 12, 1:08�pm, LSMFT wrote:
harry wrote: Any hints or tips on growing the above. �We have a competition in our village............ Kill all the coons in your area. -- If I wasn't me I wouldn't like me either. Signature file not found There are no coons in the UK. Unless you are a KKK member and are referring to other coons. We have plenty of them. |
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On May 12, 4:02�pm, Tony wrote:
harry wrote: On May 11, 9:34 pm, Oren wrote: On Tue, 11 May 2010 15:14:58 -0400, Frank wrote: On 5/11/2010 3:07 PM, harry wrote: Any hints or tips on growing the above. We have a competition in our village............ Believe it helps to live in Alaska. If not, put out grow lights Maybe start out with Giant Pumpkin seeds, also. I got hold of the North Atlantic Giant variety seeds which is of American descent. Only one tip I remember is to grow a bunch of vines and when they flower, snip all except the largest flower on each vine. �So it's 1 pumpkin per vine. Hmm I know that one. I was thinking of some secret formula or something. I have downloaded some stuff off the net. |
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