History

I'd grown field pumpkins off and on over the years in various garden spots & spaces. Not knowing much about pumpkins I grew a few big'uns. In the spring of '09 I decided to grow a couple of Atlantic Giant plants and see where it would take me. I was a little late in getting started however I bought some Howard Dill seeds and germinated them. I had those plants up and doing well when I got on BigPumpkins.com in the chat room and they told me I'd maybe get just a 250lbs pumpkin. One of the other "Chatters" said she'd send me some seeds and I'd do better with those. Another told me to go out to my patch and pull up the store bought Dills seeds and throw them away- glad I didn't because My plant was very healthy and doing well. The seeds soon arrived from my "chat room" friend and I emailed her for some advice-that's how I met Erin H. Her advice was a huge help. I ended up growing 3 plants but really didn't possess the knowledge to put the pounds on a real lunker. I didn't really bury the vines but rather dug up my yard as the vine moved across the grass. The summer of 2009 proved terrific for growing pumpkins - nice hot weather ! I fed my plants with fish and kelp sprays, dusted the roots with Mycorrahiaze all said and done I had two pumpkins at 100 lbs and my large one from the storebought seeds came in at 235.7 lbs -huge for me.