After a good blast of hot weather this last week the pumpkin measures 118 inches = 41.5 pounds. We've upped the water each also and I'm still brewing compost tea and giving them tea x2 each week and spraying the leaves with kelp extract and Alaska Fish Fertilizer. The warmer weather and a good dose of water has this plant jumping out of the ground. I love for it to stay warm. It seems like we're getting a lot of sucker vines - all those little pumpkins have to be picked off because they rob pumpkin big of nutriments. It's a good start after a pretty crappy spring of cool weather=reminder heat coils next year.
This blog reflects my thoughts, activities, practices & mistakes on growing Atlantic Giant Pumpkins on an urban plot in Seattle, Washington- and maybe a few other musings along the way.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
41.5
After a good blast of hot weather this last week the pumpkin measures 118 inches = 41.5 pounds. We've upped the water each also and I'm still brewing compost tea and giving them tea x2 each week and spraying the leaves with kelp extract and Alaska Fish Fertilizer. The warmer weather and a good dose of water has this plant jumping out of the ground. I love for it to stay warm. It seems like we're getting a lot of sucker vines - all those little pumpkins have to be picked off because they rob pumpkin big of nutriments. It's a good start after a pretty crappy spring of cool weather=reminder heat coils next year.
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