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| I'm growing Atlantic Giant pumpkins near
Rochester, NY, on the south shore of Lake Ontario.
As most giant pumpkin weighoffs are the first weekend in
October, the perfect time to germinate seeds (indoors) for me
is around the 3rd week in April. The garden is in the sunniest spot in my yard, and it gets
full sun from about 9am-7:30pm. |
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2008 season:
| 10/12/08: Harvested all the fruit today- 176, 84, and 177 lbs. |
April-Sept.:
Hmm, I seem to have misplaced all my 2008 growing notes for the moment... ok, found them:
-July 1- Maness=8'5", Inzero=9'7".
-Jun 29- both plants doing great! Maness main: 7'2", w/ 2 secondaries 20" long
Inzero
main: 8/4", 1 secondary 20" long. My friend Tim F. (who in the
end grew a 1000+ pounder this year- has a vine 15' long with lots of
secondaries right now.)
-Planted the 380 Maness seedling in garden May 11 & 128 Inzero June 4 (pot bound).
May 10- Seeds germinated
5/10/08- very late!
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April xxth- My seed stock is
getting a bit old as there hasn't been a Round Robin
Seed Trade in a few years, but some seeds should still
germinate. I started soaking the following seeds in warm
water, then a half hour later, put in a damp paper
towel on a saucer covered with Saran Wrap. I put
them in the nice warm 85-90 degree oven, heated by
just the oven light bulb. This technique works
very well.
My seed choices for this year:
Green:
- none (rotted before I could plant it)
Orange:
- 380 Maness 04, 128 Inzero 01 |
Comments to:
rdi@rochester.rr.com
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