j.vincent
Feb 7
Discussion
After a few years sabbatical, i will be growing a couple pumpkins in 2020. I plan to keep things as simple as possible with just the two The seeds have not been finalized . The short list includes the 2005 Haist, 1911 Urena, 2114 Wallace, 1871 Bryson and the 1884 Crews. I started the prep last fall on two 850 ft2 planting sites. Unfortunately I didn't get everything i had planned on completed in the fall. Hopefully, i will be able to get in there early. I will be building much larger clotches than in the past. Likely close to 200ft2 each. I'm planning on in ground as well as above ground heat.
After many years off it's great to have a garden again!!
1760 Bryson
1608 Bryson. All the pumpkins on this plant had this gnarly pear shape. I had to go with the biggest on the main.
A frustrating day. My 1760 Bryson goes down with a blossom end split. I had just recently culled my backup pumpkins on the plant. Grrrrrrrrr. I found an open pollinated lemon sized pumpkin on a secondary that I will have to go with but it's too late now. Hoping for a display pumpkin for Halloween at this point.
Well the pear shape is changing. The top is catching up to the bottom....looking better now.
Still chugging along. The recent rain has helped this pumpkins continued growth.
But that same rain has taken its toll on the 1760. Splits!!! It was way behind anyway. Couldn't keep any pumpkins happy on this plant. There's always next year.
We enjoyed the sunflowers this year.