waterboy 2.0 Posted September 6, 2013 (edited) ^lol....damn no using the little bugger for ransom EDIT- your a stone cold pumpkin grower Ceres Edited September 6, 2013 by waterboy 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted September 6, 2013 Hahaha Nope I've seen the light..or should i say tasted the lamb. Just you wait WB.. Ceres is the goddess of agriculture, the harvest, and pumpkins.. Folk-lore dictates that she was fond of blood sacrifice.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waterboy 2.0 Posted September 6, 2013 (edited) Thats two making movements now..... I'm excited. EDIT - now three Edited September 7, 2013 by waterboy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stillman Posted September 6, 2013 No action here from the comp seeds that can be visibly noticed. My daughter put down one and it has burst through the soil was a very big seed no pedigree, I got from a QLD seed supplier. Hopefully in the next couple days my comp seeds will go bang. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justler Posted September 7, 2013 My seeds arrived yesterday! I'm in the game . Thanks for the offer though Waterboy! I've lightly sanded 12 seeds. Six are soaking as we speak. The other six are straight into the paper towel / sandwich bag on the computer HDD method The remaining ones are going to be experiments.... my frankenstein pumpkins are coming for you... be afriad... be very afraid! I'll post pics up soon! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Credible Posted September 7, 2013 (edited) Looks like I have lift off The green pot in the back if ya look closely The big boys are in the purple pots tho Edited September 7, 2013 by Nothink 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gilligan Posted September 7, 2013 I'm still waiting on incog to get his pumpkin shit together... :-( lol 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Credible Posted September 7, 2013 yep its a pumpkin Does this mean Im winning 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Credible Posted September 8, 2013 2 more have stuck their heads out Sorry for the mug in the background, todays paper...for $2.50 wtf, least the worms will like it. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J Smith Posted September 8, 2013 After soaking them for a week I planted them in soil yesterday. I'm a fan of long soaks for acacias and figured it couldn't hurt a pumpkin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted September 8, 2013 I am out. I have decided to put my time into all of the other half finished projects that I have on the go. Getting my Trich's in the ground this year is the first of a long list plus my lovely wife is still giving me that look every time I mention giant pumpkins You guys will know the look when there eyes glaze over as she pictures a noose tighting around my testicles. Cheers Got 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stillman Posted September 8, 2013 no action here on my monster seeds, however my daughter's seed is doing very well lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waterboy 2.0 Posted September 8, 2013 still only three, couple more days hope for the rest. May not be using enough bottom heat. Something is gunna hit the ground before the end of this week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justler Posted September 8, 2013 One of mine poked it's tail out today, so he's been potted up. Game on! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted September 8, 2013 Well I learnt that you dont wanna remove the shell before the baby pumpkin decides its ready, that seed just went a funny colour and died. The other two sprouted a root each, and I have now potted them up in my nicest garden soil with lots of worm-castings and rainbow love magick. I had a bit of a scare, well i suppose this still might come back to bite me in the ass later in the comp, but i was recently educated about phytophthora, and the fact that it can go dormant and then restart itself once the right conditions arise again. Sadly this education came AFTER i used soil from old tomato plants which had been infected with phytophthora in my greenhouse garden bed, and even dumber than that, I potted my pumpkin seeds in that soil at first >:I I took them out once I realised (i was very f*cked off) and washed them really well, before potting in new soil, and praying for the best. Grrrr. Damn you phytophthora, you bastard. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert&Ernie Posted September 9, 2013 Phytophthora spp. Are mostly pathogens of dicotyledins, and are relatively host-specific parasites. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waterboy 2.0 Posted September 9, 2013 I have to clean vehicles and equipment at times due to phytophthora (and other diseases and shit), it is interesting that in some places you only see a couple of species being smashed in a vegetation assemblage. Looks like I have 3 up for action..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Presidente Hillbillios Posted September 9, 2013 none have mine have moved yet, But we all heard the tortoise and the hare story right? 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justler Posted September 9, 2013 Two more of mine popped today, and are now potted up. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Credible Posted September 10, 2013 7/11 have popped up in the prop room while 0/8 have sprouted in the green house 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) ^ Where the hell are u gonna grow all those giant pumpkin plants Nothink? or are u just Nothinkin bout that? Edited September 10, 2013 by Ceres 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Credible Posted September 10, 2013 ^ Where the hell are u gonna grow all those giant pumpkin plants Nothink? or are u just Nothinkin bout that? hehe, I'll plant the most handsome in my patch (if you can call it that) and am scouting vacant suburban blocks for the remainder 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted September 10, 2013 am scouting vacant suburban blocks for the remainder Clever! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waterboy 2.0 Posted September 10, 2013 well couldn't resist so dug around the the pots of the non-starters. one has showed life and stalled, but I reckon I can get it moving through intensive care....if it gets up, its going. The rest have gone to mush.....such is life My mycorrhizae I am going to trial arrived today 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bogfrog Posted September 12, 2013 One superseed beginning to emerge: The other one doesnt look too far behind either, i can just see the tiniest lil bit of green. Sweet. WB you better be sowing more seeds if your first lot went to mush. No backing out now mate ;) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
