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[Jonstn]

A nice little possum/rat decided to nip off my pumpkins and take a bit of a feast on em.

So I guess I'm out unless it happens to throw out some more ffems anytime soon lol

[Jonstn]

Alright, which one of you are responsible for this?

http://www.news.com....r-1226285622253

Bloody good effort, and apparently he grew meter long gourds before moving onto pumpkins.

[Therefore]

Alright, which one of you are responsible for this?

http://www.news.com....r-1226285622253

Bloody good effort, and apparently he grew meter long gourds before moving onto pumpkins.

These are his top tips:

Five tricks for a monster pumpkin

1. Alternate seaweed and fish fertiliser every three days.

2. Use calcium enhancer.

3. Slosh molasses over the leaves each feed.

4. Good seed and good soil.

5. Bury the vine to produce more roots.

[Amazonian]

Alright, which one of you are responsible for this?
http://www.news.com....r-1226285622253
Bloody good effort, and apparently he grew meter long gourds before moving onto pumpkins.

You bet me to it... I just saw this pic on the front of the herald sun and thought of this thread straight way.

For those that didnt click on the link.. This is a preview.....

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[solomon]

^^^^ crazy! the guy reckons his pumpking was putting on 15 kilo a day..

[El presidente Hillbillios]

well my vine is dead and pumpkin has been severly mauled by everything. Here is my final diameter

[etherealdrifter]

EVERYBODY knows im gonna win

ur a city boy. pretending to be a hillbilly ;)
leave the pumpkins to the country folk.
btw the facebook challenge still stands, and you WILL pay up.

I was wearing both when i was digging in the two tonnes of composted horse poo to the pumpkin patch today.

Get your lips ready incog!

el pumpkinos
edit: anybody else got some pics?

Edited by etherealdrifter, 02 March 2012 - 06:19 PM.

[Shroomeup]

I'll post some more up when I return home. She's getting pretty big but after seeing that bloke in the paper with his 380kg monster i'ma little deflated. After reading his growing technique I see where Ive gone wrong. One bag of horse poo scattered around it and only water from the sky prolly aint gonna cut it.

Edited by Shroomeup, 02 March 2012 - 07:40 PM.

[GoOnThen]

Well it turns out I have normal blue (jarradale ?) pumpkins. The person that sold the seeds (ebay) obviously thought his pumpkin was a giant when really it was just large

I have been waiting for them to change colour as all of the giant ones that I have seen are orange but there is not a hint of orange they are all blue

On a positive note I am going to be able to supply friends and family with enough pumpkin to keep them going for some time. At this point I have about 10 pumpkins on my main (competition) vines and another five or so Kent pumpkins at the moment.

The vines have been hammered by powdery and dowdy mildew but they are still growing , flowering and setting new fruit

I will still measure and weigh the biggest pumpkin when I pick them but I would think I am going to get my ass kicked by most of you.

I only have a size 8 foot

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Cheers
Got

[GoOnThen]

I picked the first lot on the weekend. I still have around 5 or 6 still on the vines
The biggest is in the pic below.

Circumference 1030mm
Diameter 330mm
I don't have a weight at the moment

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Where are all the rest of the pumpkins post your pics and sizes.

It looks like hillbilly beats me by 40mm on circumference

Cheers
Got

[Jonstn]

Mines slowly dying off, didn't yield anything every time one started growing a possum or birds or dogs would get to it lol

Looking nice GoT, what you planning on doing with your harvest?

Edited by Jonstn, 10 April 2012 - 02:21 PM.

[El presidente Hillbillios]

Yeah man, good haul!

[etherealdrifter]

I picked the first lot on the weekend. I still have around 5 or 6 still on the vines
The biggest is in the pic below.

Circumference 1030mm
Diameter 330mm
I don't have a weight at the moment

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Where are all the rest of the pumpkins post your pics and sizes.

It looks like hillbilly beats me by 40mm on circumference

Cheers
Got

mun, they look good roasting pieces and ace pumpkin soup material got.
got's got it so far

[GoOnThen]

Hillbilly has the biggest so far in his pic it shows his circumference being 1070mm

All of my pumpkins are spoken for. Friends and family have been placing orders for the last few months.

Cheers
Got

[gilligan]

I'm currently in dwellingup, and the cafe I'm in has 7 giant pumpkins in their verandah area... Pics to follow later...

[GoOnThen]

Hey gilligan
I had heard that they run a comp down there each year
Are you going to be back for the weekend meet

Cheers
Got

[Marcel]

So when do we see the photos of Hillbilly's majestic doof-penis in Incog's chapped, country-boy lips?

[El presidente Hillbillios]

Pm'ed the vid marcel.


Its an old vid though, not pumpkin related

[Psylo]

Hillbilly's other prize (apart from the ring munching from 5-star Charlie) is that all the non-winners will be sending him their season's pumpkins for him to eat. Hope you like pumpkin, cowboy

[Jonstn]

Round two?

[waterboy]

I'm up for it...better show how its done...lol

[incognito]

I'm in! Any spare seed??

[Jonstn]

I found 2 seeds from last year, going to have to get some more!!

[waterboy]

I scored some seeds, and will be planting them when my bones tell me its right.

I am all in now...lol

[El presidente Hillbillios]

ok, lets get into it!