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  1. Posted

    yeah spray milk early in morning. top and bottom, once a week.

    breeding programs exist, I believe pollen will last in the fridge for a couple days. I'm taking cutting of my pumpkin your welcome to a clone down the track if you like.

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    Hey Waterboy mine has that weird variegation on the stem and the leaf too. I'm not sure its a virus as much as a chloroplast mutation, it doesn't seem to have any negative impact on how mine grow. From doing a lot of internet reading the yellow vines seem to be a trait of the very big.

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  5. Posted

    its a lot hotter here then in NZ when it warms up over there yours will go mental. In the US they keep them in hot houses and put heat cords in the soil and all sorts of over the top stuff for the first month or so. Its been in the high twenties for nearly 2 months now lows of about 16.

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    I have set a back up pumpkin just incase that sting mark rots out

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    I'll leave it until day 16 or so if its still shiny and growing well then I will cut this one off and let the plant concentrate on the one fruit.

    I have buried and watered a lot of th evine so big root base to pull from. Could be my undoing if we get early flooding.

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    10 days old

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    has a sting from some sort of wasp which was there from the beginning so have sulphured dunno how it will go.

    Raised the vine and everything just in case it really wants to get big

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    I really think it will get too humid and hot here to grow a really big one over Summer it spends most of the day wilting regardless of how much water I put on it. And I think Powdery mildew will become a big problem very soon.

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  9. Posted · Edited by Stillman

    yep milk 1 : 9 it seems to work but you gotta spray regular its probably a better preventative. And molasses dude add that to everything. its the shiz. I dunno if its making this thing grow big but the Americans swear by it.

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  10. Posted

    hey mate I was talking to a old guy the other day about this, he uses fine hair like a cats whisker to pollinate them by hand. They are usually pollinated by butterflies apparently, same as Adeniums. He swears by it and this way you don't have to cut the flower, I am yet to give it a go.

  15. Posted

    For all the Brisbane peeps heres the EKKA giant pumpkin details.I'm thinking March start will be about right.

    Entry Fees: $5 per entry for class 1 and 3; Class 2 - $10 per school (max 10 entries per school).

    GIANT PUMPKIN COMPETITION

    Class 1 Pillow Talk Heaviest Pumpkin – Open

    Open to exhibitors 19 years and over as of Friday 11 April, 2014. Minimum weight of entries in this class must be over 70kg. Any entry under 70kg is not eligible to compete

    First prize $200, Ribbon, Certificate;

    Second $185, Ribbon, Certificate;

    Third $170, Ribbon, Certificate

    Class 2 Pillow Talk Heaviest Pumpkin – Schools

    Open to students 18 years and under as of Friday 11 April, 2014 where the pumpkin is harvested in the school garden. Prize monies will be awarded to the school. The entry is to be submitted under the school name. Minimum weight of entries in this class must be over 50kg. Any entry under 50kg is ineligible to compete.

    First prize $165, Ribbon, Certificate;

    Second $150, Ribbon, Certificate;

    Third $85, Ribbon, Certificate

    Class 3 Pillow Talk Heaviest Pumpkin – Youth

    Open to individual students 18 years and under as of Thursday 11 April, 2014 where pumpkin has not been harvested in a school garden environment. Minimum weight of entries in this class must be over 50kg. Any entry under 50kg is ineligible to compete.

    First prize $165, Ribbon, Certificate;

    Second $150, Ribbon, Certificate;

    Third $85, Ribbon, Certificate

    CHAMPION HEAVIEST PUMPKIN OF SHOW sponsored by Pillow Talk

    Entries weighing 80kg or more are only eligible to compete.

    $700, Banner, Certificate

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  16. Posted

    been grafted a few months I have the date written down but not here. There is a bit of weirdness in this cross a fair bit of variegation in this particular seed batch, still a little small to tell if there is a lot of monstrose growth. I haven't really checked on them for a while will have a look today.

  17. Posted · Edited by Stillman

    here's an update on the (sso2 x sso1)x (sso2 x sso1) seedling. Heavily variegated still looking to be monstrose in some way. This seedling never had a singular growth point. Its a very slow grower kind of driving me crazy because the bigger it gets the more yellow its becoming.

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  19. Posted · Edited by Stillman

    To get these plants to grow really big fruit you need to bury the vine as it grows to increase root mass. If you grow in a pot try and maybe set pots under each node and hook up an irrigation system, I reckon a hydroponics pumpkin could conceivably get very large in a very small space assuming it was given depth in pots for root development..

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  20. Posted

    I have some seeds if you want to put some more down, I can't guarantee that they will grow super tall. But they came from a reputable supplier pm me and I will send you some on Monday. Ceres its not that I am a good gardener its just that I live in a place where things want to grow, I'm just putting them in the dirt.

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