El Presidente Hillbillios Posted September 30, 2011 ima do that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bread Filter Posted September 30, 2011 (edited) It looks like he is about to go under near the end Edited September 30, 2011 by Bread Filter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonstn Posted September 30, 2011 Bahaha i can see it now "the SAB giant pumpkin speed boat race" 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alice Posted September 30, 2011 Powered with biofuel. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Presidente Hillbillios Posted October 3, 2011 (edited) Update! Edited October 3, 2011 by El presidente Hillbillios Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
H.E. Pennypacker Posted October 3, 2011 lol, I think I'm winning atm. Mine are almost done, just a couple more weeks left. No idea which strains though, got them from my neighbour, she had way too many seedlings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonstn Posted October 3, 2011 How big are your suckers pennypacker? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
H.E. Pennypacker Posted October 3, 2011 Bout the size of a football, maybe a tad smaller. They're tiny compared to the giant sized thing I saw posted earlier, but at least these are edible. If you want to grow them huge you have to prune the shit out of them, remove all sideshoots and male flowers, choose the best female flower to pollinate, remove all the other female flowers (except for a back up or something), use kilo's and kilo's of ferts, water excessively, build makeshift tents to protect them from the elements, etc. Full time job almost. I just let these go all over the place, turned out alright, got more pumpkins now than I can eat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bread Filter Posted October 3, 2011 Update! That's impressive. Mine is just starting to crack the surface of the soil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Presidente Hillbillios Posted October 4, 2011 That is the best one though, the other are a long way off really Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonstn Posted October 4, 2011 Top of soil is starting to lift for me should be seeing action soon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shroomeup Posted October 5, 2011 I just sowed mine today. Is anyone growing the giant sunflowers as well? Ive got them and some giant tree tomatos on the go too. Just wish I had some sunnier spots on the property Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonstn Posted October 5, 2011 I got some sun king sunflowers in, they were started about 2 weeks before the comp though. Ordered some sunzillas and Giant russian seeds off eBay early last week, still hasn't been shipped getting impatient! But one of the sun kings is close to 50cm high though Pumpkins are poking their heads out now once the weather stops being shit'll I'll move them outside. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Presidente Hillbillios Posted October 5, 2011 yeah i got sunzillas and russian gaint sunflowers going too. although i dont expect much out of them. hillbillies grow good pumpkins, sunflowers not so much! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonstn Posted October 6, 2011 Got my Russian and sunzilla seeds today, also got some catnip, bridgesii and poppy 'wizard of oz' seeds off him, dude also chucked in some t. Macrogonus and lemon balm seeds Here's the pumpkin progress Because I do most of my SABing on phone I can't tell if the pics are coming out huge when I post, if they are let me know Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bread Filter Posted October 6, 2011 You guys are killing me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonstn Posted October 6, 2011 Once they pop out the ground they seem to rocket a little, they we're only cracking the surface a couple days ago Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Presidente Hillbillios Posted October 6, 2011 mine have slowed down, i think your all catching up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marcel Posted October 6, 2011 Hillbilly, you got any photos of your seedlings with some sort of impromptu object in there for scale reference? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tripsis Posted October 6, 2011 giant tree tomatos on the go too Can you elaborate on what these are? Do you mean actual tomatoes, or tamarillos? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shroomeup Posted October 6, 2011 Theyre actual tomatos. A friend gave me a pack of them a while back. Snails have eaten the packaging a bit but I think I remember it saying that they'll grow up to 3 metres and fruit up to 1 kilo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tripsis Posted October 6, 2011 Wow! Do you have any spare seeds? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alice Posted October 7, 2011 (edited) Theyre actual tomatos. A friend gave me a pack of them a while back. Snails have eaten the packaging a bit but I think I remember it saying that they'll grow up to 3 metres and fruit up to 1 kilo. Seeds of a few varieties (4?) of tree tomatoes were provided free with a gardening magazine aout 18 months ago, in an attempt to "re-introduce" these uncommon seeds to the Australia market. My mum tried to grow some. So far I haven't heard anyone actually growing these successfully.... low germination and weak plants mainly. Has you're friend tried to grow them yet? Any luck? I'm hoping for a success story somewhere which might encourage me to give it a go myself. Edited October 7, 2011 by Alice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shroomeup Posted October 7, 2011 Sorry tripsis, no spare seeds left. I only had a few, the only survivor is in my greenhouse is quite big now and starting to fruit up so i'll save a bunch of seeds when theyre ready. They have a large unusual flower compared to most tomatoes. Alice, yeah they did come in a pack with four varieties about 18 months ago but with only the one type of tree tomato. My friend hasnt grown them but mine is growing very well now spring has hit. I'm using the upside down bucket technique so i'm gonna have to tie up some supports for the big bugger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
