devance Posted October 16, 2011 Punkins are great to eat, but pumkins seeds are a good snack. Save the seeds and fry in oil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Presidente Hillbillios Posted October 21, 2011 Update, they're in the hillbilly style permaculture bed!! Thats a 22" old truck tyre for an idea of scale Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
random Posted October 21, 2011 Being down South I have no hope of competing with you Queenslanders and your tropical super-growth resulting in massive pumpkins!!! Damn you all!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonstn Posted October 21, 2011 Here's a pic of one I've left in the seedling box, bit dark to take one of the outside. Totally agree meeka, we should be getting a handicap! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted October 21, 2011 I have a lot of catching up to do The red pots are working for me I have got 2 up out of 3 planted but I suppose it could be the bottom heat helping a bit Cheers Got Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Presidente Hillbillios Posted October 23, 2011 I think i might have killed one of mine. Only the strongest survive! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Presidente Hillbillios Posted October 23, 2011 nice looking seedling there Jonstn.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tripsis Posted October 23, 2011 My wrinkled butternuts are coming along nicely, but at only 20kg per plant, I won't be winning this. I will, however, be laughing when I'm eating a nice bowl of pumpkin soup while the winner is dealing with 200kg of rotting pumpkin in their yard. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonstn Posted October 23, 2011 nice looking seedling there Jonstn.... Cheers mate, it's overdue for going outside but seems to be doing alright. BL about one dying, I think my other one might be heading that way too. Not sure what the hell I'm going to do after its finished still haha, probably carve it into something then get some pics, but once I'm over it then it'll be bad times! Could you use it to make pumpkin spirits? Assuming you had access to a still. I'm guessing it wouldn't taste too pumpkiny as it's pretty much tasteless? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted October 24, 2011 Here are the two that popped up the other day and I expect the third one to be up when I get hom from work today Game on Cheers Got Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonstn Posted October 24, 2011 Good stuff GOT Got a pic of one that's outside today, it's a lot shorter than the one in the box but it seems to be going ok apart from a shrivelled up leaf: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Presidente Hillbillios Posted October 24, 2011 My wrinkled butternuts are coming along nicely, but at only 20kg per plant, I won't be winning this. You might! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Francois le Danque Posted October 24, 2011 this thread is bullshit guys, i want pictures of pumpkins so big you can hollow them out and live inside until the mould becomes intolerable, not this seedling crap! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOnThen Posted October 24, 2011 You know what its like for blokes its all about sowing the seed. But if by chance you seed germinates you tend their every whim Then put a heap of time into nurturing them so that they grow big and strong And then when the are grown all grown up you ether want to keep cuddling them or chop them up and bury it the compost. Cheers Got 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shroomeup Posted October 26, 2011 Here's mine. I got a bit of a late start too. Not that that'll matter Shit they grow fast once they pop through. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OPP Posted October 26, 2011 News article about growing giant pumpkins in Queensland Students hit big time with pumpkins By Josh Bavas Posted October 26, 2011 09:37:53 Map Data - Terms of Use ▼Map MAP: Ayr 4807 A group of school students in north Queensland say they have grown the state's largest batch of giant pumpkins. The students and teachers at Clare State School in the Burdekin specially ordered the giant pumpkin seeds from America earlier this year. It has taken them three months to grow the batch of about 50 oversized vegetables. School principal Dan Broadfoot says the pumpkins weigh about 70 kilograms each. They have been grown on separate properties and will be weighed at a community event this weekend. "I'm guessing that they're going to have to bring them along in the back of their utes," Mr Broadfoot said. "Some of them have got them on their own farms and some have them growing on plots behind their house." He says the primary school wanted to celebrate the region's agricultural heritage. The weigh-in will be followed by a pumpkin carving competition in time for Halloween on Monday. "Everyone's keeping quite hush-hush about it," Mr Broadfoot said. "It's going to be quite a competition." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Francois le Danque Posted October 26, 2011 It has taken them three months to grow the batch of about 50 oversized vegetables. ..pumpkins are fruit bro... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tipz Posted October 26, 2011 Will there be a secondary comp after the weigh in for best pumpkin carving ? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonstn Posted October 26, 2011 ^ that's a wicked idea! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marcel Posted October 27, 2011 ..pumpkins are fruit bro... I thought that was a culinary distinction, no? Fruit is what they're called in horticulture. Vegetable is what they're called in the kitchen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psylo Posted October 27, 2011 I thought that was a culinary distinction, no? Fruit is what they're called in horticulture. Vegetable is what they're called in the kitchen. I lightheartedly argued with someone earlier in the week that pumpkin, not only is a fruit, but is classified as a berry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
random Posted October 27, 2011 I will, however, be laughing when I'm eating a nice bowl of pumpkin soup while the winner is dealing with 200kg of rotting pumpkin in their yard. bahahha good one tripsis. I only planted Musquee de Provence pumpkin seed this year, I could't be bothered wasting water and energy taking care of a giant pumpkinn, and for what?! lol you pumpkin-heads.. What do you do for real though when its finished growing? Do you eat it or what lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
etherealdrifter Posted October 27, 2011 maybe hold a separate postcomp comp for best carving.lol 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bush Turkey Posted October 27, 2011 Their squash aye?^^^ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bush Turkey Posted October 27, 2011 bahahha good one tripsis. I only planted Musquee de Provence pumpkin seed this year, I could't be bothered wasting water and energy taking care of a giant pumpkinn, and for what?! lol you pumpkin-heads.. What do you do for real though when its finished growing? Do you eat it or what lol You can always sell the seeds. Some seeds get sold for 1000's. I found this....... "Jim Bryson and his daughter Kelsey of Canada grew the record-setting, 1,818-pound pumpkin over the summer. They brought it to the New York Botanical Garden this past weekend, where it was carved up. One of the seeds recently sold at auction for $1,500." 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
