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Post by daylilydude on Dec 21, 2010 7:52:09 GMT -5
Are they as much trouble as I think they would be?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2010 8:43:07 GMT -5
What's the bug situation? Cucumber beetles and squash vine borer are problems. And I get powdery mildew issues.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Dec 21, 2010 9:12:00 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2010 15:22:44 GMT -5
I found them to be a pain. I had 3 volunteer pumpkins pop out of the compost and they took over the whole garden.
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Post by rintintin on Dec 22, 2010 21:27:16 GMT -5
Gourds/melons/squash are ground hogs. If you have limited gardening space, they are probably not for you. If you have lots of space, they will provide lots of food. If you raise chickens and/or hogs, they will supply a lot of cheap feed.
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Post by paulf on Dec 23, 2010 14:18:29 GMT -5
We have grown the small decorative pumpkins; they are nice but still take up lots of room. Brother-in-law has a farm outside town where we put the regular jack-o-lantern pumpkins. We did try pumpkin pie from fresh pumpkin this year that we got from a commercial grower nearby. At three pumpkins for a dollar it's hard to grow your own for that.
We are going to try a Musquee De Provence or Australian Butter or maybe an Amish Pie just to make pies. A couple of years ago I tried my hand at a giant pumpkin and was able to only get 100 lbs and one at 70lbs, decided it was too much work and gave up.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2010 21:29:26 GMT -5
Big orange ones...I grew three this year (out of six plants) and one rotted. They over grow everything and the SVBs get them. Not worth tripping over the plants all summer for a week in the window at halloween and a cup full of roasted seeds. Better to grow good tasting winter squash in the space and buy a pumpkin for carving, IMO.
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Post by coppice on Dec 30, 2010 17:05:24 GMT -5
TZ, New England pie doesn't make that big of a vine. Ya' just gotta wanna cook with a whole lotta little pumpkins. 3 hills equals a whole lotta pumpkins.
If you want to hide a whole back yard grow Atlantic Giant. Don't stint the fertilize or water. Remove all but one fruit per plant if you want the full steroid enhanced punkin'.
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Post by daylilydude on Dec 31, 2010 7:34:53 GMT -5
Where's johno? Please tell us about the Seminole pumpkin?
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Post by daylilydude on Jan 15, 2011 6:37:18 GMT -5
Is a pumpkin a fruit or vegetable and why?
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Post by coppice on Jan 15, 2011 9:26:30 GMT -5
Is a pumpkin a fruit or vegetable and why? I expect cause its got seed in it, it most likely falls on the botany side of a fruit. I've given up on eating botanists (for lent), so by common use its a vegetable. There, that should either clear things or stir things up...
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