Dill's Giant Atlantic pumpkin diary

[R2elk]

Cinderella's Ride

 

[R2elk]

Whoppers

 

[R2elk]

Pumpkin plants are now mid chest tall.

 

[R2elk]

Cinderella's Ride

 

[R2elk]

Sprinkled more 30% Nitrogen fertilizer. Also tossed in some Azomite.

Continued chopping off vines to try to control the spread of the pumpkins into other than their designated area.

 

[R2elk]

Whoppers

 

[R2elk]

Cinderella's Ride

Based on their already turning orange, I doubt that they will get really big.

 

[NanaK]

Continued chopping off vines to try to control the spread of the pumpkins into other than their designated area.

Based on their already turning orange, I doubt that they will get really big.

In watermelons, I have read that cutting the vines back encourages ripening.

Although I've not tried this I wonder if it is true for pumpkins and other winter squash.

 

[R2elk]

In watermelons, I have read that cutting the vines back encourages ripening.

Although I've not tried this I wonder if it is true for pumpkins and other winter squash.

The first year I grew pumpkins, I got 6 pumpkins. I did nothing to control the vines that year.

The second year I grew pumpkins, I kept the vines in control by cutting them back. I got 34 pumpkins.

If I didn't limit where the pumpkins can go, they would smother the rest of my garden.

As to the Cinderella's Ride pumpkins already starting to turn, I don't believe the vine trimming has anything to do with it. I had low expectations for a giant pumpkin from them when I first saw the seeds.

In my experience the bigger the pumpkin is, the bigger the seeds are up to a point. The Cinderella's Ride seeds were the size of seeds that come out of a 30 lb. pumpkin.

 

[Sally PB]

Cinderella's Ride

Maybe the name is just a marketing ploy?