The biggest crop of my life- been growing for 20+ years.
The biggest crop of my life- been growing for 20+ years.
by Active-Trick1941
26 Comments
Cautious_Explorer_33
Where are you at?
Ggriffinz
Perfect amount for a small town pumpkin patch.
CptFlechette
That’s impressive, grats
HintonBE
That’s a lot of pumpkins. Well done.
primeline31
Would that mean that this is a good pumpkin year? (Some years aren’t – too much rain, for example – causes rot in the fields).
NoLandBeyond_
That’s awesome! I I grew my first pumpkin this year and have two questions for you!
Question: do they (pumpkin fruit) keep growing after they’ve turned orange? Mine look exactly like your orange types with the thick stems.
Background: I had a volunteer establish in my raised bed. I successfully trained a single vine to grow down along the ground (approx 30ft long now). I trimmed off any secondary vines to conserve space. I haven’t harvested the pumpkin yet.
Question 2: any reason why I was only able to get one female flower to establish?
Background 2: all of the female flowers along this single vine never matured enough to bloom. They’d turn yellow and die back. This occurred before and after I was able to get a single flower to establish and pollinate. I used a good deal of kelp early on in it’s development along with higher P K fertilizers. Even after I throttled back the kelp, the female flowers just rarely showed up and always died before getting big enough to bloom.
Few-Raise-1825
This is spectacular! Great jorb 👍
Active-Trick1941
BTW, this is the harvest from less than 1/4 acre of 6 acres.
jh937hfiu3hrhv9
No family can eat that much pumpkin pie. 🤪
BombSolver
Do you not have squash bugs? They absolutely F my pumpkins up.
Hillbaby84
My 9 year old became a pumpkin farmer this year. Last winter he threw out a bunch of old Halloween pumpkins and they grew everywhere! He harvested 9 in total lol.
takeoff_power_set
waiting 20 years for the pumpkins to ripen could test any man’s patience!
foreskinfive
Outstanding! I have twelve.
junup1
I wonder if this year lined up right for winter squashes. I’m in NE zone 6 and I have what I think will be my biggest crop yet. Kabocha, futsu, butternuts were all insanely productive this year with squash easily 20% larger than past years. I hope those pumpkins make a lot of people happy this Autumn!
Starlight319
That is amazing. I love pumpkins and these are the perfect size. You did a hell of a job kudos!
Adventurous_Roof2804
That’s awesome! I only grew a couple last year and this year is turning out to be a bust. Your yield is my dream so that I can give the kids around here pumpkins for Halloween.
seekingapalebluedot
do you not get squash vine borers?!?!?
birdpartyxtreme
r/oopsallpumpkins
ReadRightRed99
Good job. Had a bad year for pumpkins here in Ohio. Not nearly enough rain.
Organic_Grape_3488
How do you prevent the white fungus that always kills pumpkin plants? Every year I get maybe 1 pumpkin max because it gets infected. Please help!
26 Comments
Where are you at?
Perfect amount for a small town pumpkin patch.
That’s impressive, grats
That’s a lot of pumpkins. Well done.
Would that mean that this is a good pumpkin year? (Some years aren’t – too much rain, for example – causes rot in the fields).
That’s awesome! I I grew my first pumpkin this year and have two questions for you!
Question: do they (pumpkin fruit) keep growing after they’ve turned orange? Mine look exactly like your orange types with the thick stems.
Background: I had a volunteer establish in my raised bed. I successfully trained a single vine to grow down along the ground (approx 30ft long now). I trimmed off any secondary vines to conserve space. I haven’t harvested the pumpkin yet.
Question 2: any reason why I was only able to get one female flower to establish?
Background 2: all of the female flowers along this single vine never matured enough to bloom. They’d turn yellow and die back. This occurred before and after I was able to get a single flower to establish and pollinate. I used a good deal of kelp early on in it’s development along with higher P K fertilizers. Even after I throttled back the kelp, the female flowers just rarely showed up and always died before getting big enough to bloom.
This is spectacular! Great jorb 👍
BTW, this is the harvest from less than 1/4 acre of 6 acres.
No family can eat that much pumpkin pie. 🤪
Do you not have squash bugs? They absolutely F my pumpkins up.
My 9 year old became a pumpkin farmer this year. Last winter he threw out a bunch of old Halloween pumpkins and they grew everywhere! He harvested 9 in total lol.
waiting 20 years for the pumpkins to ripen could test any man’s patience!
Outstanding! I have twelve.
I wonder if this year lined up right for winter squashes. I’m in NE zone 6 and I have what I think will be my biggest crop yet. Kabocha, futsu, butternuts were all insanely productive this year with squash easily 20% larger than past years. I hope those pumpkins make a lot of people happy this Autumn!
That is amazing. I love pumpkins and these are the perfect size. You did a hell of a job kudos!
That’s awesome! I only grew a couple last year and this year is turning out to be a bust. Your yield is my dream so that I can give the kids around here pumpkins for Halloween.
do you not get squash vine borers?!?!?
r/oopsallpumpkins
Good job. Had a bad year for pumpkins here in Ohio. Not nearly enough rain.
How do you prevent the white fungus that always kills pumpkin plants? Every year I get maybe 1 pumpkin max because it gets infected. Please help!
I was proud of my 10 or so wow!!
Are you selling and are you near Boston?
Those look amazing. Well done.
I assume you plan to eat them all yourself.
Congratulations on your accomplishment!
Near Palmyra?
I am extremely impressed. Bravo.