Hopefully there is a balance with the cat getting any mice that could be doing greater damage to the pumpkin than the cat is....good luck friend! Seems like some cayenne pepper might ruin the ambiance for them both 😂....a few baited mouse traps at minimum😅
I have cayenne pepper, but worry if they are actually under the pumpkin that they will try to chew out away from it. I probably won’t put that out for now. I have 4 traps by those holes now. I think almost every year I have had mice under at least one of my pumpkins. Had a mouse nest right under the center of the pumpkin one year when I lifted it up.
@@theturnerranchwi looking good. The year of the gray pumpkins. How many square feet are both the plants? For tiny diamond gaining over 20lb a day with that size plant is great. I just crossed over 400lbs yesterday as well
@Giantpumpkinswitheric Snow White’s plant is around 800 square feet and Tiny Diamond’s is about 250 square feet (I think). Last year both of my plants were 1,000-1,100 square feet and the pumpkins were 850-950 lbs by now.
She looks like a huge block of cheese! I love it! Thank you for sharing! My husband and I talk about your swamp pumpkin sometimes and wonder how it going.🎃🧡🎃
Must be some good Wisconsin cheese. The swamp pumpkin is still there. Don’t think the plant or pumpkin has gotten any bigger for a few weeks. The weeds have gotten a lot bigger in there though.
I have noticed that. Thanks for watching! I think the timelapse would have looked better without the sheet, but wasn’t going to sacrifice my pumpkin for a video.
If they are small, they could just be growth cracks. I usually get those every year and they typically heal just fine. I had some bigger cracks last year and they didn’t cause any issues.
For sure! Was just out there smoothing out the sand around the pumpkin and felt something. The toad was fully buried in the sand slightly under the pumpkin.
I sure hope so. Thanks for the positive thoughts. I hope once it does pick up to its peak, it keeps that growth going for a long time. I have heard of 2,000 pound pumpkins that never got the huge gains, but kept decent gains going for a long time.
I was thinking more of a 288” sewing tape measure. Something like this. www.hobbylobby.com/Fabric-Sewing/Sewing-Quilting-Notions/Rulers-Tape-Measures/Yardage-Marked-Tape-Measure--288/p/52425?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwkdO0BhDxARIsANkNcreARskgArf6jsKsovRyVP0yqGGn7l0zPnVjC97DGuFL9hd-cMtOHf0aAl8JEALw_wcB&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3b2aCiiINKX8xaLAd8W_Y5EN29h7nz4PmlE8c_St2NG-bjIqrdPsB4DlI_aem_fdgFE3uTOThn4WY1a8QECA
Can you let me know the brand of fertilizer? How often do you feed? How long will you continue? I pollinated yesterday and fertilized with monster boom and fox farm marine grade this AM. Thank you!
In that video, I was feeding the 5-2 Wonder Blend from Wallace Organic Wonder (WOW). wallacewow.com/products/5-2-humic-fulvic-acid-seaweed-extract-wonder-blend-wallace-organic-wonder I normally give that about once a week throughout the season. Typically 2 tsp with 4 gallons of water. Right after pollination, I typically try to push calcium since it is supposed to help with cell division. For that, I usually use 4 tsp Botanicare Cal-Mag Plus with 4 gallons water. At about 15 days after pollination (DAP), I start to push more potassium for fruit (pumpkin) growth.
I just measured the 2501 Bernstrom and still not growing as fast as I hoped. 76” circumference now and 19.7 pounds per day for the past 2 days. I normally measure every 5 days, but was measuring the 1005 Clementz for DAP 20 so thought I would check the 2501.
@@theturnerranchwi not bad! I check in at 75” DAP 29 today. Plant is still trying to push growth. Only pollinated at 11 or so feet. Growing about 13lbs a day. I am not sure how far this pumpkin will go. Hoping for 700+ but idk. Plant seems ok
@@Giantpumpkinswitheric Last year my pumpkins were about 12 feet out and both made it over 1900 lbs. The one averaged about 43 pounds per day from 30 DAP to 50 DAP. Hopefully I can get mine to do that again this year!
@@theturnerranchwi awesome! I am sure yours will pick up. I have been feeding some heavy potassium nightly. I’ll keep up with that. What have you been feeding. I use plant marvel from wow 15-5-30 k mag
@@Giantpumpkinswitheric For potassium, I have always given Down to Earth Langbeinite (0-0-22). However, last year I ran into a micronutrient deficiency so added in Masterblend 4-18-38. Also, once a week or so, I give them WOW 5-2 Wonder Blend and Botanicare Cal-Mag Plus.
I think if I try for a third pumpkin again, I will move to a different location. I also think a normal year that didn’t get so much rain, this location would have worked.
Hope your patch dries up quickly for you. I’m starting with rain on & off for the next week. I’ll cross my fingers that we get some dry, sunny days☀️ DONE.
That could have been a bird or a mouse or squirrel. My largest big max has a scare too and I'm really not sure how but it looks like it's going to be fine
I dont know the grade of your property but a french drain might possibly help and if your property is too flat then possibly you could dig a couple of 4 foot deep pits around the perimeter of the waterlogged pach and fill them with gravel and put a pipe in the center of the pit thats just big enough for a pump to slide inside and that will give the extra water somewhere to accumulate that you could pump it out and away
I am not sure if you have seen my previous videos, but I dug a trench along the one side of the wet patch. Only about a foot deep, a foot wide and maybe 6-8 feet long. I started by carry 5 gallon buckets of water out of the patch and moved to pumping after removing about 700 gallons by bucket. I probably removed 3,000-4,000 gallons of water before I gave up. Mainly gave up because I needed the hoses and extension cords for other purposes. I really appreciate your suggestions! I may just move to a new location for this patch next year.
@@theturnerranchwifor sure! I might roll with the set I have at about 10 feet small day 20 but it’s starting to crank a bit putting on 4” cc a day. Not awful
Hi! I am invested in seeing how things turn out. Do you have the ability to water out there if you need to? If so will you raise the elevation of the swamp? With a semi of topsoil? Here’s to giant pumpkins! 🧡🎃🧡
Yes, I have the ability to water all of my pumpkins. Really not sure what I am going to do with the swamp patch. Might move to a new location for next year or just grow 2 pumpkins. Yesterday, I trimmed off some of the dead leaves/vines and uncovered any vines I had buried earlier in the year. I also put compost under the vines to get them a little elevated.
Done and im just starting down the big pumpkin growing rabbit hole i have been using dills Atlantic giant seeds but 3 years in i still haven't gotten a single pumpkin animals ate my vines 2 years in a row but this year all my vines at different times turned yellow and willted and died around a week after they turned yellow i was wondering if you would have any ideas on what it was and what i could do for prevention in the future
Also my goal is 250 to 350 lbs I would definitely take one bigger if possible but without packing a ton of fertilizers so that its still edible so I can share with family and friends and I'm growing with a small budget so I can't afford the like 10 different fertilizers that the pro's use and am open to any and all advice
Hard to say without pictures (and potentially still hard to say with pictures). Could be bugs biting the plant and giving it yellow vine disease/decline. Could be soil disease. If you were curious, you could get a soil disease test done.
Burying vines is probably the best option to get the best size without a bunch of fertilizer. I put a bunch of stuff into my plants, but definitely wouldn’t eat my pumpkins. We grow other pumpkins in a separate patch for carving and eating the seeds. If you have access to compost, that would help as well without the need for fertilizer. Good soil is key so compost would be helpful. To get my soil completely balanced for giant pumpkins, I end up having to add a handful of different fertilizers. Thanks for following along and good luck in the seed contest.
