Trying to grow a 2000lb Giant Pumpkin - week-by-week series
EPISODE 8 - June 19th - June 26th
You don't need to pollinate your pumpkins manually, but most giant pumpkin growers do. It serves a couple of purposes: 1) making sure the pollination happens, 2) controlling the genetics of the seeds in the pumpkin. Controlling genetics is only important if you want to grow the seeds. If you don't then you could end up with a giant pumpkin / warty pumpkin hybrid (it has happened).
The plants are growing multiple inches a day so maintenance of them is important - to stop the leaves getting crowded and to get the plant to fill up your patch as you intend.
Finally once you're pretty confident on your chosen pumpkin it needs a stable and safe place to grow a big one.
BTW - all this year's videos now have captions in them to explain some of what I'm doing.
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I grow my pumpkins in New England, and I'm trying to beat my personal best Giant Pumpkin of 1832.5lbs. Happy to answer any questions in the comments. Subscribe for weekly updates to my 2022 season.
1 окт 2024