Lesley Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 I've never had much success growing a really large pumpkin but the weather seems to have been right this year. We found this lurking next to the courgettes........ We cut some leaves back - it's about 15" across already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJChick Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Well done! Do you have a local show you could enter it for in the giant vegetable section? It might win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 There is a local show at the beginning of September Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJChick Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Would love to hear how you get on if you do enter. We try and enter our local show every year just for a laugh, ours is in September too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 The one I always entered, and won lots of cups in, had to close and we haven't entered any others since we moved here, perhaps it's about time I had another go. I've never entered a 'biggest' class before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Impressive Lesley. Start feeding it with beer now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 Impressive Lesley. Start feeding it with beer now. Are you mad!! can you imagine OH letting his decent beer go to a pumpkin There isn't a 'biggest' class in the local show - in fact all the classes were pretty uninspiring - and the pumpkin seems to be doing well enough on its own.......I'll leave it to get on with it, at least when I do get round to using it for Bonfire Night the pumpkin I take out should taste of something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Wow it looks really good. My own butternuts are doing diddley squat. We've had flowers but no fruit at all. In fact it's been a rubbish year so far apart from the tomatoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Wow - I'm impressed. Pumpkin & puffball rissotto then? Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Wow, that's fabulous Lesley I've never managed to grow big pumpkins, but here's one that a friend gave us 4 years ago..... It filled the porch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 It's a beauty Lesley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Wow, what a find What with the funghi as well, I hope you are going to give your land a thorough going over to see if there are any more monster veggies out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 No more monsters - but we do have some deadly poisonous parasol mushrooms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 No more monsters - but we do have some deadly poisonous parasol mushrooms get the flame thrower out before they release spores! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 You know you can go off people Lesley I am at the sight of you courgettes and garlic and at your pumpkin. My one and only pumpkin is size of tennis ball - last year I had 12 - not a courgette in sight. Bad yr in our neck of woods even spuds are suffering. Well done on your fantastic veg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 21, 2010 Author Share Posted August 21, 2010 Sorry - it's the first good one I've grown though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Only joking well done - i have never had such a bad yr with pumpkins etc. the ground here has been rock hard I suspect the plants just couldnt cope. Generally even the best allotmenters on our plots have struggled this yr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 This year is our first year of growing pumpkins and ours are doing really well The plants are still flowering too so there's more to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 What a great surprise! Similar thing has happend with out courgettes... 4 in grow bags have been quite rubbish. Dumped the other 2 plants in the ground and left them, not even bothered to water them and its huge! Don't know when its too big or becomes a marrow, but I guess now ... not that I eat them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 The pumpkin weighed in at 52 lbs !!!! OH's 50lb fishing scales couldn't cope so we had to get him to stand on the scales with the pumpkin. I'm still carving out the innards.......it took me an hour to cut and remove the lid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I assume you got a photo?! 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 Just a few! - OH is still recovering from staggering in to the scales when he thought he was going straight to the kitchen I'll post photos when I've finished carving it......... We also found enormous mangel worzels at the little nursery - they were always used to make lanterns before pumpkins became more popular. We bought two and made a start on one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I'll post photos when I've finished carving it......... You'll be a while then... Lewis, up early studying again? Such dedication Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 Here is is......... I've still only cut the lid so far.......I'll be using it for Bonfire Night so no rush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Blimey! I thinks that's even bigger than the one we had a few years back - that took up all the porch! Here it was... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
