Just as I wrote that title I thought, cripes, I hope they are pumpkins. I remember quite clearly on one occasion where I spoke to you all quite confidently about some watermelons that were actually zucchinis.
I have grown a pumpkin before though, and these pictured look like pumpkins, so I am going to make a judgement call and state right here and now, that these are pumpkins.
I have had mixed results with pumpkins. What that actually means is that I have grown a grand total of two. I seem to get a lot of vine and not a whole lot of actual pumpkin, I'm not sure what I do wrong. My neighbour suggested pinching the growing tips, this apparently produces more lateral offshoots which in turn produce more female flowers. Of course this had me out there immediately, chopping off the heads of the vines like a champion. I have also mulched and fed them, and we certainly aren't lacking for rain in Brisbane at the moment.
I also did a little bit of reading on the net, and I came across a very cool Australian site called Atlantic Seeds. I'd love to try one of their giant pumpkins next year, 318+ kilos is what the seed packets seem to suggest.
That sounds like a lot of pumpkin scones.
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Flo would love to hear about another Queenslander making pumpkin scones. They look like Jap pumpkins. Why aren't you growing Queensland Blue?
They are seeds from pumpkins that I ate, and I always buy the easiest ones to cut! But you are right, I should be growing the Queensland ones, and I will invest in a mini chainsaw :p
You are very funny...x
I had a friend who grew an Atlantic Giant, man was that a huge vine or what...it took up their whole backyard...so you will need a lot of room.
Her name was Polly, and was entered in a competition...she was pipped at the post by a mere few grams if my memory serves me...but Polly remains in our hearts forever, even as she was chopped up and given to the local nursing home...xx
Yep, they look like pumpkins to me. We get them coming up from the compost in funny parts of the garden sometimes but I can't help with any advice on their care. I thought they just grew wild.
Lol Suzanne, I hadn't thought of how much room a giant pumpkin vine would take up, I might have to rethink my plans... I would love to watch one grow, perhaps I could come to an agreement with my neighbours!
Missy I think they do just grow like that, but not for me... my neighbour's went wild earlier this year, I think she had a good ten pumpkins in her patch while I nurtured on my precious two! I had some garden envy happening over that pumpkin patch of hers.
Growing and looking at pumpkins is a lot nicer than eating them. (Though I may be in a dire minority in saying this!)So . . . if you are going to bother with pumpkins at all . . . growing a massive one sounds like a wonderful challenge, whether it's edible or not. Go for it!
Esther
P.S. I like squash.
Oh no Esther, pumpkins are delicious! But I have a feeling that what you call butternut squash, I might call butternut pumpkin. But then I could be completely wrong there...
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