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Has anyone grown really large Watermelon or Pumpkin?
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<blockquote data-quote="DaveB" data-source="post: 5592121" data-attributes="member: 5958"><p>1. Always planted 4 seeds in each mound, (NSEW I swear I used a compass)which was at least a foot in diameter and 6 inches tall. </p><p>2. Always had 6 mounds on half of an elevated garden 12x20.</p><p>3. Always watered with subterranean setup. It was Southern Cali and they were freaks about wasting water. </p><p>4. Always hand-pollinated. I would use pollen from two or three plants to pollinate.</p><p>5. Always killed every fertilized flower after the first pumpkin on the vine would survive. So yes one fruit per vine.</p><p>6. ALways raised the fruit off the ground. I used plastic milk crates for height and then a piece of plywood.</p><p>7. Fertilized like mad-Miracle Grow every week. Garden already had about 400 pounds of 13-13-13 generic in it.</p><p>8. Absolutely MUST have second set of leaves by 7/4. Otherwise you get good pumpkins but not big ones.</p><p>9. LOTS of water. </p><p></p><p>I had pics but cannot find them. The leaf stalks would be an inch in diameter, over 3 feet tall. My seeds came from Ferry-Morse and some other place.</p><p></p><p>I gave the pumpkins to single mothers who worked for me. I sent notes to their kids advising them to behave or no pumpkin come halloween. I would deliver a monster to the front porch (mom knew when I was gonna be there) and leave a note from the Pumpkin Man to the child. The Mom's were astounded at the size of the pumpkins. One year I had enough to put several around my house on halloween.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaveB, post: 5592121, member: 5958"] 1. Always planted 4 seeds in each mound, (NSEW I swear I used a compass)which was at least a foot in diameter and 6 inches tall. 2. Always had 6 mounds on half of an elevated garden 12x20. 3. Always watered with subterranean setup. It was Southern Cali and they were freaks about wasting water. 4. Always hand-pollinated. I would use pollen from two or three plants to pollinate. 5. Always killed every fertilized flower after the first pumpkin on the vine would survive. So yes one fruit per vine. 6. ALways raised the fruit off the ground. I used plastic milk crates for height and then a piece of plywood. 7. Fertilized like mad-Miracle Grow every week. Garden already had about 400 pounds of 13-13-13 generic in it. 8. Absolutely MUST have second set of leaves by 7/4. Otherwise you get good pumpkins but not big ones. 9. LOTS of water. I had pics but cannot find them. The leaf stalks would be an inch in diameter, over 3 feet tall. My seeds came from Ferry-Morse and some other place. I gave the pumpkins to single mothers who worked for me. I sent notes to their kids advising them to behave or no pumpkin come halloween. I would deliver a monster to the front porch (mom knew when I was gonna be there) and leave a note from the Pumpkin Man to the child. The Mom's were astounded at the size of the pumpkins. One year I had enough to put several around my house on halloween. [/QUOTE]
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