My host has planted Atlantic Giant Pumpkins this year. This is cool, since he has grandkids, it'll be a fun thing. I've done some research... the current worlds record is 2009 pounds of pumpkin. No, that's not a typo.
Of course, those record weights are achieved in cooler climates than ours, along with astronomical amounts of water, plant foods, and maintenance. The biggest grown in Texas is 600 + lbs. Here, with normal care, it'll get between 100 and 200 lbs, and that's fine.
Everything about the plant is supersized. Here's the seedling... with a quarter on the leaf...
Of course, those record weights are achieved in cooler climates than ours, along with astronomical amounts of water, plant foods, and maintenance. The biggest grown in Texas is 600 + lbs. Here, with normal care, it'll get between 100 and 200 lbs, and that's fine.
Everything about the plant is supersized. Here's the seedling... with a quarter on the leaf...
How fun!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see the pumpkins that plant will produce! My first gardening experience as a child was growing a pumpkin from seed. Every kid should nurture a pumpkin.
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ReplyDeleteI will admit that all the time I have spent in nurseries, farmers markets and flipping through seed pack displays, I have never come across Atlantic Giant Pumpkins. Please keep us posted, I will be most interested in it growth (spreading) habit and production volume. – gary