Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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In line to be first of the Pumpkin Eaters
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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My lips are sealed............but four acre`s may not be enough.....
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Wasn't there a children's poem about "Peter, Peter, the Pumpkin eater ?
Roger
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Need advice- about 2 dozen little pumpkins on my vine, ranging in size from golf ball to medium sized melon. Is it the right time to start culling the small ones and cutting back the vine? Total area covered by the vine is 6m by 3.5m approx.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Ditto....what do we do Kath ?
Brian Dixon
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sharpen knife,get pot and other ingrediants ready.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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Pick the pumpkin which is growing the fastest, or looks the most promising, and cut off all the others.
For some reason, several competitors are having problems- only male flowers on some, and my pumpkin which was growing quickly today has been eaten, and so has my neighbour's, so will have to start again with another small one which is appearing !! Keep feeding them !! And hoping no more are eaten.
Yes, Peter and Reg, (good to see Peter's is size of a medium melon), get the knife out.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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They're all growing at a rate of knots. The biggest has gone from lemon size to melon in 6 days. A week ago that was the only viable one on the vine. Male and female flowers came out alternately in the early stages but now the whole thing is covered with both.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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Excellent, you must have a secret formula Peter !
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Jan Higgins
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Stale beer slops works wonders with marrows so might do the same with pumpkins, it will be interesting to see whose is the largest.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Well, when I prepared the plot I threw in at the bottom of the hole the heads, guts and bones of about a hundred herrings!
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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That's why it's doing well then !
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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the only beer it has had is recycled.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
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Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Big problem with slugs in Shepherdswell............
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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big slugs in parliment as well.
Alec Sheldon
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Brian, don't turn this thread into a political one, there are enough of them already.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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alec i was talking westminster in genral,no politics intended.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Thirty-one tiny pumpkins culled this morning, ranging in size from billiard ball to grapefruit, just leaving this baby:
My scales only go up to 10kg so I couldn't weigh it but it has a waist measurement of 34 3/4 inches.
I'm just wondering when and how much I should prune the vine, the main stem is around 30 feet long with about a further 40 feet of side vines.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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my word peter, that's a big one you have there - very impressive.
