Giant Veg grower's Christmas meals
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(18-09-2023, 09:30 AM)doublyjonah Wrote:
(17-09-2023, 09:00 PM)Veggie Wrote: More Giant Veg including a Pumpkin. Wink https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-yo...TO4hHE6qQA
I saw this and it got me thinking my pumpkin will be closer to the onion than the pumpkin in the article...

Exactly my thoughts too.
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(18-09-2023, 10:46 AM)JJB Wrote:
(18-09-2023, 09:30 AM)doublyjonah Wrote:
(17-09-2023, 09:00 PM)Veggie Wrote: More Giant Veg including a Pumpkin. Wink https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-yo...TO4hHE6qQA
I saw this and it got me thinking my pumpkin will be closer to the onion than the pumpkin in the article...

Exactly my thoughts too.
My thoughts were. I must buy more seed and try again. I’ve obviously not mastered the art of giant pumpkin growing.  Big Grin . Don’t think I watered enough in the early stages and didn’t start feeding soon enough.
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I have lots more seeds so don't buy any. I'll send them out with our next seed swap. Maybe I'll manage to grow one next year!
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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I'm looking forward to eating it. It will keep us going for a week or more.
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Thank you veggie. I’d really like to try again next year. It’d would be great if you’d play too  Big Grin .
You have excellent giant veg growing weather  Cool .

I’m also looking forward to the eating part as well. Pumpkin chips, pumpkin risotto, pumpkin soup. Roast pumpkin, spiced pumpkin seeds. And any other recipe I can find
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I did read that they're not bad for eating, but I've only been thinking about the growing - never the eating Big Grin

I definitely want to try again. I didn't "feed" mine but I did grow it in heavily manured, newly compost-covered ground and it made its own path. I watered it sometimes but definitely not enough for a true giant. It's really not growing at this point, I don't think, but I still have fun visiting it at the plot Big Grin
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Weighing them is going to be interesting
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(19-09-2023, 10:17 AM)JJB Wrote: Weighing them is going to be interesting
I going with Bathroom scales   Big Grin
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I have some luggage spring balance scales somewhere which might do the job.
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More Giant Veg and a pumpkin on the back of a flat bed truck (to give the pumpkin growers something to aim for).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-6699...=editorial
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