The Great Pumpkin Race: Where the Boys Aren't

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Where the Boys Aren't

So, Bubba has a nice little female blossom that is about ready to open and there are NO male blossoms ready! I hope by tomorrow these fellas will 'pitch-up' as Carni (Team Arod) says it. But if they don't they'll have to move over for some pollen from Eunice. You know what? I'm going to name her Buelah insead of Eunice. Beulah is a much more American, large-sounding name and it pairs well with Bubba. By the way, you all can rename your plants, renaming is not against the "rules".

Okay, so here are some pics illustrating the situation:

Bubbah's girl blossom, getting ready for bloom time (probably tomorrow morning):

As you can see, there aren't any promising male blossoms on Bubbah (on right):

However, Eunice has a whole posse of male blossoms saying "Yo! Yo! Yo! Looky here lady!":

Might be some nice cross-pollinatin' going on tomorrow.

4 comments:

GertiJune 30, 2011 at 2:42 PM
OK okok okokok so Hercules has also 3 beautiful beginner females and i am just waiting for them to open. Maybe, if one opens tomorrow with no male in sight I could borrow one of Eunices' male's? sneaky sneaky...
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Anita DoreJune 30, 2011 at 11:49 PM
Absolutely! Eunice can spare a donor! Just pollinated Bubbah using some Eunice and Bubbah pollen (just to be sure).
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Anita DoreJune 30, 2011 at 11:50 PM
ooops, i mean BEAULAH not Eunice.
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AnonymousJuly 28, 2011 at 1:03 PM
anita your bubba and beaulah look gorgeous !!!! they must be huge by now.
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What is this?

This blog is to document the hard work, vision, courage, perseverance, and devotion of the amazing participants of this distinguished competition.

Who are we?

We are an international group, currently residing (and often times bored) in Luxembourg. We represent many countries: Estonia, Mexico, Iceland, Georgia, South Africa, and the United States (USA! USA! USA!). We may be diverse in nationality but we all share a common passion to grow the BIGGEST damn Pumpkin that we can, using any means possible.

The Rules?

There are only 2 ...

1. No buying a new pumpkin (we will all have to provide photos prior to "harvest" to prove that your plant indeed produced your contestant pumpkin)

3. You must disclose ALL details of what you did to grow your pumpkin (if asked...we may not want to know)

The PRIZE for the biggest pumpkin?

Besides the respect of your peers and a great sense of pride and accomplishment, you will get something very American and worthy of your feat. In other words, I don't know what the prize will be yet. But it will be GREAT!

Racers, tend to your pumpkins!

Growing Tip: Milk Feeding

Some say that the only way to get one of those crazy, multi-hundred pound state fair prize-winning pumpkins is to feed your pumpkin milk. How?
The easy way: pour some milk around the pumpkins for some extra nourishment.
Or, if you really want to "go big" then try the following:
Clear all the smaller pumpkins off the vine and choose the one you want to nurse to greatness. Next get a bowl of milk and sugar and place it near the fruit. Then carefully make a small slit in the stem where the pumpkin is growing from the vine. Soak a cotton wick in the milk and sugar and insert one end in the slit and the other end in the milk and sugar mixture.
Keep the bowl filled with fresh mixture until your pumpkin reaches the desired size.

Some blogs even suggest adding ground up fish to the soil. I would skip that, we all have neighbors living sort of close by.