Growing a Giant Pumpkin in a Huge pile of Homemade Compost
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2023
- The Giant Pumpkin growth rate has taken off and this fruit is now adding a lot of weight each day. The pumpkin plant is growing in only a huge pile of compost in an experiment to see if it can get everything it needs to grow from only the homemade compost! The compost was made from hundreds of yard waste bags of leaves, some food scraps, plant material and of course, so many coffee grounds for that Nitrogen kick! The daily growth of this pumpkin is clearly visible and we take measurements and show how we estimate the pumpkins weight. It's amazing that all the food and nutrients that this Atlantic Giant Pumpkin plant needs, can be found in our homemade backyard compost. You can see why the rich leaf mold is so great in the organic gardening community.
Follow along as we show this pumpkin grow from Day 8 to Day 63. How big will it be at the end of the growing season?
Planting the seed, compost pile prep: • Growing a Giant Pumpki...
Plant is growing: • Growing a Giant Pumpki...
Pumpkin Pollination Time: • Compost Experiment // ...
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Nice pumpkin! Its interesting that you grew it in a compost pile. Theres a guy from my church who grew potatoes in a huge pile of old lawn clippings. They grew lots of really big potatoes.
It is surprising what a plant can get enough nutrients from.
The colour is absolutely splendid! I'm sure you can make a spooky feature out of that dimple at Halloween!
Nice
Good looking pumpkin 🎃
Splendid content, new subbie here, more power to your channel
Good looking giant pumpkin...like it...
Excelent..thanks for show your experience
Very impressive pumpkin
Thanks Dan.
Amazing growth, and very fast. I love pumpkin plants and their taste. I wish I could find a few seeds of the pumpkin type like yours. Thanks for sharing.
Do you eat the pumpkin or the plant?
@@ryanhoelke I eat the pumpkin (the main fruit part after peeling the hard skin). Sometimes I cook in a juicy meal along with other veggies. Sometimes I make dessert out of it. Both ways it is very delicious. And the seeds are also very good for health because of their very high zinc (and some other minerals) content.
Why cover the pumpkin Hail bugs ?? I just got some seeds from a would record holding pumpkin
The sun. The sun can cause the pumpkin skin to ripen or harden earlier than you want. So, keeping the blanket on the pumpkin will keep the skin softer, which means less chance of cracking the skin. You want that skin to be able to stretch as the fruit grows.
Hi
How are you planning on getting it to your front door to scare some kids? Lol
I'll probably have to get the skid steer back out. Always a good problem to have.
Looks impressive to me. What was the final weight?
Final weight video is up later today.
Yellow vine
Thanks, I figured it could be.
The discoloration look like iron chlorosis. Hot and drought conditions exacerbate the condition. So do highly alkaline soils. Sulfur and chelated iron may help your cause this next growing season 😊
Thanks. Appreciate that info.
where does one get half a ton of coffee grounds
From the local coffee shop, one pot at a time. It adds up.
@@ryanhoelke ty for youre response im currently using starbucks but theres competition
Where did you get all the coffee grounds from?
From a coffee shop. I did a video on the coffee grounds here: ua-cam.com/video/TSRyXU_8S5M/v-deo.html
So you have to look for any other female flowers and remove them Im guessing
Yes, good call. I forgot to mention that. I remove all female flowers after I choose the one to go with.
So the whole plant, you let it only 1 Pumpkin grow big?
Yes, if you want to grow the largest possible pumpkin, remove all of them except the pumpkin that you want to go with.
Are you selling the seeds
I can get you some seeds for free if you cover the postage. Email me ryanhoelke@gmail.com