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Profile Image Carolyn Tiley

CaroT

Gardening is my passion, husband would say obsession, particularly growing food of all sorts at home and on my allotment

Cucurbita Pepo 'Rouge Vif D'Etampes'

  • Season Icon Early AutumnEarly Autumn 2016
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CaroT

You go on holiday for 2 weeks and this happens. I swear it wasn't there when we left #gyo

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charlotte

Wow. Impressive

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CaroT

#charlotte it wouldn't be so bad but it was an orphan plant I just bunged in the flower border and forgot about.

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  • Season Icon Mid SummerMid Summer 2016
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CaroT

#charlotte this is the other one grown in garden and also trained over the oil tank

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CaroT

Variety is Rouge Vif d'Etampes

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  • Season Icon Mid SummerMid Summer 2016
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CaroT

Looking forward to pumpkin soup

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charlotte

Wow. Was it easy to grow ?

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CaroT

It was. It is in a pot on the patio and I trained it over the oil tank - the heat from the black surface brought it on really well. I sowed it in the greenhouse in April and put it outside end May. There is growbag soil in the pot. I have another one I put in the soil which is slightly bigger

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charlotte

I might try it next year. Does it need a big pot ?

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CaroT

It's in a 30cm pot , takes about 75% of a growbag to fill it. I feed it with tomato feed once a week and give the leaves a seaweed spray once a fortnight

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CaroT

#gyo

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