Cucurbita Maxima 'Jack O'Lantern'

This has grown quickly over the past month, thank goodness.

I had exactly ONE babypumpkin 🤪

Yeah most people didn't do well this year, me included. Luckily this one plant done.. ok. This is definitely the worst year for pumpkins. @lifeonaroofterrace

10 pumpkins planted 😅 next door didn't want any so I've just chucked them in. Definitely more than I normally plant this close. Will see what happens.

03/06/24

I've been given 8 huge pumpkin plants ! I just sown mine the other day lol 16/05/24

@kimmy01 love seeing what you are growing Kimmy, you really do work hard, you,ll get round to tomatoes. 👍😂

06/05/24

09/06/23

18/05/23

22/08/22

They didn't grow too well this year but at least I have some pumpkins. 22/08/22

4 pumpkins planted out today, two are ghost other two are jack-o'-lantern. The other two will be planted out after I've harvested the garlic. 13/06/22

Pumpkins 🎃

24/05/22 , one week to germinate

17/05/22

Almost ready 🥰

My little pumpkin harvest 2021 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

They look great

Is it a #courgette or not 🤣🤣 I thought it was a pumpkin as it should have been but then grew long like a courgette but now it's turning orange . ? Maybe it is a pumpkin after all. Do green courgettes turn yellow/orange? @charlotte

I'm thinking marrow. 🤔🤔🤔

I had a pumpkin do excatly that a few years ago but it is as pumpkin 🎃

They cross cheerfully with zukes, gourds and whatnot with no regard for your Halloween plans 🎃

A bit more convinced I mixed the pumpkin and courgette plants up! 😅

Urm... yup 😂

🤣🤣 You can make nice stew with marrow. My mum always makes leczo (courgette and pepper stew) at the end of the season. https://magdascauldron.com/2017/08/27/leczo-lecso-pepper-courgette-stew/ (not sure what the lard is about, I'd use olive oil). @kimmy01 @charlotte

Looks delicious and I could easily make that vegetarian @ublaszko

Exactly. We make it either meat based or vegetarian option and both taste great. Also the veggie option much healthier as smoked sausage or chorizo are high in saturated fat. You can add beans instead if you want protein. @charlotte

😊

07/06/21 planted out today

It's soup making time! 💚🎃😋❄️

My daughter's #pumpkin

Its brilliant

Scary

Finally! 😋🎃🎃🎃🎃

Finily getting going now after they had a knock about by the wind when they where little a few weeks back. 😅

My squash suffered in the wind too. But I think they are beginning to recover. I can see flowers forming.

Horrible isn't it, I think it set mine back a lot. I'm sure they are bigger this time of year, this is my biggest plant the others are smaller still! Hopefully we will have pumpkins for Halloween. @charlotte

My cucumbers also suffered. Growing now but I fear we might run out of summer before I get any harvest. But the tomatoes and aubergines and peppers are doing really well this year.

Oh yes I forget you have them growing outside, I'm a bit behind growing my peppers I might not get any! :o @charlotte

Two orange pumpkin plants planted in the other allotment today 26/05/20

26/05/20 planted out today

4 jack pumpkins 20th of May 2020

First orange pumpkin showing this year 😍 the rest in my other allotment are the white ghost pumpkins 😍🎃🎃🎃🎃

This is growing a lot everyday now 😁😍

Pumpkins nearly reaching the corn and french beans 😃👍

Two pumpkins for the three sisters method

Annual pumpkin cupcakes 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 #pumpkin

Luvverly 😋 someone's in for a treat!

Mmmmm

Oh 😲they look so good...🎃

@kimmy01 Scrumptious! 😋

Yes please . They look delicious.

One of the other pumpkins, already getting mildew 😑

Got a few little pumpkins coming on 🎃🎃🎃🎃

Planted today, finally... With lots of manure 😀👍 tried to hold them of so the sweet corn could catch up.

Flowers already

We did this last year and it don’t half grow fast x

That's cool 💚 These are from the seeds from the ones I done last year 😊 Can't wait to get them in the ground @bubblegum25

Held back potting in so sweetcorn could catch up... For three sisters. Potted on 4 today 21/04/18

I'm sure these are bigger then last year 😀

I think the same about my veg. This time last year was very cold so I guess it slowed their growth ?

Must have @charlotte we might get really really big giant pumpkins 😁 I better get mulching I'll need to water loads at the allotment 😍😍😍

#pumpkin #pumpkin-seedling

Over did it with the pumpkins I think 😁

@kimmy01 Oh how well I know the feeling of over do ! #gardenoholic

Oh my golly!!

Luckily given some away 😊 @jennlamaye

That's never a problem 😉

#pumpkin #pumpkin-seedling

Doing well 🤞

Yes growing quickly @Emma915Jones 😊

Gotta say the last two weeks it's eather been stinky swompy clay mud or horse poop 😂😂 caught me on a good day @linfoster

#pumpkin #pumpkin-seedling

Potted up (12/04/18)

Halloween yay 😍

#pumpkin #pumpkin-seedling #papertowelmethod #chitting #chittingseeds

Chitting pumpkin seeds saved from last years 🎃 testing germination🌱

The pumpkins that are ready 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 #happyhalloween

#pumpkin #harvest

Officially the best & biggest pumpkins I have ever grew in my life 😀🎃

They look amazing

Spectacular collection.....👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Well done 🙆🙆🙆

#pumpkin #windowsill

#pumpkin

Getting big & heavy 😊

Looks great 👍

Wow. Impressive

Wow....did you freeze your Brussels.

👌👍👏🙌

🎃

Yayy

Biggest #pumpkin out of the lot and was hiding from me 😊 #allomtent

Double yayy

My flowers keep falling off before any sort of pumpkin shape starts forming.... What's going on?!

There is a few of mine that fell off too have a look for bugs inside.. Last year all but one of mine got eaten of by little bugs @sharonhayden

I have a couple of these on the allotment 👌

Do you do anything to them @EMC425 or just leave them to it?

Beer but not yet; I hand pollinate and tie the flowers to ensure I get the right pumpkin (they cross pollinate easy). Remove any pumpkins that form close to the base or at funny angles (don't let it grow ontop of itself, many problems!!) when you have a few tiny pumpkins raise them above grown (suggest an old wooden create with a layer of straw on top with slug pellets on around and under the pallet) when the first one starts to 'over take' remove the others

Feed with tomato food mix until t

It starts to turn in colour then switch to a mix of local brewed ale mixed with water once a week after sundown adding slug pellets at all times and increasing the the amount of water as it grows. Avoid watering the leaves-always water along all vines, is leaves show signs of wilt it need more water if they show signs of burn-shade them through the hottest hours

Sorry about the gaps, my phone is screen is broken. I hope this helps :)

Need to repot already

They just keep coming 🌱 #gyo #pumpkin

You going to separate them out kimmy

Yes @no_akira I done it just after this picture I think or the day after... They are doing great 👍😊😊

Always easiest when there this size

The other pumpkins @slj 😂 we'll just have them everywhere hopefully 👍👍👍🎃

Well I've give up i think you have the pumpkins covered for us all 😊

And we can calve them here I'll deal with the mess 😂

Sounds like a plan @slj 😂👍👍👍