Growing Pumpkins in Poo

[Medbury Gardens]

Ive never grown pumpkins on horse poo & sawdust before but thought i'd give it a try and see how they go as i had always noticed wild self sown plants do well in compost heaps,what has struck me was the size of the leaves.

The name of the pumpkin is Iron Bark

[KLorentz]

Back when I lived in Cali I used mainly rabbit poo and sometimes chicken poo in the same way. Boy did we ever have some great looking pumpkins.Looks like you are off to a good start down there.Hope you keep us posted on how they do.


Kevin

[Medbury Gardens]

Originally Posted by KLorentz

Back when I lived in Cali I used mainly rabbit poo and sometimes chicken poo in the same way. Boy did we ever have some great looking pumpkins.Looks like you are off to a good start down there.Hope you keep us posted on how they do.


Kevin

I will Kevin

[mdvpc]

Medbury:

Looking very good!

[Medbury Gardens]

Two weeks since the last photo and what a lot of growth there's been in that time

[stormymater]

WOWOWOWOWOW!

onder if relatively fresh cow flops would have the same effect - after last year's aminopyrallid contamination from horse manure I am avoiding all poo I do not know the provenance of from mouthful in to deposit. That being said I have a source of fresh organic beef flops & would like to make judicious use of them.

waddaya think?

I want to grow pumpkins & winter squash that look like yours!

[lemurian]

Holy crap!!!!!!

[RinTinTin]

@ Medbury:

Pull those plants NOW...they want to take over your farm!

[feldon30]

After seeing how well watermelons grow near a pile of *stuff*, I've always believed that melons in general just love pucky.

I grew watermelons in a raised hill in 50% composted cow manure and got 40 volleyball sized melons out of 3 plants.

[Medbury Gardens]

Originally Posted by stormymater

WOWOWOWOWOW!

onder if relatively fresh cow flops would have the same effect - after last year's aminopyrallid contamination from horse manure I am avoiding all poo I do not know the provenance of from mouthful in to deposit. That being said I have a source of fresh organic beef flops & would like to make judicious use of them.

waddaya think?

I want to grow pumpkins & winter squash that look like yours!

I'm lucky that i know the the bloke well who owns the racing stables where the manure comes from,he grows all his own hay and is not a great fan on using to many chemicals on his farm,so i should be ok I think,besides if there is any aminopyrallid contamination there should be signs of it in the leaves by now.
When i first piled up the manure and sawdust it heated up nicely in fact i was a bit worried about planting the pumpkins in a heap that was that hot,i'm thinking now that this maybe why they are growing like mad.

[Medbury Gardens]

Originally Posted by feldon30

After seeing how well watermelons grow near a pile of *stuff*, I've always believed that melons in general just love pucky.

I grew watermelons in a raised hill in 50% composted cow manure and got 40 volleyball sized melons out of 3 plants.

wow 40 from 3 plants is good going, yep manure is the way to go alright.

[Full Moon]

That is a beautiful pumkpin patch you got there!

What ratio manure:sawdust did you use? Me thinks I'm going to get myself a big pile of poo.

[Mark0820]

Wow! That is amazing. That is one nice looking pumpkin patch.

[Medbury Gardens]

Originally Posted by Full Moon

That is a beautiful pumkpin patch you got there!

What ratio manure:sawdust did you use? Me thinks I'm going to get myself a big pile of poo.

Hi neighbour
Because thats how it comes out the stables i don't know the exact rate but i recon it must be about 50/50

[Full Moon]

Oops .... I'm no longer your neighboor I forgot to change my profile.