Giant Pumpkin Technology

Douglas_OW · October 6, 2011

Here's a good Giant Pumpkin article from the NYT:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/garden/the-race-to-grow-the-one-ton-pumpkin.html?pagewanted=all

Some intriguing ideas that would apply to many crops. Double grafted vines are a new idea, at least to me. One grower is grafting two huge root stocks onto a single vine, to support a single pumpkin. Its just the opposite of the typical practice of grafting multiple limbs onto a single hardy root stock
Any of us who felt self-conscious about being a garden wacko can feel almost ordinary now (relatively speaking).

Jim

cornbreadlouie · October 6, 2011

Double graft them?! Why stop there...?

I'd love to grow a giant pumpkin but a giant watermelon would be even more awesome.

lurley · October 6, 2011

You guys should go to the CHOPTAG facebook page and see the whopper pumpkin "fluffy" that Barbee grew, two huge watermelons too!

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Douglas_OW Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NJ z5 Posts: 281	Giant Pumpkin Technology Here's a good Giant Pumpkin article from the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/garden/the-race-to-grow-the-one-ton-pumpkin.html?pagewanted=all Some intriguing ideas that would apply to many crops. Double grafted vines are a new idea, at least to me. One grower is grafting two huge root stocks onto a single vine, to support a single pumpkin. Its just the opposite of the typical practice of grafting multiple limbs onto a single hardy root stock Any of us who felt self-conscious about being a garden wacko can feel almost ordinary now (relatively speaking). Jim Last edited by Douglas_OW; October 6, 2011 at 09:06 PM.

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cornbreadlouie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: SF bay area... north bay Posts: 242	Double graft them?! Why stop there...? I'd love to grow a giant pumpkin but a giant watermelon would be even more awesome. __________________ Do You Like Worms?

October 6, 2011	#3
lurley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 741	You guys should go to the CHOPTAG facebook page and see the whopper pumpkin "fluffy" that Barbee grew, two huge watermelons too!