Northeast Gardening: Giant Pumpkin results in MA, 0 by docgipe

docgipe wrote:
The only difference between a man and a boy is the price of the toys. ]:o) This my first really big one was 710 pounds and cost about a dollar a pound to grow...........more or less. :)

This one took the shape of a wagon wheel or bean bag. The overhead mister rack seen in the pix kept it cool while the underground gravity fed water system satisfied its desire for fifty gallons of water a day for at least half of the season. It would have placed about fifteenth in Pennsylvania that year. The cows got to eat this one because it had a blemish and would not compete with the rules of a healthy fruit. So much for the first year. Har Har