The Sunday Paper
Giant Pumpkins
close up of the Sunday paper
whoooop whooooop Giant Pumpkins on front page! Go girl!
ok I want to know what the 6000 uses for yellow squash are!!!!
Its pollination day.
I pollinated two females this morning. One had 4 segments and one had 5 segments.
This picture is of the 5 segment female. The bloom was torn on each side. Could of been from the storms we got yesterday. dunno really
You've earned some well deserved "celebrity status," Cricket, and have kept us entertained with this story for weeks. Well done!!
That squash article was very interesting and weird.
some uses : blending squash into floor polish, she added some yellow squash into her sheetrock putty to give it a lemon yellow tone so it would match the paint in order to repair some nail holes, squash facials, that lady is planning on mixing tomatoes and squash together to achieve a natural tanning agent, a squash concoction as a hair straightener but hair is stiffer but adds a golden highlight, Weird stuff.
AFter pollinating the 5 segment, i closed it up and tied it shut with string.
I also put some 2 liter bottles of ice around the newly pollinated females. It is very hot -humid here.
the 4 segment female
I cut the pumpkin up and was goin to make pies and breads but it was too bitter. Unripe.
Nasty Nasty. URK.
My husband took pictures of me cutting it up but he did not set the camera for PC pictures and i have to figure out how to make them smaller before i can post them. (new camera software)
The 5 segment female was pollinated with 5 large male blooms.
If you have Windows XP, just install the Image Resizer power tool, free from Microsoft. I love it! http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
Thanks gardenwife. Lets see if it works now.
Cutting back of pumpkin which use to be the side lying on ground.
Looks great! I love that little tool -- one right-click and there you have a smaller copy in the same directory. It's so handy.
that was a little too small. goin up a size.
Hey Tropic-------how is your pumpkin doin?
And jkehl---------how is your pumpkin doin?
loading in truck-----me and sister
I have an island in my kitchen that measures 4ftx6ft. Heres pumpkin on island before I tasted it and realized it was not eatable.
by the way-----had 20 family members at house during the mutalation.
LOL !!!
Great job and wonderful article Cricket
Hope yall enjoyed Southern Bellas life cause here we go again.
Gonna be a long month.
Maybe I should start a Giant PUmpkins part 2----------or i can keep this forum goin.
We definitely want to follow along with your next pumpkin! Why don't you go ahead and start a new thread and link to it? We'll all follow you right over there! The pied piper you'll be. :D
July 30th. Pollination Day : 1114 Lishness plant. 5 segment female= 5 1/2"cc.
4 segment female = 4 3/4"cc (side to side circumfrence because the blossom is in the way) It's not practical to measure during the first several days but I have a bad habbit of measuring everything at all times.
Giant Pumpkins Part 2= http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/754630