The Start of the 2019 Season - April 13, 2019
I guess I'll try it again! Last season was not so good. I started everything about 10 days too late. Then the weather was brutal early on and there was even insect damage. The pumpkin from the 1733 plant developed a split and eventually rotted but made it to around 525 pounds before falling to the damage. The pumpkin on the 1522, which had a deep orange color, made it to only around 355 pounds. The 1861, which struggled on pollination, only made it around 135 pounds. For this upcoming season I had planned on building large "hoop" houses but the covering that I would need was not purchased during the off-season. Now, it's too cost prohibitive, at least for me. I will still do something, but on a smaller scale, while the growing pumpkin plants are relatively small. This year I'm going only with two plants and not three. Last year two of the plants (the 1861 and 1522) were probably too close together. On the menu for 2019.... I started 4 seeds this