Did it take? part 2

No photo update today, but the little pumpkin on Frankie is 49.11mm diameter, I simply don't know if it will fall off or if it will continue to grow. Watch this space for updates!

Seed of Pumpy

My Avatar is of the original Pumpy and growing him is what got me into all this.

His seeds were saved and have been planted around the patch, a lot were dug up by those Fox gits, but they didn't get all of them, Here are some photos of Pumpy's Sons:

This is actually several plants, I had the seeds germinating in a butter dish and they got a bit smelly towards the end so what was left was planted and here is the result.

Did it take?

Yesterday, I pulled off the male flower and tried to fertilize the one female flower on Frankie.

If it worked we shall have to wait and see.

The baby pumpkin behind the flower on Atlantics seems to be somewhat bigger on this strain (which is what you'd expect really!) but is also yellower...

More photos and news

The day after the photo of Jenni was taken, it was dug up by the Foxes, I was not happy, so planted some more Atlantic Giants. It could be too late but they seem to be doing OK. Frankie is doing well and this morning showed its first female flowers. If you look at the back you can also just see a male flower.

Jenni was replanted and seems to be growing but I wouldn't be surprised if it dies.

The photo on the right shows the patch, some of the new Atlantic Giants are already planted out and seem to be doing OK. The other smaller Plants are Son of Pumpy and again seem to be growing. Atlantics have yet to be named but this week I have had news of the death of a very dear friend of mine so one will be named "Eddie"after him. Other deaths recently mean that some of the others will be named "Ricky" and "Frobush" after Jonothon Smith whose posts on WoS usually made me smile!

On the left is Invincible which has been thriving in its new home.










And on the right is Timur. This plant has already had a male flower out, no sign of females yet. But there is still time. I really should pick up that fried chicken box.








And here is another Son of Pumpy.
The fence thing was built for the sole reason of letting plants grow up it. This one seemed to have missed the message and is growing the wrong way! The Loofah next to it isn't doing so well, but here is no time left for this so it will have to wait until next year.

Update from the Patch

Summer has shown its face and it has been quite warm for the last few days on and off.

The pumpkin plants have showed signs of life.

Alas some have been lost to fox's and other critters which is really annoying, but I have two plants that are doing well, Frankie and Jenni. George got dug up but just checked it and there is a flower showing, which should be out soon.

Jenni showed her first flower today:

Two new recruits to the patch are Timur and HMS:

This is Timur, a Turks Turban pumpkin.

It is named after a Turkish bloke I know.

And this one is called HMS as it is an Invincible type pumpkin.

Well can you think of a better name?

Both came from Hanwell carnival the other week.

Note that the chicken wire which is used to stop critters digging them up, seems to be working so far.

Also there are some "Seeds of Pumpy" plants which are doing good too, more photos as things progress.

Photos from the patch

This photo shows a photo of the patch after some weeding has been done, the two polythene mini polytunnels cover Frankie at the back and Pumpkina in the Middle. The mound in the bottom right of the photo is where Indy will be going.

Jenni isn't shown in this photo and George is still growing in the house. Hopefully these will soon cover the whole of this area. But it's been a very long wait for warmer weather this year.

Meanwhile back inside my house

Inside the house, there are more seeds germinating, these are the seeds from Pumpy who grew last year. I don't expect much from these but they will be planted anyway.

Also being germinated are two more giant pumpkins, these are called Indy and George and will be planted very soon.

The other plants in this shot are Loofahs and/or seed of Pumpy.