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Sunday, July 04, 2010
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Lissy
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Okay folks,
I have the true secret to growing a giant pumpkin in a small space environment. First, plant 5000 sq ft of winter rye in 8x8 raise bed in Jan. start your generic Dill's Atlantic Giant #1-4 in your livingroom on Feb. 15th. Trasfer pots 2x. Buy "How to grow a Giant Pumkin" at feed store and feel like a total idiot! Give away Dill #3&4 beacuse apparently you are still to cocky. Plant #1 in the backyard with just a windscreen and #2 under the hoops in the 8x8 raised bed with lights, heater and fan. (According to the book!) Wait till it turns yellow and throw it in the mushroom compost heap because you are too chicken to kill it outright after all that. Face Dill #1 the wrong way so it's vining area is 2 feet wide and plant cucumbers next to it. Decide there is nothing really special about the x-mas tree method, the anaconda is where it's at. Beg friend for Dill#4 back. (Dill # 3 was given to nieces school, getting that back would have just been WRONG!) Spring a leak in soaker hose and Kill Dill#4 with fan on under the hoops. Try not to get electrocuted turning the whole system off. Take Dill #2 out of compost since it made a miraculous recovery and put back in 8x8 bed with no protection. Leave it with babysitter for 2 weeks and pray for the best. Come home and find and awesome recovery on Dill#2. Dill #1 is still an anaconda but doing well. Trough Dill #2 into the driveway. Will go down in history as first giant pumpkin grower to grow a pumpkin in a driveway. More news to come. Ps...don't forget to install survaillance cam's for the small town local, bored teenagers and jelouse nieghbors!
Pss...The tea, advice from everyone and fertilizer didn't hurt eather. Thanks you all!
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