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Wednesday, February 01, 2023
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ARrOoster
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Little Rock, Arkansas
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2023 will be my third official year growing AG pumpkin in central Arkansas on the 7b to 8a hardiness zone line.
The first year in 2014, I used generic seeds from ParkSeed and scored my current PR of 215lbs on 400sq ft of vine in a 45DAPish pumpkin: http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2014&grower=69841&action=L
The second year attempt was a dud in 2015. I did get better genetics from a grower here on bigpumpkins.com, but I aborted that grow when the vine was very young in favor of filling the garden space with vegetables: http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2015&grower=69841&action=L
My true second year attempt was last year in 2022. Still starting on a whim, I tried last minute and got on a state 4H mailer and obtained AG seeds (the ones I saved from 2015 failed to germinate). Or what I thought were AG seeds; in fact turned out to be Florida Giant pumpkin seeds. That pumpkin only reached 125lbs on 200sq ft of vine in 55DAP: http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2022&grower=69841&action=L
At the end of September 2022, I cleaned out my 1,000sq foot garden patch. Gazing over the bare plot, I stood there proud of the work done and the lessons learned.
What if, just; what if......
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