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Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

Few years back seen sum feild pumpkins growing off the bank into the creek.they were just floating around.so thats got me thinking.wonder if you could set up a raised bed& have pumpkin hanging off in pool.seems it would keep weight stress off pumpkin from having to grow upwards.be allot to do of course would have to strap around so it wouldnt float of& pull away from vine.& not sure if pumpkin would rot in water.them ones in the creek were probli 20 lb feild pumpkins & theyhad to have been growing hole time in water.

12/9/2012 9:05:42 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Pumpkins don't like water that much

12/9/2012 9:54:08 PM

Omaha, Ne.

give it a try. would be fun to see. I would also like to see a giant grown in a box so it would be square. (>_<) lol

12/9/2012 10:23:14 PM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

I'll try one of these days would have to be set up rite.mite let a feild pumpkin grow into a kiddie pool to test if it will rot.i seen watermelons grown in box on the net sumwere.im gona try one for my grandmother so she can make a fruit bowl for faimly grill outs.& seen on random diary photos a couple pumpkins grown in face molds they were pretty cool& creepy tho

12/9/2012 10:36:09 PM

Niagara Falls,NY

Put it inside a inflatable kiddie pool to float in a bigger pool to keep it dry.

12/10/2012 7:35:33 AM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

There you go good thinking.would have to have a tarp over that also to keep from filling up with rain water.

12/10/2012 8:22:03 AM

Ohio

I think they have kiddie pools with a cover over top. Supposed to keep the sun off the kids, or maybe a pumpkin. lol

12/10/2012 12:53:27 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

You are all crazy....the weight of the pumpkin would sink the kiddie pool. There is a reason why these things don't grow in the water. A Pumpkins fruit still needs to breath or it will rot.

12/10/2012 1:14:03 PM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

Lol see that how imaginations get to working.

12/10/2012 1:21:30 PM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

Pumpkins float.so its not like dead weight.yes the pumpkin would push down but if the kiddy pool.was big enough.so the slack would push down & still keep the floats stay above water.weather right or wrong its all in fun

12/10/2012 2:05:42 PM

Annapolis Valley Nova Scotia

Yoo culd jist grew em inn a feild they wy thy were ment to grew

12/10/2012 2:11:22 PM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

Not to be disresptful.but they could have been left small the way they were ment to be :)

12/10/2012 3:20:16 PM

Piqua, Ohio

yardman
the skin of the fruit needs to breath, it will most likely rot, but what the hell give it a try!! Pumpkins got big by growers thinking outside the box.

12/10/2012 3:58:33 PM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

Thank you josh.its all in name of fun learning& saying why not

12/10/2012 4:51:01 PM

Omaha, Ne.

how about ears. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=disney+grown+pumpkins&um=1&hl=en&tbo=d&tbm=isch&tbnid=35wDcgJnUN2PVM:&imgrefurl=http://squarefoot.creatingforum.com/t6413-unusual-colors-anyone&docid=DFsBRsnElNFRCM&imgurl=http://i21.servimg.com/u/f21/16/21/88/85/mickey10.jpg&w=348&h=214&ei=4FjGUNj1N-mWywGBgIHgCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=317&vpy=234&dur=662&hovh=171&hovw=278&tx=161&ty=96&sig=114881415130308339105&page=3&tbnh=148&tbnw=267&start=36&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:38,s:0,i:204&biw=1024&bih=598

12/10/2012 4:52:10 PM

Long Island,New York

I know...fill the pool with hydrogen peroxide...that way there will be the extra oxygen that the pkn skin needs.

12/10/2012 4:54:11 PM

Omaha, Ne.

They did get to breath in there plastic cases.

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=disney+grown+pumpkins&um=1&hl=en&tbo=d&tbm=isch&tbnid=7o18WxXYqAcuCM:&imgrefurl=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2054632/Mickey-Mouse-shaped-pumpkin-heads-grown-Disney.html&docid=H9tG6wUbZRA4OM&imgurl=http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/10/28/article-2054632-0E91DAAB00000578-287_634x386.jpg&w=634&h=386&ei=4FjGUNj1N-mWywGBgIHgCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=458&vpy=60&dur=1437&hovh=175&hovw=288&tx=144&ty=129&sig=114881415130308339105&page=1&tbnh=146&tbnw=255&start=0&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0,i:107&biw=1024&bih=598

12/10/2012 4:54:17 PM

Omaha, Ne.

didn't

12/10/2012 4:55:36 PM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

Wish i could click link but cant forsum reason.but plastic will rot stuff guik.but as far as water.not sure found pumpkins in the creek.there was several foot of vine in,the water with pumpkin growing on it& they had to have started in the water& was nice size when i seen them.the vine didnt grow& push them out there after growing a bit.just like a log or stick under water stays hard but on land it will rot from getting wet & drying.& that would be allot of poroxide i wud probli try a fish tank bubbler be cheaper.& i understand bout the breathing but a 1000+ pumpkin pressing against the ground sand or styrofoam.isnt geting a hole lot of air i wud say.yep deffinately gona grow a feild pumpkin into a pool just to test if skin can handle it

12/10/2012 6:49:30 PM

Upa Creek, MO

Yard, put a life jacket or a lil floaty on it and you'll be set. Plus when that southern heat kicks in, you can have a pool party with some beers and grow pumpkins at the same time.

12/10/2012 6:55:36 PM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

Lol exactly luke beer bikinis& pumpkins sounds good to me.we all know the ladys love a big pumpkin

12/10/2012 7:40:44 PM

Piqua, Ohio

I don't know, my wife is starting to hate pumpkins, but my daughter loves em!

12/10/2012 7:59:03 PM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

That doesnt account for all ladys.my ex couldnt stand all my reading& cloning ,seed saving,gardening&experiments siting around.

12/10/2012 8:07:44 PM

Omaha, Ne.

yard you got to get that copy a paste thing working. lol

12/10/2012 10:57:30 PM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

Lol i know right.i can click links & paste/copy on other sights.i have tried& tried on here.i cant even post to diary.generic walmart droid.i miss my old phone it was like a computer.it started wacking out on me after several years

12/10/2012 11:21:15 PM

Minnesota

Never heard of that, I have heard of people floating them in milk while they grow! :>

12/11/2012 12:58:58 AM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

:) ice cream in the south to beat the heat

12/11/2012 7:47:41 AM

NE Kansas

Hmmm, pumpkin hydroponics.....

12/12/2012 9:29:38 PM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

Yep could be done.to do it rite you would need a big erea that would hold water long enough for roots to soak up& have on time watering so not to root soak.most hydro uses perlite so u can fill& drain& perlite holds just enough water in its air pockets.that would be a big setup.cause most hydro just on root ball.but with a vine wud probli want big enough erea for vine roots also

12/12/2012 9:53:12 PM

NE Kansas

5 or 6 kiddie pools would give you enough square footage for one plant, and then maybe a seventh for the pumpkin to float in.....?

12/13/2012 9:59:06 PM

Home of happy lil plants

note for darren- I tried that with a watermelon, it explodes the box( half inch lexan), and the pumpkins have alot more power behind them it worked for a field pumpkin but the watermelon blew. Just something fun I tried, if you can guess close to the final size it will end up it will be flat but only on the parts that grew into the box. Would be cool to stop that hanging off the pallet problem I am seeing everyone else have!

12/13/2012 11:44:41 PM

Rhode Island

is it spring yet?

12/14/2012 10:11:53 AM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

Yeah nelson you jump from pool to pool with vine.i'll let you try that one.good note spence.yeah no kidding pap

12/14/2012 5:15:37 PM

Minnesota

Maybe throw a few Sharks in there, the pumpkin will absorb the liquid fish crap!

12/14/2012 5:48:22 PM

Omaha, Ne.

Spence. I have that problem with my belt. (0_~)

12/14/2012 6:06:46 PM

Upa Creek, MO

You mean dunlap syndrome, Darren? Your belly dun-lapped ove your belt.

12/14/2012 8:44:25 PM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

Thats a nice small mouth.luke

12/15/2012 1:58:43 AM

50 Acres

Sounds more like furniture desease. His chest fell into his drawers. lol Jim

12/15/2012 3:54:20 PM