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Title: the season starts here
Post by: 1066 on April 05, 2010, 15:02:32

Well it does for me  :D Yesterday I sowed 1 or 2 seeds of the folowing -

Blue Kuri, Blue Ballet, Boston, Festival , Crown Prince , Futsu Black, Galeuse D'Eysines, Lunga Di Napoli, Little Gem Rolet , Musquee De Provence, Marina Di Chioggia, Potimarron, Pink Banana, Queensland Blue, Rouge Vif D'Etampes, Red Kuri , Snowman , Sucrine De Berry, Sweet Dumpling

Some great new ones to try (thanks to great swaps) and a couple of my new favourites  ;D I just have to figure out where they will all go ........

Title: Re: the season starts here
Post by: Sparkly on April 05, 2010, 15:07:06

Some nice ones there! Red kuri and crown prince are my favourite. We are also growing potimarron this year on recommendation from half our allotment site.

Title: Re: the season starts here
Post by: 1066 on April 05, 2010, 15:09:17

That's good to hear about the Potimarron as its new for me this year  :)

Title: Re: the season starts here
Post by: manicscousers on April 05, 2010, 15:32:31

my uchi kuri and butternut are just showing, still got potimarron, hooligan and golden nugget to go  ;D

Title: Re: the season starts here
Post by: nilly71 on April 05, 2010, 19:00:49

I was going to read up when it was the right time to start sowing, now i know ;D

Neil

Title: Re: the season starts here
Post by: 1066 on April 07, 2010, 07:52:26

nice one Neil  ;D  What have you got planned?

And Manics it sounds as if you are ahead of the game! I love seeing those 1st leaves  ;D

Title: Re: the season starts here
Post by: Squash64 on April 07, 2010, 08:34:10

It's about 8 weeks till pumpkins and other tender stuff can go outside here so I won't be sowing for another few weeks yet.

Title: Re: the season starts here
Post by: nilly71 on April 07, 2010, 15:39:12

Quote from: 1066 on April 07, 2010, 07:52:26

nice one Neil  ;D  What have you got planned?

I have Atlantic Giant and some other giant pumpkins as well as Escollope, butternut, and other squashes. The list will be more precise when i have sown them ;D

Neil

Title: Re: the season starts here
Post by: gaz2000 on April 07, 2010, 20:40:23

^ i have dills atlantic giant myself this year so looking foward to the results

growing 3 plants in a well prepared bed,limiting one plant to one pumpkin,the other two 3 maybe 4

had good results from hundredweight before,had nice large pumpkins so there a safe bet