A pumpkin is not just for Halloween - Valentine pumpkin

Started by Vinlander, February 11, 2010, 16:13:29

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Vinlander

February 11, 2010, 16:13:29 Last Edit: February 11, 2010, 16:29:25 by Vinlander


This pumpkin has a pale green 'turban top' - there is a named variety that looks very like this, but this one is a cross - almost certainly between 'crown prince' and 'turks cap'.

Doesn't look as good now as it did (now more grey than green) but still keeping well.
With a microholding you always get too much or bugger-all. (I'm fed up calling it an allotment garden - it just encourages the tidy-police).

The simple/complex split is more & more important: Simple fertilisers Poor, complex ones Good. Simple (old) poisons predictable, others (new) the opposite.

Vinlander

February 11, 2010, 16:13:29 Last Edit: February 11, 2010, 16:29:25 by Vinlander
With a microholding you always get too much or bugger-all. (I'm fed up calling it an allotment garden - it just encourages the tidy-police).

The simple/complex split is more & more important: Simple fertilisers Poor, complex ones Good. Simple (old) poisons predictable, others (new) the opposite.

Mortality

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February 11, 2010, 17:25:05
Cute  ;)
Please don't be offended by my nickname 'Mortality'
As to its history it was the name of a character I played in an online game called 'Everquest'
The character 'Mortality Rate' was a female Dark Elf Necromancer, the name seemed apt at the time and has been used alot by me over the years.

emmy1978

#3
February 11, 2010, 17:38:16
Nice  ;D
Don't throw paper away. There is no away.

chriscross1966

#4
February 11, 2010, 17:53:14
The buttercups look a bit like that.... though the shape could be Triamble....

chrisc

Vinlander

#5
February 12, 2010, 01:08:28
I just re-found the one that looks like this - 'burgess vine buttercup' has the same "turban" - though it seems to be knobbly rather than having this lovely William-Morris-type pattern on the skin... it's hard to tell from the tiny photo I found.

Glad you liked it - I fell in love with it - prettiest pumpkin I've ever seen. Hope it comes true next year.

There are two other photos in my gallery space.

Cheers.
With a microholding you always get too much or bugger-all. (I'm fed up calling it an allotment garden - it just encourages the tidy-police).

The simple/complex split is more & more important: Simple fertilisers Poor, complex ones Good. Simple (old) poisons predictable, others (new) the opposite.

chriscross1966

#6
February 19, 2010, 18:13:49
Hmm... I'm growing Burgess this year... I'll have to keep an eye out for any naughty business...... (Mostly I want to compare them against Bon-Bon.....)

chrisc
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