Growing Giant Pumpkins

First of all you will need to find atlantic pumpkin seeds. Inside the USA it is not a big problem but it can get more difficult in other parts of the world. Just buy it with time to spare and do not try to get hold of them the same day that you are suppose to be planting the seeds for growing giant pumpkins and there will probably not be any problems.

The thing about growing giant pumpkin is size and all that matters is increasing it. Therefore everything about these pumpkins is about sunlight, water and fertilizer. Find a spot rich with nutrition, a spot that gets sunlight more or less every hour of the day. Feed the soil with some compost before planting the seeds and continue to do so while growing giant pumpkin. Also remember that the pumpkin consist of up to 90% water, in the case of the prize-winning that is more than 1,300 pounds(!) of water. Obviously you will need to water excessively several times every day. If you haven’t got the time I strongly recommend you to give up your dreams of ever be growing giant pumpkins.

When growing giant pumpkin you will need to prune and move your vines to get the best result. Pruning away superfluous vines and fruit will ensure an awesome growth in what you leave untouched. The demand of sunlight will mean that you have to spread the vines apart so that all the leaves receive full sunlight and therefore can provide energy to grow that huge fruit you are waiting for. And do not fool yourself, if you want to grow big you will have to cut down on quantity, one or two fruits is all you should be concentrating on, everyone else needs to go.

Although bees are natures way of pollinating plants you would not want to leave it all up to chance when growing just one ore two giant pumpkins. Use a clean and dry paintbrush, such used by artists, to transfer the pollen from one flower to the next. Unnecessary flowers should be removed but here is something that you have to be extra careful with while growing giant pumpkins. The pumpkin plant blooms with two slightly different kinds of flowers, one male and one female. Realizing the fact that you pruned away all the male flowers and have been trying to pollinate two female ones can be quite frustrating, rendering your whole project a waste of time.