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Denver, Co.

Hi All, My name is Terry & I've been gardening for almost 20 yrs. My vegetable patch has grown steadily to about 1000 sq ft, I compost, have a cold frame, have 2 trays of seeds under lights in my basement, my wife calls me a fanatic & I thought I was one too. But you guys are like...MAD SCIENTISTS...I'm SO HAPPY I found this site!
I've grown jack-o-lanterns & "Baby pumpkins" before but nothing like this. I bought some Atlantic Giant seeds from Gurneys & turned over a couple of small spots last fall, adding homemade compost, both rough & finished. From what I've read here, I'm WAY behind. I'm limited on space & want to keep my existing garden ( gotta have those tomatoes) & will be growing 2 plants along the fence over the grass, this has worked for other varietys.
I ordered How to grow giant pumpkins 1 & 2. I'm looking forward to reading them & all the great info here.
It's snowing here (Denver) with 4-8" forecast by tomorrow night, sounds like good reading weather! Thanks in advance for all the advice.

4/10/2004 12:39:20 AM

Taber, Alberta

Hey Terry, welcome to the hobby. I'm going into my second year growing giants and have found the people on this site to be very helpful. Keep reading, have fun, and good luck.
Alan

4/10/2004 12:47:14 AM

Knopp, Germany

Welcome on board!

4/10/2004 2:17:50 AM

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Hey urban, check how I tried to solve the space problem in my last year diary. I love tomatoes too.. Good luck!
Jernej

4/10/2004 6:36:45 AM

Spanish Ontario

HI TERRY welcome to the wild an wacky way,s of growing AG
Have questions about fertizler check with tremor BEST of luck KEN

4/10/2004 7:58:47 AM

Commack, NY

Terry, welcome aboard!! Sounds like you have all your ducks in a row. Those books will get you up to speed quick! One piece of advice i can give you is to get some free seeds from some of the people on this board. Most will give away excellent seed for the mere price of a self addressed bubble mailer. I assure you, these seeds will be better than the ones you got from Gurney's. One other thing, try and align yourself with some local growers, Marc Sawtelle comes to mind, (madman marc), not sure how close in proximaty you guys are, but he's a good person in your state at least to be in touch with.

good luck
Scott

4/10/2004 8:32:19 AM

Ontario, Canada.

Terry, welcome to the club. 32f this morning in Barrie ON and I've already begun to work in the patches this morning. I hope you have as much fun at this hobby as me.

4/10/2004 8:46:33 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

welcome to the addiction! have fun and Grow em Big!
chuck

4/10/2004 9:02:28 AM

Montoursville, PA

Welcome to the insanity of growing thingies that 'aint quite sure if they want to be orange or green. Hope you get a big orange thingy growing on the fence that you have to build a house under to finish. :) 300 pounds just does not hang to well. :) Been there and done that. I second the motion on the seeds. Ask and you will receive good seed here. Try and get one from a Western grower.

4/10/2004 9:08:36 AM

Hayes, Virginia

Hey Terry,
You can get some great tomatoes seeds from growers at this site Eddy (ICE-MAN) sent me some great seeds this year pumpkin and tomatoes.tons of info in here anything you wanna know someone will try to hekp you with.
good luck
Ed

4/10/2004 5:36:55 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

It's probably already too late to discourage you. So welcome to the family Terry.

Steve

4/10/2004 5:52:12 PM

you sound well prepared. have fun, and try to not get addicted to it (which is quite likely). :-)

4/10/2004 6:00:06 PM

Rockford,il

You have not planted the seed yet,so theres still time.Take your seed and burn it, ship it to Iraq, feed it it to a squirrel,or add salt to it and cook it.You still have a chance,there is still hope.You have a few weeks yet to "Just Say No"to AG seed growing.Get out while you still can.Unfortunately,nobody listens to me so you probably wont either,so good luck and grow it Big.

4/10/2004 7:39:28 PM

Denver, Co.

Thank you all for the nice welcome! I would be honored to grow seeds from one of your own pumpkins. Does anyone have seeds that might thrive up here? Mile high & DRY!

Terry

4/10/2004 11:06:54 PM