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Offline franksolich

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primitive does weird thing with pumpkins growing in garden
« on: May 01, 2009, 03:28:31 PM »
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badgerpup  (1000+ posts)      Thu Apr-30-09 12:16 AM
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Anybody ever try this with pumpkins?

Found this article in book 1001 Old-Time Gardening Tips* on pg 71 about milk-fed pumpkins...

You cut a slit in the stem, put in a wick and every night you give the gourd a bowl of milk..about a quart's worth.

Thinking of trying this, just for shitzngiggles...and I bought some GIANT PUMPKIN seeds...they gots big damn pumpkins in they blood...well...saplines.

If this works out, I may need to borrow a backhoe to move the finished product... 

Okay, obvious question.

Really obvious question.

What is the purpose of pouring milk into a pumpkin?

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Vinca  (1000+ posts)      Fri May-01-09 03:07 PM
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1. I wonder if the author has cats.

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WolverineDG  (1000+ posts)        Fri May-01-09 03:47 PM
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2. I first heard about that when I read "Farmer Boy" about Laura Ingalls Wilder's husband.  BTW, he grew a huge pumpkin & won a ribbon for it. Waaay back in the 1850s.

Hoo-kay.
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Re: primitive does weird thing with pumpkins growing in garden
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2009, 06:08:54 PM »
There was a show on PBS last year... something about these people that compete in pumpkin-growing competitions.  A few of them said they got excess milk from nearby dairies for watering their plants with.  Allegedly, the calcium and enzymes in the milk promoting extreme growth in pumpkins.
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Re: primitive does weird thing with pumpkins growing in garden
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2009, 08:45:55 PM »
Quote from: Chris on May 01, 2009, 06:08:54 PM
There was a show on PBS last year... something about these people that compete in pumpkin-growing competitions.  A few of them said they got excess milk from nearby dairies for watering their plants with.  Allegedly, the calcium and enzymes in the milk promoting extreme growth in pumpkins.

Uh, isn't that like a baseball or football player using steroids?
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Re: primitive does weird thing with pumpkins growing in garden
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2009, 08:47:13 PM »
Not really.  It's no different than using plant food.  I suppose if they started injecting things into their pumpkins, they would get disqualified from their competitions.   Some of those pumpkins were huge... over half a ton.
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Re: primitive does weird thing with pumpkins growing in garden
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2009, 12:32:31 AM »
I read about it in Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder as well.  It fascinated me, but not enough to actually try it. 
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