Pumpkin that ate the compost pile

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Pumpkin that ate the compost pile

Post by Ontario Chick » Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:43 pm

So this spring, purely by chance I came across some pumpkin seeds I saved some time ago and then forgot to plant.
In an effort to clean up, I threw them on one of the compost bins, pretty sure the wouldn't come up.
Since they got watering on regular bases by the deluge that was our spring and summer, they came up and grew.......and
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...and grew...
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and then climbed the fence and today I noticed one shoot is heading up the maple tree...
may have some winners for the Carp fair ;)
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Re: Pumpkin that ate the compost pile

Post by labradors » Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:14 pm

Well done! The freebies are always appreciated :). Hope you get some winners!

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Re: Pumpkin that ate the compost pile

Post by Skinny rooster » Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:29 pm

Wow! It seems to be a good year for pumpkin and squash plants. I threw out pumpkins and squash that went bad onto the manure pile, the cows that are renting here walked through them and now there are squash and pumpkin growing everywhere.
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Re: Pumpkin that ate the compost pile

Post by KimChick » Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:33 am

I have to admit, your plant turned out much larger than mine! But I'm sure there are two different squash type plants growing out of my compost.
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Re: Pumpkin that ate the compost pile

Post by baronrenfrew » Wed Aug 30, 2017 4:57 pm

Yep, we had a pumpkin we kept until easter (we should have chopped it up at valentines day) and threw it in the barnyard. It seems that cows are afraid of "vines" as we have grown pumpkins around cows before and the cows never touch the plants. Lots of feral pumpkins happening.
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Re: Pumpkin that ate the compost pile

Post by baronrenfrew » Wed Aug 30, 2017 5:03 pm

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Not to mention the other "weed" growing wild here since dad bought the place in 1972.
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Re: Pumpkin that ate the compost pile

Post by Killerbunny » Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:50 am

Oh we used to have some of that other "weed" growing here too. It's cattle feed right LOL!
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