I had forgotten I'd planted this, originally I'd planted some mini pumpkins but threw in a couple of giant seeds and forgot.
I transferred the seedlings outside and watched them grow and noticed that one plant had enormous leaves, that's when it finally clicked. I just hope there's enough room.
Hopefully I can hollow it out and use it as a shed.
And what do we have here, a budding bud?
If it is I'm in trouble, it's outside of the bed it's planted on, hanging over the footpath.
July 17
This is typical, I watch one potential bud that looks like it's going to do something when I discover there's another that beaten me to it tucked away almost out to view in the undergrowth.
Wow . . . now that's what I call a pumpkin and its not even out of nappies yet. it's roughly 8 inches across which equates to 25 inches round.
Who's a big boy then.
Incredibly, in 20 days we've more than doubled in size, with a diameter of around 10 inches which makes a waistline of
about 30 inches and boy its heavy.
Text stolen from Marshall's Seeds
The heaviest pumpkin in the world but also good to eat!
Great fun to grow especially for children, as even without any special care or treatment they can still produce enormous specimens.
