TINO CARNEVALE: I've learnt so much from Shane, Jessica and Bella about growing giant pumpkins. PLANT: Certified seed potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, shallots, potato onions, garlic cloves and oca (Oxalis tuberosa). Why? TINO CARNEVALE: Generally, when it comes to food production, bigger isn't always better, but I want to join an elite group of gardeners who grow freakishly big vegetables. ", It's clearly working well - just one day before the show, their pumpkin has reached close to 400 kilograms. Put your pumpkin seed envelope in a plastic container. SHANE NEWITT: I think in weight. Turk’s Turban is also great roasted (and it stores well) it is also a great looking pumpkin, not your traditional look, but like a ‘Turks Turban’. You need to sing your pumpkin to sleep every night before you tuck it into bed.". Form small mounds of soil and space 1m apart. I've got no chance. "Wish me luck! TINO CARNEVALE: Oh my....it keeps going doesn't it? TINO CARNEVALE: Well here's something my dad would be really proud of - music for the plant. Harvest in 119 days, 9.2kg/plant. ", He tells Tino how to select which fruit to keep. Viable seeds usually sink to the bottom of the container. Seed Sowing: Plant space cm: 90-120: Row space cm: 250-300: Depth cm: 3: Best soil temp: 20-32 °C: Sow after frost: Yes : Other Info: Number of seeds per gram: 5-12: Rate per hectare: 1.5-2.5kg: Average days to maturity: 105-140 I'm planting 3 seeds at a depth of about 2 to 3 centimetres and of the ones that come up, I'll pick the strongest and remove the rest. SHANE NEWITT: Well Tino, if you think my pumpkin's big, weight until you see the girls'. After harvesting, store the pumpkin for 2 or 3 weeks to make sure the seeds are fully mature. We started with fish liquid and seaweed kelp and got it away to a good early start. Plant 2 or 3 seeds in the center of the mound about 3 inches (7.6 cm) deep. We'll all be back on next week's program at the Bream Creek Show for the moment of truth when our giant pumpkins get judged," ends Tino. You need this type - Dill's Atlantic Giant (Pumpkin 'Atlantic Giant' -Cucurbita maximacv.) Tino asks Shane. It's a wire mesh cloth that lets all the water filter through - also anything like rodents that might eat up through from the bottom, it stops all those things. That really is. It's essential that I give my giant pumpkin plant the best start in life, so I'm creating a sheltered, warm pumpkin patch for it to grow in. TINO CARNEVALE: You've also got his padding on underneath. For direct sowing press 3-4 seeds into mounds of moist soil 1m apart. SHANE NEWITT: Bella and Jesse - this is Tino.... SHANE NEWITT: he's come to look at your pumpkin. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Cause I want to win the Giant Pumpkin Competition at our local country show. ", "Oh and by the way - one last very important job. We play it a lot of classical music. Then cut the pumpkin and scoop out the seeds. TINO CARNEVALE: Now speaking of water, how much do you water this? If your pumpkin vine has performed well for you this year, it is worth saving seed from one of the best pumpkins as the plants that grow from collected seed will have already adapted to your soil and climate conditions, and pumpkin seed is very easy to save. Delicious and tasty round pumpkins with excellent flavour and good storage ability. Place the seeds in water and rub them to remove the pulp. Its a hybrid usually between the popular Kent and something else, ‘Just A Pumpkin’. "Quite a few mates to lift this one! TINO CARNEVALE: It seems to be working quite well, that's for sure. These seeds grow without a husk, so the whole seed is simply washed and dried with no added preservatives. Pumpkins are best planted from seed, because they don’t like to have their roots disturbed. "It's a most important part of growing these pumpkins, is the positioning of the fruit on the vine for two reasons. "It's most important, Tino - around ten by ten metres of foliage. Plant three pumpkin seeds or pre-grown seedlings into each mound, spaced well apart. (Show °F/in) Space plants: 90 - 120 cm apart Harvest in 15-20 weeks. 'Goodnight sweetheart, well it's time to grow....doh doh doh doh...'. Pumpkin seeds need warmth to germinate, so it’s best to wait until the weather is properly warm to plant them. Ideally, you need to have a curve in the vine to allow, as the pumpkin rises, some slack in the vine so as it lifts up, it's not going to lift to tear itself off.". Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Get stuck in, give it a go and give them a second chance. An Austrian variety of pumpkin from the province of Styria that produces large mottled green/gold pumpkins on strong large-leaved vines. So how important is the amount of foliage on the plant? Shane's own pumpkin is, once again, looking like a championship model inside its personal shelter. It's a behemoth. Choose the type that's best for your available space, growing conditions, … For details about how your personal information will be handled by the ABC, please see our Privacy Collection Statement. Coveted by pumpkin lovers for its outstanding flavour and beauty with dense flesh. When you choose to buy seeds for growing pumpkin from us, you're selecting a track record of quality. Oh, she's got length too! SHANE NEWITT: Oh look, we did a lot of work early with the seed. When planting seeds they should be planted at a depth double their own size. Once the plants are up and established, choose the strongest two plants and remove the rest. Pumpkin 'Kuri Blue' Kuri Blue is a traditional Japanese blue-skinned pumpkin variety with very … After the vines develop, and before flowering, keep away from high nitrogen. Grown for the outstanding large hulless (shell) seeds which are nutritious and can be eaten raw or roasted. We roast our pumpkins before we make the soup, or the pie or indeed anything, roasting seems to bring out a nutty flavour, at least we think so. Good air circulation is the key to growing pumpkins. Each leaf, it's been proven, produces three kilograms of weight during the lifetime of the pumpkin. They are grown in Victoria, Australia using natural, ecologically sustainable practices.