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I'm growing a pumpkin from a container on my patio, & am wondering if anyone has had any luck growing large pumpkins
in containers, or if this is a futile project. Right now I have 2 from 2 separate plants & they are about cantelope size.

7/19/2001 6:16:21 PM

Liverpool , England

Yo Sweet Sue,
Its futile I'm afraid...you cannot get a big enough root system.

Alun

7/19/2001 8:56:38 PM

Buffalo, NY

Don't think you can grow Atlantic Giants that way but I have successfully grown Big Max in 1999 in a 12" container full of municipal compost (not sewage but Parks Dept compost.) Plant got about 15ft long & had 1 pumpkin about 75 lbs.

Mark

7/23/2001 10:16:43 AM