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Hendersonville, NC

I know many of you have experience growing a variety of pumpkins. Considering all factors including but not limited to pumpkin appearance, space, size, disease, etc... Which pumpkin varieties are your personal favorites and why?

7/23/2004 9:40:12 PM

Indiana

There are other varieties?

7/23/2004 9:43:18 PM

Hendersonville, NC

Oh Tom, aren't you the funny one. ;-b

7/23/2004 9:50:10 PM

canal winchester ohio

Howdens because they make great Jack-o-Lanterns & Cinderella's for the unique shape..............Paul

7/23/2004 9:59:06 PM

San Luis Obispo Ca

I have a Jacko that I have been growing for some 10+ years We bought our house new 10 years ago. This plant came up on it's own (I wish my house was the same but...) and I have kept seeds every year and kept it growing. She puts out the most beautiful round orange Jacko you have ever seen. Great for carving, size is the same every year 15-20lbs perfect!

7/23/2004 10:05:24 PM

another polk county grower ? what are you growing

7/23/2004 10:29:51 PM

I like Luminas because they're white, and I am trying out Cinderellas this year, because I like the shape and bright color of them. I also have some Howdens going this year. I think the little tiny varieties are cute (jack be littles, baby boos, etc) but I have never grown those.

7/24/2004 12:28:52 AM

New Hampshire

Jack-Be-Little and Baby Bo.Grow them big and grow them small.

7/24/2004 6:49:20 AM

Rhode Island

early on in our ag experience we may very well have grown jack be littles because our ag results sucked

other than a huge green squash on occasion i only grow good ag seed stocks

ill let the other folks grow field pumpkins

7/24/2004 7:32:09 AM

Hendersonville, NC

Hey Iowa Grower!
This is my first attempt at growing pumpkins so I am a total novice. :-) This is a fantastic website - I've learned so much here and I can tell that I am going to become addicted to this hobby. I have a few magic lantern vines growing, but I don't have any fruit set yet. What are your growing? If you are growing an AG, I'd love to see it as I have never seen one growing before. :-)

I just moved here from Texas last summer. I discovered the Cummings orchard and pumpkin patch last fall. Are there any other great pumpkin patches around here?

7/24/2004 10:11:50 AM

cindysi/im growin 1144 emmons. check my grower diary . im new at it too . email me .your welcome to see. have more seeds il give you if interested

7/24/2004 8:05:38 PM

Webster, NY

I like growing small ornamental gourds. I get the biggest and smallest pumpkins.

7/24/2004 9:02:14 PM

[email protected]

Grown them all I guess. Stuck with Howden & CT Field for years. Always a Prizewinner or Big Max for size.

No more. Just AG for now.

7/24/2004 11:27:26 PM

No Place Special

Atlantic Giant, Big Max, Prizewinner and a mix of them breed together. Kind of fun to see the differences. Mike in Walcott Iowa, just outside of Davenport.

7/25/2004 12:18:24 AM

Monrovia, CA

Howden Biggies and Big Max...but put something under each and watch out for sunburn.
Michelle

7/25/2004 12:23:32 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Gold Rush, Orange Smoothie, Lumina, and wee-b-little are our best sellers. Then you have got the Autumn Wing Gourds, and the multi colored spoon gourds. This year we are growing a bunch of Nic Welty's hard stem offspring so far they look very promising.

7/25/2004 2:04:00 PM

[email protected]

Gold Rush is a nice one. I really had meant to grow some Cinderella's this year & forgot.

7/25/2004 2:39:07 PM

Woburn, Ma

My personal favorites?... the one's that come in a can for placing in a pie.... and also anything that doesn't die on me ranks pretty high on my list.

7/25/2004 3:30:06 PM

Ohio, USA

I like caspers.

7/25/2004 3:57:14 PM

Wichita, KS

I have grown baby bears before a long time ago and loved the pie! Its been a long time since then, and there are a bunch of other varieties that are great for pies now, but I haven't tried them yet. I looksed up a few names that look interesting to me...

Baby Pam
Triple Treat (A hulless seeded pie pumpkin from Burpee)
Small Sugar
Spookie
Sugar Treat (Nice because its a Semi-bush)

To me, if its not an AG, it better be something that tastes good.

7/26/2004 3:03:53 AM

I'm with Gordon... GO UTES!

The only two I *know* go like this:

Howden:
- big heavy fruits
- stems that do not break off!
- difficult to carve, flesh is very thick and dense
- DEEP orange color

Jack O'Lantern:
- slightly lighter orange color
- taller, smaller than Howden
- easy to carve
- seeds are good for roasting
- stems break off easily

7/26/2004 10:36:53 AM

Hayes, Virginia

I caught the luminas bug last year.
have another white pumpkin plant again this year.
funny around here people like to see the white pumpkins
as much as the biggies.

7/27/2004 10:23:33 PM

St. Louis, MO

Howden, Howden Biggie, Magic Lantern (bush variety and PM resistent), Snack Jack (bush variety), and lots of gourds (Crown of Thorns, Green/Yellow Pear, Spoon, and Dipper)

7/28/2004 8:00:18 AM