How - To Pages
This is the complete how-to guide for growing an Atlantic Giant pumpkin here in New Zealand. Everything from starting with a seed all the way through removing the seeds from your giant pumpkin. I hope you find the information here useful, I update as the season goes on with anything new I have tried.- Life-Cycle of a Giant Pumpkin
- Sourcing Giant Pumpkin Seeds
- Patch Selection for your Giant Pumpkin
- Soil Preparation for your Giant Pumpkin
- Seed Starting Guide for Giant Pumpkins
- Transplanting your Giant Pumpkin Seedling
- Watering your Giant Pumpkin
- Fertilising your Giant Pumpkin
- Pollination
- Positioning
- How Many Giant Pumpkin to Have?
- Picking the Best
- Vines and Pruning
- Shade Protection for your Giant Pumpkin
- Diseases/Problems
- Transporting your Giant Pumpkin
- Saving Giant Pumpkin Seeds
Weight Estimation Calculator and Charts, the page to help you work out an estimate of your pumpkins weight.