Growing a Giant Pumpkin in a Huge pile of Homemade Compost

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10 ай бұрын

The Giant Pumpkin growth rate has taken off and this fruit is now adding a lot of weight each day. The pumpkin plant is growing in only a huge pile of compost in an experiment to see if it can get everything it needs to grow from only the homemade compost! The compost was made from hundreds of yard waste bags of leaves, some food scraps, plant material and of course, so many coffee grounds for that Nitrogen kick! The daily growth of this pumpkin is clearly visible and we take measurements and show how we estimate the pumpkins weight. It's amazing that all the food and nutrients that this Atlantic Giant Pumpkin plant needs, can be found in our homemade backyard compost. You can see why the rich leaf mold is so great in the organic gardening community.
Follow along as we show this pumpkin grow from Day 8 to Day 63. How big will it be at the end of the growing season?
Planting the seed, compost pile prep: • Growing a Giant Pumpki...
Plant is growing: • Growing a Giant Pumpki...
Pumpkin Pollination Time: • Compost Experiment // ...
Music by www.davidcuttermusic.com

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@sloanmagnum5009 9 ай бұрын

Nice pumpkin! Its interesting that you grew it in a compost pile. Theres a guy from my church who grew potatoes in a huge pile of old lawn clippings. They grew lots of really big potatoes.

@ryanhoelke 9 ай бұрын

It is surprising what a plant can get enough nutrients from.

@FloridaGirl- 7 күн бұрын

Had the best tomatos ever from a grass clipping pile I put them in.

@NanasWorms 10 ай бұрын

The colour is absolutely splendid! I'm sure you can make a spooky feature out of that dimple at Halloween!

@ijahdagang6121 8 ай бұрын

Good looking giant pumpkin...like it...

@MissZ1KCMO 8 ай бұрын

Good looking pumpkin 🎃

@danigarcia3612 8 ай бұрын

Excelent..thanks for show your experience

@douglasthompson9482 28 күн бұрын

Great job

@pXnEmerica 10 ай бұрын

Nice

@thepeopleplaceandnaturepod8344 10 ай бұрын

Splendid content, new subbie here, more power to your channel

@danmartin9558 9 ай бұрын

Very impressive pumpkin

@ryanhoelke 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Dan.

@smoothmove7566 Ай бұрын

Nice.!!!!! : )

@MasonR13 3 ай бұрын

The discoloration look like iron chlorosis. Hot and drought conditions exacerbate the condition. So do highly alkaline soils. Sulfur and chelated iron may help your cause this next growing season 😊

@ryanhoelke 3 ай бұрын

Thanks. Appreciate that info.

@serdalkaptan 5 ай бұрын

Amazing growth, and very fast. I love pumpkin plants and their taste. I wish I could find a few seeds of the pumpkin type like yours. Thanks for sharing.

@ryanhoelke 5 ай бұрын

Do you eat the pumpkin or the plant?

@serdalkaptan 5 ай бұрын

@@ryanhoelke I eat the pumpkin (the main fruit part after peeling the hard skin). Sometimes I cook in a juicy meal along with other veggies. Sometimes I make dessert out of it. Both ways it is very delicious. And the seeds are also very good for health because of their very high zinc (and some other minerals) content.

@Heila-li3uy 8 күн бұрын

Need Calsium

@creatorKamakshi 9 ай бұрын

@allanjones207 8 ай бұрын

Looks impressive to me. What was the final weight?

@ryanhoelke 8 ай бұрын

Final weight video is up later today.

@williamworth2746 3 ай бұрын

Why cover the pumpkin Hail bugs ?? I just got some seeds from a would record holding pumpkin

@ryanhoelke 3 ай бұрын

The sun. The sun can cause the pumpkin skin to ripen or harden earlier than you want. So, keeping the blanket on the pumpkin will keep the skin softer, which means less chance of cracking the skin. You want that skin to be able to stretch as the fruit grows.

@dkielp11 8 ай бұрын

Where did you get all the coffee grounds from?

@ryanhoelke 8 ай бұрын

From a coffee shop. I did a video on the coffee grounds here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/irmCrLuGxJ63ZYE.html

@jasonslade1253 10 ай бұрын

How are you planning on getting it to your front door to scare some kids? Lol

@ryanhoelke 10 ай бұрын

I'll probably have to get the skid steer back out. Always a good problem to have.

@pauldixon2305 7 ай бұрын

where does one get half a ton of coffee grounds

@ryanhoelke 7 ай бұрын

From the local coffee shop, one pot at a time. It adds up.

@pauldixon2305 7 ай бұрын

@@ryanhoelke ty for youre response im currently using starbucks but theres competition

@frankpumpkin2350 3 ай бұрын

Yellow vine

@ryanhoelke 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, I figured it could be.

@infamos 10 ай бұрын

So you have to look for any other female flowers and remove them Im guessing

@ryanhoelke 10 ай бұрын

Yes, good call. I forgot to mention that. I remove all female flowers after I choose the one to go with.

@JoeDc101 14 күн бұрын

Appreciate the video. I’m in the early stages of the vine growing big. Check out my pumpkin grow videos if you’d like on my channel. Enjoy seeing tips. I need a pile where the vine and spread out for sure. Thank you

@OyongAsik_87 3 ай бұрын

So the whole plant, you let it only 1 Pumpkin grow big?

@ryanhoelke 3 ай бұрын

Yes, if you want to grow the largest possible pumpkin, remove all of them except the pumpkin that you want to go with.

@loranstaley1119 Ай бұрын

@@ryanhoelkeare you supposed to cut the vines after the pumpkin starts so no more growth goes toward growing longer and more vines?

@ryanhoelke Ай бұрын

@loranstaley1119 Once you have a pumpkin growing and have the plant as large as you want it to grow, it's fine to cut the ends off the vines if you wish.