Seeds

I realized that in the previous post, I forgot to mention the type of pumpkins I am growing. I'm growing Dill's Atlantic Giants, which hold the world record for largest pumpkin ever at 1502 lbs.

http://www.howarddill.com/

He sells seeds from his website, but for the record, I bought mine from Gurney's at http://www.gurneys.com. Good bunch of people, and only took three days to get my order to me.

That's Mr Howard Dill himself on the right. Lots of good information on his website, including a link to some growing tips courtsy of the Backyard Gardener :

http://www.backyardgardener.com/secert.html

My plan, on the other hand, is fairly simple - pluck the flowers until mid-summer to let the roots develop, and water and fertilize the hell out of it. For fertilizer, I'm using generic MiracleGrow from the hardware store and anything else I can find laying around.