Welcome to the Indiana Pumpkin Growers!
Tip: Today is May 30th 2019. Don’t despair! There is still time for your plants to recover and start thriving. A little sun and dry weather will change everything. Get your seedlings in the ground. Everyone’s plants look yellow and are slow growing due to lack of sun and too much water.
2019 Weigh-off schedule / contests
08-10-2019 Indiana State Fair Click here for entry book and rules.
09-28-2019 Wasson Nursery, Fischers, Indiana
10-05-2019 Fair Oaks Farms, Exit 220 I-65 near Rensselaer, IN
10-19-2019 Pennville Harvest Festival (east of Marion, IN)
Thanks to Becks Hybrids in Atlanta Indiana for hosting our meeting!!
Thanks to Ron Wallace for several door prizes including mycorrhizal fungi products.
Please click here to visit his website for many other products also.
2019 Spray Program detail: click here for PDF with details
The spray program is updated and incredible. Excel spreadsheet to help you remember when to spray. Still time to sign up. All materials are mailed to you. This is a great opportunity to keep your plants alive in Indiana!
Get your soil testing done! Google: AMS 401.04 7/8″ x 21″ to order a soil sampling probe $50
Take your sample to your local Co-op or fertilizer plant $15 for soil test with micro-nutrients. You don’t have to be a farmer with a large order, they are happy to help any gardener.
From our links page, more comprehensive testing: Western Labs or A&L Great Lakes labs – Fort Wayne, IN
Role of various elements in your soil: click here
Click here for pictures from the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth (GPC) Big Show.
Click here for Spring 2019 GPC common ground newsletter.
Our own Kelly Klinker is GPC treasurer, picture on page 24!
Click here for a link to some seed germination tips, with pictures.
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We’ve added a “TOP TEN” overall page for each of the following categories:
Squash Long Gourd Watermelon Tomato Field Pumpkin Bushel Gourd
Click on each to access the page
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Giant Pumpkin growing article from Indiana Agrinews newspaper 10-19-2018
Link to online article with pictures: click here.
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2018 Weigh-off results – click below: (Links to www.bigpumpkins.com)
2018 Wasson Nursery in Fishers, Indiana
2018 Fair Oaks Farm near Demotte, IN
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Want to grow Atlantic Giant pumpkins this year?? We are here to help you.
Click on the Membership link above. Donate $20 to join and support the club.
Membership runs from January 1st until December 31st.
We will mail you plenty of great seeds to get started. April 15th is the date to start them germinating.
Just looking for seeds??? $20 per year to join our club.
We’ll send you great seeds to get you started.
(Example of seeds received with membership)
The trick is to keep the plant alive from April 15th through September 15th.
Generally that means keeping the bugs and fungus off the plant.
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Guide to growing from one of our friends from another state. Click below:
How I grew an 1,180 lb pumpkin my rookie year.
This is a 34 page guide. There are less detailed instructions, but this is comprehensive!
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August 11, 2018 Indiana State Fair results below:
Winner: Phil Groenewold from Dyer, IN 1,250 pounds grown on the Holland 2363 from 2017
Also won the Howard Dill award! Congratulations to Phil and Kristi
Wayne O’Brien: Cayuga, IN 1095
Mikkal Hodge: Alexandria, IN 440.5
Kelly Klinker: Woodburn, IN 278.5
Don Beal: Hartford City, IN 120.5
Please click the picture above to view the entries.
“Cheesecake” weighed 1653.5 but had cracks to the inside, considered damaged. Phil brought it for exhibition only.
Long Gourd entries: Wayne O’Brien 8’5″ 1st, Jim Beal 6’10” 2nd, Don Beal 5’3″ 3rd
Tomato entries: Jim Beal 2.22 lbs, Wayne O’Brien 2.14 lbs, Richard Feigh 2.02 lbs, Kevin Arnold 1.96 lbs and Rebecca Feigh 1.84 lbs
Watermelon entries: Wayne O’Brien 116.5 lbs, Gary Gunther 152.5 lbs, Don Beal 62 lbs and Jim Beal 53 lbs
You can always send a $20 check for your dues to:
Paypal accepted at: payments@nullipga.us
(If you’re feeling generous, add $1 to your purchase to help cover our PayPal costs – 30 cents + 3% per transaction)
Kelly Klinker-IPGA Secretary
5219 North Sampson Road
Woodburn, IN 46797
United States
Fair Oaks 10-07-2017
Official results from Fair Oaks 10-07-2017 click here
Phil Groenewold, from Dyer, IN won with 1,666 pounds
Official results from Wasson Nursery in Fishers, IN: click here
Mikkal Hodge 1,266.5 at Wasson Nursery, Fishers Indiana
Mikkal Hodge 1,266.5 at Wasson Nursery, Fishers Indiana
Kelly Klinker’s son Kenny – Voted cutest little pumpkin! Wasson Nursery 2017
2017 Indiana State Fair results 08-12-2017
Official results from Indiana State Fair 2017: click here
How to move and inspect a large pumpkin (video from the 2017 Indiana State Fair)