Links

  1. Big Pumpkins.com
  2. Great Pumpkin Commonwealth
  3. Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Grower’s Association
  4. Team-Pumpkin – Connecticut
  5. Pennsylvania Giant Pumpkin Grower’s Association
  6. New Hampshire Giant Pumpkin Grower’s Association
  7. Illinois Giant Pumpkin Grower’s Association
  8. Pumpkin seed genetics and statistics
  9. Atlantic Giant Genetics Cooperative
  10. Maine Pumpkin Grower’s Association
  11. Giant Vegetable Growers of Ontario
  12. New York State’s Giant Pumpkin Growers Association
  13. Pacific Giant Vegetable Growers
  14. Holland’s Land O’ Giants
  15. Gus “Squashcarver” Smithhisler
  16. Ed Moody’s Pumpkin Carvings
  17. Extreme Pumpkins pumpkin carving
  18. Worldwide Giant Growers – Mark Clementz
  19. WOW Wallace Organic Wonder
  20. Western Labs Atlantic Giant Pumpkins soil testing
  21. A&L Great Lakes Laboratories – Fort Wayne, IN soil testing
  22. Do my own pest control – Pesticides at professional strength in smaller quantities, perfect for a few Atlantic Giant plants.
  23. Microbe Organics – Detailed information about compost tea and micro organisms in your soil.
  24. Hollands Giant Pumpkins -Mycorrhizae soil inoculant
  25. Pests, diseases and other problems: sub-forum of bigpumpkins.com    One of the best discussions on controlling pests and diseases in Atlantic Giant plants.
  26. How to build a tripod to lift your giant pumpkin into a truck or trailer.

     

Visit Phil Groenewold’s Atlantic Giant greenhouse in Dyer, IN

Germination tips, with pictures

Role of elements and micro-nutrients in your soil

John Taberna Soil Scientiest at Western Laboratories article

Soil amendment estimator by Bryan Langley (Excel format)

GPC 2017 OTT Giant Pumpkin weight estimation chart

How to measure and estimate the weight of your Giant Pumpkin by Bart Toftness

Great Pumpkin Commonwealth – governing body for giant pumpkins

Indiana record pumpkin – 1,781 lbs  Mark Goodman from Marion, IN

Indiana Top-Ten Giant Pumpkins list

We’ve added a “TOP TEN” overall page for each of the following categories:

Squash    Long Gourd   Watermelon    Tomato    Field Pumpkin   Bushel Gourd

Fair Oaks Weigh-off 2016

Miscellaneous pictures from past weigh-offs

Comprehensive guide to growing Atlantic Giant Pumpkins

World Record Atlantic Giant pumpkin: 2,624.6 lbs

Origin of Dills Atlantic Giant pumpkins by Steve Connolly

Humic acid YouTube video relative to lawn grass, but explains humic acid fairly well.

Big Pumpkins message board: Pests, diseases and other problems

Link to pumpkin carving at the 2017 Indiana State Fair

Dick Wolfsie interviews Lee Saberson – two parts