D writes:
I just wanted to drop you a line and show you the Seminole Pumpkins that grew out of a cowpie in my cow pen. I think they came from some butternuts that I ordered from doorganics that came from Florida, that I had fed scraps of to the cow. One plant literally took over the entire pen and jumped the fence in all directions. Not a squash bug or blight touched them. And they survived several frosts that finished all the heirloom butternuts that I planted in my garden. They were in a mostly shaded area with a few hours of morning light. The biggest weighed 26 lbs. They were grown in zone 5 Michigan. Watched your latest corn planting video tonight and it reminded me that I wanted to show you these cow pie Pumpkins:
Those really are some beautiful pumpkins. I don’t think they’re Seminoles, though. The leaves are similar but the blooms are different.
This is a Seminole pumpkin bloom:
Very big, and not on a looooooong stem.
Whatever those pumpkins are, though, I would save the seeds. They look happy, healthy and delicious. Nice work, cows!
The best pumpkins seem to be the ones that volunteer.
You can have greener thumbs by this weekend!
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Nice. I wonder how close they are to me. I like the hat for scale…
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