Pumpkins - Day 5

Here are the giberellic acid treated pumpkins as of this morning. This is day 5 since they were planted. Compare the picture to the one from yesterday. The amount of growth I'm seeing here is far far from normal. I've grown pumpkins before and this is *not* how it usually goes.

If I wanted to really compare how they grow using the gibberellic acid compared to regular, "unassisted" growth, I'd have planted some in a different pot as a control group. I thought about it for a little while and decided it would be boring to have to babysit an underpriveleged plant.

Anyway, they've outgrown their "nursery", and I'm moving them outside to their new home in the garden today.

Pumpkins 4 days after planting

This is insane. The growth seems to be accelerating. As soon as the sun comes up, they lean over towards it, and grow-the Biggies on the end added more than 2" since yesterday. Crazy!

Yikes. Pumpkins are getting huge

This is the 3rs day since I planted them. That makes 6 days total. They aren't even supposed to sprout for 6-10 days so this is far from usual. If I wake up and find them trying to open a beer they got out of the fridge, I'll make the news. They're no match for a pit bull, though, so, I'm pretty sure I'm safe...right!?

Squash seeds outside

Here are those same squash plants from the previous pics. I planted them pretty deep to help them stand up. Look at the size of the leaves, though. Seriously fast growing using the same 1,000ppm giberellic acid solution.

Pumpkins This morning

Here are the pumpkins I planted last night. Look at the insane growth from 11pm last night to 10am this morning. I'll post another pic this evening to give a 24-hour view. Yikes.

The Pumpkin Experiment

Here are the pumpkins I'm growing using the 1,000ppm giberellic acid solution. I germinated them in plastic baggies containting paper towels sprayed with the mixture. The seeds say they should germinate in 6-10 days. They did so in two. I let them stew in the baggie for one extra day and today, technically day 3, I planted them in this box to get them to grow into strong seedlings, then, they go outside into the garden. I'll be posting pics all along the way. There are 5
types of pumpkins in this box, so, it will be interesting to see how each one does.

I saw one account with a picture that seems to be genuine where a guy grew a 900lb pumpkin in 45 days with this stuff. Sounds like bullshit, but, after what I've seen these past few days, I'm starting to think it's true. Time will tell...and not that much time from what it looks like.

Feed Me Seymour!!! Day 3

Here are the squash seeds after 3 days. I'm moving them outside tonight. I'm afraid if I don't, I'm afraid they'll be stealing food out of the fridge at night. I'll start posting pics once they're
planted properly outside.

Day Two Squash Seeds

Here are the squash seeds two days after being planted. Giberellic acid sure is amazing.