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Marion,IN

My wife purchased some 400 Dill seeds back in 06'. I grew an est. 231 and boy was I happy and surprised. I've since moved on to known genetic seeds, but every year when I think about my seed line-up, I always think about growing another 400 Dill or a seed from my 231 "to just see what it'll do" but I haven't brought myself to do that yet. What's your story of your first seed and your memories of that first season of growing?

Mark G.

12/2/2009 11:32:56 AM

Austria

it was the 404 Riegebauer, I grew a 429 pounder off the seed.

12/2/2009 11:48:34 AM

Dover, DE

i never grown anything yet . . im new LoL

12/2/2009 11:54:03 AM

Berlin,mi.([email protected])

855 VanHoutte I grew my 570 that year. just imagine ,it was the one and only seed I had.

12/2/2009 11:54:40 AM

Billerica,Massachusetts

unknown seed i obtained in 1987 at the topsfield fair.

Glenn

12/2/2009 12:05:15 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Dill Atlantic Giant in 1992.....didnt even know that Giant Pumpkin growing was what it was.....too bad for me.....Grew one that took three people to lift up.....put it on the porch......it was gone the next day......

12/2/2009 12:28:44 PM

Johnston, R.I.

1029 Nesbitt and due to over ferts I broke it....

12/2/2009 12:44:50 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

i bought what i thought was a small amount of ag seeds from new england seed company. they sent me like 500 seeds and i still have them lol. i grew a 150 pounder that year.

12/2/2009 12:49:48 PM

Billerica,Massachusetts

sounds like Johnny's seeds in maine?

12/2/2009 12:57:27 PM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

Firstyear I grew a generic Atlantic Giant from Earl may and it weightd 176.6. The next year I grew an 803 Carlson and it made 633# with another 449# on the same plant.

12/2/2009 1:00:06 PM

Ham Lake, Minnesota

Cool topic.

I grew these back in 1995;

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/DisplayPhoto.asp?pid=4833

I had three pumpkins that year ranging between 50-90 pounds.

Gave up growing that same year because I was 15 years old and knew I would never grow anything bigger because I had no answer for the squash vine borer problem.

12/2/2009 1:04:27 PM

Frankfort Ohio

760Greer1997

12/2/2009 1:20:16 PM

Frankfort Ohio

760Greer1997 Grew a 360lber took third at Circleville Pumpkin Show

12/2/2009 1:21:09 PM

Frankfort Ohio

Grew a 760Greer Grew a 360 lber Took third place a Circleville Pumpkin Show the next year I grew a 760 Stelts grew a 560 won Chillicothe Weighoff

12/2/2009 1:25:11 PM

Colorado

449 marcellus and 1006 greer in 1997.grew a colorado record of 746.8 on the 449 marcellus.drove it to anamosa iowa and won the first pumpkin contest I'd ever seen by 4 pounds.been hooked ever since

12/2/2009 1:35:54 PM

[email protected]

2 here & 2 at Stephen's school.

707 Toftness
300 Fasciano
444 Derosiers
845 Nesbit

12/2/2009 2:00:40 PM

Glosta

This year grew Dill seeds from lowes, finished with a 32 and 90.

12/2/2009 2:01:29 PM

Minnesota

Dill's atlantic giant pumpkin seeds, from a hardware store, I don't know haw big, I got deployed to Bosnia for the Army, my future wife said it was huge.

12/2/2009 2:25:05 PM

Leerdam, The Netherlands

650 lbs from Dill and also 934 also from Dill
No additional info on the package I still have some seeds
I grew them in 2003 so seeds probably are from 2002

Iwan

12/2/2009 2:26:29 PM

ordinary,VA

Had grown the Store brand Giant Pumpkin seeds for years.
Than found this site and Rocky Rockwell(my wife still hates Rocky -just kidding Rocky) sent me a over stuffed Bubble so guess my first "True" AG seeds
1178 Rivard & 1107 Cramer (still have two each of the six each that Rock Rivard sent me)will grow 1178 & 1107 agian someday.

12/2/2009 2:28:33 PM

Corbin, KY

2009 was my rookie year. I planted 1209 kuhn and 275 Van Hook. Had a good year got a 1238 and a 1094.5.

12/2/2009 2:45:45 PM

Roselle, IL [email protected]

1993 on a Dill seed... Weighed less then 100lbs. 1994 1st. weigh-off 159lbs on a Dill seed.

12/2/2009 4:04:11 PM

Joliet, IL

857 corkum in 2002. i did not know what the asterisk meant when ordering from the p and p seed list or maybe it was from the dills. but anyways, once it showed up green and stayed green, i went back and looked to find out i bought giant squash seeds instead of giant pumpkin seeds. all in all it didn't matter too much as i was happy to grow a 375 pounder. didn't know a thing about gardening and i actually dumped a whole bag of 10-10-10 fertilizer in a planting hole where i started the plant. doh!!!!!!!

12/2/2009 4:37:50 PM

ExtremeVegetables.com

856 H. Dill (846 Calai *99 X 810 Dill *99)
Bought it at www.howarddill.com after a friend challenged me and then told me about the site. I think the most expensive seed was $16 each at the time and I thought that was crazy.

Probably close to 200 pounds, Dark orange, real pretty pumpkin. Pretty sure that was in 2001 or 2002. Didn't do much other than water it daily.

I'd like to grow that seed again to see what I could do with it.

12/2/2009 5:55:56 PM

Cincinnati,OH

901 Hebb 02. went 601 lbs

12/2/2009 6:15:53 PM

Columbus,ohio

I grew a seed from ebay. first one in 08. ended up with nothin.

12/2/2009 7:17:06 PM

Taylorsville, California

992.5 Glasier(898KnaussX845Bobier),,was the perfect plant for a first year grower, vigorous, strong, easy set in the heat,,finished@656est/dmg after neighbor kids pelted it with rocks

12/2/2009 7:41:30 PM

Marshfield, Ma, USA

My first seed was an 897 Mcintyre. That was a big pumpkin at the time

12/2/2009 7:46:40 PM

645 Checkon. 2007 grew a 278

12/2/2009 7:50:48 PM

Dorval,Quebec

Dill's Atlantic Giant that grew a few around 150lbs including one that was neon green...1998..

12/2/2009 9:59:29 PM

Pittsburgh

1289 Holland in 2009. Grew a 606

12/2/2009 10:13:12 PM

Eastern Washington State

When I was 10 years old I grew out seed from from the previous year's jack-o-lantern. Got something around 15 lbs, but I did it myself. Something you don't forget, even after almost 30 years. People that arent into pumpkins are really missing out!

12/2/2009 10:22:40 PM

Las Cruces NM

Same here! First pumpkin I can remember growing "all by myself" was around 1966 -- seed was from a jack-o-lantern from the great pumpkin patch (pumpking fields off what we called the Algona Pacific highway in Auburn Washington). My first AGs never germinated ... first AG I grew was Dills Alantic Giant and was first time I ever bought seeds as seems most seeds I grown I find or given to me.

12/2/2009 11:33:48 PM

Sequim, WA

Ordered seeds from Howard Dill back in 96 and put some soil on my compost pile and grew them there. Ended up with a very immature 142 lb pumpkin that filled my wheelbarrow and I was hooked. I learned of the PNWGPG that year the next year planted a 742 Holland 96.

12/2/2009 11:40:29 PM

Netherlands

Anonymous Howard Dill Atlantic Giant seeds bought from Stokes Seeds in St. Catharines, Ontario in 1987. Seeds were from 1986 I assume. Grew 200 lbs, finished 2nd at regional weigh-off. Winner was 330 lbs.

12/3/2009 2:54:04 AM

Mn

627 Hampton. 729.5 lbs

12/3/2009 9:33:04 AM

Bloomington, IN

I got hooked by growing a couple 40+ lb Prizewinners last year, then I grew my first A.G. this year to 352 lbs on a 1250 Kline.

12/3/2009 2:08:12 PM

Waterville, Ohio

845 Welty bought from a seed packet in Circleville in 2007.

12/3/2009 3:58:16 PM

milford, CT,

2005- 275 lbs..I believe it was a seed from a 727 Pierce seed. Mark

12/3/2009 8:49:48 PM

Mastic Beach, New York

Seeds from Howard Dill web site back in 99.. this hobby has grown alot since then

12/3/2009 10:26:53 PM

Napa Valley, CA

Atlantic giant pumpkin seed purchased from Harris Seed catalog (Rochester,NY) in 1985.

12/3/2009 11:16:18 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Seeds from Victory Seeds (seedsaver) -one seedling just took off, I'd never seen cots that huge. Turned into 'Fat Fred' the trainer vine. The bet pumpkin did 211.4#, and vine gave me more that were bigger... 2008.

Matt Winey is to blame for egging me on :D

I also grew 2 that were 'real seeds' started about 6 wks later; and managed 425# off 1009 Young 07 and 324# off 1018 Langevin 07.

12/7/2009 11:29:22 PM