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OrangeGhost

Mn

OK so how much do you put into your patch each day?

6/22/2016 8:14:22 PM

Darren C (Team Big-N-Orange)

Omaha, Ne.

1 to 4hr

6/22/2016 8:40:53 PM

Smallmouth

Upa Creek, MO

1.5 hours of pure joy vine burying, it's 94 degrees at 8pm and so humid the air is thick as soup.

6/22/2016 8:53:54 PM

So.Cal.Grower

Torrance, Ca.

15 minutes.

6/22/2016 9:21:00 PM

Porkchop

Central NY

2 and increasing

6/22/2016 9:42:28 PM

Porkchop

Central NY

Oh wait.. Time?.. Or time working?...about 7 hrs time..

6/22/2016 9:43:08 PM

Hobbit

Walhalla, ND.

Half hr in the morning, don't dare mess with the vines it's most always in the 50s. And approximately 2 in the afternoon and increasing as well.

6/22/2016 9:54:41 PM

Slim

Whitehall Montana

At this point in the season my secondaries have just started to come out so maybe an hour but I visit the patch 8-10 time a day

6/22/2016 10:08:08 PM

wixom grower ( The Polish Hammer)

Wixom MI.

my garden is a half hour away so 10 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes in the evening.

6/22/2016 10:12:35 PM

Pcaspers

Peosta, Iowa

I spend abouta hour and a half, mon-fri and a good 10 hrs sat-sun. Iam in patch between 4-4:30 am then drive a hr to work work 12-13 hrs drive the hour home then about a hour in the patch depending on wife's mood

6/22/2016 10:41:04 PM

Big City Grower (Team coming out of retirement )

JACKSON, WISCONSIN. ; )

I looked at plants once this week took 5 min. Beat that.... Walked in then walked out in disgust .... Figure I'll go see them next week Saturday and decide to yank them or not..

6/23/2016 12:45:02 AM

abbynormal

Johnston, R.I.

anywhere between a half hour and 4 hours depending on the day

6/23/2016 4:01:51 AM

Don Black

Winthrop N Y

One hour per plant a day or until all the pumpkin work is done.Do it now it will pay you back at weigh off time.

6/23/2016 11:24:02 AM

Walking Man

formerly RGG

I have A single plant and it is getting lots of my attention. Maybe an average of 90 to 120 minutes per day.

6/23/2016 11:55:30 AM

Mike F.

Hanson Ma

1 to 4. And then there's all the time I spend thinking about the patch and what to do next and what should I do different next year. So we could be talking 24 hours a day.

6/23/2016 1:37:20 PM

Engel's Great Pumpkins and Carvings

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

For two plants I would say 1/2 hour of real work, the rest is putsing around.

6/23/2016 1:39:26 PM

HankH

Partlow,Va

3+ hours during the week each evening and I'm struggling with 5 kins, 3 melons and a squash.

6/23/2016 1:55:17 PM

Spence***

Home of happy lil plants

you guys leave the patch?

6/23/2016 3:17:48 PM

Christopher24

aurora, IL

about 2-3 hrs

6/23/2016 4:13:26 PM

BFFF

Zurich Ont Canada

I dont know how some of you guys handle multiple plants. WOW!!! 1 plant, that is enough for me. I am not lazy but I am not that ambitious. That didnt come out right. You know what I mean!!

6/23/2016 10:16:04 PM

Rick j.

stoughton WI

4 to 5 hrs per day and about 10 on saturday and 10 on sunday,

6/24/2016 12:03:48 AM

samdog

Napa Ca.

Zero hours this last week, i've been fishing.

6/24/2016 1:39:36 AM

WiZZy

Little-TON - Colorado

2-4 hours daily, more on weekends...

6/24/2016 9:53:08 AM

Ron Rahe (uncron1@hotmail.com)

Cincinnati,OH

3 plants. About 1 hr per day right now. as the plants get bigger that time will increase with the size of the plants and taper off after the side vines are terminated.

6/25/2016 5:58:48 PM

BFFF

Zurich Ont Canada

July is definately the busiest month. Burying vines, terminating vines, pollinating, sand under kin and adjusting kin for growth. I find Aug. relaxing. Water, Fertilize and watch er grow.

6/26/2016 7:55:04 PM

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