Links to things of interest....
Team-Pumpkin-Germany
(TPG) is a group of growers originating in Germany and surrounding countries.
The aim of the club is to bring as many growers from Germany and the rest of
the world together to provide a platform for exchange of information, which
will especially help beginners. They are conducting a silent seed auction on
their website until the end of January 2011 to raise supporting funds.
Integrated Pest Managment (IPM)
The University of Connecticut has a great website (http://www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm/) loaded with information about Integrated Pest Managment (IPM). Go to the Pest management for growers, then click the 'Vegetable Pest Message'. This information is updated weekly on Friday so check often to see what pest are currently a threat to you plants.
More than you ever wanted to know about the world of Giant Ppumpkin growing
Team-Pumpkin is all about new growers and the basics of giant pumpkin growing. We fully expect that once you have mastered the essentials you will want more advanced information. This is when BigPumpkins.com will become a valuable resource. It can be a little overwhelming for the new grower but it does have much more information.
Where to buy stuff we need
Pumpkin growers always need things for the pumpkin patch. One place to find many of the things we need can be found at the Extreme Pumpkin Store
www.extremepumpkinstore.com
thanks,
Team-Pumpkin