4 May 2009

Pumpkin season closes with golden shower

| Ari
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[First filed: May 03, 2009 @ 17:27]

For the past five or so years I have been growing various types of pumpkins in the vegie patch, but have been underwhelmed with some of the varieties in Canberra’s climate.

Both the Queensland blue and Jap varieties produced well, but were a bit tardy on the ripening stage at the end of the season. They were certainly edible, but didn’t quite develop the full range of flavour. I’d say the first cold snaps snuck up on them earlier than they expected.

Butternuts were a little better, but still not perfect.

This year, however, I tried golden nuggets … and they are superb. Smallish pumpkins, but heaps of them … and ripened perfectly despite the latest cold weather.

Another advantage is that they don’t seem to have the same tendency to make escape attempts into new territory beyond the allocated patch.

If you’re into growing your own, try them out, and you’ll be gobbling down a golden shower in May.

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Clown Killer said :

I’d always thought that the Jap pumpkins were short for Japanese, but I found out over easter it’s an acronym fiven to the line by the people that developed it. It stands for Just Another Pumpkin … doesn’t sound half as exotic really.

They’re also known as Kent pumpkins. i had no luck with mine this year, the flowers didn’t start til late, and it’d just set fruit when a frost came and the whole lot crumbled like a stabbed vampire.

Lots of people like to talk about pumpkins, Dummett. What do you honestly think you can achieve by these posts?

you pay out me and my skool while you sit at home talking about pumpkins…

good to see you went well at skool too!

GardeningGirl7:04 pm 04 May 09

We only ever used to grow butternuts. Will have to give these a go.

grundy said :

I hope Ari googled ‘Golden Shower’ by now… 🙂

oh, i bet he has…

Apoc said :

circusmind said :

The crowd round here is really gonna change once RiotAct starts getting hits from Google searches for ‘golden shower’.

LOL, i think they’ll be dissapointed when they see its about pumpkins

Nah, if anything his post will spawn some freaky jack-off-lantern fetish site…

I hope Ari googled ‘Golden Shower’ by now… 🙂

grundy said :

“you’ll be gobbling down a golden shower”

You do know what a golden shower is right?

maybe he has been peeing on them, like a lemon tree?

Meh, golden showers have been around forever.
Thats how Perseus, Blinder of Crones, Thief of Teeth, Slayer of Medusa, Inventor of Quoits, was conceived. (Danaë was locked in a subterranean cellar by her father, so Zeus appeared before her as a golden shower, and doing so got her pregnant…)

circusmind said :

The crowd round here is really gonna change once RiotAct starts getting hits from Google searches for ‘golden shower’.

LOL, i think they’ll be dissapointed when they see its about pumpkins

The crowd round here is really gonna change once RiotAct starts getting hits from Google searches for ‘golden shower’.

We grew these as well. Go great. Next year there will be more.

I think that’s funny … it makes me look upon them extra fondly!

Clown Killer10:58 pm 03 May 09

I’d always thought that the Jap pumpkins were short for Japanese, but I found out over easter it’s an acronym fiven to the line by the people that developed it. It stands for Just Another Pumpkin … doesn’t sound half as exotic really.

The coin is there for scale, I reckon. I love these little pumpkins and now Ari’s gone and made me feel all hungry. Actually any kind of pumpkins. Pumpkin is one of my favourite things in the whole world!

Is the 1 dollar coin supposed to symbolise that your pumpkin grew bigger than it? or is it there for decoration..

You do know what a golden shower is right?

I think he was taking the piss.. Literally 🙂

swamiOFswank7:05 pm 03 May 09

@ WS: Oh…bum…thanks.

Lady across the street gave me some of these; they were delicious and I used the smaller shells as individual soup bowls at a dinner party (containing pumpkin soup, made from the said pumpkins). Great tip and I might grow my own next year.

“you’ll be gobbling down a golden shower”

You do know what a golden shower is right?

Wellington Sludge6:16 pm 03 May 09

Today (and so yes).

swamiOFswank6:08 pm 03 May 09

Anyone know when the Pumpkin Festival is? (or have I missed it?)

you’ll be gobbling down a golden shower

I grew these last year. My friend stuffed them and baked them, very yum.

Golden Nuggets eh? That’s a tasty sounding name.

I’m not a huge fan of eating pumpkin, although the seeds of the Halloween variety pumpkin are mighty tasty when roasted with salt.

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