It's lovely. I'm glad you grew pumpkins again. I like the Dickenson ones a lot. I am in FL but wish I could visit your lovely patch and buy some pumpkins and zinnias. I hope next year you'll post updates of the growth of your field. I love seeing the plants grow over the months since it seems pumpkins just pop up in stores and tents here in early Fall, but no one knows how the plants grow.
@vancochran7344Ай бұрын
We may grow less since we have to do a Guitar show for 10-12 days in October every year. This is our 19th year of doing the same show. I am not here to sell them. I'm glad you like the videos. Not many folks watch them. It's not about making any revenue from the few videos I do.
@ScaryFearАй бұрын
@@vancochran7344 I understand. I have been on youtube since 2007 and it was so much better then. There weren't as many ads, and people didn't make money here. Though thinking this can be a full time job is a big lie. I will never use my channel to make money. People need to get out and have real jobs. KZbin should be a hobby for anyone to use as a means to talk to other people not to try to get "famous". I always have posted videos because I like them. I am not hear to chase meaningless views. I have maybe 3 active commenters on my channel. That's all I need. I'm glad you feel the same way. I'm happy to be one of the few active loyal watchers you have here. I like the stuff you post. My husband plays guitar by the way.
@billcarpenter37842 ай бұрын
That turned out awesome!!
@vancochran73442 ай бұрын
Thanks Bill!
@rustyjohnson26592 ай бұрын
Looks great ! We drove by the other day.
@vancochran73442 ай бұрын
Thanks Rusty!
@rustyjohnson26593 ай бұрын
Looks great ! I'll have to drive by and look at it !
@billcarpenter37843 ай бұрын
Oz never did give nothing to the tin man…. That he didn’t already have. Nice job on the build!
@ScaryFear3 ай бұрын
They look lovely. That's great. I love zinnias.
@vancochran73443 ай бұрын
Pumpkins are growing. Videos later when they start producing better.
@ScaryFear3 ай бұрын
@@vancochran7344 Oh that's great news too. Thanks.
@jeepgirlgail3 ай бұрын
Beautiful, as always!!!
@ScaryFear4 ай бұрын
Wow so many. Looks nice. Happy to see an update from you. I like the other garden too. Would love to see updates on it. Any pumpkins or gourds this year?
@rustyjohnson26594 ай бұрын
Looks good Van !
@vancochran73444 ай бұрын
Yes! I will post pumpkins gourds and sunflowers when they get a little bigger. We are not growing for anyone anymore. Just doing our own and selling at our Home.
@MitzaCreek Жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@MitzaCreek Жыл бұрын
Beautiful!!!! I need to go back and watch again after pumpkin season. What do you like better? Porcelain or Indian doll?
@vancochran7344 Жыл бұрын
Porcelain Dolls. Pink and Green. Indiana Dolls all more Orange with no pink of green when we grow them.
@MitzaCreek Жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 good to know. I bought both seeds this year, but fIndian dolls were in that big chunk I forgot to start 🤦🏼♀️ I have a lot of organizing and planning to do this winter- going to try to use up the seeds I have first before I order anything.
@ScaryFear Жыл бұрын
Hey I'm still here. I love seeing how you grow pumpkins. I've been very busy this year. But I saw another video I need to catch up on. Congrats on the sale.
@vancochran7344 Жыл бұрын
I have not posted as many videos this year. I posted the one today for the lady that is buying 1,000 pounds worth for a Labor Day Festival. I have not posted too many of the new harvest of the ones we grow for the folks that own the land we grow them for. I have my own I grow on My land too.
@ScaryFear Жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 That's ok. I still enjoy seeing these. They make me happy. I will catch up on the two you posted this year.
@MitzaCreek Жыл бұрын
Looks great!!!! It’s nice to see the green. I’m sure you already told me, but what do you do with the zinnias?
@vancochran7344 Жыл бұрын
Look at them in a vase. My wife just likes them. I let people come get what they want Free most of the time. I posted another short video of a new 1/2 acre field I planted 5,000 seeds in. Overkill but with the rain in doubt most may not ever grow!
@bluebirdhomestead Жыл бұрын
Wow that is a lot of pumpkins! beautiful -Cara
@jasonguy2202 жыл бұрын
How many acres did you plant and how many did you yield?
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
About 9 acres and we only got 4300 pumpkins. The weather was not great. Too little rain and too many weeds. The herbicide we chose was not great. We will try a different Herbicide next year. Sandea might be better.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
Wow that is incredible. Happy to see the Dickinson pumpkins again. I don't use facebook or instagram or stuff like that. I just use youtube my blog and actual websites. I'm glad you showed all the pumpkins. That's so neat to see.
@ReidsRootsShoots2 жыл бұрын
Where do you buy your pumpkin seed? They look amazing. I need to learn some tips from you
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
I buy Mostly from Harris seeds in New York, but I also buy from Johnnys Seeds and a few from Sustainable Seeds and I buy from a dealer in Shipshewana, Indiana named TC Hardware. He sells on EBAY. I will help you with any questions you might have.
@ReidsRootsShoots2 жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 ok thank you! I got mine at Johnnys but they don’t have a huge variety of specialty varieties. My biggest question is even with you spraying your pumpkins with liquid Sevin dust (I think that’s what you told me you did), do you still lose a lot of plants to vine borers and squash bugs? So do you just have to over plant what you think you’ll need to take into account the loss? Also how do you control the weeds in that big of a patch!?
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
@@ReidsRootsShoots It is actually a Liquid Sevin that is mixed by the company. I buy it by the gallon. Yes, we still lose some plants at the end of August but when you plant May 16th like we do the pumpkins are mostly formed and turning by then. If the vines die it makes little difference in the end. I guess overall it might make a big difference if we were growing 200 acres, but we don't grow that many. You can use NEEM oil too. That controls bugs as well as Powdery Mildew. You can buy it off Amazon. It will Kill cucumber beetles too.
@ReidsRootsShoots2 жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 oh ok! So you since you plant all of your pumpkins in May, what happens with the ones that have a short maturity time compared to the bigger pumpkins? And also, how do you store them from picking to selling? Thank you!!
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
@@ReidsRootsShoots Most all the ones I plant take 100-110 days. I don't plant many 90-day pumpkins very often. If I have a 120-day variety I have to plant them earlier.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
I'm enjoying your videos. One Too Many have been my fave pumpkins every since I discovered them. They're still my fave.
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
I like them also, but this is the first year in 4 years I got some to actually grow.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
So cute. I love the Tandy pumpkins. I know that's a new variety and I love the shape and color.
@cochrane7772 жыл бұрын
Looks great! Some of those look huge
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
There are some nice ones so far this season. Thank you
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
That is incredible. Just that is enough to fill one of our pumpkin patch tents down here in FL. I love the Dickinson pumpkins. And Captain Jacks for being tall with crazy thick handles. I love all pumpkins really. They are all amazing. Congrats.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
Ok I watched all your videos. Just gonna comment here. I loved everything you showed. I love gourds so those apple gourds will be nice. Those Captain Jacks are awesome. LOVE the handles and that most are upright. The harvest is amazing already. I wish I could grow pumpkins like that.
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure how many more years I can do this. I'm 70 and every year it gets a little harder to get everything picked. I have hauled 5 loads and the totals are over 526 pumpkins so far.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 I'm sorry to hear that. But I am amazed at how many you get each year. To me you have a beautiful thing going there. Since I was a kid I have gotten giddy about pumpkins and gourds and always want to run through a bunch of them.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
Wow I loved that one next to your foot. I like tall pumpkins. I also love them with thick stems. Are you growing the variety Wolf this year? I love the handles on those.
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
The big ones are all Captain Jack. Some wholesale places call them by another name. Some call them Apprentice. Wolf pumpkins are a smaller variety with a giant stem, only up to 24 pounds. I have had one Captain Jack weigh 39 pounds this year.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 I guess to me if it's bigger than a pie pumpkin then it's big. I love all the ones that have big stems.
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
@@ScaryFear The largest Captain Jack we grew is 19 inches tall without the 5-inch stem and 37.5 inches in circumference.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
I think they are lovely. I like the orange and pink one too. It's got a nice gradient. I like ones that are coral colored and also hot pink ones.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
That's neat. I haven't been on much latly so I'm catching up. I see you've posted lots of neat looking videos. I'm looking forward to them.
@PetersonFarmsofNashvillePFON2 жыл бұрын
Lot of wood there Nice Job Great Taste in Tractor and Chainsaw Like the skids !
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I got 42 free skids from a place in Morton, Illinois. They had maybe 150 more. I went up there to get 24 Gaylord boxes to put pumpkins in for this year's harvest. I use wooden pallets under the Gaylords because these plastic ones slip around with a box on them.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
Aww those are all so lovely. I enjoy your pumpkin updates so much because I just can't grow pumpkins down here. I've tried and tried and tried. Apple Gourds are cute. They can be used for bird houses too and cut in half for bowls. I actually like the peppery smell of gourds. The fuzzy leaves may be what deters insects too. They do grown here for me, but not pumpkins. I've had minimal success with pumpkins in the C. moschata species. Basically stuff related to butternut like cinderella pumpkins. Even our native seminole pumpkin is hard in my area. But yeah basically out of luck when it comes to true jackolanterns C. pepo types.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
This was nice. I liked the end too. Would love to see a few more seans of the the landscape not just looking down all the time. Love the small white ones and the yellow ones.
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
I don't show the scenery much on purpose. That is so the pumpkins will not walk off!!!! Some folks like to help themselves sometimes.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 Oh I see. That's a shame, but that's unfortunately our world.
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
@@ScaryFear I will try and show a little more around when I make a video without giving away my exact location. I am not worried about anyone knowing where I live. I have driveway alarms where I live.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, yes it was good she at least told you about the accident and not running away. But yes you have so many luckily not a big loss. Love all the pumpkins growing. And I like the sunflowers too. I would buy zinnias and sunflowers. Do you have a store? You often mention people can come in but you never say where. If you have a computer the best thing would be to use a cheap point and shoot camera. They record in good quality at 1080. These videos are 480. You could then take the memory card out, put it in the computer and upload to youtube. Or use the cable and hook the camera to the computer the way you charge a phone.
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
We live in Illinois. 2.5 miles South of RT 70. I don't do many videos. I just post some during pumpkin season and right before.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
Wow colors already. I like all of them. Makes me so happy to see them growing like this.
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
I am happy too!
@MitzaCreek2 жыл бұрын
I like the look of Spector! Will have to check it out. Looking good…you’re SO MUCH further ahead than us 😵💫 those long vines with the smaller leaves would be great for trellising- do you remember what they are?
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
I will check my list; They are called Baby Boo.
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
I found some Montana Gold's yesterday that must be close to 35 pounds already. I was out of space on my camera (phone). I will try and make a short video of them. They can get up to 60 pounds.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
I LOVE zinnias. They attract hummingbirds and they're easy to grow. Toss and forget. Last year I grew a tiny patch of like three packets from one of the hardware stores. I love that long row. I'm glad you said where you got them. I went and looked. Wish I could afford that many. I remember you trying to sell them last year. Too bad they didn't do well.
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
My wife loves them, so I try and plant them every year for her. Thanks for watching!
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
Awesome. The pumpkins look great. I'm in FL and we have weird season. We can't really grow pumpkins because of the bugs, heat and disease, but home gardeners can if we plant the first season in Feb and the second season in sept. Of course that totally misses Halloween and Thanksgiving, but I love pumpkins year round. I'm sure those little pumpkins you have will eventually catch up and be right on time.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Long skinny property. Love sunflowers. And I love tomatoes. That's cool you've got a big pond you just get your water out of that. So neat.
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
I just planted some more things yesterday. I am about finished for the season. There are things that can be planted, but I will be too busy in about 45 days picking pumpkins.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
I love the names. I think some plants sell well because of the names alone. It's that way with Venus Flytraps.
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
You can actually buy some they call Noids and name them whatever you like as long as the name has not been taken by someone.
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow an update. So happy to see this again.I think you have the best pumpkin growing channel because you have so much land just for them. I love hearing about the rare types you grow. I loved last year's harvest. I'm in FL. My growing season starts in Sept. It's too hot right now for most plants here. Feb is the other planting time but I missed it this year.
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
Glad to see you back!!! I have another one to post but I may have made it "sideways". I may delete it if it's sideways. Thanks for watching!!!
@ScaryFear2 жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 Thanks. I haven't been on youtube much at the start of the year. Not even my own channel. I had some health issues and we also got our first dog which took all our time. I saw the video of your clearing the land yesterday. I don't know how I missed that too. But happy to see this. Oh yeah, those sideways phone videos are too hard to watch. I use a computer and they look like you're looking through a fence or a keyhole.
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
The pumpkins @ 5:21 are actually Montana Gold. I said Captain Jack. I got them mixed up. That happens when you have 43,000 seeds planted.
@ronaldocolosio79202 жыл бұрын
Hello‚ I'm looking for a pumpkin for Halloween but make sure it's a good size. Do you think that the sugar pie pumpkin meets that characteristic? what variety is the one you used beforehand thank you very much for your answer
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
Sugar Pie varieties are very small. Try getting some called Howden or Howden Biggie. They are a great size and are easy to grow. You can buy them from Harris seeds in New York.
@ronaldocolosio79202 жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 sorry for bothering you again but i found another pumpkin called ragder why is it difficult for me to get howden's will this ragder serve what i'm looking for or is it in the quality of super giant pumpkins?
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
@@ronaldocolosio7920 I don't know about that pumpkin (ragder)? Where do you live? In the US? That might help out. I buy from a lot of places. Any pumpkin that is listed as 15-20 pounds will work well. Most take 100 days to grow.
@ronaldocolosio79202 жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 Well, I'm from Mexico :( and here there aren't many varieties of pumpkin that we can say and I would like to try to plant Halloween but the truth is that there are not everywhere and well, as I see the ragder pumpkin appears as Big max and well it says that it reaches 100 pounds but anyway I will continue looking for more types of pumpkin that are smaller and well thanks friend for the advice they are very much appreciated
@vancochran73442 жыл бұрын
@@ronaldocolosio7920 Big Max are a lot of work but you can do it if you have the space and the time. I got a few seeds from the Colorado State Record Holder. One weighed #1676 Pounds. Check his Cannel out on your Tube. His name is Chad New. He sent me 5 seeds and I started them all. As long as you water the plants and spray for insects and fertilize the Big Max will grow.
@PetersonFarmsofNashvillePFON2 жыл бұрын
Do you sell your seeds ? We have lots of property and have been wanting to fill in areas with wildflower type plants but this looks like a good idea and you sell them along with the pumpkins you grow ? Thanks for sharing
@PetersonFarmsofNashvillePFON2 жыл бұрын
That is a lot of pumpkins !
@foridayeasminukvlog29913 жыл бұрын
😮 it’s uk
@ScaryFear3 жыл бұрын
I LOVED this video. Amazing harvest of 5000 plus pumpkins you and your wife grew. That farm is very cool to take all your pumpkins. I'm glad you showed the buildings and landscape too and not just looking down all the time. I love the Montana pumpkins and the wolf pumpkins. I hope I can grow some Wolf pumpkins this year. I really like the hard shelled gourds. Those are some of my fave and some rare types grow out there. I'm trying to grow giant African Wine Kettles and Zucca. I have one sprout of AWK but no Zucca yet. I like all pumpkins so you showed some very cool ones. The prices are great. I'll probably watch this video again. I really enjoy them.
@vancochran73443 жыл бұрын
They have real reindeer too and sell Christmas Trees. We are glad you liked the video. I hope you pumpkins do well too.
@ScaryFear3 жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 Oh wonderful. I love Christmas too. I just love all the holidays. Thanks.
@MitzaCreek3 жыл бұрын
Looks amazing! The last video (after tractor/trailer) of all the pumpkins looks awesome.
@MitzaCreek3 жыл бұрын
Nice!!!!!!! I love how organized you are. Do you worry about the heat under the tarps? I’d love to see how you harvest- or am I just not remembering seeing that video. Do you wash them at all? They look pretty clean!
@vancochran73443 жыл бұрын
We wash all of them, even the gourds. The boxes and tarps are in the shade under the trees, It can get hot. Our partners come and take the boxes and put them inside their barn. Nice airflow and then no need to have anything covered with a tarp.. Over the next few days they will be putting them out on mulch to sell.
@MitzaCreek3 жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 how do you wash them? I’m glad you have help- I’m struggling to keep up this year. Need to find help for next year 😵💫
@vancochran73443 жыл бұрын
@@MitzaCreek We use 1/2 of a plastic 55 gallon barrel and use a black tub with diluted water and bleach water to dip them in after we wash them. We use large soft scrub brushes on them to remove the soil. The knuckleheads are the hardest to clean. You can see the wash station in my last video. It's blue and the diluted bleach water is in a black tub.
@ScaryFear3 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness. That is just amazing and so lovely. I would be so happy to grow that many pumpkins. I LOVE the Tandy pumpkins. I have some seeds of those I just got and hope to start them soon. I love the Wolf pumpkins too. I like big handles. One Too Many is my fave pumpkin. Perhaps one day I should save up and order one big box like that. My Walmart just got a shipment in. Usually in the first week of Sept, but it's only one box a year so not good if you get there late. But regular white and orange they always have plenty of.
@vancochran73443 жыл бұрын
I would try starting your pumpkins earlier. If you plant them now even the short varieties will not be done for 89-90 days. We planted our longest ones (120) days back in May on the 13th-15th.
@ScaryFear3 жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 I'm in Florida. They can't be started earlier because of the heat, bugs and diseases. I have been trying planting during normal seasons for years with disappointing failure. I'm thinking the key is our off season. I won't have any for Halloween or Thanksgiving that's for sure but things are finally "cooling" into the mid 80s here and there are fewer bugs. I'm hoping for pumpkins by Christmas. The other season is to plant on Valentine's day before the heat of summer and hope they don't die in June so I can have pumpkins by 4th of July. I have yet to try that season. Our cold winter is Janurary - February. I don't have a greenhouse or that would be the best especially if it had AC.
@vancochran73443 жыл бұрын
@@ScaryFear I see, as long as you realize they won't produce anything for 90 to 100 days. Everyone does it differently but we grow ours for Halloween and Fall sales so they start sales in Illinois This coming Saturday.
@vancochran73443 жыл бұрын
Read this article. It may be of some use to you. vegetablegrowersnews.com/article/pumpkins-can-grow-in-florida-but-are-they-worth-the-risk/
@ScaryFear3 жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 Thanks. Yes I know they take a long time. Wish we could grow normally but I think pumpkins year round is a great thing too. I just hope this works. Here we don't have real pumpkin patches where you can pick from the vine. We have tents on road sides that are "patches". The state can't produce pumpkins on an agricultural scale. So, we have to import all our pumpkins from other states this time of year. They are all in those big boxes you have at the stores and tents.
@ScaryFear3 жыл бұрын
I have now watched all your videos. I so enjoyed that. What an amazing season and you have 847 pumpkins. Wow that would be a dream come true for me. I'm in Florida and it's darn near impossible to grow them here with our heat, bugs and disease. Although I am trying again now that things will cool off and fewer bugs. So no Halloween or Thanksgiving if I'm successful. They will be Christmas or New Years pumpkins. I love your zinnias and sunflowers too. How do you plant the zinnias? Do you just toss the seeds on the ground. I know you buy in bulk but I just went to Home Depot and bought four packets. I post videos of my progress if you'd like to see. I'd love to see next time how the pumpkins are picked. Oh and that camera that gave you trouble. You might be able to buy a decent used point and shoot that does 1080 p so the picture will be nicer and fill the screen more. Though this is way better than those terrible cellphone videos that are so skinny. I've seen that mini documentary on the pump by Baker Creek.
@vancochran73443 жыл бұрын
We have a lot more than 847, we will end up with well over 4,000 or more. Thanks for watching. I just like to grow pumpkins.You can see more by watching me on Facebook.
@ScaryFear3 жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 Oh my gosh. 4000!!! That's a lot more than 900. I'm the same. I just grow unusual plants like pumpkins, gourds, and carnivores. Thanks but I don't use facebook. If your facebook is visible to the public I can look though. I hope you'll post a video showing some of the final harvest. I would love to see that many pumpkins in one place.
@ScaryFear3 жыл бұрын
This was really cool. So many varieties. I look forward to the giant Cinderellas. Oh man, I made a map of my yard too. I don't have any stakes but hope to pick some up soon. What state are you in? I'm enjoying these updates. Oh and I looked up Montana Gold and can't find anything. I did find one called Montana Jack. Is that what you have?
@ScaryFear3 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness!! I have just subbed. I have been searching for a channel like this. I love watching pumpkin updates and growth progress over the year. You have an actual pumpkin farm, not just a patch. Those are lovely. I am trying to grow pumpkins too. Have not had luck in the past. I love gourds too and hope to start some soon. I will check out your previous videos.
@vancochran73443 жыл бұрын
You can see more photos on my Facebook page. I post them daily. We have 26 Gaylord boxes full of pumpkins now and maybe another 10 or 12 more to fill. I think there are 1500 on the ground right now.
@ScaryFear3 жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 What is your facebook url? And not just a name because I can't ever find it that way but the actual url in the browser. I hope you'll post some here though. Like I said I don't use facebook or have an an account.
@vancochran73443 жыл бұрын
@@ScaryFear facebook.com/van.e.cochran
@ScaryFear3 жыл бұрын
@@vancochran7344 It says "You must log into to continue." I had a feeling that would happen. Can't see the pics.
@vancochran73443 жыл бұрын
@@ScaryFear I just posted a new video of what we have picked that we still must process before September 11th. 2021.
@MitzaCreek3 жыл бұрын
The Montana pumpkins- are they more pale & pink looking? Is the skin thinner than a traditional carver? They look awesome!
@vancochran73443 жыл бұрын
My Montana pumpkins are more Red than orange. I planted them late so they never got as big as they should have. They can get up to 65 pounds. I have a few that got up to 25-26 pounds. They have a bump on the bottom so some do not sit up right for carving. They are very edible though.
@MitzaCreek3 жыл бұрын
Looking nice! Our carvers are just starting to get an orange tint, so yours are a lot further ahead than us.