ERIN FALL FAIR - www.erinfair.ca
GIANT VEGETABLE GROWERS OF ONTARIO - Ontario based club with lots of info about growing all kinds of giant vegetables including pumpkins - www.GVGO.ca
EUROPEAN GIANT VEGETABLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION - Find all the rules on how to prepare for the show and judge different types of giant vegetables. A great club with a great seed pack of different hard to get giant vegetables. http://egvga.eu/index.html
BIG PUMPKINS - A great website with a wealth of info and forums to asks your questions and get answers. This is also where most clubs hold their giant pumpkin seed auctions in the chat room on weekend evenings all winter long. www.bigpumpkins.com
HOWARD DILL ENTERPRISES - The place to buy some of the worlds best giant pumpkin seeds from some of the worlds best growers. www.howarddill.com
WORLD CLASS GARDENING - Great source for all kinds of seeds that get shipped directly from the grower. Also a great place to sell your own seeds and make some extra money for your pumpkin hobby. http://www.worldclassgardening.com/
WILLIAM DAM SEEDS - A great place to buy floating row cover (used to keep the frost off in the Fall and some growers use it to cover hoop houses in the spring. Also a great Canadian source of regular flower & garden seeds, and organic fertilizers and insect control products. www.damseeds.ca
A&L LABS CANADA - A London, Ontario based lab that provides soil testing services (select the S1B + S7 test for the most complete results) www.alcanada.com
PORT ELGIN PUMPKINFEST - The biggest giant vegetable weigh-off in Ontario that attracts growers from Quebec to Michigan. The website also has lots of growing information and holds an online silent auction each Feb/March to raise money for their annual growers convention in Niagara Falls. www.pumpkinfest.org
P and P SEEDS - A seed company that specializes in all kinds of giant vegetable seeds. www.pandpseed.com
SUNSHINE GARDENS - An ebay store from Florida that ships insect and disease control products (registered for use in Canada) to Ontario. Please follow local and provincial laws when applying any pest control products. www.stores.ebay.ca/Sunshine-Gardens
SOIL MINERALS - Discover the secrets of soil mineral balance that create ideal soil. Here you can find all kinds of useful information including the book "The Ideal Soil" used by all the "Heavy Hitters" to fine-tune the soil. For a fee you can even send in your soil test results and get exact recommendations on micronutrient applications for your soil. www.soilminerals.com
MONAGHAN MUSHROOMS - A mushroom farm just South of Campbellville that usually has a huge pile of mushroom compost out front that is free for the taking. Bring a trailer, pickup truck, shovel and fork and take what you want. www.monaghan-mushrooms.ca
PENNSYLVANIA GIANT PUMPKIN GROWERS ASSOCIATION - This club makes and sells one of the best lifting rings to help lift those giants in your patch. Used at the Erin Fair and other weigh-offs all over North America. www.pgpga.com
BIO-AG - Ontario suppliers of several organic nutrients including Black Earth Humic Acid, Kelp Meal, Jersey Greensand, and seaweed extracts. www.bio-ag.com
SCHOMBERG FARM AND GARDEN SUPPLIES - 518 Main Street, Schomberg 905-939-2911 All kinds of garden supplies, including seaweed, molassas, gypsum, lime, sulphur, etc.
MAPLE FARM SUPPLY - 8112 King Street West, Bolton, ON L7E 5T3
(905) 857-2000 Lime, gypsum, molassas, sulphur, and all kinds of granular fertilizers. http://www.mapleturfsupply.com/
TEAM PUMPKIN - A group from the U.S. that has a wealth of information on their website. Some great downloads including how to build a tripod, the Langley Soil Estimator, and several PowerPoint presentations that have been given over the years, including "What is Wrong With My Pumpkin." http://www.team-pumpkin.org/
GIANT VEGETABLE GROWERS OF ONTARIO - Ontario based club with lots of info about growing all kinds of giant vegetables including pumpkins - www.GVGO.ca
EUROPEAN GIANT VEGETABLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION - Find all the rules on how to prepare for the show and judge different types of giant vegetables. A great club with a great seed pack of different hard to get giant vegetables. http://egvga.eu/index.html
BIG PUMPKINS - A great website with a wealth of info and forums to asks your questions and get answers. This is also where most clubs hold their giant pumpkin seed auctions in the chat room on weekend evenings all winter long. www.bigpumpkins.com
HOWARD DILL ENTERPRISES - The place to buy some of the worlds best giant pumpkin seeds from some of the worlds best growers. www.howarddill.com
WORLD CLASS GARDENING - Great source for all kinds of seeds that get shipped directly from the grower. Also a great place to sell your own seeds and make some extra money for your pumpkin hobby. http://www.worldclassgardening.com/
WILLIAM DAM SEEDS - A great place to buy floating row cover (used to keep the frost off in the Fall and some growers use it to cover hoop houses in the spring. Also a great Canadian source of regular flower & garden seeds, and organic fertilizers and insect control products. www.damseeds.ca
A&L LABS CANADA - A London, Ontario based lab that provides soil testing services (select the S1B + S7 test for the most complete results) www.alcanada.com
PORT ELGIN PUMPKINFEST - The biggest giant vegetable weigh-off in Ontario that attracts growers from Quebec to Michigan. The website also has lots of growing information and holds an online silent auction each Feb/March to raise money for their annual growers convention in Niagara Falls. www.pumpkinfest.org
P and P SEEDS - A seed company that specializes in all kinds of giant vegetable seeds. www.pandpseed.com
SUNSHINE GARDENS - An ebay store from Florida that ships insect and disease control products (registered for use in Canada) to Ontario. Please follow local and provincial laws when applying any pest control products. www.stores.ebay.ca/Sunshine-Gardens
SOIL MINERALS - Discover the secrets of soil mineral balance that create ideal soil. Here you can find all kinds of useful information including the book "The Ideal Soil" used by all the "Heavy Hitters" to fine-tune the soil. For a fee you can even send in your soil test results and get exact recommendations on micronutrient applications for your soil. www.soilminerals.com
MONAGHAN MUSHROOMS - A mushroom farm just South of Campbellville that usually has a huge pile of mushroom compost out front that is free for the taking. Bring a trailer, pickup truck, shovel and fork and take what you want. www.monaghan-mushrooms.ca
PENNSYLVANIA GIANT PUMPKIN GROWERS ASSOCIATION - This club makes and sells one of the best lifting rings to help lift those giants in your patch. Used at the Erin Fair and other weigh-offs all over North America. www.pgpga.com
BIO-AG - Ontario suppliers of several organic nutrients including Black Earth Humic Acid, Kelp Meal, Jersey Greensand, and seaweed extracts. www.bio-ag.com
SCHOMBERG FARM AND GARDEN SUPPLIES - 518 Main Street, Schomberg 905-939-2911 All kinds of garden supplies, including seaweed, molassas, gypsum, lime, sulphur, etc.
MAPLE FARM SUPPLY - 8112 King Street West, Bolton, ON L7E 5T3
(905) 857-2000 Lime, gypsum, molassas, sulphur, and all kinds of granular fertilizers. http://www.mapleturfsupply.com/
TEAM PUMPKIN - A group from the U.S. that has a wealth of information on their website. Some great downloads including how to build a tripod, the Langley Soil Estimator, and several PowerPoint presentations that have been given over the years, including "What is Wrong With My Pumpkin." http://www.team-pumpkin.org/