Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 58 Entries. Saturday, April 12 View Page Let's roll   Saturday, April 12 View Page Started 6 seeds today. 2009 Wallace, 1495 Stelts, (2) 1545 Hunts and (2) 1676.5 Daletas. Soil cables and hoops are in. Also started laying out some drip tape.   Saturday, April 12 View Page Time to smoke out the corn seed maggots.......   Friday, April 18 View Page 100% germination rate. Gave the plants some sun today. Also drenched some merit in the patch   Saturday, April 19 View Page Round 2 along with tomatoes.   Sunday, April 20 View Page New greenhouse. Plans courtesy of a fellow BP member. So easy to make.   Sunday, April 20 View Page Basking in the sun.....   Friday, April 25 View Page Planting day for the 1676 Daletas. Have a 1495 as backup in same spot   Friday, April 25 View Page Planting day for the 2009. Have a 1545 Hunt in the same spot as backup. Gave the plants a seaweed drench, with some mykos and rootshield in the planting hole. Plants are looking great.   Saturday, May 3 View Page 1676 Daletas looking great so far.   Saturday, May 3 View Page 2009 looking nice as well. Have both plants a shot of companion this morning.   Saturday, May 17 View Page 2009.....   Saturday, May 17 View Page 1676...   Sunday, May 18 View Page Tilled in all amendments. Now we just need consistently warmer weather. 2009 and 1674 are it.   Monday, May 26 View Page 2009 about 2 feet out. Nice plant so far.   Monday, May 26 View Page 1676 about 2.5 feet out   Sunday, June 1 View Page 2009 about 5 feet in length. Already have a pumpkin on the main.   Sunday, June 1 View Page 1676 a little over 5 feet in length. Have a pumpkin on the main of this one too.   Friday, June 13 View Page 4 lober opened on the 2009 about 7 feet out and a 5 lober opened on the 1676 about 8 feet out. Both pumpkins were removed. There are several pumpkins on the main on both plants.   Monday, June 16 View Page 1676 about 12 feet out. Sprayed for bugs today   Monday, June 16 View Page 2009 about 10 feet out. Windbreaks came down today.   Thursday, June 19 View Page Beautiful 4 lober opened on the 2009 at approximately 10 feet out. Plants are doing well.   Sunday, June 22 View Page 1676 around 18 feet   Sunday, June 22 View Page 2009 around 16 feet. Filling in nicely. Should pollinate one tomorrow.   Wednesday, June 25 View Page Pollinated a 1676 around 16 feet out   Saturday, June 28 View Page Pollinated really nice 5 lober on the 2009 this morning.   Saturday, June 28 View Page Nice bouquet of 1676s.....   Saturday, June 28 View Page Caught 1st svb in the trap yesterday.   Sunday, June 29 View Page Pollinated another 2009 with 5 1676s this morning. Can't remember the last time I had this many pumpkins on the main vine before. 2009 is a great plant so far.   Wednesday, July 2 View Page First cull of the season on the 2009. Decided on another down the line that had better looking lobes when pollinated   Wednesday, July 2 View Page Pollinated a 5 lober on the 1676 with three 2009 males   Wednesday, July 2 View Page Pollinated a 5 lober on the 1676 with three 2009 males   Thursday, July 3 View Page Heavy rain and extremely high winds hit the plants really hard. Just went outside to check damage and there are a lot of blown over secondaries. Will have to try and fix everything up tomorrow, even if it's raining. Doesn't look to good right now.   Friday, July 4 View Page Spent 3 hours in the patch this morning on 2 plants. They should bounce back. 1676 got hit hard though. Started raining again.   Sunday, July 6 View Page Pollinated prob my last pumpkin on the 1676 for insurance. 4 lober way out on the vine   Tuesday, July 8 View Page Day 10 on the 2009. Looks good so far.....   Wednesday, July 9 View Page Culled the first pollination on the 1676. On a side note, the secondaries are like mains on the 2009. Unreal.   Sunday, July 13 View Page 2009 at 15 days old today.   Tuesday, July 15 View Page Heavy winds and a lot of rain bombarded the plants last night, especially the 1676. This is the second storm that really hit this plant hard.   Wednesday, July 16 View Page 1676 at day 10. This is the keeper way out on the vine.   Friday, July 18 View Page 2009 at 20 days. Good growth despite the cooler nights.   Friday, July 18 View Page 2009 at 20 days. Good growth despite the cooler nights.   Sunday, July 20 View Page Approximately 750 square feet each for both plants. The 1676 is just about filled out and the 2009 is almost there as well. Corn looks great.   Monday, July 21 View Page 1676 at day 15   Monday, July 21 View Page 1676 at day 15   Wednesday, July 23 View Page Day 25 on the 2009. Picking up steam.   Wednesday, July 23 View Page Stump on the 2009. Thick as my arm.   Saturday, July 26 View Page 1676 at day 20 crosses with the 2009. This one is starting to move fast.   Monday, July 28 View Page Day 30 on the 2009. Growing nicely.   Monday, July 28 View Page Day 30 on the 2009. Growing nicely.   Thursday, July 31 View Page Day 25 on the 1676. Still moving....   Thursday, July 31 View Page Another pic of the 1676   Saturday, August 2 View Page Rooftop view of the patch completely full. Approximately 750 square feet for each plant. 2009 pumpkin is by far the biggest.   Saturday, August 2 View Page Day 35 on the 2009 Wallace. My biggest ever day 35. Need the weather to warm up a bit at night though. Plant looks great.   Saturday, August 2 View Page   Sunday, August 10 View Page Day 43 on the 2009. Been nice and in the 80s during the day but a little to cold at night. Pumpkin growers are never happy lol.   Monday, August 18 View Page Day 51. Still putting on the weight. Have been covering at night with a blanket. Temps are in the mid to high 50s every night. Ridiculous.   Monday, September 1 View Page Day 65 on the 2009 Wallace. Keeping it's gains, which are down but consistent, most likely due to the warmer nights.