Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 40 Entries. Saturday, February 3 View Page Kade and I will be making videos again this year. The watch it grow series has some upgrades. check out a sneak preview of what we have in store. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpIfHZTlwdo&t=27s   Wednesday, April 4 View Page 2018 is going to be different then all of the years before! Seeds go in the ground Sunday   Thursday, April 5 View Page Seeds have been started not sure of the lineup and we had to restart some seeds because of the brutal cold weather but plants will go in the ground on Sunday April 8. https://youtu.be/QpE-V_sor24   Friday, April 6 View Page I have my work cut out....hopefully it is worth it   Friday, April 6 View Page Starting to take shape   Sunday, April 8 View Page Plants Are in the ground it got down to 10° last night but they still seem to be loving their green houses   Saturday, April 14 View Page 2157 Paton Looking good after 1 week in the green house. https://youtu.be/QLgfZW8cTbw   Monday, April 23 View Page Plants should really start taking off now that the main vine is showing. We are starting the process of getting the vine to grow in the correct direction and to start laying down. https://youtu.be/Iw5EpL6Ue8Q   Monday, April 30 View Page Had to take a picture for the last day of April plants are by far the best looking ones I’ve ever had at this time a year   Monday, April 30 View Page I will have to make decision soon of which ones to keep they all look good so it won’t be easy   Saturday, May 5 View Page Main vines are down and plants are starting to run. Kade had an interesting week. Check out the video to see his update! https://youtu.be/cMjUaBFncTM   Saturday, May 5 View Page https://youtu.be/hcNZRX5mu6k I didn't do a very good job of updating my diary...to many things to do in a day. But i did make a video after 2 days of growth. We went from 5'10" to 7'8"...10 inches of plant growth a day! The first baby has showed itself, plant is too small however "The One" is in the tip so it will be pollinated probably around the 11-12 foot mark!   Thursday, May 10 View Page Lets see how many inches this plant will grow in one day. Sitting at 5'10"   Monday, May 14 View Page We did a comparison video of our plants outside to our plants inside   Monday, May 14 View Page https://youtu.be/wU0EtNAZR3c   Sunday, May 20 View Page 2157 paton Leaves look nice however they want to fall over...anyone else have this issue with the 2157 paton?   Sunday, May 20 View Page Pumpkin at 14 feet it will be pollinated as it is the only one on. I would like to pollinate further down however i'm not seeing any pumpkins in the tip so this might be "The One"   Friday, May 25 View Page 2157 Paton It will be opening up tomorrow   Friday, May 25 View Page 2157 Paton Plant is looking nice but will the pollination take in 100° weather? https://youtu.be/oVvB4WyN_aE   Sunday, May 27 View Page Pollinated the 2109 Zywiec x 2157 Paton. Nice 5 lobe at 13 feet out this will be the backup i have one at 16.5 feet opening up in a few days.   Monday, June 4 View Page Pollinations are in full swing. I have 1 pollinated on the main vine of the 2157 Paton the rest have been side vine pollinations. The 100 degree day pollination aborted so now i'm pollinating everything, side vines and main I'll updated pictures when the 1 is chosen. Here is a video so you can see the size of the plant...they are big. https://youtu.be/CwDMxnQwXX8   Wednesday, June 6 View Page 2109 x 2157 main vine 5 lober   Tuesday, June 12 View Page The one has been chosen 2157 Paton https://youtu.be/YtNetNHCuCY   Tuesday, June 12 View Page Here is a photo of the pumpkin   Friday, June 15 View Page Dap 11 on the 2157 paton Starting to take off the heat hasn't stopped us....YET https://youtu.be/o0zHYMCcAO0   Sunday, June 17 View Page We have stem splits but I will continue to adjust the pumpkin https://youtu.be/ZydLWqHJIJ8   Monday, June 25 View Page 2157 Paton on day 21 pushing sand in Kansas. Here is an ott measurement video https://youtu.be/O7ZiJHw0gWop   Wednesday, July 4 View Page 2157 Paton day 30 measuring day 119 c 71 ee 73 ss around 413 pounds it gained 40 pounds https://youtu.be/YL4eWPuGhyE   Tuesday, July 24 View Page Day 50 on the 2157 paton are we at 1000 pounds? Could this be a Kansas record? Time will tell! https://youtu.be/Z9VVxjf7Kqo   Saturday, August 4 View Page 2157 Paton day 61...We have a Kansas record on our hands! Now i just need to keep it going and get it officially weighed. Been a real fun year https://youtu.be/NJVYokbC2FE   Saturday, August 4 View Page Here's the picture of the 2157 Paton   Saturday, August 11 View Page Kade grew his first watermelon this year. We had to pick it due to a bad soft spot. This was not grower error this was his Dad's growing error. I put it on a piece of Styrofoam without any sand I believe water sat and cause it to rot. My mistake. A big bummer the last we measured it was measuring at 85 pounds but it weighed 114 pounds! He beat my personal best by 39 pounds!   Sunday, August 12 View Page Here is a picture of the scale   Thursday, August 30 View Page I see so many beautiful pumpkin pictures this time of year. But i have one here for ya...do you think it can be save??? It's taping as the largest pumpkin ever grown in Kansas! https://youtu.be/IQHUC9QgcTQ   Friday, September 7 View Page 2157 Paton loaded And ready for the weigh off hopefully a new Kansas record   Saturday, September 8 View Page Oklahoma giant pumpkin growers weigh off about ready to begin here are the official estimates   Sunday, September 9 View Page New Kansas record 1176 Marintzer 2157 Paton x 2109 zyweic   Monday, September 10 View Page 1176 Marintzer Here is a video of me answering most of the questions we always get at the weighoffs. I'm sure you've all answered these questions hundreds of times! https://youtu.be/4hvXu_1Bo4s   Wednesday, October 10 View Page Our season is officially done. We cut open the Kansas record 1176 yesterday to remove some seeds. 1176 Marintzer 2157 Paton x 2109 Zyweic Looks to be over 100 viable seeds so if anybody is wanting some just shoot be an email and I'll get some sent to ya as soon as they dry. j369marintzer@yahoo.com Here is a video of me and the kids having a little fun cutting open the pumpkins. https://youtu.be/llA5syIcJTA   Sunday, October 21 View Page Kade’s trial plant from the 1050 EST Marintzer