Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 59 Entries. Monday, June 5 View Page Hoops are finally off. This is my 150 entry. I went with orange genetics with the 1120 Wolf. It's finally picking up steam. I'm doing a rectangle shape. 7 feet x 21.3 feet .   Monday, June 5 View Page 150 plant   Monday, June 5 View Page 150 plant border   Monday, June 5 View Page 150 plant is the 1120 Wolf 2022. Rectangle with flags at corners measures 7 x 21feet 3 inches = 149 square feet.   Monday, June 5 View Page 150 plant is the 1120 Wolf 2022. Rectangle with flags at corners measures 7 x 21feet 3 inches = 149 square feet.   Monday, June 5 View Page Size   Monday, June 5 View Page Size   Thursday, June 15 View Page The back yard patch update : Mustard got mowed down and tilled in on Sunday afternoon. Heavy rains Sunday night into Monday night, ( 1.5 inches). Covered with greenhouse plastic now for about 2 months. I'll check the soil temp after a month.   Thursday, June 15 View Page The back yard patch update : Mustard got mowed down and tilled in on Sunday afternoon. Heavy rains Sunday night into Monday night, ( 1.5 inches). Covered with greenhouse plastic now for about 2 months. I'll check the soil temp after a month.   Thursday, June 15 View Page 1120 Wolf, around 8 foot long. Sides are a little slow growing. I put some N down before the rain. With warmer Temps coming, it should start moving.   Sunday, June 25 View Page 150 plant, 1120 Wolf is filling in nicely. Going to pollinate 1st and only chance on main vine in a day or two. Main vine snapped last night about a foot past baby pumpkin . Not a big deal as I planned on cutting main past the pumpkin anyway. Then swoop side vines out to remaining 8 feet of the area. I guess if it aborts, I will try a side vine pollination.   Saturday, July 1 View Page 1120 Wolf x 2006 Amelia Wolf, Day 4 today, July 1st. Not too crazy about this shape, but it may change over the next week.   Saturday, July 1 View Page 2405 Gunstrom, day12. Great plant and pumpkin looks great so far.   Wednesday, July 5 View Page 150 plant, the 1120 wolf. String on bottom is boundary.   Wednesday, July 5 View Page Other side. I put caution tape up also to hold the leaves up. Gives me more room to walk around the plant also.   Saturday, July 8 View Page 150 plant, Day 11 for the 1120 Wolf. Seems to be doing good, plant looks good, almost all filled in the allotted space.   Friday, July 14 View Page My 150 pumpkin, 1120 Wolf. Looks like a bad pollination. Only growing 3-4 inch cc a day. Pretty sure it's getting cut off this weekend.   Friday, July 14 View Page Almost all filled in the 150 Sq ft area.   Monday, July 17 View Page 150 pumpkin, 1120 Wolf, day 20. It will be very orange, but the shape is not great. Pretty sure it was just a bad pollination. Just under 100 pounds, pretty small. We will ser what it does the next 10 days.   Wednesday, July 19 View Page 2405 Gunstrom day 30, 496#. Great plant.   Wednesday, July 19 View Page 1977 Rea, day 20 , 182.5" ott. Plant is recovering well.   Saturday, July 22 View Page 2144 Barron, nice plant but growth really slowed down because pumpkin is hogging all the nutrients now. Day 30, 544#, mid 40's a day average last week.   Monday, July 24 View Page 2006 Amelia Wolf, day 30. About 475#. Smaller plant , about 300 Sq ft, still growing to fill in 600 Sq ft plot.   Saturday, July 29 View Page 2405 Gunstrom, aka " Da Gunz " at day 40. 970 lbs. Averaging 45.1 the last 10 days, and 53.5 # past 2 days. Must be peaking out now. Plant is a great grower even with the great gains . The remaining side vines will all be terminated in a day or two.   Saturday, July 29 View Page 2144 Barron at day 37, 904#. 51.7 # average the past 7 days, 57# the past 2 days. Definitely surging with the warm , stormy nights the past 3 days. Much cooler weather is coming in next week. It will be interesting to see how well these 2 can hold the gains up.   Saturday, July 29 View Page 2006 Amelia Wolf at day 35 today, around 697#. Pumpkin and plant doing very well, despite being in soggy ground. 44.5 # average the past 5 days. No pic today, but it's orange with a decent shape.   Wednesday, August 2 View Page 1120 Wolf, my 150 challenge pumpkin. She will be very orange and ribby.   Thursday, August 3 View Page 2006 Amelia Wolf day 40, 875#. Doing pretty good.   Friday, August 11 View Page 2144 Barron, aka " The Sleeper" at day 50. Est 1398#. Still doing mid 30's.   Friday, August 11 View Page Side view. She has a nice, big booty on her.   Sunday, August 13 View Page 2006 Amelia Wolf, day 50, 1161# est, last 7 day average 27.8#.   Sunday, August 13 View Page 2405 Gunstrom day 55, 1370# est. Slowing down too fast, not sure why.   Sunday, August 13 View Page 2144 Barron day 52, 1449 est. Doing very good still.   Sunday, August 13 View Page 1120 Wolf day 47, my 150 entry is doing well. Around 665#. Averaging 21 a day the last 7 days. My goal is 800 #.   Wednesday, August 16 View Page 150 challenge pumpkin. Doing pretty good. Around 700 # now.   Wednesday, August 16 View Page Blossom side.   Sunday, August 27 View Page 1120 Wolf, 150 patch. Day 62, 807#. est weight. About 10# a day average the past week.   Sunday, August 27 View Page Day 64 for the 2006 Amelia Wolf. Daughter Sophia for size reference. Around 1407# est, about 14# a day average the past week.   Sunday, August 27 View Page Day 69 for the 2405 Gunstrom. Did not measure but around 1500# est weight. Main vine rot issues has slowed growth way down.   Sunday, August 27 View Page Day 66 for the 2144 Barron. Doing fantastic. Still averaging 25# a day for the past week, for an est total of 1818#. Biggest pumpkin ever in my patch.   Sunday, August 27 View Page One more.   Sunday, August 27 View Page Let's try again for the other 2144 Barron pic.   Thursday, August 31 View Page 2144 Barron day 70, 447.5" ott, around 1868#. Gains dropped way down. Plant health still looking good. Should be a personal best if we can get her to a weigh off.   Thursday, August 31 View Page We taped the 2405 Gunstrom today. Day 73, around 1587#. Main vine is rotted out behind the pumpkin. Still have about 400 feet of nice plant past the pumpkin. Only doing single digits. She looks heavy .   Wednesday, September 6 View Page Heres one for Ian P . Another personal best this year, Hybrid Stiper.   Friday, September 8 View Page 1120 Wolf , day 74. On an overcast day this pumpkin just looks spectacular. Practically no issues with stem or vines on this one. Planning to measure on Sunday.   Friday, September 8 View Page 2006 Amelia Wolf day76. Also looking spectacular and absolutely zero issues with stem and vines. This one seems to still be growing. Will update on Sunday.   Sunday, September 10 View Page Pic from September 9th. 1120 wolf, 150 Sq ft plant, est weight 900 #. Still gaining 6# a day.   Sunday, September 10 View Page Pic from September 8th. 2006 Amelia Wolf, est at 1530#. Still gaining about 8# a day. Beautiful pumpkin !!!   Sunday, September 10 View Page Hard to get a good pic of this pumpkin. Last week when looking at it, I finally said to myself, this is a big pumpkin. Took me a few years to do it, but she is taping over 2k and still gaining around 12# a day ! Unfortunately, it is and will be a dmg pumpkin. I'm letting it grow as long as I can. Hoping to get an official dmg weight at a weighoff soon.   Wednesday, September 20 View Page We weighed the 2144 Barron last night. She went close to 12% heavy and weighed 2315#. A good healthy plant to the end, but unfortunately, I could not stop a rot spot from eventually becoming too big. I could not have grown it this big without all of my families help, especially Derriks. So it's 2315 Zappa dmg.   Wednesday, September 20 View Page The 2405 Gunstrom fruit also got weighed a little earlier than I wanted. It weighed in at 1696#.   Wednesday, September 27 View Page 1120 Wolf on the left, day 92 , 347" ott, around 955#. Great plant and pumpkin all season. This is my 150 Sq foot entry, getting weighed on the 7th. Beautiful pumpkin.   Wednesday, September 27 View Page Hopefully I heald the phone correctly this time. 2006 Amelia Wolf day 95, still growing slowly. Another problem free pumpkin. Plant suffered from nutrient deficiency all season. Absolutely cannot believe it got this big. We named this pumpkin " The Floater", because it was in saturated soil most of the season. Plant size was approximately 750 Sq feet.   Wednesday, September 27 View Page Last Wednesday we weighed the 2144 Barron pumpkin. It had what started out as a small rot spot about 5 inches away from the blossom nub. Knowing how thin the blossom area can be, I was a little hesitant to scrape too deep, fearing I would break through. I thought I had it under control several times, and even got it dried up, but then I would find rot behind the dried up flesh. I just could not win the battle. After a few weeks it finally got bigger than the 3 inch maximum, per GPC rules. I decided to let it grow as long as I could, until the rot made it into the cavity. On Sunday the 16th of September, it rotted through finally. She was still growing. I could see fresh splits on the stem side. I picked it up on Tuesday, the 19th and weighed it at the Barnesville weigh off. I taped it out to 2075 #. It weighed 2315# , which is about 11 % heavy. A big thank you to my Son Derrik for his good eyes and all his help. Also, thanks goes to the rest of my family. Everyone helps me on some way. I can't grow these with out their help. Thank you to Erik Gunstrom and Quinn Werner also. It was a great season and I learned a lot !! 2315 Zappa dmg 2023 F- 2144 Barron x m- 2405 Gunstrom   Tuesday, October 3 View Page Day 99 for the 1120 Wolf, my 150 plant. Will be picked at day 101 on Thursday.   Tuesday, October 3 View Page 2006 on left at day 101 today. Will be picked at day 103.   Sunday, October 8 View Page 150 Sq ft entry.   Sunday, October 8 View Page The 2006 Amelia Wolf. Excellent seed.