Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 28 Entries. Saturday, April 6 View Page The lineup is starting to take shape , squash and orange seeds are almost ready but have room for only one more plant which one should I try ? Monday, May 27 View Page Plants were doing well till farmer up wind from our patch decide to spray weed killer near the patch . Trying to keep plants alive . Not looking good . If plants don`t make it , I may get to take a vacation this year . Tuesday, June 4 View Page Field pumpkins are my main growers this year . Put 4 plants out and have several backups ready . Starters are : 145 Crews , 150.5 Razo ,88.5 Eaton and 81 Wolf Monday, July 15 View Page not alot to talk about . nothing has taken so far . 1368 DEVLIN and 980 FREDRICKS keeps aborting everything on the mains , been doing the ice bottle and cooler method but nothing . 1059 V/M aborted at day 12 and field pumpkins are doing same aborting . Maybe the high heat and rain soaked soil here . Worst luck ever in pollinations . Another disappointing season. Sunday, July 28 View Page heres the 996 haist , slow and I hope steady . (day 21) Sunday, July 28 View Page 980 Fredricks on the main , it is starting to color up . Picture does not do it justice . Have another on a secondary for backup , just trying to get a pumpkin to a weighoff . Sunday, August 4 View Page 980 fredricks day 20 one on the main Sunday, August 4 View Page Biggest field pumpkin on the 85 eaton . Sunday, August 4 View Page Here is my field pumpkin on the 145 crews . Sunday, August 4 View Page This is going to be a HD contender . Nice orange color on the 1059V/M . Was supposed to be a just in case plant , but did not have the heart to pull it and just let it run on the edge of the patch . Not going to get big because there is not much plant behind it . Tuesday, August 6 View Page Checked the 996 Haist again today and the water bottle is still the same distance from the squash . Another words not much growth during these 45-48 degree nights . Ned and Andy it looks like you two will stomp my butt again this year with your squash . Friday, August 9 View Page I am getting really worried about the monkey butt blossom end on the 996 Haist . She is still growing ever so slowly , no 1000lber here (maybe 900 plus if she last). Real pretty green color . Sunday, August 11 View Page Pulled the 1014 kuhn and 947 cuypers today . YVD strikes in my patch again . Just trying to hold one on for the weighoff. Also this starts the longest week of the season for me , tomorrow I leave for church youth camp as a leader and have to get updates off of the wife . I hope my babies are ok . Sunday, August 18 View Page Biggest field pumpkin to date so far this year. Will take to a local fair in 2 weeks if it holds on that long . Have several others that are still growing and solid green. Sunday, August 18 View Page The 980 fredricks , i forget what day . Growing every so slowly but growing. Looking good for color but hoping for a little more color by October. Sunday, August 18 View Page The 996 hiast squash continues to grow REALLY slow also . I think these cold nights in the 45-50 continues to kill good groweth. She is a low wide grower . Sunday, August 18 View Page This is the one thats been worrying/surprising me . It is catching up to everything else in the patch . Thinking it may just give me a new PB if it grows till weighoff time. Saturday, August 24 View Page Well since the AG`s , squash and FP`s have really slowed down to a crawl . Decided to take a famlily trip this past weekend . Went to Sights and Sound theater to see Noah and ate at the Shady Maple . Good food and a good show . Had a great with family . Sitting in the hotel on the internet and my wife walked by saying surely your not on big pumpkins while were on a weekend vacation . Did not answer her and just logged off . Friday, August 30 View Page Was going to post new pictures but my daughter said dad why are you taking pictures of our small pumpkins and small squash nobody wants to see them . So I will not post anymore pictures . Sunday, September 8 View Page Could not stand it no more , had to post some pictures even though they are small pumpkins. Here is the 1059 V/M don`t think she will be a HD contender . Looks good but not good enough with Ned , Andy and Teds sweet looking pumpkins coming to ALtoona. Sunday, September 8 View Page This one is still growing very slowly but stem is getting in bad shape . How soon is the weigh off ? Wednesday, September 18 View Page As the season is quickly coming to a end , it was a tough and trying year here . Thanks to my daughter for her help . With out her it really would have been overwhelming . Hopefully we have something left for Altoona . No our pretty orange one will not be a EXH . Saturday, September 28 View Page Well the season has not been a total bust for us here at Team Carson . We took one of our pumpkins to a local amusement park called Del Grosso`s for there harvestfest . Got a ribbon first place and a little extra prize money . Some bigtime growers didn`t bring there pumpkins there this year or we would not have won (Thanks Frank and Jim) . Friday, October 4 View Page This looks like one of Gansert pumpkins , but sorry Norm its our 150sq ft or less alot less pumpkin. Grown off of the 1059 V/M . Ain`t she a looker . Sunday, October 6 View Page Had a great time at the Altoona weighoff yesterday . I kind of figured turn out would be down a little this year and it was . My daughter and I did fairly well (for us). Thanks to the lifting crew/registration/computer people and MC`s . Sam`s club provided forklifts and drivers all day . Many hands made the work load light. I may have pictures if I can figure out this camera . Thursday, October 10 View Page Here we are with our little squash off of the 996* Haist . Managed to get first since the bigtime squash growers ( Andy,Ned and Karl )took there squash to other weighoffs . Already looking towards next season with giving the 996* a top spot in the patch . Thursday, October 10 View Page i can`t get my pictures loaded right so here is the best I can do . Top picture has the greenie , white one and pretty orange . I really like that picture . Next one is my daughter with the 1059Vincent McGill . Totally awesome color and shape . Bottom is Kayla`s nice pumpkin . It is the second one grown off of the same 980 fredricks plant . Total of around 1300lbs on that plant. Wednesday, October 16 View Page I want to thank two growers for giving me seeds of theirs to plant this past season . Karl Haist - for the 996* it give us a nice looking 687.5lb squash grown from a very small plant . Jim Fredricks - for the 980 which we grew two pumpkins on the one plant that totalled over 1300lbs (653.5 and 665)and both were a nice orange.