Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 69 Entries. Tuesday, January 10 View Page Squash 1486.6 Jarvis* (2011WR)*-1002 Jarvis* x 982 Sherwood* 1002 Jarvs*- 1217.5 Jarvis (dmg)* x 982 Sherwood* 1217.5 Jarvis* (dmg) -800 Neily x 1132 Vincent* 1037.5 Jarvis*-1217.5 Jarvis (dmg) x 1002 Jarvis*. Pumpkin 1427.4 Jarvis-1219.5 Jarvis x 1236 Harp 1219.5 Jarvis-1725 Harp x 1155 Frantz Sunday, May 6 View Page Good morning 2012. Locked and loaded on the 5th. Gone in are the: -1641 Montgomery -1468 Stevens -1486 Jarvis -1725 Harp -1794 Pugh -1037 Jarvis -716 Dill Sunday, May 6 View Page 1037 Squash. Nothing good/nothing bad...way to pick a good racehorse;) Sunday, May 6 View Page Pollinator picks- -992 Butler- firm up color, close ribs. -1014 kuhn- some 'green' outside genetics. -1185 kline- proven producer. -1427 Jarvis- (long x tall/wide). -380 Turner- (1041 Mckie x 1140 Stevens= X factor;) Sunday, May 13 View Page 15" spread on the 1641 Montgomery...(lobster cooled with a rye please;) Wednesday, May 23 View Page After 18 days sealed in a box, Fed Ex returns as 'undeliverable'...boarder didn't like the soiless mix i guess:( Wednesday, May 23 View Page After 2 days there appears to be a pulse. Wednesday, May 23 View Page 2 days and there maybe hope... Wednesday, May 23 View Page After 2 weeks and all that she's been through, I don't have the heart to throw her out...will be given a small plot and be affectionately known as 'Joe':) Friday, May 25 View Page New this year for the 1725 Harp-The "Hain vine pin" and 2 bottles of 'make 'er break';) Pretty intense heat here in S.Ontario, plants o.k so far...may water next week;) Tuesday, June 12 View Page Warm weather returns, and plants are starting to pick up. Pictured is the 1725 Harp. Some plants are a little larger, some are are a little smaller, but on average this is where i'm at. None seem to be overly unhealthy and have only lost a few vines to early morning adjustments and a few leaves to a cuc.beatle flare-up:) Friday, June 22 View Page Unfortunately due to circumstance, some of my plants are quite behind...picture is "Joe" the 1002...a 'surviving sort', but shouwing signs of her mistreatment and bad breeding;) Friday, June 22 View Page 1641 Montgomery x 1468 Stevens-Pollinated June 20-Day 2. Friday, June 22 View Page 1641 Montgomery x 1468 Stevens-Pollinated June 20-Day 2. Friday, June 22 View Page 1468 Stevens x 1794 Pugh-Pollinated June 21-Day 1. Friday, June 22 View Page 716 Dill x 1185 Kline. Pollinated June 22-Day 0. Plant has been one of the better growers...the green was a surprise though. Friday, June 22 View Page 1037 Jarvis x 1014 Kuhn-Pollinated June 20-day 2. Friday, June 22 View Page 1794 Pugh x 380 Turner-Pollinated June 21-Day 1. Bad lobe in one of the segments, might take the next female. Friday, June 22 View Page 1725 Harp x 1468 Stevens. Pollinated June 20-Day 2. Friday, June 22 View Page 1725 Harp x 1468 Stevens. Pollinated June 20-Day 2. Friday, June 22 View Page I probably wouldn't move either "just to grow a better pumpkin"...then again...I might;) Thursday, July 5 View Page 1641 Montgomery-GVGO seed of the year @ day 15. Seems to be set and growing steady. Thursday, July 5 View Page 1037 Jarvis- GVGO squash seed of the year @ day 15. Plants terrible, fruit's slow, will cull in the next couple of months. Tuesday, July 10 View Page Unfortunately one of my best starts the 1794 Pugh has displayed it's blossom end issues I was worried about initially. will leave on till she does herself in;) Cut off all back up sets as well which are now chicken feed. Heats been hard on all of us:( 7771641207414671860103720721794190017252076 Thursday, July 12 View Page 1486 Jarvis x 1014 kuhn. Ugly for sure. looks like it wants to abort. May take a side vine fruit pollinated by the 1037 on July 10. Thursday, July 12 View Page 1794 Pugh. Growing, but has a 'pucker' face...ma fault;) Thursday, July 12 View Page 1468 Stevens x 1794 Pugh. Plants a little smaller than the rest but the fruit is 'steady' for now. Thursday, July 12 View Page 1725 Harp x 1468 Stevens. “Do or do not... there is no try.”(Said in voice of Yoda:) Thursday, July 12 View Page 1641 Montgomery x 1468 Stevens. Nice Color, great shape steady grower. Thursday, July 12 View Page 1794 Pugh x 380 Turner (wild card;) Thursday, July 12 View Page 1037 Jarvis x 1014 Kuhn... "Judge me by size, do you?...Size matters not”(Yoda;) Tuesday, July 17 View Page 1641 Montgomery Tuesday, July 17 View Page 1037 Jarvis Tuesday, July 17 View Page 1725 Harp Tuesday, July 17 View Page "Book the site darling, we can go camping now" (I can rest easy with visions of what might have been...spit!) Monday, July 23 View Page 1468 Stevens @ Day 32. One of the few not attacked by vine borer. Plant was a little behind but seems to have picked up a bit in the heat. Tuesday, July 31 View Page I know I can't compete in this department with the other St.Thomas boyz...so I play:) Tuesday, July 31 View Page With highly flexible vines and a great heritage this 716 Dill x 1185 Kline will eventually produce the prettiest pumpkin on the planet....if not, it still looks good in green:) Tuesday, July 31 View Page Montgomery main vine leading into pumpkin after healing from SVB extraction... Tuesday, July 31 View Page ...and the "Monty" still wants to grow! Tuesday, July 31 View Page After being bound, incarerated, unlawfully confined at the boarder and finally kicked at soccer ball size, this 1102 x self hits 193 ott after 20 days. Tuesday, July 31 View Page Sorry, that's "1002" x self Tuesday, July 31 View Page 1468 Stevens @ day 40. If the rabbits would leave her alone she might have a chance to grow. Tuesday, July 31 View Page "Sired" by the 1002, the 1037 could still come out to play. Fruit growing more like the maternal (1217) side though, no great gains. Tuesday, July 31 View Page 1794 Pugh x 380 Turner still creepin' along. Wednesday, August 8 View Page 1468 Stevens. over 8 and inchn' along. Seems to have found another gear;) Wednesday, August 8 View Page 1037 Jarvis around 6 or so. Still creepin'. Wednesday, August 8 View Page Not worth measuring the Pugh anymore... Wednesday, August 8 View Page ..just counting the number of beer and corn she consumes;) Wednesday, August 8 View Page Gota be at least 600 lbs :) Sunday, August 12 View Page Growing 'free range' for her seed the 1002x1002 @ day 32 has an ott of 257"...Due to circumstance this squash is, and will be 'limited'. (I won't be composting her seed this time though until i give them a trial run;) Thursday, August 16 View Page 1486-not the ideal shape but sits around 400. Thursday, August 16 View Page Pulling back the leaf canopy there appears to be yellow...oh what to do? It's going to be a pumpkiin! ...Expose a true squash and they will live up to their full potential. Sunday, August 19 View Page As a very 'sectional' pumpkin the 1468 Stevens was coming on strong in the back stretch...a little too strong:( Did 27 lbs a day over the last 5 days on the tape but 'pinholed' over what appears to be a developing dill ring in a rib. Taped 1061 on day 60, but I bet (like most of us in this biz;)..."It woulda went heavy!" :) Sunday, August 19 View Page Two days ago I told my dad.."If it goes down anywhere, this is where it'll be"...and it did:( Wednesday, August 22 View Page Patch 'touring' with dad :) Saturday, September 1 View Page I recall a certain squash doing this to me a few times before I figured out what her likes and dislikes were. Sorry 1468 Stevens, you were looking good, i'll treat your daughter better;) Sunday, September 2 View Page (Chomp chomp chomp) Monday, September 3 View Page HI! Tuesday, September 4 View Page Bee's, humingbirds, soft spots, even splits i can handle in the patch...I ain't good with this one...I need a drink! Thursday, September 13 View Page 'Tie back' on long gourd to reduce movement. Thursday, September 13 View Page A good example of how enviromental conditions can affect fruit coloring. Exposure will normally enchance the color of fruit according to it's genetic predisposition...apples, pumpkins, squash and yes even gourds are affected;) can also be modified by the environmental conditionsto Sunday, September 16 View Page Condo variety squash...1002 grown on 150 sq.ft of plant still has produced a pretty nice fruit. Sunday, September 16 View Page 1037 Jarvis GVGO(squash)SOTY crossed on 1014 kuhn. Although attacked by vine borer early, this squash has kept pushing. Strong plant and shallow ribbed, will make my 2013 shortlist;). Saturday, September 22 View Page Lift and placement with tripod in under 8 minutes with the 'Butler Wonder Clevis';)(patent pending;) Saturday, September 22 View Page All the help required for 1?30 lb. lift:) Tripod worked great...soft spot diagnosis, not so good. Not through to the cavity (if there is one:o), might have jumped the gun. Another learning experience;) Monday, November 19 View Page 1464 Jarvis (1725 Harp x 1468 Stevens) after being exposed and used by "CELEBRITY CHEFS". (The downside...one viable seed in all that cavity...dagnabit!) Monday, November 19 View Page In the company of Curtis Stone, wife didn't seem too broken up over my lack of seed...have no idea why;) Monday, November 19 View Page RWF-2012