Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 14 Entries. Sunday, May 9 View Page 1250 and 993 bowles in the patch..heaters on Tuesday, May 25 View Page 1250 has four nice size leafs now,.,,just wating for the main now Wednesday, June 2 View Page 1250 Bowles,,,,little over two feet long, on the ground and running Monday, June 7 View Page 1250 ...3 and half feet long today... leaf bent/ cracked from a BAD t-storm that went through yesterday,,,no cracks in main,,,hope it dosent slow the plant down to much,,tap roots are starting to show Thursday, June 10 View Page 1250 bowles is 4ft long today no problems with it,,,,993 is only like a foot and a half long today,,,growing slow, this one has a smalll crack in main hope it dosent set it back to much Wednesday, June 23 View Page 1250 bowles 9 feet long today,,,having a little problem throwing sidevines out,,but 6-9 feet seems to be finally developing some sort of sidevine time will tell,,,and a female is in the tip of the main so it should be out close to 10 feet or so,,,hope to god she opens and takes,,if it does it will be game on,,, Tuesday, June 29 View Page female at 12 feet,,,should be opening in about a week Wednesday, July 7 View Page 1250 female didnt wanna open.. wilted off,,,but i see another female down the main around 20 or so feet,,,hope this one matures to opening Thursday, July 29 View Page day 10 for the 1250 bowloes,,,23 in cir Wednesday, August 4 View Page Despite the woodchuck taking out some big chunks from the young pumpkin it continues to grow,,,,the wounds the woodchuck created are dry non of them are soft,,,the pumpkin is 38in cir day 16..and averging 2.5 inchs a day,,,,lets see if it holds togeather Thursday, August 5 View Page set up a trap tonight for that dang woodchuck,,,i put zuchini leafs in it, and string beans and celery...time will tell Friday, August 6 View Page one less woodchuck in the world Sunday, August 8 View Page day 20,,,cir 47... side to side 31,,front to back 36,,,= 114,,, very small for day 20 but i guess its better then nothing considering a woodchuck took 3 large chunks out of it,,im happy its still growing about 4.5lbs a day Sunday, October 10 View Page 73 cir,,,,,51 end to end....side to side 45 = 169....scale said 119