Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 20 Entries. Sunday, March 30 View Page We are about 10 days out from seed starting. We will have about 750-800 square feet for the plant. My YouTube channel is here https://youtu.be/8mQ8He7Ysd4 We have sent a soil sample in on Monday. Goal for this year 1000lbs Sunday, April 13 View Page 36 hours we have movement on the 2250 Friday, May 23 View Page Plant is growing well! First baby pumpkin showing. We will most likely let it bloom then take it off. Need to get the plant a little bigger. Aiming for 15+ secondaries behind the fruit. Sunday, June 29 View Page Cannot get anything to set. Plant looks good. I have another shot at pollination in a few days Sunday, June 29 View Page Cannot get anything to set. Plant looks good. I have another shot at pollination in a few days Sunday, July 6 View Page DAP 4. Please take Sunday, July 13 View Page Dap 11. Here goes nothing Tuesday, July 22 View Page DAP 20 159 OTT Sunday, July 27 View Page Dap 25 today. 201.5 OTT. Pumpkin is putting on 20-23lbs a days for the past 3 days. Seems like the weight per day is going up. Hopefully this is not the peak! Friday, August 1 View Page DAP 30 240 ott Saturday, August 9 View Page Pumpkin is 128" in circumference this morning. Officially the biggest pumpkin in circumference I have ever grown! Wednesday, August 13 View Page Unofficially the biggest pumpkin I have ever grown so far! Sitting at 296ott or 606lbs! Friday, August 15 View Page 650lbs. 302ott Sunday, August 17 View Page 686lbs today. We did 150lbs this week. Monday, August 18 View Page Lows in the lower 50s highs in the low 70s for the next 5 days. Ouch. Hoping the pumpkin does not hit the brakes yet! Wednesday, August 20 View Page Sitting at about 720lbs EST. Cold and raw today Sunday, August 24 View Page 770lbs today. Gains this week essentially got cut in half from the week before because of the awful weather we had. Growing about 12lbs a day Thursday, August 28 View Page I attended the Woodstock CT weigh off yesterday for the first time as a spectator. It was a great evening! Congratulations to all growers!! Nice meeting you Ken,Gene and Steve! Friday, September 19 View Page We are loaded up for the BIG E. Thinking heavy thoughts! Saturday, September 20 View Page The results are in! We taped 996lbs and came in at 948lbs! A new personal best! We did not hit out 1,000lb goal but we will be making adjustments and increasing our goal for next season! Thank you everyone for the tips and encouragement !