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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 30 Entries.
Wednesday, January 4 View Page
happy new year to all ! looking forward to a great season !
Wednesday, May 2 View Page
Let the games begin ! We are going orange ! I planted ,969 gansert 11, 827 gouin 11, 1436.3 wolf 11,943.5 lengel 11
Wednesday, May 23 View Page
969 gansert is doing great,very strong and thick stem,waiting to lay down. like this plant !
Wednesday, May 23 View Page
1436 wolf,doing yery good ! also !burned a couple of leaves from heat lamp ! learned lesson placs on ground instead of hanging from top of hut !
Wednesday, May 23 View Page
827 gouin moving slow out of gate,will see what happens hang in there !
Wednesday, May 23 View Page
forgot to put pic for 827 gouin. over all i am very happy with this years start hope it keeps up !
Wednesday, May 23 View Page
943 lengel will be going in ground today
Wednesday, May 23 View Page
little night time pics, party in patch !
Monday, June 4 View Page
1436 wolf doing very nice, out about 9.5ft.
Monday, June 4 View Page
827 gouin picking speed and looking great. 8.5 ft
Monday, June 4 View Page
969 gansert out at 9.5 ft. Got my first female flower today out at 8.5 ft plant looks good. Looking for big and orange. Shooting for my first 1k.Need alot lot of luck on my side
Saturday, June 9 View Page
1036 wolf starting to pick up speed with alittle warm weather
Saturday, June 9 View Page
827 gouin doing well !
Saturday, June 9 View Page
969 gansert looking strong ,dark green plant,maybe because compost pile was there this spring
Tuesday, June 12 View Page
Gansert 969, female at 8 ft pollinated,another female at 11 ft.Cold rain today not the best for pollinatins,see what happens. Gansert crossed with 1143 Lengel,Hope for the best,early yet !
Monday, June 18 View Page
not a great day 969 gansert looks to be shuting down started yesterday and today the rest of plant ,my other two plants are just fine .have no idea what it may be
Wednesday, June 20 View Page
pulled plant, gansert 969 split vine oped and here what i found any idea!
Wednesday, June 20 View Page
This is my 827 Gouin and 1443 Wolf, plants are looking great ! Patch is alittle smaller now,with out 969 gansert .Will grow that one again next year ! Thinking it might be cuke beetles or having compost pile to close to plant and patch ,
Thursday, June 21 View Page
1st set on Gouin 827 8ft out,not a great set up! But its growing! Also look what i found in patch ! This bunny doesnt eat veggies,
Thursday, June 21 View Page
Glad i had the last two days off, its been in mid 90 and higher today.Plants started to flag alittle,turned on sprinkler to cool off for 20 mins,soaked this morning for hour and half.
Thursday, July 5 View Page
827 gained 16 lbs and that was uponly gained 6 lbs found small crack in stem .also cut a couple of vines . see what happens ! The 1436 still waiting for good set . next pollination coming up in few days
Thursday, July 5 View Page
The 1436 Wolf To get pkn going ! going to pollinate in about 4 days
Wednesday, July 25 View Page
827 gouin ott is 284,growing very slow at 43 days,got a wheel.going to be orange
Wednesday, July 25 View Page
1436 wolf ott is 213 ott 27 days old coming along
Wednesday, July 25 View Page
827 gouin ott is 85.5 at day 14. looks like going to make two plants out of the 827 gouin, the best start of all pkns
Wednesday, July 25 View Page
my veggie garden
Thursday, September 20 View Page
Loading pkn for Durham fair. The teacher teaching the students. Thanks Bart ! Paul did a great job on building his new tripod for for lifting pkns. BIG THANKS TO PAUL and BART for helping me to get this pkn to scale . THANKS TEAM-PUMPKIN
Thursday, September 20 View Page
Team-pumpkin at work
Thursday, September 20 View Page
SORRY NORM ! ITS A WHITE PUMPKIN
Thursday, September 20 View Page
SORRY NORM ! ITS A WHITE PUMPKIN ORANGE RULES !

 

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