Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 37 Entries. Wednesday, April 28 View Page in the beginning Saturday, May 1 View Page lookin good Saturday, May 29 View Page So far so good. 14 days outside. Saturday, May 29 View Page Another pic. Sunday, June 6 View Page About 3 weeks. Monday, June 14 View Page We had strong winds last night. My vine split. I decided to bury it all. Tuesday, June 15 View Page This is a 764 from N. Harp 2009. This is after burying the split vine. Looks good. Tuesday, June 15 View Page This is another 764 from N. Harp 2009. Also looks good. Tuesday, June 15 View Page This is a 949.5 from N. Harp 09 About 4 weeks along. Tuesday, June 22 View Page First one ever! on one of the 764 N. Harp 2009 Thursday, June 24 View Page This is the 949.5 on June 24. About 7 feet. Thursday, June 24 View Page This is a pic of the two 764's. About 9 feet with several females on the main vine and also 1 on the secondary. Wednesday, June 30 View Page 949.5 N. Harp on June 30 about 12' with 1 pumpkin so far Wednesday, June 30 View Page First one on the 764 N. Harp doing well. Wednesday, June 30 View Page These are my 2 764 on June 30. The left one is 16 1/2' the right is 15 feet. Both have 2 pumpkins so far. Monday, July 5 View Page These are the two 764 N. Harp 2009 the left is 17.5' and the right is 16'. They each have 2 set on the main. I hand pol them. There are also some females on the secondaries. If they pollinate I will remove them. The set ones re not at or near 90 degrees. Maybe it's too early to try to move them? See next photo. Monday, July 5 View Page So far so good. About 19" in about 6 days from set. How do I turn to 90 degrees? Monday, July 5 View Page This is my 949.5 N. Harp at 13' 1 set so far in a horrible position. I might have to abort. Another female growing at the end. Sunday, July 11 View Page this is on one of the 764 n. harp 2009 Sunday, July 11 View Page This is on the other 764 it's at 42 inches. Sunday, July 18 View Page The plant on the left 764 N.harp 2009 is 24' the one on the right is 22'. I have one pumpkin on each. Sunday, July 18 View Page This is the 949 N. harp 09. It is at 20' all the set pumpkins have died so far. I just tried 2 more the other day. We shall see. Sunday, July 18 View Page This is from the 764 on the left. It is currently 60" I'll have to try to figure out it's weight some other time. I never got a chance to put the pallets under these. Sunday, July 18 View Page This is the one on the right. Currently 56" I think it's growing faster than the other one. Sunday, July 25 View Page It seems I have a bad case of PM. Not sure what, if anything, I can do about it? Sunday, July 25 View Page This is on the 949 harp. It is currently 52" cir. growing nicely. Sunday, July 25 View Page This is on the left 764 68" cir all 3 plants are showing heavy PM. I will be trying to treat them. Sunday, July 25 View Page This is on the right 764 N. harp it is now growing the fastest. 76" cir Tuesday, July 27 View Page A couple notes. I applied Seven yesterday and found 0 bugs today. I also measured the 2 biggest ones using OTT. For the one on the left I got a total 175" ott= 125lbs The one on the right is 195" ott= 168lbs Sunday, August 1 View Page The bacterial wilt is spreading. It's just a matter of time.. my ott for the left one is 185 the right is 213 and the other one is 162. I'm confident I would have hit 800+ lbs if it wasn't for the cucumber beetles and wilt. Oh well, next year. Wednesday, August 4 View Page A pic of the bacterial wilt spreading on the plants. Wednesday, August 4 View Page My biggest so far. August 4. Saturday, August 7 View Page Latest OTT. The left one is not growing anymore. It's 184 OTT= 140 lbs. The right one has grown about 23" this week. OTT 227= 250 lbs. The other one is growing nicely also. 178 OTT= 130 lbs. Sunday, August 15 View Page Today's OTT measurements. Left one is still 184, the right one is 240 = 295 lbs, the third is 190= 155 lbs. Growth has been slowing. Not sure if i'll hit 400lbs on the big one? Wednesday, August 25 View Page Final measurements on the 949.5 N.harp 09 245= 310lbs not bad for my first year. Wednesday, August 25 View Page This is from a 764 N. harp 09 so far it's 204" Wednesday, August 25 View Page I'm finding new ones growing everyday!