Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 54 Entries. Tuesday, January 1 View Page 1723 Marshall @ 22 DAP. Estimated 86lbs. Did 13lbs last night. Tuesday, January 1 View Page 1307 Holub number 1 @ 7DAP. Tuesday, January 1 View Page 1307 Holub number 2 @ 4DAP Tuesday, January 1 View Page I hope there's enough plant behind this one. Tuesday, January 1 View Page 1307 Holub plant starting to age a little. Friday, January 4 View Page 1723 Marshall 25 DAP. OTT= 163 inches. Estimated weight of 102 lbs. Pictures coming soon. Sunday, January 6 View Page Biggest pumpkin on the 1307 Holub is @ 12 DAP. SS: 29 SB: 31 CC: 40 OTT: 100 est 28.7lbs Sunday, January 6 View Page 1723 Marshall 27 DAP: SS: 51 SB: 48 CC: 76 OTT: 175 inches est @ 125 lbs. PM has devastated my plants and I'll be lucky if I reach 200lbs+ Next year, I'll start a little later and get on top of the PM early. Monday, January 7 View Page 1307 Holub biggest kin 13 DAP: SB: 34 SS: 33 CC: 43 OTT: 110 est @ 36.5 lbs. Can't get pictures to upload to the computer, but I will try again soon. Monday, January 7 View Page 1307 Holub biggest kin 13 DAP: SB: 34 SS: 33 CC: 43 OTT: 110 est @ 36.5 lbs. Can't get pictures to upload. Sorry. Tuesday, January 8 View Page 1307 Holub 14 DAP: SS: 36 SB: 36 CC: 48 OTT: 120 est @ 45.6lbs. Starting to grow now :) Wednesday, January 9 View Page 1307 Holub 15 DAP: SS: 30 SB: 39 CC: 52 OTT: 129 est @ 55 lbs Wednesday, January 9 View Page 1723 Marshall 30 DAP: SS: 51 SB: 52 CC: 82 OTT: 185 est @ 144 lbs. Wednesday, January 9 View Page Correction, the 1307 Holub is 38 inches SS, not 30. Pictures coming soon. Wednesday, January 9 View Page 107.6 farenheit today... VERY hot. The plants and pumpkins have survived, which is a relief. Will spray for PM tomorrow, thanks Phillip and Dale. Wednesday, January 9 View Page 1723 Marshall 30 DAP Wednesday, January 9 View Page 1307 Holub, 15 DAP. Thursday, January 10 View Page 16 DAP on the 1307 Holub: SS: 39 SB: 41 CC: 56 OTT: 136 Est weight of 63.1 lbs. Culled the smaller pumpkin on the 1307 today. Very thick fruit. Weighed around 20lbs. Thursday, January 10 View Page Here's the fertilizers that I use. Along with the Mancozeb (fungicide) Thursday, January 10 View Page 1307 Holub 16 days old Thursday, January 10 View Page Top view. I really like the shape and colour on this one... Thursday, January 10 View Page 1723 Marshall 31 DAP. Haven't taped it in a few days. Need to get a bigger tape. Thursday, January 10 View Page 1723 front view Thursday, January 10 View Page 1723 another view. Friday, January 11 View Page 1307 Holub day 17. SS: 45 SB: 42 CC: 60 OTT: 145 Est: 74.7lbs. Friday, January 11 View Page 1723 Marshall 32 DAP. SS: 53 SB: 52 CC: 87 OTT: 197 Est: 172lbs Saturday, January 12 View Page 1307 Holub 18 DAP: SS: 44 SB: 44 CC: 63 OTT: 151 Estimated weight of 83lbs. Sunday, January 13 View Page 1307 Holub 19 DAP. SS: 46 SB: 46 CC: 66 OTT: 158 est weight:94lbs Monday, January 14 View Page 20 days on the 1307. SS: 47.5 SB: 47 CC: 69 OTT: 163.5 Estimated weight: 103lbs. Pictures will be taken later on today. Monday, January 14 View Page 1723 still gowing,(slowly) but I'm not sure if it will stay together till April. Wednesday, January 16 View Page 1307 Holub 22 DAP: SS: 49 SB: 50 CC: 75 OTT: 174 Estimated weight of 122 lbs. Thursday, January 17 View Page 1723 Marshall 38 DAP Thursday, January 17 View Page Stem view of the 1723, with a 1L bottle of sunscreen for scale. I like the shape and colour. No record breaker, but will definately be a new PB. Sunday, February 24 View Page Haven't updated my diary for a while! Final weight of the 1723 Marshall was 200.6lbs. I am very happy with it. The 1307 Holub is taping at around 253lbs at the moment, but won't grow much more since I have no leaves left. Mildew was a major factor. Hoping to keep the 1307 Holub on the vine for a few more weeks, so it will last for our local show which is on the 16 April. Pics to follow! Sunday, February 24 View Page 1307 Holub 61 DAP est weight: 253lbs Sunday, February 24 View Page 1307 Holub Sunday, February 24 View Page Forgot to mention that the 1723 Marshall went 8% light. Friday, March 29 View Page I picked the 1307 Holub a few weeks ago, and it came in at 275lbs. Genetics are 1307 Holub X 1723 Marshall. Great colour! Thankyou Scott for the seed and thanks everyone else for the info and help. Stem was snapped off during lifting so trying to keep it dry with a small fan and a 1:10 bleach/water solution. Friday, March 29 View Page Another picture showing the colour. Purrdy.. Friday, March 29 View Page Added 300sq ft to the main patch. It is now 1300sq ft. Soil is getting much better. Will add a thick layer of well rotted cow manure, add some dolomite lime, till it all in and then plant a cover crop. Looking forward to planting again already! Friday, March 29 View Page Patch number 2. Photo is not the best. Size is 350sq ft. This patch needs a lot of work, since there was nothing but weeds growing in it for the past 4-5 years. I've added 60lbs of gypsum, watered down with liquid gypsum, tilled in grass clippings and then added some organic granular. Will till in some composted cow and horse manure and then plant a cover crop. Friday, March 29 View Page She went 7% heavy too! Friday, July 12 View Page Second cover crop of Winter Rye on the main patch. First cover was peas. Anyway, this will be the spot for the 980 Fredricks... 350sq ft :) I left the stump areas clear so I could add sand, amendments etc.. Friday, July 12 View Page Another 350sq ft area for another orange seed. Will be planting September. If it germinates, the 777 Young should get this spot! The tree stump is a bit of a pain.. Friday, July 12 View Page This 600sq ft section will house the 901 Hunt/07 if it germinates :) Thank you Mr Myers! Hoping for HEAVY.. Friday, July 12 View Page The main patch Friday, July 12 View Page This 650sq foot patch will hold the 1067.5 Kent or the 1401 Urena. With 2 months left till planting, I may just add manure instead of a cover.. We'll see! :) Friday, July 12 View Page My plan was to grow another pumpkin in this patch here. I went ahead and dug a massive pit for the stump (I thought I could fill it up with good soil)... Turns out this was a bad idea.. After even the lightest rain, it fills right up like a slimy bath! Sorry Martin, I do have a patch near my school, so hopefully the 1000 Grenchik will see dirt. Friday, July 12 View Page That's a 2 litre bottle right there, man this stuff grows fast! Friday, July 12 View Page Correction, the 650sq ft patch will hold the 811 Gerhardt. The 1067.5/1401 will get a spot in the patch near my high school. Tuesday, August 13 View Page Drenched 66.2 Baggs marrow seedling today with Great White Mycorrhizae, Advanced nutrients Voodoo Juice and Carbolad along with some fish! Thursday, September 12 View Page Started first batch of seeds today!! 901 Hunt (1093.5 Hunt X 898 Knauss) and the 1080 Hunt (1678 Hunt X 898 Knauss) Will start second batch in a few months for the later weigh offs and shows :) It's started!!! Monday, September 16 View Page 1080 Hunt has germinated! However, the 901 Hunt has little transparent worms wriggling around inside of the shell... I don't think it will make it :'( Started 2 1000 est Grenchiks (1495 Stelts X 1789 Wallace) and 1 1012 Matesa (901 Hunt X 1161 Rodonis) Won't be able to grow as many pumpkins as I had previously planned due to limited funds. Don't want to give great seeds crap soil. So only 2 kins will be grown this year. Disappointing, but my money is going into to my car now. Monday, September 30 View Page Well, the 901 Hunt was eaten by tiny transparent worms, my 1080 Hunt came up with three cots and had the first true leaves fused to the cotyledons and my 1012 Matesa rotted.. Bit of a hard start over here, trying to get a 1401 Urena (991x901) and a 1381 Checkon (1288x1161) going right now. Hopefully i'm not too far behind!