Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 42 Entries. Wednesday, April 12 View Page Planted indoors, (2) 1912 Carter seeds. Will have my 12 x 12 greenhouse finished on Sunday. Sunday, April 16 View Page Pumpkin greenhouse finished - its 12x12' x4' I'm going to try and get a jump on the season even if it only gains me a few weeks Wednesday, April 26 View Page 1,666 Holland (left) -1,750 Holland (right) Friday, April 28 View Page Think I'm going to go with the 1,666 Holland. It seems to be growing the fastest (Cat not included) ...lol Thursday, May 4 View Page Finally planted my 1,666 Holland in the greenhouse. I used pumpkin pro, a space heater, and a wireless thermometer. Saturday, May 13 View Page Pumpkin plant is doing fine now,time to start skewering the little bit of vine that's starting to show Wednesday, May 17 View Page 1,666 Holland is growing a bit faster due to our slightly warmer weather. Good forecast ahead though... Wednesday, May 24 View Page Slowly but surely I guess. Good weather in the forecast ?? Tuesday, May 30 View Page Vine growing at least 6" a day now, over 4' now. Don't trust the weather yet so I'm leaving up my greenhouse for now. Friday, June 2 View Page Leaves are getting big - (1,666 Holland) Tuesday, June 6 View Page First little pumpkin. It's only at 6 feet on the main vine, so it's not really a contender, but I'm gonna pollinated anyway just in case. Friday, June 9 View Page 1,666 Holland is about 9' long now with a little pumpkin at 7-8' and one male flower Monday, June 12 View Page 4 females now....one @10 feet on the main (1,666 Holland) Saturday, June 17 View Page Freed the 1,666 Holland from the greenhouse ....very windy though Wednesday, June 21 View Page I put a wind fence up on the northeast side and the southeast side ...and that's still not enough. Gave the plants a good watering today Friday, June 23 View Page One little pumpkin at 14 feet, one at 6 feet, and one at 10 feet. I hope the one at 14 feet get pollinated by the end of June� But I'm not sure Saturday, June 24 View Page Pollination day Sunday, June 25 View Page Gave the 1,666 a good soaking today. It was blazing hot here (31c) Monday, June 26 View Page About the size of a baseball~ slow out of the gate but that's ok Tuesday, June 27 View Page procrastinating burying pumpkin vines. Always tomorrow .. lol Wednesday, June 28 View Page My emergency pumpkin is growing not bad. It will probably be culled but not yet..I have to wait and make sure the pollination was successful on my other pumpkins ?? Wednesday, June 28 View Page Hopefully the female flower @ 14' will open tomorrow Thursday, June 29 View Page I was hoping for a June pollination for this one (at about 14' ) .....but I think it'll most likely be in the first few days of July Saturday, July 1 View Page Yay!! Canada day pollination for this one at about 14' Sunday, July 2 View Page Because of the very limited space I have , I'm going to turn my side vines 90� and have them run down the length of the garden. Tuesday, July 4 View Page Damage in main vine just before my newly pollinated kin at 14' - what a disappointment. Wednesday, July 5 View Page This is the only pumpkin that I have left.. it's at 10 feet on the main vine. It seems to be going at a good clip, I'm surprised the pollination took� It was pollinated at 31�C ~89f A mouse or something chewed my vine at 14 feet just before my last pumpkin, so I'm not really sure what to do with it� But I guess I'll leave it for now� Who knows. Applied liquid kelp and 0-0-50 potash Thursday, July 6 View Page So far behind due to the cold spring ......this one was my best hope but the vine got chewed by a mouse or shrew/ not sure what to do with it. Is it worth keeping? Or is the vine too screwed? Any suggestions? Thanks joe .......Oh my email is [email protected] Tuesday, July 11 View Page A bit bigger than a volleyball Thursday, July 13 View Page This one is growing not too bad, seems to had slowed a bit but I'm not sure -- My other pumpkin @ 10' is growing fast Friday, July 14 View Page This one's gettin there Saturday, July 15 View Page Buried some vines ---- put Styrofoam under the larger pumpkin ......and gave the patch a good soaking Sunday, July 16 View Page Grew a lot overnight Wednesday, July 19 View Page I forgot to jot down when this Pumpkin was pollinated, but I would guess that this would be day 25 Thursday, July 20 View Page Again, nothing much to update on...I propped up the main vine with styrofoam.. to relieve and stress on the fruit ---My pumpkin is odd looking but it's all mine! ..lol ---- lightning is a possibility for tonight and showers turning to periods of rain for tomorrow. Sunday, July 23 View Page Warner and sunny today---- Had to cull my smaller pumpkin ahead of this one as it all but stopped growing Friday, July 28 View Page Tapes to about 105 lbs Sunday, July 30 View Page about 150 lbs Thursday, August 3 View Page Tapes to 200lbs Friday, August 11 View Page A wee bit over 300lbs Sunday, August 20 View Page Looks like pumpkin stopped growing...sigh - don't have a clue why Tuesday, August 22 View Page Pumpkin stopped growing for 2 days then it started again, mind you ..growing slowly --- (400lbs today)