Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 45 Entries. Monday, June 26 View Page 2023 season VLOG Ep. 1 https://youtu.be/ZymLC7iuFeo   Monday, June 26 View Page 2023 season VLOG Ep. 2 https://youtu.be/Jg5ICUfee7c   Monday, June 26 View Page 2023 Season VLOG ep. 3   Monday, June 26 View Page I pollinated the 1634 Rea today with itself. I have another one that will open in a day or two that might be a better option.   Monday, June 26 View Page I pollinated the 1634 Rea today with itself. I have another one that will open in a day or two that might be a better option.   Monday, June 26 View Page I pollinated the 1634 Rea today with itself. I have another one that will open in a day or two that might be a better option.   Monday, June 26 View Page I also pollinated the 2350 Gienger with itself today. Anyone in northern California knows it has been a cool year so far. Plants are not the size we would expect at this time. However, we finally have warm weather on the horizon. Hopefully the sudden heat doesnt shock the plants but either way it is much needed.   Tuesday, June 27 View Page First two pumpkins were pollinated 6/26. Hopefully they aren’t the keepers as the plants are still smaller than I’d like. Far plant is the 2350 Gienger, close plant is the 1634 Rea. Patch is 30’ x 50’.   Tuesday, June 27 View Page View from the other side.   Tuesday, June 27 View Page Second pollination on the 1634 Rea x self today.   Wednesday, June 28 View Page Tissue test results. Going to address low phosphorus, copper and Boron. A great grower gave me some help to put a plan together to remedy the deficiencies.   Saturday, July 1 View Page Dinner party on a hot day   Monday, July 3 View Page Left 885 Bierle Middle 1634 Rea Right 2350 Gienger Photo is from a couple days ago. Just went through a little heat wave. Got some leaf damage but the plants also started to grow faster.   Thursday, July 6 View Page Vlog Ep. 4 https://youtu.be/qp-o80eKxms   Thursday, July 6 View Page 2350 Gienger DAP 11. Don’t love the shape.   Thursday, July 6 View Page Second option on the 2350 Gienger. DAP 5. Not sure she took, was high 90s when I pollinated.   Thursday, July 6 View Page 1634 Rea. DAP 11 and DAP 10. Never had two pumpkins so close. Kind of a pain in the ass and need to make the call soon. Chose to dead head the main because it had a split. I will pitch fork the tertiary growth forward to fill in the empty space.   Thursday, July 6 View Page Another view of the 1634 Rea. Nice and round.   Wednesday, July 12 View Page 885 Bierle DAP17. This is the “for fun plant” outside the main patch. Doing much better than the 2350 and 1634 which are both extremely heat sensitive. A bit frustrated because I’m still not sure what is going on. Glad I have an A to B comparison though.   Wednesday, July 12 View Page However, the 885 does have a stem split that seems to have made contact with the pumpkin. I’ve never had a split on the stem before so I don’t know if this is a big deal or not.   Monday, July 17 View Page 885 Bierle DAP 22 estimating 87lbs. On a small plant that was an afterthought and it’s doing the best of the lot. Unfortunately I didn’t bury vines on this one either.   Monday, July 17 View Page 2350 Gienger DAP 22 estimating 63 lbs. Plant is comically heat sensitive and not growing much. I don’t have high hopes for this one.   Monday, July 17 View Page 1634 Rea DAP 22 estimating 49lbs. Also very heat sensitive and not growing so well. I like the pumpkins shape though. Gotta look at the bright side.   Thursday, July 20 View Page 2359 DAP 25 - 95lbs   Thursday, July 20 View Page 1634 Rea DAP 25 - 86lbs Starting to bird bath a bit.   Thursday, July 20 View Page 885 Bierle DAP 25 - 124lbs. Best shape and color of the patch. Unlikely to have anything very big this year but will be happy to get them to the finish line none the less.   Thursday, July 27 View Page New VLOG episode. https://youtu.be/G8z7vMToFIs   Thursday, July 27 View Page 1634 Rea, Day 30, 153lbs, averaging 17lbs a day. Sadly this is the best of the bunch.   Thursday, July 27 View Page 235 Gienger, DAP 30, 148lbs, 12lbs a day   Thursday, July 27 View Page 885 Bierle, DAP 30, 177lbs, averaging 12 lbs a day   Thursday, July 27 View Page 885 Bierle, DAP 30, 177lbs, averaging 12 lbs a day   Thursday, August 3 View Page 885 Bierle DAP 38 306lbs.   Thursday, August 3 View Page 1634 Rea DAP 38 277lbs   Thursday, August 3 View Page 2350 Gienger DAP 38 275lbs   Thursday, August 3 View Page 2158 Paton DAP 18 24lbs   Wednesday, August 16 View Page Another YouTube entry. https://youtu.be/jeYF9uZn-OM   Thursday, August 17 View Page The 885 had a great shape going but suddenly the butt couldn’t keep up with the front. Weird.   Thursday, August 17 View Page My 1634 Rea aborted on me. Not the seeds fault I’m sure. Sorry I couldn’t give this seed a better chance. Odd when they abort this late.   Thursday, August 17 View Page 2350 Gienger has an amazing color. Not going to break my PB by a long shot unfortunately, but watching this pumpkin color up is still fun.   Saturday, August 26 View Page Future grower in the making? That would be fun.   Monday, September 11 View Page After such a rough year, it’s still fun to have skin in the game. This 2350 Gienger isn’t breaking any records but it is very interesting to look at. Very bright color and weird shape. 20 days left until the weigh off. YouTube Ep. 10 https://youtu.be/bfham3z3bI0?si=VzCXqpvaOTU0NByz   Thursday, September 21 View Page 10 days to go.   Thursday, September 21 View Page I took this when it was almost dark but the pumpkin was glowing.   Tuesday, September 26 View Page Going to try a gantry this year.   Thursday, October 5 View Page We took two pumpkins to the National Pumpkin Weigh-Off at Bishops Pumpkin Farm here in Northern California. It was a great event with 57 entries! Our season was so-so, no PBs this year. But we ended up with some cool bright orange pumpkins and and still took home some money. Here is the latest YouTube episode that highlights the weigh off. https://youtu.be/ey4kxtZAwSQ?si=LUIhIlWGhZKrXy-0