Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 80 Entries. Sunday, March 8 View Page Heres my first diary picture,Im making a mini green house in my patch out of scrap pvc pipe, This green house frame is 15ft. long eight ft. wide and 6 ft. tall in the middle,I still have a ways to go building it,I want to put one pumpkin plant in the back of it, and start some vegetable seeds in it.This is an experiment for me.wish me luck.I will snap more pictures as I finish builing it. Monday, March 23 View Page Heres another picture of my green house frame. Monday, March 23 View Page Heres a picture of the green house after the plastic is on the frame, Now I have to work on the heat at night for the green house the heat from the sun works good. Monday, April 6 View Page Well heres my Manure for the garden and pumpkin patches,everybody probably thinks its horse,or cow manure,I thought I found a gold mine lol,manure,well Its 3yr.old rabbit alot of it is really composted.something different in the patch this year.hope the rabbit manure helps out.I shoveled the manure in the patch and garden today and put some garden lime in with it. Sunday, April 26 View Page Heres My seed list for this year,Im going to start the 579 rockwell,355 buglio, 528 buglio,and the 895 grande,Im going to file the seeds today and let them soak in water overnight.tomorrow they will be in moist paper towels and a ziplock baggy on my heating pad. Sunday, April 26 View Page and Im starting a 598 savage to, plus a back up of the 579 rockwell, 355 buglio and 528 buglio,what I dont have room for will give to my friends to plant. Saturday, May 2 View Page Heres some of my seeds on april 29 th,They are ready to go in there pots today. Saturday, May 2 View Page heres my pots, I see two 579 rockwell plants coming up out of the soil,also two 528 buglio seeds are coming up,and two 355 buglio seeds are starting to peek through the soil, Saturday, May 2 View Page here they are some seeds turning into nice pumpkin plants. Saturday, May 2 View Page heres a close up of a 528 buglio coming up out of the soil. Sunday, May 3 View Page Heres my first attempt in growing ailsae onions,I have two in my green house in pots,and I have nine way in the back of the green house in the ground. Sunday, May 3 View Page heres a close up picture of the ailsae onions in the back of my green house. Sunday, May 3 View Page heres a picture of the ailsae onions in the back of the green house. Sunday, May 3 View Page heres a picture of some tomatoes that are growing in the green house Sunday, May 3 View Page heres a picture of my pond that is in front of my front porch,Fish been living in there about seven years.the gold fish are getting pretty big. Tuesday, May 5 View Page Heres the 528 buglio plant,I just put it in the ground in the greenhouse,I hope it dries out in a couple days to plant my other plants in the patch gardens ,It suppose to rain again tomorrow. Thursday, May 14 View Page Heres one side of my greenhouse with all kind of tomatoes growing Thursday, May 14 View Page Heres my 528 buglio plant,This plant is starting to grow its second leaf.I will snap other pictures soon,I also have a 919 rockwell growing,and my favorite from last year, a 579 rockwell.I have buglio and rockwell plants growing this year. Thursday, May 21 View Page 528 buglio plant in my greenhouse, This is my biggest plant so far.growing pretty fast. Thursday, May 21 View Page Heres my green house with alot of tomatoes inside, hopefully I can plant some tomatoes this weekend.and give some to my relatives to grow. Monday, June 1 View Page Heres a closeup of my 528 buglio plant, in my green house, I dug it up today in front of the plant, I place my soaker hose down, and I have some pvc pipe up a above the plant,Im going to hook up a couple spray misters for the plant.I never had a plant this big this early before.this plant is growing very fast with giant leaves. Monday, June 1 View Page heres another picture of my 528 buglio plant, also check out my first time groing ailsae onions,I have 9 behind the pumpkin. Monday, June 1 View Page ailsae onions,There still growing, any advice on fertilizing them and keeping them going would be appreciated, Monday, June 1 View Page 579 rockwell plant starting to grow now,this plant is in a small hoop house. Monday, June 1 View Page 919 rockwell growing good to, this plant was planted later than my others, Wednesday, June 3 View Page Heres my 528 buglio after after burying some of the main vine, plant is growing quick. Wednesday, June 10 View Page Heres a update on my 528 buglio, growing very fast,starting to get scared I didnt want the plant to out grow the green house till after june Im afraid that a hail storm might pop up at anytime.I might have to build on over the green house till june is over. Wednesday, June 10 View Page Heres my 579 rockwell plant starting to grow to,Im hoping for a nice dark colored orange pumpkin on this plant. Wednesday, June 10 View Page ailsae onions growing good for my first year,I have eight behind my pumpkin plant.hopefully get a nice size for my first year. Friday, June 12 View Page Heres my 355 buglio plant starting to out grow the hoop house,I will start pulling the plastic off the sides this weekend and cover main vines. Thursday, June 18 View Page Heres an update on my 528 buglio growing very fast,The main vine was laying down running good now it wants to go up again trying to get it to come back down,Ive been pruning and trying to keep it covered from hail storms,will see Thursday, June 18 View Page Heres my 579 rockwell plant starting to grow fast to out about 8 ft wright now,still covers so storms dont get to it. Thursday, June 18 View Page 355 buglio growing fast to, this plant has a back main vine ,I will show you in next picture Thursday, June 18 View Page Heres my 355 with the back main growing,I m going to try to guide it away from my other plant. Thursday, June 18 View Page 919 rockwell, starting to grow good now, planted this one about two weeks later than other plants, Thursday, June 25 View Page Heres a picture of my 528 buglio plant taking over, nice plant,Ive been trying to protect it from any hail storms,The next picture will show you my pumpkin house, the plant is atleast 18 ft. long growing out the sides of the small green house,I have pumpkins out about 14 ft, and i6 ft. I hope they dont open so I can pollinate one on my off day sunday. Thursday, June 25 View Page what a guy dont do to save his pumpkin plant from storms and hail.lol I hope we dont get a hail storm this year. Thursday, June 25 View Page Heres my 579 rockwell plant growing good this year to,I have some pumpkins on this plant to. Saturday, July 4 View Page Heres my 919 rockwell first pollination,I pollinated this pumpkin with the 579 rockwell,919 rockwellx579 rockwell first time pollinating this year.wish me luck I hope it takes. Saturday, July 4 View Page heres the 919 rockwell plant, no male flowers opened this morning on this plant.my female pumpkin is pollinated with the 579 rockwell now. Saturday, July 4 View Page 355 bugio pumpkin plant,Growing nice, only problem is sparrows are wanting to poke holes in my leaves,Makes me mad need to figure out something to keep them off of plant if anyone knows a solution let me know. Saturday, July 4 View Page heres tomorrows pollination on my 355 buglio plant on main vine, hoping to cross it with the 528 buglio. Saturday, July 4 View Page 528 buglio really taking over everything.this plant has three pumpkins on the main,all open pollinations, because of me working didnt get to pollinate any females on it yet. Saturday, July 4 View Page 579 rockwell plant,Im going to pollinate a female on this pumpkin plant tomorrow.579 rockwellx 528 buglio tomorrow Sunday, July 5 View Page This morning I pollinated a 355 buglio with a 528 buglio and I pollinated a 579 rockwell with a 528 buglio.I hope they take. Monday, July 13 View Page Heres an update on my 528 buglio plant,I have alot of figuring out what to do, I have a pumpkin set about 25 ft. from the main, others on the main didnt take,I self pollinated this one on the main, I also have some set on the side vines alittle bigger than the one out about 25 ft.Im hoping the one on the main keeps growing, If not im going to have to keep the one on one of the sidevines. Monday, July 13 View Page heres a closer look of the pumpkin on the 528 buglio out 25ft.Hoping it takes and grows for me. Monday, July 13 View Page 579 rockwell plant growing good to,next picture i will show you the pumpkin on this one. Monday, July 13 View Page 579 pumpkin,I have alot of work getting it in position, but shes growing. Monday, July 13 View Page 355 bugio plant,this plant also has a pumpkin set on it, next picture i will show you the set. Monday, July 13 View Page 355 buglio pumpkin, now the fun starts placing foam and sand under pumpkin and moving it in position. Monday, July 13 View Page now for the bad news my 919 rockwell has a problem, the main starts getting a light green to a yellow after its out about 15 ft. so I had to cut the main back from where it started changing color and stunting the growth, but the sides are still growing good so far, this picture is before i cut the main off,Im going to let the plant grow as long as it stays green,hoping i can get atleast a pumpkin on a side vine, time will tell.if anyone knows what this could of happened to this plant let me know. Tuesday, July 21 View Page 579 rockwell pumpkin 43 c today 16 days old.579 female x 528 buglio male. growing a nice shape. Tuesday, July 21 View Page 579 plant growing good,Im going to terminate the main soon as pumpkin reaches 50 c. Tuesday, July 21 View Page 528 buglio plant, this plant is huge, I have four pumpkins on this plant wright now,Im going to cull one today and let three on this plant for now hard to decide what to keep.Theres a pumpkin 25 ft on the main, that might be to far out, I have one on a right secondary, one on a left secondary, and one in the green house that needs cut and hard to get to,I might have to bring out a long wood stake and tye my knife to it to cull this one.this plant is huge and I never had a vine so big on a plant before.. Tuesday, July 21 View Page 528 buglio right side vine,growing good, but has a pair shape to it. Tuesday, July 21 View Page this pumpkin is on the 528 buglio left side vine,this pumpkin has a nice shape to it. Tuesday, July 21 View Page 528 buglio pumpkin set out 25ft. from the main stump.I hate to cut it, this is the only one that took on the main. Tuesday, July 21 View Page 355 buglio pumpkin plant growing good to. Tuesday, July 21 View Page 355 buglio pumpkin 45 c. 16 days old on the main. pumpkin is growing good. I have a couple pumpkins to cull on this plant yet.355 f buglio x 528 m buglio. Wednesday, July 29 View Page Heres and update on my pumpkins,these two are 528 bulios the one on the right is 25 ft. from the main, this pumpkin is starting to grow better now, the one to the left is on a side vine, this one is growing but the one on the main is catching up.There was a hard decision to cut the other one.I think im going to let four grow on this plant and see who gets big and who survives.I will show you the other two on the 528 buglio in the next pictures. Wednesday, July 29 View Page heres a hidden 528 buglio in the green house,I have to see what this one does,she started growing and should of been culled but,she was hard to get to,so I think Im going to let her grow and see what happens,she might be a nice surprise at the end I hope. Wednesday, July 29 View Page heres number four 528 buglio, This one has ribs and growing longer.I like the rib appearance on this one. Wednesday, July 29 View Page Heres my 579 rockwell pumpkin 73 C as of tonight growing good and nice shape like last year, I just hope I can get it to grow bigger than last year, but as long as she looks good thats all it counts on this pumpkin Wednesday, July 29 View Page Well heres the 355 buglio, turning into a giant pear,or a giant gord,shes growing good 79C as of tonight.I think shes going to be called pear pumpkin for the shape. Monday, August 17 View Page 579 rockwell pumpkin 108 c hoping to beat 111c from last years pumpkin, I really like this seed grows nice dark orange pumpkins. Monday, August 17 View Page heres my 528 buglio pumpkin, this pumpkin is 25 ft out on main vine, wright now shes 102, still growing and starting to show some signs of orange,Im hoping to keep this one growing,this one has a nice shape to.I also have another one on a side vine that is lower and has ribs growing on that one. Monday, August 17 View Page heres my 355 buglio growing a odd shape, 118 c wright now, starting to grow some ribs,almost growing like a giant guard shape pumpkin. Monday, August 24 View Page Heres an update on my diary, with my daughter sarah posing with the 579 rockwell, Pumpkin is turning a nice dark orange about 112 c,this pumpkin is growing high.hoping to get somemore weight out of her. Monday, August 24 View Page heres a picture of my 355 buglio pumpkin,with my daughter leaning on her big bottowm end, this pumpkin 120 c and growing like giant gord shape.hoping to get a few more pounds out of her to. Monday, August 24 View Page heres a picture of my 528 buglio pumpkin, about 109c wright now,this plant wanted to grow all kind of pumpkins on it.I also have one other one on this plant thats almost the size of this one and a couple smaller ones growing,I must of culled about 50 pumpkins off this plant.Im hoping to get a few more pounds out of her. Friday, September 18 View Page Well heres a update on my diary, heres my 579 rockwell pumpkin stem side view, nice dark orange pumpkin,I like this pumpkin alot,I beat the size of my 579 this year,last year was smaller but had a nicer shape this one is bigger,and shape is still good,hoping it weighs 500lbs and goes heavy. Friday, September 18 View Page blossom side of my 579 rockwell pumpkin,only if I had more room to grow these pumpkins, this pumpkin grew in a small area about 12ft x 12ft area and main grew on my lawn out.I have to grow another 579 rockwell next year. Friday, September 18 View Page Heres an update on my 528 buglio pumpkin,Alot lighter orange than my 579 rockwell,nice pumpkin far out set 25ft from stump, this plant just kept growing pumpkins, alot of culls and alot aborts, I grew three pumpkins on this plant, this is the best looking one on the plant and is on the main.the plant just didnt have the room to grow.the other pumpkin has about four different colors in it,some green squash color orange and some salmon and white color in it.hoping to take this pumpkin to the weigh off Friday, September 18 View Page blossom side of my 528 buglio. Sunday, October 11 View Page 579 rockwell pumpkin before taking this pumpkin to altoona weigh off Sunday, October 11 View Page My two pumpkins loaded on back of my truck and my nephews truck day before altoona weigh off Sunday, October 11 View Page Heres my 579 rockwell pumpkin at the weigh off in altoona pa, pumpkin weighed 493 lbs,I beat my last years weight was 376lbs on the 579 rockwell. Sunday, October 11 View Page Heres my 528 buglio pumpkin and me and my daughter this pumpkin weighed 462 lbs. Sunday, October 11 View Page heres my 579 rockwell pumpkin on the scale, this pumpkin weighed 493lbs,