Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 80 Entries. Saturday, July 16 View Page Pic is a few days old. It has doubled in size since but sits at just 11' from stump. Have another @ 17' but waiting to see how much it grows. Monday, July 18 View Page Decided to keep this one that's 11' down the main. Monday, July 18 View Page 2 plants in my garden. Down to 1 kin on each plant as of today. First time grower here from PA Tuesday, July 19 View Page Getting bigger every day. Thursday, July 21 View Page The bigger of my two. This one is 3 weeks old. Thursday, July 21 View Page This one is about 2 weeks old. Friday, July 22 View Page My daughter loves the pumpkins. Friday, July 22 View Page Another look. Saturday, July 23 View Page Update. Looks to be growing great so far. Fingers crossed. Sunday, July 24 View Page 185 OTT at DAP 22. Biggest pumpkin ever for me. Tuesday, July 26 View Page She's getting bigger by the day. Noticed that it's turning a little orangish. Hope that's not a sign that it's almost done growing. Tuesday, July 26 View Page This one is long shaped. About 16 DAP. Wednesday, July 27 View Page Estimated weight is 203#. Up 55# in three days. Grow baby grow. Saturday, July 30 View Page 28 DAP 221 OTT EST 245# Slowed to 14+#/day over past 3 days. Lots of rain past two days. Saturday, July 30 View Page Kin 2 20 DAP 178 OTT EST 131# Picked up 11+#/day over past 3 days. Rained past two days. Lots of it. Saturday, August 6 View Page 33 DAP est 354# Saturday, August 6 View Page 27 DAP est 235# Tuesday, August 9 View Page 400# Tuesday, August 9 View Page 300# Tuesday, August 9 View Page Stem cracked from stress. Rookie mistake. Fan and fungicide. Hope it heals up. Rain expected for next week. Not good. Wednesday, August 10 View Page Gained 18# last night. Up to 419# Wednesday, August 10 View Page Up 18# from yesterday. Now 311# Friday, August 12 View Page Up to 442# Friday, August 12 View Page 342# Sunday, August 14 View Page 42DAP. Really slowed down. Only picked up 10# / day the past 2 days. 275OTT for 461#. Sunday, August 14 View Page 35DAP. Really slowed down. Only picked up 10# / day the past 2 days. 253OTT for 362#. Nice orange color. Tuesday, August 16 View Page All my hard work got messed up today. Darn wind and rain. Tuesday, August 16 View Page Anorher Tuesday, August 16 View Page Another shot Tuesday, August 16 View Page Last one Wednesday, August 17 View Page Reached our goal of 500# today. Hope it keeps growing. Picked up 40# in last 3 days even with the awful weather we've been getting. Wednesday, August 17 View Page Kin2 is at 397# as of today which is 38DAP. Hoping to get another one to 500# but the plants really took a beating yesterday. Picked up 35# over the past three days. Fingers crossed. Thursday, August 18 View Page No measurements today but finally got some sun. My daughter makes Kin1 bigger than it actually is but I'm not complaining. Thursday, August 18 View Page Kin2. Love it's color. Sunday, August 21 View Page Patch shot. Growth is down to less than 8# per day for both kins. Hoping my dose of lovin i.e. Fertilizer helps pick things back up. Tuesday, August 23 View Page Kin1 is up to 538 pounds today. Slowed to 5# per day the past three days. Plant looks horrible. Tuesday, August 23 View Page Kin2 is at 433 pounds. Only marginal gains past week. Plant looks okay. Hope it picks back up but not holding my breath. Love the orange color on this one. Friday, August 26 View Page Est 549 today. Only gaining 3-4 pounds per day now. After we hit 500 pounds I was hoping for 600 but doesn't look like we're gonna make it. Friday, August 26 View Page Est 447 as of today. Love the orange color but a little sad with the lack of size. Still putting on about 5 pounds per day over the past week. Hope to nurse it to at least 500. This plant still looks half decent unlike our other plant that looks like hell. Tuesday, August 30 View Page Est 565# as of yesterday. Pic is from today. Still gaining a few pounds per day. Come on 600!!! Tuesday, August 30 View Page Est 457# as of yesterday. Pic is from today. Still gaining a few pounds per day. Come on 500!!! Tuesday, August 30 View Page Shot of the pumpkin patch. Lots of dried up leaves but they're still standing so I've been leaving them be. Not sure if that's good or not? Wednesday, August 31 View Page Some pics from this evening. No measurements taken. Kin1 Wednesday, August 31 View Page And Kin2 Saturday, September 3 View Page 299 OTT 62 DAP 588# Averaging 5# per day since 8/20. If it keeps this pace for a few more days, we'll make it to 600. Yeah Sunday, September 4 View Page From today. Sunday, September 4 View Page Here's another. Sunday, September 4 View Page Made this greenhouse/ shade shelter for next season. Tuesday, September 6 View Page Growth has stalled to 1-2 pounds per day on both our kins. 594# and 486# as of today. Really hoping to crack the next century marks for both but not looking good. Hope they both make it to weigh off. Friday, September 9 View Page Got some new estimates this evening. 504 on the one in the foreground and 599 on the one in the back. Oh so close to 600#. Color and skin on big one is getting pretty cruddy looking. A sign that growth is coming to a halt? Found three spots of rot on the smaller pumpkins main vine so I cut it out and added another fan to try and dry it out. We'll see. Monday, September 12 View Page 71 DAP 303.5 OTT Est 614# Monday, September 12 View Page 64 DAP 284.5 OTT Est 509# Dealing with three bad spots along the main vine about 6-8 feet from kin. Cut out soft spots and treated with imunox and a fan. Then today I painted them with daconil and two seemed ok but one spot still oozing slightly. Weight gains stalled to under 2#/day now. Thursday, September 15 View Page Since this is my first year on my own without my dad taking the lead, I figured a test setup was in order. It's been 5 years since this contraption was used to lift a pumpkin. Saturday, September 17 View Page Holding steady. 2 weeks until Altoona PA weigh off. Kin1 Saturday, September 17 View Page Holding steady. 2 weeks until Altoona PA weigh off. Kin2 Saturday, September 17 View Page One of the displays we did a few years back. My dad grew the big kin. Saturday, September 17 View Page Here's another. Saturday, September 17 View Page One more. Saturday, September 17 View Page Last one. Wednesday, September 21 View Page Hand loaded and unloaded about 8 yards of free poop today. Gonna let it sit all Winter then mix it in with our dirt for next season. I'm whooped. Thursday, September 22 View Page Found some soft tissue on the stem today. Cut it out, sprayed it with peroxide, painted Daconil on it, put a cover over it with a fan. Fingers crossed. Harvest day is a week from today. If it gets worse, will harvest sooner I guess. Thursday, September 22 View Page Stressful!!! Tuesday, September 27 View Page Getting ready to load in next couple days. Happy that it looks like we're gonna get two to the scale. Sad that the season is coming to an end. Nervous that something could go wrong during loading. My daughter had her friend over today. Tuesday, September 27 View Page Kin2 getting ready for harvest. Wednesday, September 28 View Page Loaded and ready for Altoona PA on Saturday. Friday, September 30 View Page #lotsofratchetstraps Ready for ride to Altoona in the morning. Can't wait for my first weigh-off. Skipping the archery opener for this. First time in 20+ years I'll be missing opening day. Saturday, October 1 View Page 575.5 Yohe 16 Saturday, October 1 View Page 586 Yohe 16 Sunday, October 2 View Page Pumpkin display went up today at the Yohe household. Thursday, October 6 View Page Garden expansion finished. Winter rye planted. Friday, October 14 View Page Winter rye coming in nicely. Saturday, October 29 View Page Carving our 586 Saturday, October 29 View Page Lots of seeds. Lots already starting to germinate. Monday, October 31 View Page 2058 Rose 2016 Monday, October 31 View Page 2058 Rose 2016 Monday, October 31 View Page 1948 Werner 2016 Saturday, November 12 View Page Shot this guy today. Great ending to an otherwise crappy archery season. Sunday, December 4 View Page Cut open our 576. Had nice thick walls and went heavy to chart. Friday, December 16 View Page Who's jealous? Haha Sunday, December 25 View Page Screenshot of email for seeds from Mathias.