Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 44 Entries. Sunday, May 1 View Page Plants went in yesterday. 2145 on the left and 2195 on the right. � Sunday, May 1 View Page Squash plants. 1109 Jutras on left. 1429 Sjodin on right. � Sunday, May 1 View Page Watermelons. 220.5 Smiley on left. 301.5 McCaslin on right. � Sunday, May 1 View Page 298 McCaslin on left. 259 McCaslin on right. Everything was double planted and I will cull one later. � Sunday, May 1 View Page Melon hut and trellis ready to go. Long gourd plants hopefully be up soon. Growing my 152.25� this year. � Thursday, May 12 View Page 2145 McMullen on left. 2195 Theil on right. 2195 has twisted, kinked and cracked main vine and will be pulled this weekend. � Saturday, May 21 View Page 2145 outgrew my hoop house on 5/19. Planted out on 4/30. � Saturday, May 21 View Page 2145 sidevines climbing the walls. Couple nights in the 40�s coming up so trying to keep her contained as long as I can. � Saturday, May 21 View Page Final watermelon plant chosen for my 12x16 greenhouse. 259 McCaslin. � Saturday, May 21 View Page Melon plant also chosen for this spot. I guess I�ll pull the hoop house once it outgrows it. I�m growing two plants this season. 220.5 Smiley � Thursday, July 7 View Page 2145 McMullen at day 25 � Thursday, July 7 View Page 1765 Greathouse at day 20 � Thursday, July 7 View Page 1838 Jutras � Thursday, July 7 View Page Melon about 30 days old. Growing slow and steady. � Wednesday, July 13 View Page � Wednesday, July 13 View Page � Wednesday, July 13 View Page 2145 dap 30. Est 405 pounds � Wednesday, July 13 View Page Melon still growing. Up to around 80 pounds now. � Thursday, August 4 View Page No shining stars in the pumpkin patch this year but I do have this beautiful green squash taping 825 pounds on day 50. � Thursday, August 11 View Page 1838 Jutras. Losing her dark green so I removed the tarp and replaced it with 2 layers of 30% shade cloth. I have not covered this one with a white sheet since before dap 20. Estimated 915 pounds at day 58. � Thursday, August 11 View Page 2145 McMullen taping 1160 at day 61 � Thursday, August 11 View Page 1765 Greathouse taping 928 at day 56 on a 18x18 plant. � Thursday, August 11 View Page Long gourd still gaining and measured 134� today � Thursday, August 11 View Page 220.5 Smiley has been a steady gainer for me all season. Currently estimated around 150 pounds but cooler weather may halt her growth. Time will tell. � Tuesday, August 23 View Page Having issues with my long gourd. Sprung a leak down near the tip and looked like it was bleeding. Got that stopped but she�s either starting to dry out or the tip is going bad. Still very solid but definitely getting discolored. Approx 140� � Tuesday, August 23 View Page Biggest mater of the year so far. This one was grown off the 7.19 Tobeck � Tuesday, August 23 View Page 2145 north of 1300 pounds now � Tuesday, August 23 View Page 1838 Jutras right at 1000 pounds. Still nice deep green color. No sheet covering this one. Just double layer of shade cloth instead of my normal tarp. � Tuesday, August 23 View Page 1765 Greathouse also right at 1000 pounds � Tuesday, August 23 View Page 347 Ansems at dap 31 was estimated at 150 pounds and is gaining more per day than my 1838 and 1765. � Tuesday, August 23 View Page 220.5 Smiley is a rockstar. Slowly but surely creeping up there. Couple more weeks of good growth should get me into state record territory. Fingers crossed. � Tuesday, August 23 View Page If anybody cares, this is how I tied up my long gourd this year. It�s a prussic knot. � Monday, September 5 View Page Lost my 1765 Greathouse today. She quit growing at least a week ago. Ended up being a blossom end split that took her down. � Monday, September 5 View Page Yuck�o � Monday, September 5 View Page 347 Ansems blew past 250 pounds and still going strong. � Monday, September 5 View Page Not much growth but she�s still green. Plant looks like hell though. � Monday, September 5 View Page 2145 not doing much either. Just hoping she makes it to the scale. � Monday, September 5 View Page 2145 � Monday, September 5 View Page Still gaining but down to only 1/2 pound per day now. � Monday, September 5 View Page I have 5 maters still growing which look like they should be timed good for the weighoff�s. � Tuesday, September 20 View Page Changed my growing strategy this year by allowing plants to get big and then topping after fruit set. Didn�t help. Tomatoes still small. Biggest so far was 4.5 pounds. This one not even 4 pounds. � Tuesday, September 20 View Page Melon stem is brown and basically done growing at this point. Weighoff less than 2 weeks away. Fingers crossed. I do believe the state record is a possibility but we�ll see. Trying not to get my hopes up. � Tuesday, September 20 View Page Taping over 300 pounds at this point but the biggest cc is real close to the ground and she�s pretty much shaped like a triangle so guessing she will go light. Still a great BG for 180 sqft plant. � Tuesday, September 20 View Page BG plant is getting tired. Fighting aphids and PM. �