Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 16 Entries. Tuesday, January 1 View Page Happy New Year From Indiana! Friday, February 8 View Page Ok, with the start of my 2008 season just a few weeks away, I thought I should put what seeds I will be growing this year on here for you all to see and for my records. The list will follow. Friday, February 8 View Page Ok here's the list... For my try at the Indiana State Fair will be the Unproven 1566 Rodonis--1450 Wallace X 1231 Pukos. Main Season Lineup! 1041 McKie--842 Eaton X 1068 Wallace, Grew 1631 1065 McKie--1407 Wolf X 1068 Wallace, Grew 1327 275 Van Hook--1443 Palmer X 1446 Eaton, Grew 1394 941.5 Van Hook--998 Pukos X 1231 Pukos 1119 McMullen--1173 Macari X 1253 Sperry, Grew 1502 Est. 1173 Macari--500 Wallace X 1058 Houghton, Grown Some Big 1180 Daletas--898 Knauss X 846 Calai, Grown two over 1200 1016 Daletas--705 Stelts X 846 Calai, Thanks Roger 606 Clark--480 Clark X 1180 Daletas, Grew 1099 1248.5 Ford--897 Davies X 664.5 Liggett, Grew 1427 995* Vincent--848 Mackenzie X 898 Vincent, Johns Best There you go, good luck to everyone. Pictures will follow of my fair patch. Mikkal Friday, February 15 View Page Correction on the 275, The cross is 1443 Palmer X 1407 Wolf. Sorry John, guess I should have read the label before I posted it! LOL Tuesday, March 18 View Page The 1566 Rodonis for the Indiana State Fair was soaked and planted on Thursday (3-13-08)at 2 p.m. It broke thru the soil around 6 a.m. this morning (3-18-08). It is now under the grow light to green up then it will go out in the greenhouse in about two days. I will get photos of it when it is put in the greenhouse. Monday, March 24 View Page Here is a picture of my 1566 Rodonis. this is my Indiana State Fair plant. It has been in the greenhouse since Friday the 21st. I have been really impressed with this little plant so far as the air temp in the greenhouse has gotten over 90 several times and it has shown no signs of stress or wilting. Monday, April 7 View Page Here is the 1566 state fair plant two weeks after going outside. The first leaves that came out are a little droopy but it was close to 100°F. inside the greenhouse when this picture was taken. If all goes well I will have a vine on the ground in a week or so. Sunday, April 27 View Page All my main season seeds were filed, soaked and planted yesterday April 26th. As usual my seed plans did change, this was mainlydue to getting a new job. I cut my plans down to eight plants with two backups. Here is the main season list. 1065.5 McKie 1119 McMullen 606 Clark 869.5 Calai 1016 Daletas 275 Van Hook 995* Vincent 1248 Ford And the backups: 1273.5 Howard and my own 142 from 2003. Tuesday, April 29 View Page And were off..... The 1248 Ford was fist to come up in a crazy quick 64 hours, it has been followed closely today but the 1119 McMullen, 995* Vincent, 275 Van Hook, 869.5 Calai, 1016 Daletas and the 1065.5 McKie. Still waiting to see anything from the others. Still early though. I will have pictures when they go in the ground. Tuesday, May 6 View Page All but one of my main season plants went into the ground today(5-6). I had three not germinate on me, they include the 1273 Howard, the 606 Clark and the 1016 Daletas which began to grow then just turned to mush:(. I will be starting the second 606 that Bill sent to me here in the next few days. Tuesday, June 10 View Page I pollinated a flower on my 1566 Rodonis Fair plant on the 8th of June that was five lobes and selfed. The rest of my plants are still recovering from the very cool spring we have had and the weed killer that drifted onto them from the farmers field. Season is way behind but not done by a long shot! Wednesday, June 18 View Page Day 10 circumference measurement for my 1566 Rodonis fair fruit is 22 inches, the pace has picked up here in the last few days and the plant looks good and strong. Now as for my main season plants it looks pretty ugly. I have three plants that are starting to look decent...1065 McKie, 869.5 Calai and the 606 Clark. The rest of them are having a hard time dealing with the farmers weed killer, the rain, the wind that seems to be relentless this year and the hail we had the other night. But the season is long! Saturday, June 28 View Page Day 20 for my 1566 Fair fruit. First official OTT measurement tonight. Cir. 65", Side to Side 47", Stem to Blossom 47", Total 159" Est. Weight 95 Lbs. Daily growth has been very steadily going up she is up to about 15 lbs. per day. Saturday, June 28 View Page Main patch is down to four plants as several finally gave in to the weather issues. Plants that are left include the following...606 Clark, 869.5 Calai, 275 Van Hook, and the 995* Vincent. The 606 is the only one that was out after they got hit with the weed killer and is looking very aggresive! Tuesday, December 30 View Page Only 24 Hours Left in this dissapointing pumpkin growing year here in Morristown! Wednesday, December 31 View Page Goodbye 2008!