Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 38 Entries. Thursday, July 1 View Page Hi all. Four plants this year: 1180 Pukos, 1725 Harp, 1068 Rodonis and 1040* Van Rompaey. Pollinated the first female of this season today. 1180 Pukos x 1725 Harp, 15 feet out and a 5-lober. Saturday, July 3 View Page Because i was'nt home this morning i had 2 open pollinations on the 1068 Rodonis and on the 1040*. Monday, July 5 View Page Pollination today:1725 Harp x 1180 Pukos, 5 lobes, 14 feet out. Wednesday, July 7 View Page 1180 Pukos x 1725 Harp, 4 lober and 17 feet out. Friday, July 9 View Page 1040*Van Rompaey x 1180 Pukos, 5 lober, 14 feet out. Because it was not a perfect flower it will probably not be the keeper. Sunday, July 11 View Page pollination today: 1068 Rodonis x 1725 Harp, 5lober and 14,5 feet out. Monday, July 12 View Page Pollinations today: 1725 Harp x 1180 Pukos, 4 lobes, 17,5 feet out. 1180 Pukos x 1725 Harp, 4 lobes, 18 feet out Sunday, August 1 View Page 1040* Van Rompaey x open, the biggest in the patch right now. Sunday, August 1 View Page 1180 Pukos x 1725 Harp in the greenhouse, nic round shape. Sunday, August 1 View Page 1725 Harp x 1180 Pukos,nice shape too. Sunday, August 1 View Page 1068 Rodonis x 1725 Harp, not a nice one...Had too cull the previous one because it did not grow very well. Will grow this one for the seeds and will concetrate more on the other plants. Will meassure the fruits whitin 10 days because we leave for hollydays too Italy, Toscany this evening... Friday, August 13 View Page 1040* est. 301 kg / 663 Lbs Friday, August 13 View Page 1040* side view Friday, August 13 View Page 1180 est. 200 kg / 441 Lbs Friday, August 13 View Page 1180 side view Friday, August 13 View Page 1725 est. 263 kg / 580 Lbs Friday, August 13 View Page 1725 side view Friday, August 20 View Page Did some taping today: 1040* Van Rompaey est. 338 kg / 745 Lbs 1180 Pukos est. 262 kg / 577 Lbs 1725 Harp est. 325 / 716 Lbs Had to hit all plants hard with fungicide because PM is spreading all over the leaves. Sunday, September 5 View Page 1040* Van Rompaey x open est. 421 kg / 928 Lbs today Sunday, September 5 View Page 1040* side view Sunday, September 5 View Page 1180 Pukos x 1725 Harp est. 360 kg / 794 Lbs. Very deep ribs... Sunday, September 5 View Page 1180 front Sunday, September 5 View Page 1180 side view Sunday, September 5 View Page 1725 Harp x 1180 Pukos est. 452 kg / 996 Lbs, should reach 1000 Lbs this evening. No signs of oldering. A bit ugly pumpkin but this is not a beauty-contest, i think it will go heavy! Sunday, September 5 View Page 1725 Harp back side. Will not cut this one for our local weigh-off at september 25 but will keep it on the vine for the weigh-off in Duisburg a week later. Thursday, September 16 View Page Today: 1040* Van Rompaey x open est. 436 kg / 962 Lbs will be difficult to reach 1000 Lbs, almost no growth anymore. 20 % off the leaves are dead... 1180 Pukos x 1725 Harp: est. 371 kg / 819 Lbs, still growing a bit. 1725 Harp x 1180 Pukos: est. 504 kg / 1111 Lbs. Growing about 3 kg a day now. Skin is still very young. Friday, October 1 View Page My 1040* going to the scales: it weighed 424,3 kg / 935,5 Lbs. Friday, October 1 View Page And this is the winner: The pumpkin from my cousin Eddy Van Looy weighed 476 kg / 1049,5 Lbs. Friday, October 1 View Page The podium; my uncle Frans Broeckhoven was at third place: 344,5 kg / 759,5 Lbs. Tommorow we will go to the European Weigh-off in Duisburg with these pumpkins and squash. We also loaded my biggest on a trailer today wich is est. at 535 kg / 1179,5 Lbs. But this one is difficult to meassure because of the shape. So will it go heavy or light?? Tommorow we will know! Tuesday, October 12 View Page 1725 Harp cut from the vine Tuesday, October 12 View Page front Tuesday, October 12 View Page side Tuesday, October 12 View Page Officialy weighed at the Eureopean weigh-off Duisburg. 1140 Van Rompaey (517 kg)= 1725 Harp x 1180 Pukos. Tuesday, October 12 View Page My 1140 was at the 4 th place and the squash finished 3 th. Look at weighing my 1140: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGQ-Iisdiq4 Sunday, November 14 View Page Seed harvest-time!Got about 250 good seeds out of this one. 838 Van Rompaey Est. (1180 Pukos x 1725 Harp). Sunday, November 14 View Page Then i opened my 1140 Van Rompaey 2010 (1725 Harp x 1180 Pukos), should be a good cross. Only about 110 good seeds in it, be quick if you want some...will only share 30 of them, the rest is for our club and a club in Begijnendijk. Sunday, November 14 View Page R.I.P Sunday, November 14 View Page Preparation of the soil in the greenhouse. I till the soil by hand and add a organic enhancer (dried cow-manure in granular). Benefits are: no diseases and weed-seeds in it.After that i cover the soil with a layer of compost.