Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 91 Entries. Monday, April 14 View Page line up squash back up squash 1- 800 07 Neily 1-659.5 02 Gregory 1- 595 04 Beachy 1-595 04 Beachy line up pumpkin back up pumpkin 1-1010 Frantz 1-1245 Bailey 1-1036 Perez 1-1036 Perez 1-838 Bobier 1-917.4 Wolf 1-803.4 Davies 1-790 Werner 1-766 Davies 2-766 Davies 2-698 Beauchemin 2-723 Liggett 2-600 Gregory 1-600 gregory 1-561.5 Gregory 1-561.5 Gregory 2-540 Gregory 2-540 Gregory Here is my over kill line up, as I have a lot of old unproven seeds I thought I would use some as I never do plant proper back ups and this has killed me many times befor. I will plant first line on April 25 and the back ups will be planted 1 week latter. Main plants I hope will be 1010 Frantz and 800 Neily pending no mutations or accidents. Anyone Crazy for one of these other seeds let me know before there planted. Monday, April 21 View Page here is the family during our recent trip to florida Monday, April 21 View Page and the Family said this must be my twin but I fail to see the resemblance Friday, April 25 View Page Started today. But may have started to early as snowing today. Wednesday, April 30 View Page Day 5 since hydration and up. Top middle is 412 turner (2 day's older than rest). Right top 595 Beachy, bottom left 698 Beauchemin, bottom middle 1010 frantz, bottom right 800 neily (one of the starter leaves broke off **&%$#). Sunday, May 4 View Page day 9. 412 turner has a realy long odd looking first leaf. my 1010 Frantz grew to fast right into my light senging the first leaf. Monday, May 5 View Page day 10 and plants are in the ground in green houses looking good. Thanks a bunch lookajook for green house present. I suppose if you can't out grow me then it may make you feel better to know you helped me with my biggy.lol Monday, May 5 View Page planted giant sun flowers for P & P seed competition today Friday, May 9 View Page day 14 for 1010 frantz. As you can see there is a little sun damage from not harding off enough and just started to grow again now from transplanting. unfortunatly it is going to be cold and rainy here for the next week. so I will likely stay behind you for now lookajook Friday, May 9 View Page day 14 800 Neily Squash Sunday, May 11 View Page here you can see my kids Kodi and Jordan giving there opinion on my free seaweed byproduct. and she does smell like super strong seaweed. thanks for this Mr. Spinney Sunday, May 11 View Page here is one of my back up plants. Usually I don't post a pic like this but this is by far the best looking young plant I have ever had. Ps this is day 10 from the start of hydration Sunday, May 11 View Page some snow coming down here right now so had to put on insulated greenhouse with 2 heaters, grow light with timer, magnet's and radio so plant can get uptodate weather forcasts.lol Monday, May 12 View Page 1010 frants day 17 slow but considering the temps and rain not to bad Monday, May 12 View Page 800 neily day 17 Tuesday, May 13 View Page 800 neily stock split about 2" in length. even if it does recover this will give me countless problems latter. If anyone has a boack up 800 neily plant in NS and is willing to part please let me know as I realy want to grow this squash. Friday, May 16 View Page day 21. some damage due to cooking. left green house shut on cold sunny day. when I look in the evening it was wilted right flat to the ground and I thought she was gone but water and freash air brought it mostly back but has slowed it down a bit. Friday, May 16 View Page here are a few back ups that I have that are were I had my 800 neily since it's split stock and cooking like other plant only left a powder residue were the plant use to be. I hope to get a 800 neily back up plant from Will this week end as long as gas doesn't go up another dallor over night. Monday, May 19 View Page planted more back ups direct today just in case my stupidity does me in. Thursday, May 22 View Page I have started to really try and speed up my plant now with a few tricks. Also today i used some damping off fungicide as this is what killed me last year. As for my sunflower I only have 2 that germinated (seeds were old) and of course they are side by side. at this point there first set of leaves are fully developed. I forgot to mention that I owe Will Neily a thank you for a spare 800 Neily squash he gave me to replace my dead one. Your a good guy Neily thanks again. Saturday, May 24 View Page day 29. my speed tricks are starting to pay off but as you can see still a little low on nitro due to cold. Saturday, May 24 View Page day 19 for sun flower Monday, May 26 View Page what is this please tell me normal. I used damping off fungicide 2 days ago but this is progressing. stump is getting pal in color with little splits. firm and dry to the touch though. Any help appreciated Monday, May 26 View Page what is this please tell me normal. I used damping off fungicide 2 days ago but this is progressing. stump is getting pal in color with little splits. firm and dry to the touch though. Any help appreciated Monday, May 26 View Page what is this please tell me normal. I used damping off fungicide 2 days ago but this is progressing. stump is getting pal in color with little splits. firm and dry to the touch though. Any help appreciated Friday, May 30 View Page day 35 about a 1' and starting to vine Friday, May 30 View Page day 25 sunflower Monday, June 2 View Page Kodi's first Rainbow trout 14" Friday, June 6 View Page day 42 now 3'3" put on 5" last night. being close to the ocean is making it hard to keep my pumpkin comfortable as temps change 3-4 times a day by 10 degrees. Based on the clouds / fog and wind direction. As well it's about 5-10 degrees colder here than if I were inland a few miles. Friday, June 13 View Page day 49. 6'10" Struggling with weather like most and now that plant is out of it's greenhouse there's little I can do. But I'm still in the race and hoping to kick your a$$ before you kick mine. lol Friday, June 13 View Page day 49. 6'10" Struggling with weather like most and now that plant is out of it's greenhouse there's little I can do. But I'm still in the race and hoping to kick your a$$ before you kick mine. lol Friday, June 13 View Page took the boy down the brook for some brook trout. We got about 50. This is the nicest one Kodi got. and he caught the most for as soon as me or my brother hooked one he would throw his pole and take ours. lol Friday, June 20 View Page fishing trip come accross nice bob cat track Friday, June 20 View Page same trip looks like a 2 year old bear track. Friday, June 20 View Page day 56 mv. 8'10" back sof plant 6'6" accoss. Bad week of growth. hoping next week is better Friday, June 27 View Page day 63 plant is 11'2". no matter what I do I can't get this plant growing the way it should. Hopefully its saving it's vigor for the fruit, but I don't think so. Friday, June 27 View Page Here is my first female. she will fall at 11'. way shorter than I want 16'. of course I will pollunate and see what happens. my next female will fall at 13'. As well my first male opened up yesterday. Friday, July 4 View Page just born 11' out day 0 Friday, July 4 View Page different angle Friday, July 4 View Page here is the plant Friday, July 4 View Page here is the one I want at 13'. Should be open in a week Wednesday, July 9 View Page Day 5 for this one at 11'. I'm glad she is not growing fast for it has such a nice shape it's going to be hard to cull Wednesday, July 9 View Page her she is finally my 13' the one I hope to keep nice clean 5 lober Wednesday, July 9 View Page another angle. I just made it befor July 10th. So I beleive I still have a chance at a 1000lbs. But I'll be doing good to hit 800lbs with this plant as my stump is still not much bigger than my thumb and this plant seems to have little vigor at all. Friday, July 11 View Page day 2 looking hopeful but is the crease between pumpkin and it's stock on this side a potential split area? Friday, July 11 View Page here is my set up. I beleive it is a little unlike anything tryed before. If I go over 800lbs with this plant then it deffinitly works Friday, July 11 View Page here is my less than impressive plant but stump is starting to put on a little girth Friday, July 11 View Page here is my 11' at day 7 @ 18"c. Nothing to brag about but I dare not cut it off yet until I'm completly sure my 13' is set. this one does have a nice shape though. It was set on the main vine but notice the stock seems to be coming off the side vine now?? Saturday, July 12 View Page I did the deed of culling my 11' pumpkin. it was 8 day's old and had a 20.5"c. I classify myself as a heavey swinger (not hitter) that is to say I put all my efforts behind one swing (pumpkin). This method will usually end you with nothing but if I connect look out lookajook your canadian record between us is going down hard. Monday, July 14 View Page day 5 not bad. I need a little more plant behind her though. So I will be giving a little nitro tommorrow Tuesday, July 15 View Page Day 6 Wednesday, July 16 View Page day 7 C=26". I may just have a tiger by the tail. Still worried that I may not have enough plant to support such growth latter only have about 250'sq of plant so far. but vines are still growing slowly Thursday, July 17 View Page day 8 29"c not a good picture. Had to change angle as the other way you could not see the beer bottle for scale Friday, July 18 View Page day 9 34"c. it's encouraging to be out of the gates fast but the early fast ones seldom take first. it's the one's with a good steady pace especially after 30 day's that usually win. when they grow to fast it's likely she'll be hollow and light. Saturday, July 19 View Page Day 10 39"c 29.5"ee 29.5"ss = 98"ott = 27lbs = 7.5lbs gain Sunday, July 20 View Page day 11 44"c 111.5"ott 37.5lbs 10.5lbs gain. Hi Jeff Reid I know your watching and I assume sand bagging as you are not posting this year or your having a string of bad luck. I hope not the latter. Wednesday, July 23 View Page Day 14 57"c 143"ott 72lbs. Last 2 day's of solid rain has slowed this girl down and the forcast looks wet as well. She desperatly needs the sun but on the + my root system has gone crazy so the plant now has plenty of resources to push the fruit. Friday, July 25 View Page well after 2 day's of solid rain and many day's of fog and high humidity my pumpkin aborted. enough to make you cry. She developed white soft spots all around her base and stopped growing. I guess I will try to get one on a side vine by August 1st. Saturday, July 26 View Page day 17 final ott 67"c 52.5"ss 50"ee = 169.5" = 113.5lbs actual weight 161.5lbs 42% heavey. SHIT Tuesday, July 29 View Page crap Tuesday, July 29 View Page manure 6"+ walls at day 17 Tuesday, July 29 View Page excrement Wednesday, July 30 View Page 2nd take. I'm going to try a seabisket since I have no other choice 11' main 4' left side vine 5 lobe. crossed with my 412lbs Wednesday, July 30 View Page Born today Thursday, July 31 View Page back up. nicest 6 lober I've ever had. shame it's not on the main vine 20 days ago Thursday, July 31 View Page side veiw of 6 lober Thursday, July 31 View Page Seabisquit day 1 Friday, August 1 View Page day 2. she has a better shape than the one I lost so far. Long is good on this plant Saturday, August 2 View Page day 3 cool and wet Monday, August 4 View Page day 5. dispite all I do I still will need some coroperation from the weather. Already this has been the rainest August I can remember Wednesday, August 6 View Page day 7 8.5lbs. So far same pace as the one I lost, but a better shape. hoping to get something big enough to take to the Windsor weigh off and not come last. Saturday, August 9 View Page day 10. same as the one I lost but better shape. not as high or wide and longer. c 39" ee 30" ss 29" = 98" ott = 27lbs. I think it has rained every day here since I set this one and cool. If summer comes back followed by Indian summer. I may have a little something. Thursday, August 14 View Page Day 15. Shame this girl is on so late. For she's only seen 3 day's of sun since I set her and she already has an ott of 162" = 100lbs. Fastest pumpkin I've ever had dispite the crappy weather. Thursday, August 14 View Page last pitcure wrong this is the right one Thursday, August 14 View Page Here's my son Kodi's pumpkin. It is a 412 Turner plant that came up late from his direct planting it were I could not keep plants alive. He comes out with me every day asking what he can do to his plant. I've showed him how to prune it properly and check the stem for stress, which he does. Although his pumpkin is older than mine I can't quit get ahead of his as it's starting to grow pretty well. I thought I would have passed him 3 day's ago but he is still head of his old man lol. Saturday, August 16 View Page good news bad news. Good news after a day of sun (4th to date) I gained 21lbs. Making it 135lbs on day 17. Bad news, After all this rain I noticed the blossum was going bad. Removed and sulfered. Thankfully it did not reach the flesh, as soon as I removed it good clean juice started to drip out. Sunday, August 17 View Page Good news bad again. Today is day 5 of sun shine and not rain for my girl. But this morning she had a blossum end split. Thankfully it was merely a flesh wound and did not penatrate to the centre. I scraped the edge's of the wound to get juice to fill it in then I silliconed her in. There was no apparent reason why she split until I notice how she was hanging over her sand bed. I quickly rectified that but this will be my last ott for quit some time. Day 17 c=75" Ott = 189.5" = 154.0lbs Sunday, August 17 View Page split Sunday, August 17 View Page repair. Also note blossum gone Sunday, August 17 View Page proper sand bed support, hopefully. Tuesday, August 19 View Page day 20 c = 82.0" = 205.0" ott = 192.0lbs. we got a 6th day of sun but back to rain today. AND WHO IS THE IDIOT THAT SAID YOU SHOULD COVER SPLITS WITH SILICONE. THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO WARE A ROTTEN CHICKEN ON THERE JUNK AND PLAY IN A CROCODILE PIT. I now know silicone burns pumpkins. my split is worse for this experiance but still in one peice. Friday, August 29 View Page day 30 and 357lbs. This took off like a bullet but after day 17 she just started to slow down. another disapppointing year. Unless she puts on another 39"c I will not even bother taking her to weigh off Friday, August 29 View Page Kodi's pumpkin still growing nicely for him Monday, September 15 View Page 111"C 75"W 74"L = 260"ott =377lbs = weighed 390lbs 3.5% heavey. not bad for my son's first pumpkin. I conveinced him to sell it to a local store for toy/candy money. It was hard to do as he really wanted to be in the regatta but I'm pretty sure 5 year olds are not allowed lol. Monday, September 15 View Page day 47 119"C 89"W 84.5"L = 292.5"OTT = 530.5LBS still gaining about 6lbs a day. Another poor year for me Monday, September 15 View Page pic for prior post Monday, September 15 View Page heres a few carrots I picked out of the garden. several weighing well over a pound and bigger around than a pop can. odd thing they were only supposed to be normal carrots and I did nothing extra for them and some came out white, red and yellow, cool. Monday, September 22 View Page day 54 122"c 90"s 87"w = 299"ott = 566lbs if not for a well rounded bottom making my ott high this baby would go heavey. as both front and back shoulders are about a 1' thick I beleive. even the small area dipped in around blossum thumps solid. no were on her does she thump it's like hitting a wall were a stud is no matter were you hit. As well I have done nothing for this plant for over a month as she's nothing great. But considering started july 30th and told would not get above 500lbs not bad. Monday, September 22 View Page Jordan and Kodi having pumpkin fun Monday, September 22 View Page have you ever seen such a small stock on a 500lbs+ pumpking. It's isn't even 2" in length Monday, September 22 View Page stem split. only 3 or 4 day's old but I can't get her dryed up.