Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 42 Entries. Thursday, April 3 View Page Well winter is finally starting to Roll out with warmer weather on its way, Looking forward to a new year with better results from the past. Going to be a very bussy year in the patch along with a very excitting Fall with our First baby on the way. :-). 2008 is going to be Great Year!! Thursday, April 3 View Page Seed Line up : 896 Vincent O6, 676.2 Vincent 06, 800.5 Gardener 05, and some "skyrocket Tomatoes" Dave. Friday, May 23 View Page WOW... What a spring, cold and wet, LOL, Plants were put out in 6 ft w x 8 ft l x 5 ft h greenhouses May 10th 4 plants in total, Each greenhouse has 2 plants and is heated buy 2 large buckets of water ( heat stored dureing the day from the sun) , Things have been extremely bussy for me at home its funny today may 22nd was the FIRST day i was able to make the trip back to the plants to check on them its been 12 days since they have had human contact. LOL, Well 3 out of the 4 are doing better then i had thought due to weather conditions, Pictures to come. Dave Friday, June 27 View Page Good Thing I'm on Days, was up at 6am doing some garden chores.... Pollinated 2 on the 696.6 "06" Vincent, One 11 ft out on the main vine and another 3 feet feet out on a third secondary vine. this plant is very agressive about 3 other females opening this week. 995.5 "07" Vincent squash pollinated one 9 feet out 2 other opening this week would like one around the 10 + foot mark,, will put up pictures tomorrow. Dave Saturday, June 28 View Page Female on the 676.6 Vincent 06 Sunday, June 29 View Page plants are doing amazing this year, Havent had the soil tested at all but it must be allright!!, large open space with full sun makes a big difference. will be terminating most of the secondary vines later this week then once I get a second fruit around the 15 ft mark I will terminate the main and see what happens, Monday, June 30 View Page First Squash on the 995.5 Vincent O7 x Self. JUNE 29TH 08. The one above on the 676.6 Vincent 06 x self as well. June 27th08. Monday, June 30 View Page Squash . Tuesday, July 1 View Page Hit the patch at 8am this morning with 6 bags of Rona sheep manure LOL ya cheap vine burrying soil ar $3.75 a bag + you know the vines are being burried in good soil LOL. anyhow cut back some secondarys did another polination on the 995.5 vincent squash, cut back hail damaged leafs from storm a few weeks ago plants are looking great will add some 10-10-10 granular Friday give the plants a good DEEP DRENCH then I;m off on a fly in fishing trip for 7 days !! Pictures will be updated around the 14th of July when I arrive home. Friday, July 4 View Page WOW.... best year soo far, I'm hopeing this is meaning a good year FINALLY AS I DESERVE IT AFTER THE LAST 4 YEARS OF LITTLE TO NOTHING... 676.6X SELF pollinated June 28th at day # 6 circ = 19.5", 995.5 x self pollinated june 29th small mellon sized already!! will finish my last 4 pollinations tomorrow morning then will cull down to best 2 per plant by end of july... sprayed and KILLED some SVB's last few days finished burrying rest of vines tonight am off on vacation tomorrow purchased a water timer tonight from Home Depot suppose to turn the garden hose on every evening for a deep drench for 10 minutes tested it tonight seems to work well I have a friend comeing over to check on plant to make sure all is going well ( makes me feel much better) LOL But ya will finishe last few pollinations tomorrow will take and post pictures when I arrive back in a week. Dave Saturday, July 12 View Page 676.6 Vincent x Self Day 10 Largest day 10 ive ever had or seen this one is growing like crazy!! nice shape nice position plant is looking well. will cut others off closer to stump to allow this one to get all growth. bigger then basketball day 10 Saturday, July 12 View Page Day 10 for 995.5 Vincent x Self Squash also growing very well dont care for position but its been taken care of day by day. Sunday, July 13 View Page Spraying plants weekly with Ambush to kill the svbs Sunday, July 13 View Page OK, Now I feel Bad, Pumpkin I am growing is the : 679.6 Vincent 06 +3.5% = 500 Beauchemin X 707 Toftness. Squash Is : 995.5 Vincent-McGill Squash (+3%) from last year. It was 848* Mackenzie x 898* Vincent-McGill-06. Sorry John my bad!! So pumpkin above in Day 10 Photo is 679.6 Vincent Dave Friday, July 18 View Page 679.6 Vincent 06 x Self Day 20 = 56.5" Circ. Not as big as others Ive seen but still growing better then Ive ever had one grow before... Losgt my Squash this week something got hungry and took a few good chunks out of it :-(. will be pollinating a few more further down the main tomorrow. Saturday, July 19 View Page HELP!!!.... If anyone can give me some insight on what might be happening here that would be great!!, My pumpkin plant 679.6 vincent 06 has gone from growing like a weed till about 2 weeks ago ( when I set first pumpkin) currently at day 20 growing well. I noticed last week some yellowing of the older leafs by the stump and its been getting worse daily now a good chunk of the leafs on the plant are yellowing and dieing off even the newer younger leafs are blotching yellow ... what is going on here.... i havent added ANY fertilizer this year besides some 10-10-10 a few weeks back... ive been spraying weekly a very light solution of ambush ( lighter then it calls for on box) so its not that.... any ideas plant ws growing great fruit is growing great no signs of svb in vines yet just see them flying around with cuke beetles I have some stuff called IRON GREEN should i add it or what you think is going on? thanks DaveM [email protected] Saturday, July 19 View Page another shit HELP dont want to lose this plant. Saturday, July 19 View Page ooooppps suppose to be "another shot" NOT another SH*T " sorry about that. Saturday, July 19 View Page 679.6 Vincent growing FAST.. ya thats a timmys extra large coffe cup you see. Saturday, July 19 View Page Gave the plants a dose of Iron Green 15-0-0 hopefully this helps the yellowing problem with the leafs. Monday, July 21 View Page Plants are starting to green back up again :-) !! Days have cooled off a bit now and allot of rain in forcast for this week, Sprayed all the plants down with Warrior T will spead some 10-10-10 granular around base of plants later this week. Monday, July 21 View Page Pollinated a Beauty 15 ft out on the 995.5 vincent squash hopefully she takes as the main one aborted. :-( Wednesday, July 23 View Page WELL... 4 hours after pollinating this beauty 15 ft out on the 995.5 Vincent squash a MASSIVE STORM passed threw Ontario dropping large size Hail heavy winds and flooding waters, all i could do was lay on my creeper at work under a truck and just watch all my hard work gone!! not able to make it back to the plants as the grounds are flooded Hopefully they are high enough and not much damage was done my biggest worrie is the Hail wont know till tomorrow!! keeping fingers crossed I didnt lose any plants or my pumpkin. Thursday, July 24 View Page Plants are fine!! GOT LOTS of water Over 55mm of rain fell in over an hours last night at home!! roads flooded trees down losts of damage, luckly my plants suffered only very minor damage. Thursday, July 24 View Page Built a shelter over the 679.6 Vincent 06 fruit!! growth has slowed down since the days and nights have been cooler. suppose to rain rest of week then a tad warmer next week and dryer so hopefully things pick up. Thursday, July 24 View Page One that just to be culled!! funny thing is.. this once came off the 995.5 vincent SQUASH!!! looks white eh? ya it was green when I pollinated it then turned white as it got larger I have one around the 9 ft mark thats bigger then the 679.6 fruit set and i also have another around the 15 ft mark that was just set... this 995.5 vincent squash is an amazing plant HUDGE main vine thicker then beer bottle at stump and first 10 or so feet long runner secondarys and the main is probably around the 25 ft mark. large leafs and so far large fruit at 9 ft mark... Friday, July 25 View Page WOOOOOOOW.......SLOW DOWN!!!! or shes going to BLOW!!! after all the rain this past week then a nice hot sunny day today the fruit was moaning and groaning not to blow HA HA.... was working in the patch today and noticed I DO HAVE some SVB entry into some of my leaf stalks thats why they are turning yellow killed as many as i could cut out!! noticed a few wet spots BUT NO CRACKS on the fruit on the 679.9 hopefully she dont blow next 2 days are suppose to be hot ones as well.... put on roughly 4" over night last night its amazing Saturday, July 26 View Page Gave the plants a drink of Neptunes / mollases / seaweed mixture and watered in deep. Fruit growth still moving at a good pace for me Monday, July 28 View Page Day 29, fruit on the 679.6 06 Vincent fruit!! havent done any OTT measurements yet as ive been pretty bussy, all bugs are gone ( fingers crossed) I ONLY had to dig out 2 SVBS this year and these were in the leaf stalks so all is good I will continue to spray with warrior T every 10 days till middle of aug. looks like PM is starting to set on older leafs will do a spray later this week. Dave Monday, July 28 View Page 679.6 O6 top... pictures dont do justice on the size of this fruit!! its allot bigger then she looks I will have to put up some ott mesurements later this week, Monday, July 28 View Page DAY 6 995.5 VINCET SQUASH!! Thursday, July 31 View Page Got A Good dumping of Rain today, Hopefully she holds togethor and doesnt blow up!!, growth is still at a steady speed , not as fast as the first 20 days but still nice and steady!! Friday, August 1 View Page Found a small split on the stem end of the pumpkin on the 679..... OK OK... I'm tired of calling it the 679... sorry John... The fruit is now called the Bosch :-). which is on the 679 vincent o6!! starting to get some color as well, lots of rain and lots of nice hot summer days will cause this i guess!! put some garden sulphure over the wound ( note NOT all the way threw) Not expecting a hudge one but its currently my BP ever grown so i am happy whatever it grows too, Ive learned allot over the past 5 or so years and each year keeps getting better . Sunday, August 3 View Page Took some measurements today useing 2005 BP.COM how too measurements here is what I got 88+67+66 = 207 ott= 197 lbs.... thought she looked much heavier but I am still happy with these results, plant today is looking like PM is winning the battle will spray garden sulphur again this week and see what happens.. if I lose the plant this month I will still be happy with a fruit over 200 lbs learned allot this year and now have the proper product to keep these bugs at bay so next year till be better who knows plant isnt dead yet so a 500 lber is possbible ( in my dreams ) LOL but will keep posting. Dave Sunday, August 3 View Page not 221 Ott its 207 OTT made a mistake in the c measurement Tuesday, August 5 View Page Bosch on 679.9 vincent starting to rib its much longer then round Tuesday, August 5 View Page Bosch looking down from top!! nice ribs starting to get orange!!! Tuesday, August 5 View Page Cannon on the 995.5 vincent squash!! Growing fast!! Wednesday, August 13 View Page slow and steady wins the race correct?... ya right.. well ya shes slowed down, heres the back side looking nice, i know i cant lift it ive tried LMAO so ya its my new BP... i'm happy with the results this year next year will only get better . plant growth and fruit growth has slowed down days and nights on cooler side and ALLOT OF RAIN... pm is under controll but for parts of plant hit hardest its starting to die back quickly, Wednesday, August 13 View Page Leafs are BIG THIS YEAR!!! Monday, September 1 View Page Long time no post.... Work has been keeping my bussy !!, Fruit is currently around the 400 lb by charts I will get pics up and some measurements later this week, fruit is also starting to turn a nice dark orange :-) Dont expect too much more growth this year as plant is TIRED!! PM beat me this year at least it wasnt by SVBS!!! Thursday, October 23 View Page Would like to Introduce Our Son ( First baby) "Kaden Michael McQuay" to everyone!! New Pumpkin Grower!! He was Born on Monday Oct 20th 2008 7lbs 10 oz!!