Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 41 Entries. Sunday, April 12 View Page Welp, I'm Back for yet another year!! Yes alot of you must be wondering when will I give up LOL, Been a grower since 2003 and YES i'm still waiting for the big one to happen, But heck isn't this all about having fun!! Its been a long yet very fun winter raising our son Kaden now almost 6 months old, WOW kids grow faster then weeds!! Kaden will help in growing the big one on 2009 :-). Plan on one pumpkin and one watermellon this year rest of garden will be for home vegies!! I wish the best of luck to everyone in 2009 take care DaveM Thursday, April 23 View Page 2009 Selection : Sanded and Started. 966.9 Vincent 07......755 Landry 05.....742.2 Vincent 07....1130 Lyons/05..... GVGO GIANT WATERMELLON...211 Leonard/07. Wednesday, May 6 View Page Me And My Son Kaden. Wednesday, May 6 View Page Planted May, 6, 2009. 966.9 Vincent Mcgill 07. Wednesday, June 3 View Page Been awhile since an update, Pumpkin plant is off to a slow start been a cold and very wet spring!! Main vine up in the air about a ft long and starting to fall. will try to get some pictures later today. Wednesday, June 3 View Page 966.9 Vincent Mcgill 07. Thursday, June 18 View Page Well the warm weather arrived while I was away on holidays and the plant grew tons!!, main now out around the 5 ft mark and plenty of good side runners, Removed greenhouse today put up some windblocks around the plant and started to Burry vines and weed out around the plant best I could. Friday, June 26 View Page First Female showing this morning around the 7 ft mark on the main vine, Still too close to the stump for such a small plant but who knows I may set it till I get one further out just in case, Its been a a great week for plant growth with the warm days and nights. Saturday, July 11 View Page 07/09/09 Pollination On the 966.9 Vincent Mcgill 07. "Bud" 11 Ft Out on the Main Vine, Should have a few more females opening up around the 13 ft mark in a week. Tuesday, July 14 View Page WERE IS SUMMER??? Man its July 14th and its ONLY 7 Deg C outside its COOOLD!!, First Pollination aborted today, a few more further out will start collecting Males this week for possibly Friday / Saturday Pollinations. This is the worst year yet weather wise :-( Tuesday, July 14 View Page Gave the Plant a Drenching of 28-8-16, Leafs were starting to look a tad on the pale side. Monday, July 20 View Page Pollinated a Nice 4 Lober at 6.45 am around the 15 ft mark. "Hopefully this one takes", By Aug 1st Id like to snip the main off then every week cut a few secondarys till all are completed. Wednesday, July 22 View Page Completed 2 more pollination's on the Plant today, both on secondarys closer to base but further out. I now Have 3 Pollination's completed (Pretty Bad July 21st). BUT its a new house new garden No soil tests ever done COLD spring COLD summer... Day 10 Shots to "Hopefully come" if any 3 take. Wednesday, July 29 View Page Finally a Day 10!!, Not much to talk about here but its something, The weather this year just hasnt been on our side it has literally rained here every single day for the past 3 weeks!! My back yards lawn feels like a "Mooshy to walk on" and low lying areas are small ponds not good!! Some of the older growth on the plant is starting to turn yellow I blame this on the soil being soil saturated with water!! I have another fruit pollinated further down the main but it will soon be removed along with main vine tip in hopes of all growth going towards the growth of the fruit. Wednesday, July 29 View Page Sprayed the plant with some Fungi Spray today Thursday, July 30 View Page Terminated the Main vine at 22 ft today also started dead heading some secondary s will continue to prune every other day till all are completed. Wednesday, August 5 View Page Welp almost 80 MM of rain fell in Kitchener yesterday afternoon in under 2 hours, along with a Rainfull of hail... Plant and fruit were hurt but Sulphur was applied to all damage on fruit... cut a few secondarys off before bed last evening to bleed off all the rainfall wake up today to see my stem has split in 3 spots!! more sulphur applied.... Shes growing TOOOOO FAST!!! Day 20 pics to come saturday!! Hopefully it all holds togethor so my son can have a nice pumpkin for his Fist Birthday Oct 20th. Friday, August 7 View Page Day 19..... As you can see the hail damage! Monday, August 17 View Page what was the noise I hear.... Is that the cracking of my pumpkin!!..... Yup tried to push too hard she finally gave in and blew up!! Daves FIRST BLOWN UP PUMPKIN!! Maybe I can still get a nice 200 lb jack for halloween off an secondary fruit I just pollinated Dave Sunday, September 6 View Page Day 20 Today, Nice pumpkin for Halloween Starting to grow FAST with the warm weather we have been having. 78.25 " OTT Saturday, September 12 View Page Day 24 Growing like crazy. Monday, September 14 View Page Nice warm weather has been helping this guy chug along with a nice 15 lb gain last night, Too bad this one wasnt set eailier on this season id have a HUDGE pumpkin... Still happy will make a nice porch pumpkin for halloween with still a little over a month to go Friday, September 18 View Page Cooler nights have slowed down growth a bit, But she is still growing will get measurements up this weekend I am guessing its around the 300 Lb mark Monday, September 21 View Page Looks like warmer temps will be returning for another week along with some finally needed rain. Tuesday, September 22 View Page Measured today OTT 218 Inches = 228 Lbs. Very long fruit heavy bottom starting to get some nice color on the lower section should get some nice gains this week, PM starting to attack older leaves been spraying with a milk/ water mix to slow it down. Friday, September 25 View Page Plant still looks Great, Pumpkin has put some nice gains on this week with the warmer nights, back to covering the fruit at night down to 6 degs tonight looks like the warm weather is done with for this year in long range weather forcast, Maybe I can at least hit 300 lbs for Halloween. Sunday, September 27 View Page Measured this afternoon, Pumpkin is still growing at the rate of about 7 lbs per day for a total gain of 21 lbs since friday. Sunday, September 27 View Page Back Shot, Sunday, September 27 View Page another Friday, October 9 View Page Well the Final Measurements are 241 OTT For a total weight of 307 Lbs. Fruit is being Pulled this Saturday so I can start my Fall patch prep for 2010. Saturday, October 10 View Page Myself and My Son Kaden and our Pumpkin. 304 McQuay 09. Thursday, October 22 View Page FINALLY Got all my Dig permits Pretty bad that you cant just enlarge a garden without permits!! I had to get an Utilities, Hydro, Cable, Bell, All is clear in the 25x30 area for the patch I can now go in with the Tiller and till all my "Goodies" in. Friday, October 23 View Page In my Last post it should have been "Locates" Not permits.. But Ya I got all my Locates done, Just waiting for all of this rain to pass so i can till. Friday, October 23 View Page Cut her open today, WOW it was solid inside and little to NO seeds. Friday, October 23 View Page My 1 year old son Kaden had a blast cleaning out his first AG Pumpkin Friday, October 23 View Page Finished Product Sunday, November 1 View Page expanded the patch today up to 22x20, Tilled in a load of 20 year old Horse manure, 50 lbs of Kelp 50 lbs of Humic Acid and 20 lbs of jersey Green Sand and a load of Maple tree leafs. WOW that little Honda Tiller gave my upper body a workout let me tell ya LOL. Is it too late to plant a cover crop of rye? or not. Sunday, November 1 View Page Another..... Man I love this Honda Tiller Works Really Nice!! Saturday, November 7 View Page Purchased Materials today for the Greenhouse, Plans are for an 6ftx6ftx4ft greenhouse with autovent window. Thursday, November 19 View Page Purchased a few more items, 1. 40 ft of HD soil heating cable with built in TS 71 F. 2. 2 Automatic window Vents. Cover crop has started to sprout in the patch the warmer weather over the next couple of days should help. Thursday, December 10 View Page Dipping down to -2 here in southern ontario tonight, heat rocks plugged in.