Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 7 Entries. Thursday, July 8 View Page I don't remember the name of the seed I grew this year. That information was lost in our house fire. I will look later and see if I have the info else where. Meanwhile---I got a late start on pollinating. The first 2 females aborted. They had 5 and 4 lobes. The third female had 3 lobes----really sucky. self pollinated. Hand Pollination and Bee Pollination. Pollinated July 3rd. My daughter in law did the pollinating cause we went to six flags for my sons 11th birthday. the 3rd female is 13 3/4 ft out on the main. today she is 5 DAP, and 12" CC Thursday, July 8 View Page this female was pollinated on July 6th. 5 lobes, 16ft on main. X self. used 4 males hand pollination, + bee pollination. Had to use Ice bottles and a Fan to cool the environment during pollination and continued ice bottles for 2 more days. Thursday, July 8 View Page #4 female , 5 lobe, 1 DAP Thursday, July 8 View Page #4 female , 5 lobe, 2 DAP shhhhhhhhh, you did not see me measure on 2 dap........ 8" CC Ice bottles, Fan,, and shade continued on 2 DAP. Thursday, July 8 View Page Pumpkin patch is 14x50 Main vine is almost at end of patch. #5 female opens Saturday at 18ft. The plant has two primary vines. One goes East, One goes West. The Westward vine is younger and hoping it gives us a nice Halloween Pumpkin. #3 and #4 showing in pic---#5 unopened. Friday, July 9 View Page #3 female--in back--6 days old #4 female--in front--3 days old Monday, July 12 View Page this is a 5 lobe --6 days old--just over 14"CC