Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 124 Entries. Friday, April 17 View Page Time to get ready! Seeds are soaking right now. I planning on growing 1068 Wallace 985 Werner 1370 Rose 682 Rupf 08 587 Rupf 08 others are backups. 1507 will be the pollinator for the 1068 Friday, April 17 View Page patch this year ist ready! Friday, April 17 View Page other side Thursday, April 23 View Page Hell! seeds are up and healthy! 1370, 985, 1507, 682 Rupf, 587 Rupf, 579 Rupf... BUT! the 1068 makes problems.. my biggest nightmare.. omg 2 days ago seeds came out, but not the 1068. I dig it out and it seems like he is a clubroot... but without roots!! only the seed was open and it had the typycally clubroot "knob". I removed the seedcoat and did it back into the dirt, watered with some warm water. Some hours ago i dig it out and saw 4 roots!!! yeah! ;) so i planted it back to dirt and did a glass over the seedling.. fingers are crossed! Monday, April 27 View Page The legend!! he is alive! and in some days ready to go into the patch at the moment it becomes cold in Germany, but on Friday i will plant it out. 1370 Rose 985 Werner 682 Rupf 587 Rupf are still in the patch. Monday, April 27 View Page bigger Picture.. on the left the 1068 on the right the 1507 Jutras i will cross the 1068 into 1507 and 1507 into 1068 1507 will get a small place, maybe a big pot because i can only do 5 plants. Friday, May 1 View Page Today i planted the 1068 out. Now all 5 Plants are in the patch. 1068 Wallace 1370 Rose 985 Werner 682 Rupf (1207 x 1385) 587 Rupf (1385 x 1207) The weather is doing better today. Saturday, May 2 View Page 3 of my plants have little greenhouses now: 1068, 1370, 985. 682 and 587 must live without this. Saturday, May 9 View Page Today we got the most beautiful storm ever here in my village, but no hail :) Saturday, May 9 View Page some minutes later.. Saturday, May 9 View Page and later.. Saturday, May 9 View Page and finally... Saturday, May 9 View Page We got much storm and Rain, but no Hail. This was the 3. Day with very warm and stormy weather. here is the 1068 Wallace of today Monday, May 25 View Page Update: 1068 Wallace is starting to vine, today i did Dunkels fertilizer to all 5 plants Monday, May 25 View Page 985 Werner Monday, May 25 View Page 1370 Rose Monday, May 25 View Page 682 Rupf 08 (1207 Young x 1385 Jutras) Monday, May 25 View Page 587 Rupf 08 (1385 Jutras x 1207 Young) this Plant has some mutations... F....!! Monday, May 25 View Page 2 leaves on one point.. Monday, May 25 View Page and again.. Monday, June 1 View Page first the bad news.. the 587 is a doublevine. Monday, June 1 View Page 682 Rupf is growing very nice, but its not warm in Germany.. last days. Monday, June 1 View Page 1370 Rose is healthy too and ready to takeoff.. Monday, June 1 View Page 985 Werner is doing very good, it has nice leaves Monday, June 1 View Page ok i forgot the picture.. ***** here is the 985 Werner Monday, June 1 View Page And finally the 1068 Wallace, it is doing fine now. I had much problems with it, after its germination problems.. maybe the vineending.. could be a bid fuller. Monday, June 8 View Page Here is a pic of my 1068 and 985 the 1068 is at the left, the 985 on the right. Between the cartrailer and the 1068 are the marrows, they doing fine now. Wednesday, June 10 View Page Update pumpkins 100609 here is the 587 Rupf 08, after the Doublevine devision i cut 1 main off, the other one seems to be normal Wednesday, June 10 View Page 682 Rupf 08 Wednesday, June 10 View Page 1370 Rose 03 Wednesday, June 10 View Page 985 Werner 06 Wednesday, June 10 View Page and here is the first female on the 985 Werner :) Wednesday, June 10 View Page and the 1068 Wallace 03 Friday, June 12 View Page Here is the stump of the 1370 Rose.. the biggest stump i have ever had at this point. It is big like most of my last years full grown plants. Hope this is a good signal for the pumpkin Thursday, June 18 View Page ok starting with the doublevine 587 Rupf but the plant is looking very healthy so far.. Thursday, June 18 View Page females on 587 Rupf Thursday, June 18 View Page biggest plant 682 Rupf, 2 females on the main Thursday, June 18 View Page 1370 Rose, not the biggest plant yet, but it hat the biggest leaves, very darkgreen. No females yet Thursday, June 18 View Page 985 Werner, big plant with big darkgreen leaves, 2 females on the main. Thursday, June 18 View Page and the 1068 Wallace, the main is close to the 682, but the leaves are not that big, like the other ones. I think it will do better in some weeks, has the biggest place. No females on the main yet. I will do Phosphor on the plants, if it arrives Monday, June 22 View Page 1068 clones Tuesday, June 23 View Page cool and Raini days here in Germany... Thursday, June 25 View Page made a video this morning, first it views the plants, then the pollination on the 682 Rupf, i pollinated it with the 985 Werner. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzapyzH836U Saturday, June 27 View Page Well it was a bad day.. i broke the main of the 1068 off.. but before of the first femals, so i have the chance to take it as a ceeper. the last secondary vine ist now the new mainvine. pollinations since now: 27.06.09: 682 Rupf mainvine x 1068 Wallace 587 Rupf sidevine x 985 Werner 25.06.09: 682 Rupf mainvine x 985 Werner 24.06.09: 587 Rupf mainvine x 682 Rupf 21.06.09: 985 Werner mainvine x 682 Rupf Sunday, June 28 View Page broken 1068 mainvine.. hope this pumpkin is not to close to the broken spot. Sunday, June 28 View Page Blue Hubbard Sunday, June 28 View Page giant sunflowers Sunday, June 28 View Page my Moso bamboo at the morning Monday, June 29 View Page 1370 Rose leave.. biggest i have ever had Monday, June 29 View Page 1068 Wallace female will open on wednesday Monday, June 29 View Page 682 Rupf keeper pollinated it with the 1068 Wallace Monday, June 29 View Page closer Tuesday, June 30 View Page tomorrow will be the day... i hope this is the one.. Tuesday, June 30 View Page secured the flower... Tuesday, June 30 View Page got males.. left side 4x 1068, right side 2x 1507 Jutras(potplant) i hope the 1507 males are ok, so i will have my dreamcross 1068 x 1507 Wednesday, July 1 View Page today i pollinated the 1068 x self because the 1507 flowers were not ready.. video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvuIVX53fds Sunday, July 5 View Page 2 different pumpkins on 2 plants, both plants are from the same cross? Sunday, July 5 View Page 1068 sidevine female Sunday, July 5 View Page 1370 Rose first female, hope it is ready tomorrow morning.. Monday, July 6 View Page Today i pollinated the 1370 Rose with the 1068 Wallace. It was a huge 6 lober. Also i pollinated the 1068 sidevinepumpkin with the 1507 Jutras. Tuesday, July 14 View Page big thunderstorm here in germany.. many flashes! Wednesday, July 15 View Page this are my 2 marrows Wednesday, July 15 View Page 1370 Rose, i hope she will do.. day 10 today.. Wednesday, July 15 View Page 1068 day 15.. not that good.. but i dont give up! Wednesday, July 15 View Page 587 Rupf day 22 :) Thursday, July 16 View Page 587 day 23 an 38 lbs Thursday, July 16 View Page 1068 pumpkin with plant connection.. not good connection, still leaking.. Thursday, July 16 View Page babypowder works :) Thursday, July 16 View Page 1068 female on the new 1068 maivine, i will pollinate tomorrow with the 1507 Jutras Thursday, July 16 View Page marrows Thursday, July 16 View Page patch is filled up Tuesday, July 21 View Page ok heat.. here in germany, need ice! Here is my big hope on the 1068 Wallace crossed with 1507 Jutras Tuesday, July 21 View Page ugly 1068 mainvineending pumpkin.. i hope he will grow on Tuesday, July 21 View Page good news on the 1370 rose! i have a pumpkin growin on a sidevine, pollinated with 1068. The mainvinepollination didnt set.. so i did another one 1370 Rose x 1507 Jutras Tuesday, July 21 View Page my giant sunflowers! biggest is about 3.5 m today. I think this will be the tallest sunflower i have ever had :) I grow it out of a Black Sunflower seed. Thursday, July 23 View Page Here is the first pumpkin, i am happy about. It is the a sidevinepumpkin on the 1370 Rose. Cross is 1370 x 1068 Wallace Sidevinepumpkins on the 1068 doing fine too. Thursday, July 23 View Page and the marrows, they are very big now, doesnt look that big on the photo. Both are open pollinated. Friday, July 24 View Page nothing big yet, but a little impression of my patch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjw30XjDAjs Sunday, July 26 View Page had to cut of the smaller marrow today, because they were touching each other. it waight 26.5 lbs Sunday, July 26 View Page the bigger one, still growing fast. Sunday, July 26 View Page new marro on the other plant Sunday, July 26 View Page 1370 Rose on the mainvine, it is pollinated with marrow pollen. Sunday, July 26 View Page i hope the pumpkin x marrow will work lol^^ ok here is the 1370 Rose sidevinepumpkin pollinated with the 1068 Wallace Sunday, July 26 View Page 1068 sidevine day 10 crossed with 1507 Jutras Sunday, July 26 View Page same cross on 1068 sidevine. it is day 11 Sunday, July 26 View Page both Sunday, July 26 View Page 1068 on the mainvineending.. not growing good. day 26 and 71 lbs Sunday, July 26 View Page and my biggest so far, 587 Rupf day 33 and 134 lbs today Sunday, July 26 View Page i think the bad weather, the up and down of the temperatures made so many pollinations go wrong. last year i hat not many problems. I already have no pumpkins growing on the 985 Werner and 682 Rupf Tuesday, July 28 View Page yesterday i made the first of my new bloomhouses, with this i can let the flower open after the pollination. Tuesday, July 28 View Page 1507 Jutras maleflower Tuesday, July 28 View Page 1370 Rose female under the little house. We had so much rain at night. Tuesday, July 28 View Page 1370 Rose x 1507 Jutras 28.07.09 nice 5 lober very late pollination.. but i hope to get seeds of this cross. it is at the end of the mainvine. Tuesday, July 28 View Page and the lizard was watching me :D Friday, August 7 View Page Big update: Here are the 3 last pumpkins on the 985 werner plant. Thay are not growing that good.. Friday, August 7 View Page 1370 Rose sidevinepumpkin 150 lbs @day 31 Friday, August 7 View Page 1370 Rose mainvineending pumpkin crossed with 1507 Jutras is growing. Friday, August 7 View Page 682 Rupf day 23.. not growing good, i think it was 1 more bad pollination time. 48 lbs Friday, August 7 View Page biggest pumpkin so far on my own 587 Rupf 08(1385 x 1207) This plant was a doublevine and not that good.. But the pumpkin is doing nicely, nice shape and colour. it is growing slow. day 43 and 308 lbs Friday, August 7 View Page the big marrow get damaged, it is now 48.5 Rupf DMG UOW here is the new marrow on the plant. Friday, August 7 View Page new marrow on the plant that produced the 48.5 Friday, August 7 View Page giant sunflowers, biggest one is 4.5 m today, but it has some rot on the leaveranch and the stem up to 2m high has this creased shape.. i dont know what it is. but i hope to get seeds of this plant. Friday, August 7 View Page 1068 sidevine day 19 and 42 lbs. cross is 1068 x 1507 Jutras Friday, August 7 View Page The selfed pumpkin on the 1068 mainvineending, it is growing slow. Day 38 and 217 lbs.. Friday, August 7 View Page i am not that happy about this pumpkinyear untill now.. but i hope the 1370 Rose will give me a new pb. Here is a pumpkinvideo i made today: This pumpkin was rotten on the plant 1-2 weeks ago, but i didnt cut it off. Today i walked through the plant and saw that this pumpkin was growing lol.. i cut it off and opened it... It was healed.. hm?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSCmuLmmrOw Sunday, August 16 View Page Pumpkins are growing slow.. I think i need better soil next year. my biggest so far, the 587 Rupf(1385x1207) day 52, 420 lbs Sunday, August 16 View Page 1068 mainvineending pumpkin 318 lbs, day 47 Sunday, August 16 View Page 1370 Rose sidevinepumpkin! 305 lbs, day 40 I am happy about this Pumpkin, because i crossed it with the 1068. If this pumpkin has seeds in it, i will plant this 1207 remake next year, because i never saw such a healthy plant like this 1370 Rose. Best plant i ever had. however.. the pumpkin is not growing that fast i would like. i think i have some reasons: - many cold days after pollination and later. - I need better soil, it is to hard. - pumpkin is growing on a short secondary vine. The last 9 days it was 16lbs/day i think it took up some speed now, because its very warm now. Sunday, August 16 View Page slowly growing 1068 sidevinepumpkin only 63 lbs, day 31 Sunday, August 16 View Page very late pollination.. on the 985 Werner, one of the last 3, culled the other two. This pumpkin i pollinated on 29.07.09 with the 1507 Jutras. I hope it will take up some speed now. 31 lbs, day 19 Sunday, August 16 View Page and freaky nature.. the plant of the 985 Werner and 682 Rupf have so much power, that they are producing many of such bizarre tangles under the secondary vines. Friday, August 28 View Page 1068 sidevinepumpkin day 43 OTT 113 lbs Friday, August 28 View Page stemside Friday, August 28 View Page whats that? Friday, August 28 View Page righ.. 1370 Rose on the sidevine its day 52 and 487 lbs Friday, August 28 View Page 1068 mainvineending pumpkin day 59 OTT 428 lbs Friday, August 28 View Page and my 587 Rupf 08 day 64 Ott 546 lbs Thursday, September 24 View Page Here is my 587 Rupf crossed with 682 Rupf today i meassured it, it is Ott 629 lbs Thursday, September 24 View Page Here is the 1370 Rose on the sidevine crossed with the 1068 It is Ott 623 lbs today Monday, September 28 View Page This is my new Personal best! Est 288kg now 325 kg 716 Rupf 09 (587 Rupf 08 x 682 Rupf 08) +12.8 % heavy Wednesday, October 7 View Page My results 2009: 716 Rupf 09 (587 Rupf x 682 Rupf) 627 Rupf 09 (1370 Rose x 1068 Wallace) 590 Rupf 09 (1068 Wallace x self) 185 Rupf 09 (1068 Wallace x 1507 Jutras) This is the 1068 wich was growing on a very unhappy plant.. first germination problems, slow start, later broken mainvine 0.5 inch away of the pumpkin. But it still gets 590, on a sidevine i made a 1068 x 1507 cross. Wednesday, October 7 View Page This is the 185 Rupf 09 (1068x1507) Monday, October 12 View Page Today i opened the 590 Rupf and it had not that many seeds in it. But some kind of rot, because the stem was hurt. But i could catch out the good looking seeds. About 100 seeds. Monday, October 12 View Page It was 1068 x self i hope somebody wants to plant seeds, i dont know if i plant 1 of those next year. but they look so healthy :D