Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 86 Entries. Friday, June 19 View Page 1385 Jutras Friday, June 19 View Page 1055 Jutras Saturday, July 4 View Page 1055 Jutras x 1385 Jutras July 4, 7AM, 62F Saturday, July 4 View Page 1055 Jutras x 1385 Jutras 4 lobes, pollinated with 3 males. 16 feet out on main. Sunday, July 5 View Page 1385 Jutras x 1055 Jutras July 5, 7 AM, 63F Sunday, July 5 View Page 1385 Jutras x 1055 Jutras 4 lobes, pollintaed with 4 males. 18 feet out on main. Tuesday, July 14 View Page 1055 Jutras. Day 10. 25" circ. Wednesday, July 15 View Page 1385 Jutras. Day 10. 25" circ. Friday, July 24 View Page 1055 Jutras. Day 20. 168 OTT. Saturday, July 25 View Page 1385 Jutras. Day 20. 164 OTT. This plant got hit by hail in late June and the pumpkin started slow, but is growing well the last few days. Saturday, July 25 View Page 1385 Day 20 Monday, August 3 View Page 1385 Jutras. Day 29. Monday, August 3 View Page 1055 Jutras. Day 30. Thursday, August 13 View Page 1055 Jutras. Day 40. This thing is built like a tank. Thursday, August 13 View Page 1055 Jutras. Day 40. Long, low, and wide shape. Thursday, August 13 View Page 1385 Jutras. Day 39. Only a few pounds behind the 1055, and still ramping up in daily weight gains. Thursday, August 13 View Page 1385 Jutras. Day 39. Perfectly round shape so far. Friday, August 14 View Page 1385 Jutras. Day 40. Monday, August 24 View Page 1385 Jutras. Day 50. Best day 50 measurement ever for me. This one has overtaken the 1055 as biggest in the patch. The 1055 has unfortunately really started to taper off in daily weight gains. Monday, August 24 View Page Now I must go back outside and cover the pumpkins due to a SEVERE case of hypothermia in the area. Monday, August 24 View Page A shot of the 1055 Jutras today. Starting to canteluope quite a bit now. Monday, August 24 View Page A shot of the 1055 Jutras today. Starting to canteloupe quite a bit now. Monday, August 24 View Page Patch shot from today. 1055 in the foreground. Top of the 1385 in the background. Wednesday, August 26 View Page every morning, I wake up and the sheets covering my pumpkins are on the ground. I can't figure out why, but I have a guess. Twenty to fifty percent of hypothermal deaths are associated with a phenomenon known as paradoxical undressing. This typically occurs during moderate to severe hypothermia, as the victim becomes disoriented, confused, and combative. The hypothermic victim may begin discarding their clothing, which, in turn, increases the rate of heat loss. Tuesday, September 1 View Page 1385 Jutras Thursday, September 3 View Page 1385 Day 60. OTT = 1XX + 1XX + 1XX = 3XX still under 400 OTT. Friday, September 4 View Page I WILL STAND GAURD, WITH MYSELF WRAPPED IN A FOIL BLANKET, AND MY PUMPKIN COVERED, TO FIGHT THE GREAT HYPOTHERMIA !!! Friday, September 4 View Page IT'S.... JUST.... TOO.... COLD !!!!!!!!!!!! Monday, September 7 View Page 1385 Jutras. Sunny and 85F today. No signs of immediate hypothermia in the forecast. Wednesday, September 9 View Page Well, I'm all out of Super Turbo Fruit Finisher Fertilizer, and the local garden store is all out too. Looks like I may have to take a trip down to Jared's nursery. They have some in stock. They said they have some giant pumpkins growing at the nursery too. I make take a look. I bet the guys who grow pumpkins at Jareds use a lot of the Super Turbo Fruit Finisher Fertilizer. Wednesday, September 9 View Page Well, I went down to that nursery tonight and met up with Madman Marc and his nephew. We were all going to get some of that Super Turbo Fruit Finisher Fertilizer but they said some guy named Jim had already bought it all. Oh well. We did check out the patch down there too... Wednesday, September 9 View Page Some guy named Loren showed us around becuase no one was working in the patch. I don't know how you couldn't be working out in the patch if you had a good one going, but who knows. Here is a pic that Loren took of us with a big white pumpkin that was labeled with a sign and an American flag. Pretty nice pumpkin, I must say. Saturday, September 12 View Page saturday september 12th. Forecast for Littleton, Colorado: scattered t-storms. high 59 Forecast for Longmont, Colorado: scattered t-storms. high 79 I bet those extra twenty degrees help me to put on a few extra pounds. no hypothermia up here. Sunday, September 13 View Page when it's 50F at Jareds.... Sunday, September 13 View Page It's 75F in the ICE house. Monday, September 14 View Page Biz, I couldn't tell what your pumpkin looked like in that picture that you posted cause it had a sheet over it! I had to go back down to Jared's tonight and take a look. When I got there, the guy with the grey hair and the chains took all the sheets off the pumpkins so I could have a look. Brooks was down there too. He was going to give you his last 1068, but you weren't around. Oh well. Tuesday, September 15 View Page I don't know Biz. That sign you posted looks fake. This one, though, must be real because the message is behind a sheet of glass. Definately words to live by. Wednesday, September 16 View Page Well, the BIZ himself (and his little friend) came to visit the patch today, along with the WIZ, Eddy Z, ArvadaBoy and captain coldweather. Wednesday, September 16 View Page Getting a closer look at the size of the 1385... Wednesday, September 16 View Page ...drove some people to drink heavily. Unfortunately, the BIZ remained quite calm. He's got a moster growing at Jareds. Wednesday, September 16 View Page Well, Biz. I'm pretty sure you got me beat by a few pounds right now, so I made some modifications tonight. Welcome to the "ICEHOUSE 2". It's now heated at night. Certainly wouldn't want the temperature to drop into the 50s and have growth slow down. What's the low at Jared's tonight? Thursday, September 17 View Page well Biz, I spent an hour in the patch tonight: 5 minutes to cover the pumpkins 5 minutes to spray 0-0-6 50 minutes to walk through my 1055 Jutras plant (by headlamp) looking for the tip to my spayer that fell off somewhere. If that's not a model for perfect efficiency, then I don't know what is. Sunday, September 20 View Page Hypothermia has OFFICIALLY hit Longmont. Sunday, September 20 View Page Mother nature has officially destroyed "ICEHOUSE 2" 60 MPH winds sheered off PVC fittings. Sunday, September 20 View Page I don't think the 1385 took a direct hit, but I haven't confirmed that yet. Sunday, September 20 View Page Hot brooder lights went flying.... Sunday, September 20 View Page tomorrow will begin with construction of "ICEHOUSE 3". This is what the engineers came up with Biz. I ain't designing this one myself. Got to love growing in Colorado! Sunday, September 20 View Page Looks like it should withstand any test from Mother Nature Monday, September 21 View Page ICEHOUSE 2 was repaired tonight. This was the source of the problem. The wind reduced a 5-way PVC fitting to a three-and-a-half-way PVC fitting, which compromised the entire structure. Monday, September 21 View Page Now we are back in business... supposed to be a low in the mid-30s tonight. Tuesday, September 22 View Page "ICEHOUSE 3" was converted to "GREENHOUSE 1" tonight windproof and warmer Tuesday, September 22 View Page Who's that in your rear view mirror BIZ? That glow you see is from an orange pumpkin still putting on the pounds... Thursday, September 24 View Page sunny and 88F in the ICEHOUSE today. Finally some sun... Thursday, September 24 View Page put on a little bit of KDL tonight... Thursday, September 24 View Page and a little more KDL... Thursday, September 24 View Page and a little more KDL... Thursday, September 24 View Page and a little more KDL... Thursday, September 24 View Page and some 0-0-6, just to be sure. Thursday, September 24 View Page and some fish. Monday, September 28 View Page Congrats Jim! 1283 is going to be tough to beat... but I have done some math... Monday, September 28 View Page 5 Oz. KDL per gallon is 0-0-120. I think that is what I'm going to need to get to 1284. Monday, September 28 View Page 12 Pounds the 1385 Jutras has put on since Biz picked his pumpkin. That leaves me twelve more days to put on 120 pounds. so thats 10 pounds per day with the pumpkin aged 86 days to 97 days... HA! Tuesday, September 29 View Page Greg, your 1385 clone is above. You've got some small root nubs forming, but nothing bigger than about a half inch right now. It definately needs some more growth to support itself. Tuesday, September 29 View Page Its got 10 days left to send out some serious roots. Tuesday, September 29 View Page another 5 pounds closer to 1284.... Wednesday, September 30 View Page Drove past the church on my way home tonight... it was as if the sign was speaking to me. Thursday, October 1 View Page brand new bottle! burned through the first one! Friday, October 2 View Page 1385 Jutras today. Almost (but not quite, BIZ) done growing. Right on schedule... Friday, October 2 View Page Starting to turn a beautiful shade of "heavy" Wednesday, October 7 View Page Forecast for Saturday's weigh-off: Snow Shower, high of 37F!!!! Wednesday, October 7 View Page you know Biz... physics says that the colder a pumpkin gets, the heavier it weighs... its just basic physics. Saturday, October 10 View Page Hey BIZ... Next year you're going to have to name your pumpkin something other than hypothermia, ice breaker, or ice cube. Saturday, October 10 View Page Longmont GPC weigh-off was cancelled today. Saturday, October 10 View Page 1055 Jutras. Hope I can get a weight on this one. Saturday, October 10 View Page 1385 Jutras is still connected to the vine. Will try to get a certified weight ASAP. Wednesday, October 14 View Page call me crazy. 1 Oz. KDL sprayed tonight. Wednesday, October 14 View Page 3 days until the weigh-off... Saturday, October 17 View Page 1166 Mohr 2009 1385 Jutras x 1055 Jutras pumpkin went -1.5% to the charts, so pretty much right on. second biggest ever grown in Colorado! Saturday, October 17 View Page 980 Mohr 2009 1055 Jutras x 1385 Jutras pumpkin went a few precent heavy, and won the Howard Dill Award. This one will be in my patch next year. Saturday, October 17 View Page Me and Desmond with the 1166 after the weigh-off Saturday, October 17 View Page Thanks for hauling the pumpkin CaptainColdweather! Saturday, October 17 View Page Thanks to the RMGVG guys for all the help loading (and unloading) the pumpkins... CCW, Wiz, Biz, Shenfish, Scherber, Hopson! Saturday, October 17 View Page Family Picture with the 1166 Saturday, October 17 View Page 1166 Mohr 2009 Saturday, October 31 View Page 1166 Mohr carved for Halloween Saturday, October 31 View Page 1166 Mohr