Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 95 Entries. Friday, April 23 View Page KA-BOOM! 1288, 1421, 1161, 980 Mohr are all up, and look good. Wednesday, April 28 View Page 1288 Wallace update... I didn't think this one was even going to sprout, but now it is in the lead. OH MY! watch out Jimmy! Wednesday, June 23 View Page Jimmy, did you send a remote controlled bird to peck on all my pumpkins? my oh my, I got a bird problem... won't be needing any pollen this week. ARGH. Thursday, June 24 View Page destruction of future state record pumpkin at 13 feet on the 1161 rodonis. nice long shape, 4 lobes, never pollinated. BIRD, BIRD, BIRD IS THE WORD.... Thursday, June 24 View Page pumpkin on the 1288 wallace.... Sunday, June 27 View Page All of my eggs.... Sunday, June 27 View Page ... in one basket. Sunday, June 27 View Page The 1161 Rodonis ... "LIQUID HOT MAGMA" ... Magma is a complex high-temperature fluid substance. Environments suitable for magma formation include subduction zones, continental rift zones, mid-oceanic ridges, and hotspots- especially narrow patches between a house and a road. Sunday, June 27 View Page 1161 quickly filling the ENTIRE patch. Nice female at 16 feet. Perfect shape. Will be pollinated with 1288 Wallace. Friday, July 2 View Page 1161 Rodonis x 1288 Wallace. 7 AM. 5 lobes. 2 males. 62F. Friday, July 2 View Page 2 days ahead of last year, with 150+ more square feet of plant than last year... Sunday, July 4 View Page 1288 Wallace x 1421 Stelts. 4 lobes, 6 males, 6:45 AM, 60F. Sunday, July 4 View Page 1161 Day 2. Gotta love the shape and color on this one. Sunday, July 4 View Page 1161 Rodonis plant. Nasty looking storms rolling through this morning. Thursday, July 8 View Page 1161 Rodonis: pumpkin #1 - birds ate it pumpkin #2 - aborted pumpkin #3 - opened today and had no pollen pumpkin #4 - the size of a pencil eraser Thursday, July 8 View Page 1288 Wallace: 8 inch circ. Monday, July 12 View Page 1166. day 10. smallest day 10 ever, biggest plant ever. was convinced this one had aborted, but it continues to grow slowly. Monday, July 12 View Page 1288 x 1421. The cross that may someday destroy the Biz. Plant/pumpkin both look great. Wednesday, July 14 View Page 1288 Wallace. Day 10. Hired help to keep the birds away. Wednesday, July 14 View Page 1161 Rodonis. day 12. Saturday, July 17 View Page 1288 Wallace. Saturday, July 17 View Page 1161 Rodonis Saturday, July 17 View Page 101F and very windy. What's not to like? Sunday, July 18 View Page You were right, Biz. Longmont seismograph picking up 5-6 inches in circumference growth per day now. Thursday, July 22 View Page 1161 Rodonis. Day 20. Already starting to suffer from SBS (sunken butt syndrome). Friday, July 23 View Page This stuff is called "Brooks and I were the last to find out"... LOL Saturday, July 24 View Page 1288 x 1421 Day 20. Tuesday, July 27 View Page 1161 Rodonis. After changing shape every day for a week, finally starting to have a nice consistent shape/light color like the 1596 wallace and 1521 werner. Skin still as soft as it was on day 1. Sunday, August 1 View Page Met up with my buddy from the U.S. Geological Survey today, who confirmed my worst fears. Significant activity was seen today in the wheat ridge area, and he told me it was forming a classic "unibrow" pattern that was likely to last for weeks. Luckily, there was only minimal activity near Littleton. Sunday, August 1 View Page He was also able to overlay 2009 Longmont data with 2010 Longmont data which indicated approx. 10% greater activity in 2010. Monday, August 2 View Page OTT = 5.5 cans Wednesday, August 4 View Page who's missing a tooth brush? Wednesday, August 4 View Page last year I got a free soil test, this year I got a free tooth brush. Wednesday, August 4 View Page nowhere to hide anymore. Wednesday, August 4 View Page I guess the RMGVG patch tour is already started..... Wednesday, August 11 View Page 1288 Wallace. "the little tank" 1421 pollinator plant has a perfectly shaped HUGE pumpkin on it... ain't that right BIZ? Wednesday, August 11 View Page 1161 Rodonis. Thursday, August 12 View Page 1288 wallace x with this: got SteltZ? http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=142565 Wednesday, August 18 View Page Time to put on the pounds. Tissue test said I wasn't excessive on K.... That should change shortly. Like 10 minutes from now. KDL "helping nature work" Wednesday, August 18 View Page KDL: Ingredients: Potassium Carbonate, seaweed extract. sometimes 24% potassium carbonate just isn't enough. Wednesday, August 18 View Page Multi Micro Nuts! Wednesday, August 18 View Page turning "deficient" into "sufficient" mmmmm mmmmmmm good. Wednesday, August 18 View Page celebrating the break-out of KDL tonight, with the annual changing of the queen sized blankets to the king sized ones. Wednesday, August 18 View Page Got RodoniZ ? Monday, August 23 View Page 11 AM, sunny. 12 PM, HAIL. 1 PM sunny. bye bye big weight gains. Monday, August 23 View Page 1288 Wallace "The Little Tank" took some serious sustained artillery fire for about 10 minutes today. This should provide a nice unnatural mottled look, charateristic of pumpkins that do not win the Howard Dill award. Monday, August 23 View Page Tough to justify growing in a tiny spot on the side of your house in Colorado after days like this. Monday, August 23 View Page The 1161 was shaping up to be a pretty nice pumpkin. I think the SBS (sunken butt syndrome) pulled warm air away from the patch, which created a weather inversion that led to the late season hail. Monday, August 23 View Page at any rate, my leaves now have more surface area which will allow them to absorb more KDL now. Theyz a gonna need it. Friday, August 27 View Page GO GO little RO-DO !!!!!!! 1161 Rodonis has survived tha hail and is still growing! Average daily gain for the 5 days since the hail wasn't epic, but I'll take it. It's now scientifically proven.... leaves with extra surface area hold more KDL !!!!!!! Tuesday, August 31 View Page To break into September, I broke out the STFF tonight. Tuesday, August 31 View Page I figure since I got in on the CustomBio GP and B5 secret this year, that it is now time for me to reveal my secret product... Tuesday, August 31 View Page People always ask how I grow decent sized pumpkins in such a small area. Well, a few years back when I grew my first 1000 pounder, I was taking part in a trial of new formulations of KDL. The trial was mostly comprised of farmers from the western slope fruit-producing counties of Colorado. Tuesday, August 31 View Page Super Turbo Fruit Finisher KDL. YES, its real. And YES, it works. And NO, I would never grow without it. Tuesday, August 31 View Page Its ingredients are the same as KDL: potassium (derived from mined potassium sulfate) and seaweed extract. BUT, the big difference is that the particles are "nano" sized, and it takes advantage of the same technology as the new CO2 product. Friday, September 3 View Page Well, the secret is out now. I have actually been using a second formulation of KDL as well (KDL-HR). Yep, its good old KDL with 1.2% of a patented Hail Repair polymer. I got cleaned out by a hail storm 10 days ago, but with daily applications of KDL-HR, my daily weight gains have actually improved comapred to before the storm. The only downside is that the product is expensive and cannot be diluted at all. You pour the thick contents of the whole bottle into your sprayer, and glue your leaves back together. When you're trying to break the state record, a little extra cash spent on the KDL-HR is worth every penny. Friday, September 3 View Page KDL-HR "Helping Nature Work" Monday, September 6 View Page There's a new pallet of KDL being hauled in behind the tractor... Monday, September 6 View Page plant damaged by hail... remaning plant over-run with aphids... 2 huge internal cracks starting to surface on the Rodonis... on what should be a sunny day, the sky is grey with smoke from a forest fire... Looks like we're going to need a new formulation of KDL up here... Monday, September 6 View Page Introducing KDL 1284+ The best-selling KDL of 2010. Rumor has it that Scherber has been using it all season. Monday, September 6 View Page And yes, it has Uranium in it. Tuesday, September 7 View Page Low in the 30s last night. Cut off a bunch of leaves suffering from FRAIL damage (frost + hail. Tuesday, September 7 View Page Sunset through the fire smoke. Hopefully the potassium from the ash that fell offset the lack of sunlight for the past 2 days... Tuesday, September 7 View Page 1161 Monday, September 13 View Page Looks like I maybe took the KDL applications a little too far this year. The wife found me passed out in the yard with a half filled sprayer and a half empty bottle of KDL the other night. Monday, September 13 View Page I had my first KDL Anonymous meeting this afternoon. Actually saw quite a few familiar faces at the meeting. "Hi, my name is Pete and I have been using various KDL formulations for 3 years now. My OTT is in the 380s, and despite 2 large dill rings, I just can't stop..." Monday, September 13 View Page I met a guy named Joe at the meeting. He has been using so much KDL this year that he brought a note card that detailed every application he has made this year. If you look closely at the picture, you can see it. Monday, September 13 View Page I can't remember the name of the guy on the far right, but he got real jittery every time that Joe guy talked about how much KDL he has been using. The guy on the right just kept quietly muttering "1283, 1283, 1283, 1283..." Security finally escorted him out of the meeting. Tuesday, September 14 View Page Anyway, they gave me a schedule at the meeting to try and follow to help me cut back on the use of KDL. I am going to try to cut back to every other day and only use 5oz. per gallon. Sunday, September 19 View Page KDL drench. Friday, September 24 View Page KDL drench. Sunday, September 26 View Page Congrats to Kevin Marsh for winning Jared's with the biggest pumpkin I have ever seen! Sunday, September 26 View Page 1161 Rodonis and 1288 Wallace this morning. The Rodonis has 6 days to go with a perfect forecast and continues to grow. Tuesday, September 28 View Page A local grower asked if I was sandbagging.... Tuesday, September 28 View Page ... about getting hit by hail. I think it is pretty clear. Tuesday, September 28 View Page The good news is that the 1161 Rodonis was such an aggressive plant that it produced enough new growth to quickly reach the edge of the yard. Tuesday, September 28 View Page 1161 Rodonis. 6PM 9/28/2010 Tuesday, September 28 View Page 3 days left to grow... growth is almost done, right on schedule. Tuesday, September 28 View Page 1288 wallace x 1421 stelts. "the little tank" Pollinator plant grew the 1204 Scherber, 2nd biggest all time for Colorado. Hope this one has some seeds in it. Thursday, September 30 View Page ah.... the end of another season. Last application of KDL tonight, along with the "special sauce". Can you read the label on that one BIZ? Friday, October 1 View Page and just when I thought the season was over.... Friday, October 1 View Page I got my rent-a-dumpster ready to rip the plant out... Friday, October 1 View Page ... and I got me my lifting ring and tripod on stand-by... Friday, October 1 View Page ...rumors of an "iceberg" headed my way cause me to step back and pull out the heavy artillery back-to-back nights! Friday, October 1 View Page I got me my headlamp on! one more time WIZ! one more TIME! GROW GROW LITTLE 'RO-DO !!!!!!!!!!! Friday, October 1 View Page OTT = 39X, where X is between 0 and 9. How you like them apples, WIZ? Saturday, October 2 View Page 1306 Mohr 2010 1161 Rodonis x 1288 Wallace (+2% heavy) Saturday, October 2 View Page 319 Mohr 2010 1288 Wallace x 1421 Stelts (+5% heavy) pollinator plant grew 1204 Scherber Saturday, October 30 View Page 10-29-2010 IT'S HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! who could it be from BIZ?????? It came from zip 55401... Saturday, October 30 View Page 1306 Mohr Happy Halloween! Saturday, October 30 View Page 1306 Mohr (1161 Rodonis x 1288 Wallace) Saturday, October 30 View Page WOOO HOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's the new KDL formulation list for the 2011 growing season!!!!!!!!!! Saturday, October 30 View Page Powered by Biota MAX... Saturday, October 30 View Page Grow like Chris Stevens with Biota Max! Sunday, November 14 View Page Fall patch prep complete. 2 bubbles mailed out. 1306 chopped up.