Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 29 Entries. Monday, June 2 View Page Well off to a new year. I forgot my camera this morning so can't show any pics of the patch. Season is starting off cool with lots of wind. I only water twice a week and still that might be too often. I have added an extra shade cloth this year and installed a extra valve to mist during hot days. Sunday, August 3 View Page This is the 1535.5 Glasier plant with a nice pumpkin set about 18 feet out on the main vine. Today it is 30 days old and has great OTT measurements. 118-76-73 = 268" Friday, August 8 View Page Day 35 for the 1535.5 Glasier plant 299" OTT still getting good growth each day. Friday, August 8 View Page Side view of the 1535.5 plant under the shade cloth. Leaves are still healthy and green. Friday, August 8 View Page This is the 653 Miller plant. Pumpkin is 19 days old today and is 65" cir. Pumpkin has a great shape and color Friday, August 8 View Page This is the 1200.5 Urena plant. Pumpkin is 81" cir @ 25 days. Getting nice steady growth each day. Thursday, August 14 View Page This is the Glasier 1535.5 plant. Pumpkin is 40 days old today and has OTT of 324". Thursday, August 14 View Page This is the Miller 653 plant. The pumpkin is 24 days old and measures 86" cir. Nice color and shape. Monday, August 18 View Page This is the Glasier 1535.5 plant. Pumpkin is 45 days old today and measures 346 OTT. Monday, August 18 View Page This is the Miller 653 plant. Pumpkin measures 103" Cir. @ 29 days. Pumpkin still has great color and shape. Sunday, August 24 View Page This is the 1535.5 Glasier plant. The pumpkin is 50 days old today and measures 363.5 OTT. This according to the chart puts it at 1002 pounds. Sunday, August 24 View Page This is the last day for the Miller 653 plant. Uncovered the pumpkin today and found a blossom end split. You can see the split above the leaf at the top of blossom. Sunday, August 24 View Page The picture didn't attach so here is the 1535.5 Glasier pumpkin at 50 days. Thursday, August 28 View Page This is the 1535.5 Glasier plant. Pumpkin is 55 days old today and measures 375 OTT. Thursday, August 28 View Page This is the 1200.5 Urena plant. Pumpkin is 45 days old and continues to grow 23 pounds a day. Tuesday, September 2 View Page This is the 1535.5 Glasier plant. The pumpkin is slowing down a little today it measures 382" OTT at 60 days. Tuesday, September 2 View Page This is the 1200.5 Urena plant. Pumpkin still growing well 20 pound average over the past 5 days. Tuesday, September 2 View Page This is the 653 Miller plant with one of two pumpkins on this plant. Nice color and size. Tuesday, September 2 View Page This is a picture of my burpee prizewinners. They have nice color, size and shape most are near 100 pounds. Sunday, September 7 View Page This is the 1535.5 Glasier plant. Pumpkin is 65 days old today and measures 387" OTT Sunday, September 7 View Page This is the 1200.5 Urena plant. Pumpkin is 55 days old and growing 10 pounds a day. Monday, September 15 View Page This is the 1535.5 Glasier plant. Pumpkin is 72 days old today and measures 396" OTT. Chris Gruenwald came out to vist this afternoon. Chris is one of our great young growers here in California. photo by Tim Gruenwald Monday, September 15 View Page This is the 1200.5 Urena plant. Pumpkin is 62 days old and still growing 10 pounds a day. Sunday, September 21 View Page This is the 1535.5 plant. Pumpkin measures 401" OTT it is 79 days old today. Sunday, September 21 View Page This is the 1200.5 Urena plant. Pumpkin is growing about 8 pounds a day. As you can see fan is doing its job of drying out a small soft spot. Pumpkin growing is a lot of watch and wait!!!!!! Sunday, September 21 View Page Compost for next year. Sunday, September 21 View Page Still have a few pumpkins for jack-o-lanterns Sunday, September 28 View Page This is the Glasier 1535.5 plant. Pumpkin is still growing slowly and very difficult to measure. Maybe picked up a couple of inches 403" OTT. Sunday, September 28 View Page This is the 1200.5 Urena plant. Pumpkin continues to grow slowly only gaining a couple of inches a week. The pumpkin has great red/orange color and has great shape.