Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 59 Entries. Wednesday, February 6 View Page Hi everyone, this is my first diary. I am jonas de swert a belgian grower the picture is from my 528 de swert'07 (1275,5 Carlson/petersen x 1502 Wallace) Thursday, February 7 View Page sorry the cross was not correct it is a 1502 wallace x self Thursday, March 27 View Page My line up for this season: 1502 wallace'06 (1068 wallace x 1354 checkon),1470 wallace'07 (1502 wallace x 998 pukos), 1297 ghaye'07 (998 pukos x self), 1256 wursten'07 (1093 hunt x 1446 eaton), 792 olsen'05* (471 beachy* x self). Thursday, March 27 View Page My back-up for this season: 1279 wallace'07 (1450 wallace x 1502 wallace), 1174 ghaye'07 (1502 wallace x self), 1037 ornskov'07 ( 1019 mechelsen x 825 foss), 746 van rompaey'07 (1104 hester x self)28%heavy, 1040 van rompaey'06* (792 olsen* x 881 beachemin*) Thursday, March 27 View Page and the long gourds: 118,25 eaton'07 (109 eaton x open), 104 eaton'05 (114 wallis x 88,5 eaton). Wednesday, April 23 View Page Seeds are planted yesterday... A special thanks go to the growers who give me seeds; Owen olsen, Jan van rompaey, Brad wursten, Jos Ghaye, Ron wallace, and the egvga. Thanks to all!!! Wednesday, April 23 View Page seeds are soaked for 2 hours... Saturday, April 26 View Page The 792 olsen*'05 didn't germinate. so the only squach plant i grew this year is the 1040 van rompaey*'06. Sunday, May 25 View Page pumpkins doing fine this is a picture of the 1256 wursten, the other plant is the back up (746 van rompaey) Sunday, May 25 View Page 1297 ghaye, back up is already removed. Sunday, May 25 View Page 1470 wallace. Sunday, May 25 View Page and the 1502 wallace. Sunday, May 25 View Page secret stuff ;-) lol Thursday, July 31 View Page I think it's time to post some new pictures of my pumpkins, this is the 1502 wallace fruit it is self pollinated on juli 2, est.wgt. 128kg (282lbs) it grows 11kg(24lbs)/day. Thursday, July 31 View Page this is the 1470 wallace fruit (it is pollinated on juni 29 x 1502 wallace (the scar is from a birdattack) est.wgt. 116 kg(256lbs) Thursday, July 31 View Page this was the 1297 fruit on juli 5... Thursday, July 31 View Page this is the 1297 ghaye fruit on juli 31 (it is pollinated with the 1470 wallace), i like the shape and the color of this fruit. est.wgt. 112kg(247 lbs)it grows 13kg(28,7lbs)/ day at the moment! Thanks to the hot temps. Thursday, July 31 View Page Finally i got a fruit on the 1256 wursten! I had to cut the main vine because it was growing double. this fruit is pollinated with the 1297 ghaye on a side vine. est.wgt. 31kg(68lbs). Wednesday, August 6 View Page 1502 x self, est.wgt. 184kg(405,7 lbs) Wednesday, August 6 View Page 1297 x 1470 , est.wgt.176 kg(388lbs) Wednesday, August 13 View Page 1297 ghaye fruit est.wgt. 244kg (538 lbs). Weather has been cold and rainy last few days... hoping for some sun!!! lol Sunday, September 7 View Page 1297 ghaye fruit front vieuw, est.wgt: 374,5kg(825,7 lbs) Sunday, September 7 View Page another pic... Sunday, September 7 View Page 1502 fruit est.wgt: 271kg(597,5 lbs)... Wednesday, October 1 View Page On september 28 whe had a local weigh-off. Here i'm cutting the vines from my 1297 ghaye fruit. Wednesday, October 1 View Page ready to lift... Wednesday, October 1 View Page job well done thanks to the lifting crue. Thank you all! Wednesday, October 1 View Page a few minutes before weighing this giant... Wednesday, October 1 View Page me and kim and the 1297 fruit.. Wednesday, October 1 View Page an overvieuw off the pumpkins, the one in the front is my 1502 wallace fruit and the one on the left is my 1470 wallace fruit... Wednesday, October 1 View Page 1297 on the scale: 448kg minnus the pallet (10kg) makes 438kg!!!(966lbs) A new PB for me!! The cross is 1297 ghaye (998 x self) x 1470 wallace ( 1502 x 998 ). Wednesday, October 1 View Page my 1256 wursten fruit on the scale: 243kg (536lbs) The cross is 1256 wursten x 1297 ghaye Wednesday, October 1 View Page 1470 wallace fruit on the scale: 254kg (560 lbs), cross is 1470 wallace x 1502 wallace. ( i know, i know...it is an ugly fruit lol... ) Wednesday, October 1 View Page I forgot to say that the 1297 fruit went 2% heavy, 1256 fruit went 14% heavy and 1470 fruit went 11% heavy. Wednesday, October 1 View Page 1502 wallace fruit on the scale: 314kg (692lbs) went 12% heavy, cross is 1502 x self Wednesday, October 1 View Page me, last year winner Hans van bael and the 966 de swert'08. Hans is a good friend and a very nice person! Wednesday, October 1 View Page 966 de swert'08 Wednesday, October 1 View Page 966 de swert'08 (1297),692 de swert'08(1502),560 de swert'08(1470) and the 536 de swert'08 (1256) Wednesday, October 1 View Page me, 966 de swert'08, 692 de swert'08 and my dog Zorro. Tuesday, October 7 View Page Weighoff in Duisburg, my 1297 fruit is waiting to be weighed... Tuesday, October 7 View Page me and my 1297 fruit, i took 4th place with it (436,5kg/962,5lbs) the fruit lost 1,5kg(3,3lbs) since last week. Tuesday, October 7 View Page Jos ghaye and his son Siemen with his new pb and new Belgian and European record the 1357 Ghaye'08 congrats jos!!! Tuesday, October 7 View Page me and the 1357 ghaye'08. Tuesday, October 7 View Page forgot the picture.. Tuesday, October 7 View Page 966 de swert'08 and the 1357 ghaye'08 Tuesday, October 7 View Page Getting my prizes... Thursday, October 30 View Page on october 26 we drived to the weigh off in kasterlee with my 1297 ghaye fruit... Thursday, October 30 View Page kasterlee 2008 Thursday, October 30 View Page it looks like a rock, the pumpkin from jos ghaye. Thursday, October 30 View Page jos prepared my pumpkin to lift. Thursday, October 30 View Page my pumpkin on the scale... and what is the weight??? 426,3kg(940lbs)! the fruit lost 10kg(22lbs) since the weigh off in duisburg. Thursday, October 30 View Page The pumpkin from jos brought to the scale... Thursday, October 30 View Page 480,1kg(1058lbs)good for a second place, congrats jos!!! Thursday, October 30 View Page Leo cuypers pumpkin a very low and wide pumpkin... Thursday, October 30 View Page the pumpkin from Leo on the scale... and the weight is... 487,5kg(1075lbs) good for place 1, Congrats Leo!! Thursday, October 30 View Page leo with his 444kg(979lbs) squach from a 1131 timm seed.A beautiful fruit! Thursday, October 30 View Page the final results, as you can see i took 6th place with my 1297 fruit. Congrats to all!! Thursday, October 30 View Page The stem of my pumpkin don't survived the weigh off in kasterlee... lol Wednesday, December 24 View Page Merry christmas!!!