Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 30 Entries. Saturday, May 3 View Page Ready set grow!!! It's that time of year again. Let's see what we got growing. AG's, 998x1502, 695x1354, 1502x1068, 549xself Long Gourds, P&P Collins LG, 114 Wallis x self Sunflowers, Craven, German Craven Hyb., German, Giant Single, American Giant Hyb., Bott's, Giant Grey Stripe. Corn, Mexican June, a type of Jala and Peru giant kernal. Tomatoes and other veggies I'm growing I will talk about later. I would sincerly like to thank many growers for helping me out with so much. Like Ray Waterman, Brian Moore, the Patons in the UK, Jesse Eldrid, and the Engels ect. With out you guys and others I would not be growing giant pumpkins. Saturday, May 3 View Page Here are some pics of my 998x1502, it has the mutations like curly cots and bumps on the leaves, but I might just have a big mutant pumpkin,lol. Here it is under some grow lights <a href="http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii300/Ajiamarillo1/?action=view&current=DVC00125.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii300/Ajiamarillo1/DVC00125.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Here are some other pics outside <a href="http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii300/Ajiamarillo1/?action=view&current=DVC00127.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii300/Ajiamarillo1/DVC00127.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii300/Ajiamarillo1/?action=view&current=DVC00128.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii300/Ajiamarillo1/DVC00128.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Saturday, May 3 View Page Damn..... Sorry! Never mind my last post. I will get some pics on here. Here's some pics of the 998x1502 Under some grow lights http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii300/Ajiamarillo1/DVC00125.jpg and outside http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii300/Ajiamarillo1/DVC00127.jpg http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii300/Ajiamarillo1/DVC00128.jpg Saturday, May 3 View Page OK...?? I will try this one more time! 998x1502 under grow lights [IMG]http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii300/Ajiamarillo1/DVC00125.jpg[/IMG] and outside [IMG]http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii300/Ajiamarillo1/DVC00127.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii300/Ajiamarillo1/DVC00128.jpg[/IMG] Saturday, May 3 View Page Ok forget the last posts Here's the 998x1502 ouside in peat pot almost ready to be planted. Saturday, May 3 View Page Here is the patch for the 963 Paton aka 998x1502. Sunday, May 4 View Page I know the patch don't look like much now, but it will look good after I'm done cleaning it all up. I was going to plant the 963 on the 3rd, but it was to darn cold! Winter will not go away, it's gettin' on my nervs. It dropped down to the low 40s and I had to ware long sleeves when working in the patch. I used the time to harden off the 963, so it should be nice and sturdy when put out. To my surprise I found some volunteer sunflowers and tomatoes in a pile of mulch and wood chips. I used my chipper shredder last year to chop up all my plants, and I guess some seeds got through and popped up! I will post some pics soon. Sunday, May 4 View Page Here's a picture of the 963 Paton ready to go in the ground today. You can see the roots growing out of the pot, but at least they are not root bound. I used a self watering pad to keep the roots moist. Sunday, May 4 View Page I was not able to get a hold on some fresh manure this year, so I'm using a store bought humus and manure that should have .05-.05-.05 in it, so it's better than having nothing put down. I'm also using a weed guard for my sunflowers this year, I'm hoping this will help get me past 12 1/2 feet! Monday, May 12 View Page Well my Mom got an mp3 player for mothers day and I get a squash that came up. Here are some pics of my 889.5 B.Reeb! Monday, May 12 View Page Here is an updated picture of the 963 Paton. It's doing pretty good, it being so figgin cold, windy and rainy and all. Monday, May 12 View Page Here is a seed just popping up from my first AG, the 200 Brickey. It's pretty amazing because I didn't take the seeds (that didn't sprout already) out till after thanksgiving! So I feel good that this 549 Engel x self is germinating. Monday, May 12 View Page Here is from left to right, AG 695x1354, 2 Marrow, and a CC watermelon hardening off. Monday, May 12 View Page Here are some corn and maize varietys that I'm going to try this year. From left to right,(top left) white mexican june,(bottom left) Jalisco 44,(middle) Peru Giant kernal, (top right) hickory king, and (bottom right) silver queen sweet corn. Tuesday, May 13 View Page Future patch site Tuesday, May 13 View Page Here is a Long Bean seedling Wednesday, May 14 View Page This was back in winter, I had a little indoor growing project. These are all hot peppers. Wednesday, May 14 View Page Here's a picture of my 549.5 plant, it was a pretty healthy plant. Wednesday, May 14 View Page Another one from 07. That's me with a young Jala maize plant. Wednesday, May 14 View Page Here's the Jala all grown up, at a hight of 12 feet. Wednesday, May 14 View Page Here is one of my store baught mammoth grey stripes, it had the biggest seeds and widest leaves. Wednesday, May 14 View Page Here are three sunflowers, from left to right. Mammoth Grey stripe, Skyscraper and American Giant hyb. Wednesday, May 14 View Page Here was my overall biggest sunflower, with a stem 7 1/2" around and a hight of 12 3/4' tall! Wednesday, May 14 View Page Here's a picture of that sunflower in bloom. I think it was like 13" or 14" wide? Thursday, May 15 View Page Here is a picture of my pumpkin display around thanksgiving. That's my brother on the left, my little cousin on the pumpkin and me on the right. Sunday, May 25 View Page Yes!! My Mycorrhizea came! I got it yesterday from Joel Holland's website. I put it in with my 889.5 Reeb, 200 Brickey, 695 x 1354 and a couple of Big Bertha bell peppers yesterday evening. Sunday, May 25 View Page Here's my 889.5 Reeb I planted yesterday, I used a mix of topsoil,store bought composted humus & manure, peatmoss, and mycorrhizea for the hill. Sunday, May 25 View Page Here's a shot of my 200(left) and 889.5(right). Sunday, May 25 View Page I was very sorry to here Howard Dill passed away, he was the father of the Atlantic Giant and the giant pumpkin as we know it today. I wish I could have met him, it was his seed that got me started with this awesome hobby. We love ya Howard and will miss you. Sunday, May 25 View Page I started two extra seeds manly for backups, but if they look good I will end up growing them. 1 963 Paton 1 895.5 Brown