Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 152 Entries. Wednesday, January 11 View Page My lion up for this year, they were a little excited about getting out of the closet. :) Wednesday, January 11 View Page Awesome picture. Saturday, January 14 View Page Bitterly cold today, actually this is the warmest winter I have been in, it just seems cold. Practice germinating went well, I used our gecko cage, they did'nt seem to mind. Thanks to the growers who sent me seeds, Pumpkin, Tomato. A special thank you to the congregation that pays my club membership and to all the good folks at bonetone billy's blackwater in. - my attempt at humour. Tuesday, January 17 View Page Anxious to start the season. Practicing germanating tomato seeds. Thinking of finding a heavy duty strainer to sift big pieces out of compost. Wednesday, January 18 View Page Got tomato seeds from here, not the giant kind. Amazon Chocolate, Marriana's Peace, Cherokee Purple and Paul Robeson. Praying for good luck germinating. -6 below zero tommorow morning, windchill -35, real winter weather. Thursday, January 19 View Page It is almost time..my seed with alot of 898knauss genetics in it. 340Beauchemin (898knauss remake), 751Mudd (opposite cross of 898Knauss), 689Beauchemin (4 generations of 898knauss) also will have 1375Liggett, 1566Rodonis, 998Pukos, it will be finished this year after I cross the 800Henkin (689Beauchemin x 1375Liggett) into it, I sent him the seeds and he made the cross for me, thank you Scott Henkin (to speed things up a little). Then I will cross something into it, what I don't know. Friday, January 20 View Page I've gone banana's. Today I took two black rotted banana's minus the hard stem, put in blender added water, watered the house plants, should no if I killed them in a few days :) I google imaged bananas as fertilizer, some people save the peelings, dry them, crumble them use as fertilizer, I might try that this year. I know where I can get alot of rotted banana's. Thursday, January 26 View Page Finnaly, the tomato seeds germinated after 12 days. I used seeds out of a tomato I had, 3 days of drying. Preparing for when I germinate seeds I want to grow. Saturday, January 28 View Page I need to find a strainer to strain compost to get the bigger twigs, rocks out of it, any ideas? I might have to get inventive. some kind of fencing or steel mesh and make my own. Saturday, January 28 View Page I went thru a hundred or so different pumpkin seeds, picked out the ones I thought looked best, filed, ready to go. I usually just grab a seed, this year I examined them, hope it makes a little difference. Some looked better than the others thats for sure. Now only 100 days to wait! Tuesday, January 31 View Page I was at the post office today and Bob Lurtsema was in line also, Bench warmer Bob. He played with the MN Vikings Purple People eater defense, was a great guy, my wife and I shook his hand, he complimented me on my jacket, its a MN Vikings jacket. I told him I'm waiting for the Vikings to be as good as they were in the 70's. Thursday, February 2 View Page 11th aniversary today for my wife and I. We ate a pot roast, delicious, time for liquid refreshments. Thursday, February 9 View Page I am going to make a soil sifter. I bought some hardware cloth. I will be able to get twigs, rock, pieces of plastic. I will sift the soil in the planting hole area. Thursday, February 16 View Page Picked up 30lbs of worm castings today, yesterday I got free and bought soilblast and mycoblast. Wednesday, February 22 View Page Looked thru monstergardens.com, alot of stuff, a little pricey. There were'nt monsters running around gardens like I hoped. :) Waiting on my supremegrowers purchases. Saturday, February 25 View Page - Soil sifter done, looks alot like this one. All except for 2 screws, I drilled the hole to big, I have to get longer screws. Wednesday, February 29 View Page I went and bought more Soilblast and Mycoblast from Supremegrowers, he also thru in a few more packets. Houseplants responded well to it. I have fed my house plants about everything, for some reason Bat Guano gets the biggest response from them. Also bought a Biota Max, you can get it a few dollars cheaper if you go to the Tomato section of the site, don't ask why, I saved a few dollars. Friday, March 2 View Page -There should be a photo of the year award giving every fall, (also a ribbon that says I survived alien anal probing in Las Vegas. he he) must have a giant pumpkin in it. Tuesday, March 6 View Page -Lion with wings. Testing is going on here at RichardB. 2 pumpkin seeds, one with supremegrowers mycoblast, the other with nothing. Will let it go for a few weeks then exam the roots, hopefully the supremegrowers will have more roots. Friday, March 16 View Page -nothing like a colld beer once in a while. I'm testing a pumpkin seed in regular soil and water, the other using mycoblast and soilblast, the regular is done and nothing special about the roots, the treated did not germinate, I put another seed in and it came up in 3 days, so I have another 5 days tell I look at the roots. Tuesday, March 20 View Page An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life... "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. "One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, self-doubt, and ego. "The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. "This same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too." The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?" The old chief simply replied, "The one you feed." Author Unknown Tuesday, March 20 View Page - dean karnaze, 50 marathons in 50 days, a inspiration to me, I'm not a very good runner. I am unable to upload photos from my camera onto the this bp. So here is Dean. My test. nothing added to one the other with supreme growers, after 10 days test terminated, the supremegrowers after 10 days had a slightly larger root system, could mean alot after months of growing, that little could add up. Wednesday, March 21 View Page Q. How does SEA-90 differ from common salt? A. Common table salt is pure white crystals of highly refined 97-99 percent sodium chloride. SEA-90 is dehydrated seawater in its purest state containing 87-92 percent sodium chloride. It is not a single metal salt but a mixture of 90+ elements in the sea’s perfect proportions. The lightest elements (sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium) are totally balanced with the trace elements (copper, chromium, zinc, manganese, selenium, cobalt, molybdenum, et al.). Wednesday, March 21 View Page This amazing technology evolved from Dr. Murray’s question, “Why does man, God’s most perfect creation, fall prey to degenerative disease?” Dr. Murray searched for answers by studying various groups of centenarians (humans who regularly live beyond 100 years of age) throughout the world to determine why they are superior or physiologically different. Since he could not find any obvious differences, he began to examine their environment and found these cultures live in virtually isolated ecosystems. The soils of their ecosystems were preserved from erosion, cared for sustainably without the use of chemical fertilizers or poisons, and in many cases, fed by mineral rich glacial streams. Therefore, he concluded that the answer must be in the soil and the food these centenarians produced and consumed. As a scientist and understanding the periodic table of elements, he wondered how many of the 90+ water soluble elements of the earth’s crust remained in the soil and available for plants growth and development. He conducted analyses of soils and the produce from various agricultural regions and discovered large discrepancies in elemental and vitamin content. He also studied the soil microbial activity and life. As a result of discussions with other scientists, he learned that cancer or cancerous tumors were very rarely found in ocean lifeforms. Knowing that the sea once covered all land masses, he directed his research to the study of sea life. During the next several years, he traveled for months in fishing boats at sea dissecting thousands of species from the seas and did not find any traces of cancer, heart disease, or other degenerative diseases. Amazingly, his research concluded that aging on a cellular level does not occur in sea life. Dr. Murray then analyzed the mineral composition of seawater and found more than 90 water-soluble elements present in a constant proportional balance. Thursday, March 22 View Page I will be missing the St'Croix giant pumpkin growers meeting this weekend in stillwater MN, my family and I are being flown to Ohio for a yellow ribbon event, it is to help reintegrate soldiers back to the civilian lifestyle. Thursday, March 22 View Page Dissolving SEA-90 and applying in solution as a foliar spray is a new application method that gained momentum during recent years due to research trials many of our customers conducted on their farms and gardens. The results are outstanding, and the cost of application averaging less than $1.50 per acre for most ranchers and farmers, is very exciting coupled with the results. Foliar applying SEA-90 remineralizes the plant from the top down rather than from the ground up. We believe that remineralization through broadcast application of SEA-90 is a necessary aspect to your remineralization efforts. However, foliar applications offer a significantly lower cost alternative for many farmers and gardeners during this time of rising fuel costs plus increase the nutrient density of the forage, fruits or vegetables. It has been proven through research trials that mineral foliar sprays can move up to one foot per hour in the plant's vascular system when applied at the proper time (late afternoon to sundown) when the stomata are wide open. Pasture grasses can supply up to 100 elements if they are available in the soil. By foliar applying SEA-90 sea minerals to pasture grasses as a foliar spray the grass is bathed in 92+ elements increasing the nutrient density to maximum levels. Many of our customers report that livestock grazing on pastures enriched with foliar application of SEA-90 refuse all mineral supplements as long as the livestock have that pasture grass to forage. An organic vegetable grower reported that he raised the Brix reading on his tomatoes from three to 10 with only foliar application. We know that some of the spray reaches the soil along with the plant matter as it decays to provide the elements and trace minerals to soil life and eventually enriching the soil. Thursday, March 22 View Page Why does SEA-90 appear to act as a pesticide and fungicide when used as a foliar spray? A. In our world, insects and diseases play important roles. They are attracted to weak and sick organisms and destroy them. The weak and sick are killed off and the healthy and strong are left to reproduce, thereby, improving the gene pool. When SEA-90 is applied as a foliar spray to a plant's leaf surface and/or incorporated into the soil, the plant metabolizes many of the 90 plus minerals and trace elements into its sap or fluid. Once these minerals and trace elements are incorporated into the plant's chemistry, the plant becomes healthier and its sap or fluid becomes infinitely more complex. Insects and fungal diseases, due to their simple physiology, cannot digest this complex mixture. Therefore, they leave these plants alone and attack and destroy the weaker plants without the complex chemistry. This could explain why plants that exhibit a higher Brix reading are less prone to insect and disease problems. Another reason SEA-90 might be effective as a foliar spray in combating insects and diseases is that the NaCl acts as a desiccant, thereby, directly interacts with insects and fungus causing it to die back due to lack of available moisture. Sunday, March 25 View Page Made popcorn tonight, in a pot, alot of butter and salt, man was it good! Tuesday, March 27 View Page After watching Stewart Swerdlow youtube videos & reading the terrible truth by Martha Trowbridge at her web site, they say Obama is a Russian spy, and there is also another Obama, he is from Indonesia, and there is more, Obama's real father is Malcom x. Unbelievable stuff. My Tomato's are growing, I planted form seed, I have some for eating and some for size, the size ones grow slower than the eating ones. I hope they stay alive, I tried before and they died after a while, for now so far so good. Tuesday, March 27 View Page One meaningless note: the 351Linford08 (425Wolf x 594Van Hook)has the biggest size seed I have seen. I almost want to grow it because the are so huge. Thursday, March 29 View Page January 18, 2012Willow Tea as a Rooting Hormone Weeping Willow (Salix spp.) Willow Tea is an easy to make rooting hormone used to propagate plant cuttings. And, best of all, it’s free. Willow bark contains natural plant growth hormones; namely, indolebutyric acid and salicylic acid. How to make Willow Tea: Collect young twigs/stems of any of willow species with green or yellow bark (Salix spp.). Remove all leaves. Cut the twigs into short pieces, about 1" (2.5cm) long, and place them in a heatproof container. Cover the cut stems with boiling water, just as you would when brewing tea. Allow the willow and water to steep overnight. Separate the liquid from the twigs by pouring the tea through a strainer or sieve. Your willow tea is now ready to use for rooting cuttings. Willow tea can be kept for up to two months if you keep it in an airtight jar in the refrigerator. It’s a good idea to label the jar so you remember what it is. Also, write down the date it was brewed and the expiration date (two months from the date it was prepared). Thursday, March 29 View Page I made willow tree water. got some small green branchs, cut into 1 inch pieces, into blender, into a gallon jug of water, will mix 1/2 and 1/2 with water after it sits for a few days. Monday, April 2 View Page - 351Linford, look at the size of the stem. Most and the orange genetics I started working on have small stems, don't know why, might cross this into the orange mix. I would like the 678Young, and got seeds only they don't germinate, I will try and if they don't germinate, the 351 is looking better. I know that at least 4 people have grown it and they have been shiny orange every time. Sunday, April 8 View Page "Happy Easter" The Delicious giant tomato seeds did not germenate very well, only a few sprouted, now the only one left is almost dead. Big zac is growing good. Pumpkin seeds are in the freezer, sanded ready to go. Tuesday, May 8 View Page All but the 2 125Brouillards are growing? why are they going so slow? don't know, so I pulled one out to look and it was growing, I put it back in the pot. Raining almost 3 weeks now, like every other day, rained today, working in the garden is like walking thru mud. Tuesday, May 8 View Page 351Linford did not germinate, will try and pollinate my 125 with 1103Young. Thursday, May 17 View Page test Thursday, May 17 View Page Giant tomato plant died, little black bug eating my tomato leafs, sprayed sevin on them. 351Linford did't germ, 678Young did'nt germ, I am going with 1103Young to germinate my 125Brouillard. 125 and 800 growing well. Soil sifted the garden to get the larger rocks out. Saturday, May 19 View Page Pumkins in the 5,6th leaf stage, crossed skers to hold down the bigger leafs, storms are comming, 93 yesterday. Put up Tomato cages. Monday, May 21 View Page Fed plants today, foliar fed, used a little biota max. Thursday, May 24 View Page Rain storm today got colse to 3 inchs, how do I know? I left my 5 gallon buckets face up. The plants loved it. I think it is called atmospheric oxgyn in the rain. Sunday, May 27 View Page On a mini vacation, water really flowing on the Pigeon river at the Canadian U.S. border, from all the rain MN has been getting. Plants are looking good, pumpkins in the 5-6 leaf stage, Tomato's growing good, the rain really brought them to life. Sunday, May 27 View Page Another falls pic Monday, May 28 View Page Got some nice pict's up in northern MN, plants are glad to see me come back. Tuesday, May 29 View Page Tomato's love the rain, they have grown 3 to 4 inchs in the last week, they look healthy now. Pumpkins, a few damaged looking leafs, must be the insects, I thought it was what I was feeding them foliar but only 2 of the 4 have bad looking leafs. Tuesday, May 29 View Page Giant tomato plants died, first time trying to grow them, don't know why, the other four for eating are doing fine. Thursday, May 31 View Page There here! My super high tech svb traps caught 1 svb today. I am using a yellow tuperware & a yellow mustard container cut in two filled with soapy water, they are attracted to yellow, so far its working. Pict of northwoods. Saturday, June 2 View Page 4th is comming! My orange 125 is growing slow, the cool weather brought it to a stand still, while the plant I want to use as a pollinator plant the 1103Young is growing like crazy, if this keeps up I might have to keep the 1103 and pull the 125. Tomatos growing great, except the cherokee purple, it is growing slow. My 110 is growing good and the 800Henkin growing good. Sunday, June 3 View Page Fed plants today feed and foliar once a week. Drench: Mushroom Compost Moonure/compost Worm Castings Molasses Handful of Willow Tree Branchs Broke into pieces Dr, Earth's Life Bat Guano Seaweed Liquid Fish Seaagri Sea-90 Soil Blast Myco Blast Kelp Blast Foliar: Seaweed Seaagri Sea-90 Liquid Fish Maple Syrup Sunday, June 3 View Page I knew I would forget something. Drench: 1/4 tablet of Biota Max Tuesday, June 5 View Page Pumpkins a foot high. Tuesday, June 5 View Page 1103Young, growing great only it sprouted 2 identical leafs, I'm hopping nothing is wrong with it. Wednesday, June 6 View Page Everything got a good watering for the first time. Friday, June 8 View Page Got a pitchfork for 2 dollars at a garage sale today, plants love it. I'm a gardener and I'm OK I sleep all night and I plant all day! I dress in grubby clothing, and hang around with slugs. Oh I'm happy in the garden With dirt and plants and bugs... Mony Python, I'm a Lumberjack Saturday, June 9 View Page Planted vegetables, squash, onion, carrots, potatos, cucumbers. Hot, my orange 125 is going slow, while the pollinating plant 1103young is taring up the place, growing good and fast. Sunday, June 10 View Page Horror...I was looking at my 125Brouillard plant that grows orange and is growing slowwwww. Then a svb started hovering around it, I took a handful of dirt, threw it, stunned it then I smashed it, I broke a leaf but I got the svb! Sunday, June 10 View Page Another svb, mashed him, determined to lay its eggs, I got em. Sprayed a little sevin. Monday, June 18 View Page Raing cats and dogs. I was on the highway last night going 30, heat lightning everywhere, power went out, alot of rain, then it would slow down and start again and then it hailed. Monday, June 18 View Page Can't forget, I got 5 svb's today, I enjoyed squashing them. Thursday, June 21 View Page 125Brouillard orange, growing slow. Might become the pollinator plant. Thursday, June 21 View Page 110Brouillard, growing good enough to make my cross I want. Thursday, June 21 View Page 1103Young doing the best, was going to be a pollinator and then pulled, now that the 125 is growing so slow and the 1103 so good I might make a switch. Thursday, June 21 View Page 800Henkin, to be a pollinator plant then pulled, growing really good, only it got planted backwards,,,I think svb's gathered and did it when I was not looking! Thursday, June 21 View Page Beans and Peas are slow to covering the fence, I might end up planting corn. That's the trouble being a mile away, next to a little leaque baseball field, tons of kids walking around in the summer. I don't want a giant pumpkin being something they sneak out and take for excitement. Thursday, June 21 View Page 800Henkin, planted backwards (I sware I put it in the right way)pollinator. Thursday, June 21 View Page Peas and Beans are not covering the fence as good as I want, might plant some corn. Thursday, June 21 View Page 2 of the 5 picts did not post, so I re-posted them, little did I know. It has been raining what seems like every other day for the last two months, alot of weeding to do. Saturday, June 23 View Page My cat security, watching over my pumpkins! caught two vine borers crawling on vines by hand, time to re-spray them. Possible new plan, keep the 1103 pollinator, it is growing so good and the one I wanted to cross my 125 is growing slow, Keep them both cut half there side vines off, I don't care about size on the orange, just the color. Fed them today. Sunday, June 24 View Page SVB's, I found 3 leaf's with eggs on them, I got so mad I ripped a leaf off. Investing in traps next year!! Wednesday, June 27 View Page Swarms and flocks of svb's, I Ortho maxed them. Today I found one crawling along my burried main vine, I grabbed it and mashed it. 95 tommorrow. Thursday, June 28 View Page 110Brouillard in 200ft. my 125 is growing slow, but is growing. Made a few walking boards. Dumb thought, has anybody grown a pumpkin on, not a side vine but the sidevine on the sidevine? Thursday, June 28 View Page My ultra high tech svb security in action, actually it is a mustard container cut in half. 1 dead svb. Friday, June 29 View Page Gave my slow growing plant some Superthrive, cut side vines, trimed leafs around stump & had a long conversation with them, talking to your plants is suppose to help!I will see. Saturday, June 30 View Page Plants ate!, foliar fed. 1103 main vine is starting to point straight up, don't know why, I feed them only once a week, its not like they are getting to much fertilizer. Saturday, June 30 View Page Went to a lake and caught 23 sunfish so I can make my liquid fish. Wednesday, July 4 View Page Hot, a little rain last night, the important plant is growing really good. Wednesday, July 4 View Page I have the most roots showing up, alot more than usual, must be the feeding combo I'm using. Friday, July 6 View Page Fed plants, the problem with having a really small patch has risen! No room, can't pull the pollinator plant tell I can pollinate the plant I'm keeping. Friday, July 6 View Page 101 so far, pollinate tommorow. I had one abort, I hope this one goes well, hot. Saturday, July 7 View Page 110Brouillard is growing great, out growing my small patch. Saturday, July 7 View Page Waiting to pollinate, seems dry, I hope the heat doesn't ruin the pollination. Saturday, July 7 View Page Tommorow should be the day the flower opens, I'm playing bolero and left wine and chocolates in the patch,,should be in the mood in the morning. I'm praying for not a deformed lobes, and the pollination takes. Sunday, July 8 View Page Pollinating time, 10 flowers, I picked them mstly from the main vine. Sunday, July 8 View Page Went great, 15ft out, I hope it takes. Sunday, July 8 View Page Pollinating. Sunday, July 8 View Page Flower ready, went like clock work! like a swiss watch! will it take? Sunday, July 8 View Page Was just thinking, should we cover the flower we use to pollinate? if there are bees in it couln't the pollen be contaminated by a other flower from another plant? I used unopened flowers, they were full grown, I had to open them, the last 2 of the 10 were open, flowers, just to make sure. Tuesday, July 10 View Page Day 2, I would say it took, and is growing, now the wait, will it continue growing or abort, seems to be doing just fine. Sprayed Orthomax. Slow plant is picking up speed finally, don't care though its just for the color, looks! Tuesday, July 10 View Page Day 2dap, alls well. Tuesday, July 10 View Page 110Brouillard plant. Tuesday, July 10 View Page 125Brouillard, a bunch of garden gnomes that have gone bad turned my plant around, got put in backwards, plant is about 8ft long, growing slow, starting to pick up. Tuesday, July 10 View Page 1103Young for pollination. Tuesday, July 10 View Page Day 2, looking good, are we suppose to peel off the leafs of the female or let them rot off? Today the Hawaiian Tropic all female sun tan team pulled up to my patch in a bus and asked me if I wanted to be the new sun tan lotion guy, I would have to rub sun tan lotion on all the females, I said I already have a job! then they left. Wednesday, July 11 View Page 3rs day after pollination, so far its taken, growing good. Wednesday, July 11 View Page "Drekar" is the name of the 110Brouillard plant I made my cross with, your probably saying, what is Drekar Drekar are known from historical sources, such as the 13th century Göngu-Hrólfs Saga (the Saga of Rollo). Here, the ships are described as elegant and ornately decorated, and used by those who went raiding and plundering. According to the historical sources the ships' prows carried carvings of menacing beasts, such as dragons and snakes, allegedly to protect the ship and crew, and to ward off the terrible sea monsters of Norse mythology. It is however likely that the carvings, like those on the Oseberg ship, might have had a ritual purpose, or that the purported effect was to frighten enemies and townspeople. No true dragon ship, as defined by the sagas, has been found by archaeological excavation Drekar or what does it mean? well..... Have you ever seen the main vine growing, up in the air, slightly hanging down, looks like a dragon head like a vikings ship,,,,,,,,, Saturday, July 14 View Page Day 6, still growing, pollinating another yesterday on 110Brouillard crossed with 800Henkin, and another this morning. Pulled the pollinator plant, 1 of the 3 has got to keep growing! 125Brouillard (for the orange color) is growing good, it really responds well to alot of water. Sunday, July 15 View Page Making this cross is driving me crazy, now the 7 day old one is looking like it could be aborting, the 2 day old is looking good. Stem has a small skin deep split, if you push on it it is wet, I don't want to dig into it, hoping it heals. I have one flower available to try and cross into the 1103, I want either the 125brouillard x 1103 or the 1103 x 125, prefer the 125 x 1103, then I can pull the 1103 pollinating plant. Hot lately, I'm sure that is doing something to my pollination success, and humid. Monday, July 16 View Page Darn darn darn, my 2nd pollinated pumpkin is aborting for my genetics cross, I have 2 left that have been pollinated. I have never had bad luck pollinating, only growing giant pumpkins! I think the heat has something to do with it, it is 97, 90's all week, and it has been that hot for the last 3 weeks. I will be reading up on rain dances, so I can dance and cool things off. Pollinated 1103 with 125 for insurance, goal is to pollinate the 125 with the 1103. Wednesday, July 18 View Page Selfed a pumpkin this morning, so I have something if those two abort. Friday, July 20 View Page I got squah vine borers on three spots on the stump of the main vine I discovered tonight, I will dig them out tommorrow, I did dig one out, it was very small. Sunday, July 22 View Page Day 9 for my 110Brouillard plant, I have pollinated 4 and pulled the pollinator plant. 3 have aborted, 1 left is the size of a large baseball, it is slowly growing, changing shape, a little less shine, I am praying it keeps growing. Monday, July 23 View Page 4th pollinated pumpkin going to abort, so much for my cross I was working on. It has to have something to do with the heat, MN is having a really hot summer. I also have read alot about other growers pumpkins aborting this year. Which raises the question, how do the growers in the south do it? is this going to be something to look for in the future, seeds that grow well in the heat? I have another orange cross I'm working on that got off to a late start, I can't expect much! Thursday, July 26 View Page Pulled my 110Brouillard plant, 4 pumpkins pollinated and none set for more than a few days. Grew excellent lettuce. Will pollinate another on my orange plant tommorow, and it is hot and muggy, I will not be suprised if none of them take. Dumb idea of the day, if there are 15 sidevines on each side of a main vine, has anybody had a pumpkin on each sidevine grow? what is the most weight a plant as ever produced? What to grow next year??? hmmm, I might just grow a proven seed and forget about the genetics project! Thursday, July 26 View Page I can't forget, when I pulled the plant, there were hundreds of cuke beetles, some svb's, I sprayed with orthomax 10 days ago. Friday, July 27 View Page I will need to be resued after this season! Pollinated 125Brouillard (1003Christensen x 975Kline) today with 1003Young, Super orange genetics. Will it take! I'm almost waiting for it not to take!! 2 going on the plant, will do one or two more. Friday, July 27 View Page A very bumpy ride this season! Friday, July 27 View Page SVB's, cuke beetles eyeing my plants! Friday, July 27 View Page One curious note, I pulled my plant, I looked at the area later that night, and there were wet spots in areas, I thought why, then I realized I did not pull all the roots out underground, anyway, the roots were still sending water to the main vine that was'nt there. Saturday, July 28 View Page Roots still supplying water to the main vine that has been pulled. Picture taken at night. The 3 day old pumpkin has a few whitish looking areas, it has been meaning it will abort. Saturday, July 28 View Page -Picture is a wet spot, at the center is a root that went to a main vine. Saturday, July 28 View Page (I could of said this in one posting) I have never noticed this, I think because I have never pulled a plant in the middle of the season when it is still going strong. Tuesday, July 31 View Page Eat It Raw! Natures Amazing Pharmacy! Nature left us a great clue as to what foods help what part of our body! In the beginning salt water was separated from fresh, dry land was formed, and the earth became a garden. Every food was provided for us before we were born. Vegetables and fruits are best & most powerful when eaten raw. A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... And YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes. A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food. Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food. A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function. Tuesday, July 31 View Page Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys. Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and Tuesday, July 31 View Page and cervix of the female -they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them). Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics. Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts. Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body. Tuesday, July 31 View Page Ugly looking Cherokee Purple tomatoe, Paul Robeson tomatoes. My orange pumpkins seems to be taking so far. Tuesday, July 31 View Page test Wednesday, August 1 View Page test test test Wednesday, August 1 View Page Straight A's, I passed Thursday, August 2 View Page Diary watch? I'm following THE BORER, his 1818 x 1807 cross looks awesome. I will pollinate one more on my 110 all orange plant, then pull the pollinator plant, one of them seems to be taking, about the 5th time I have said that this year! Saturday, August 4 View Page Someone decided to break the main vine, snapped it right off the stump and then see if they could up root my main vine. Thats the problem with growing in a community, I was'nt the only one. Luckily for me the stump also has a vine that grew on it and today I happened to pollinate it before I pulled the pollinator plant. It is my last chance, I'm praying it takes! Saturday, August 4 View Page Suppose to say community garden. Seems alot of people are having aborts, if anybody can get one to a weigh off they will win! Saturday, August 4 View Page No main vine, growing off side vines, and I can harvest the seeds and get my cross. Sunday, August 5 View Page these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body. Eat It Raw! Natures Amazing Pharmacy! Nature left u Tuesday, August 7 View Page Test Friday, August 10 View Page Day 10 26cc, no main vine, growing in under 200ft. After all the aborts I'm just hoping this one keeps growing so I can get the seeds. 125Brouillard (1103Christensen x 975Kline) x 1103Young (1059 Vincent-McGil x 1131 Gansert)should be orange, alot of orange genetics. Friday, August 10 View Page I mean 36cc, on day 13 now, yesterday it was 42cc. Growing good for no main vine. Friday, August 10 View Page I gave it a name......Red Lamborghini Saturday, August 11 View Page My broke main vine someone broke. Friday, August 17 View Page 125Brouillard 49cc 35ee 32 ss 116ott not bad for no main vine Day 20, no main vine since day 3, I'm happy, 10 more days and I can get the seeds. It is taking a odd shape. Friday, August 17 View Page Red Lamborghini Sunday, August 19 View Page Worm in my Tomato. Thursday, August 23 View Page My orange pumpkin is getting a soft spot (its been through alot) One bright spot, the pole beans are growing great, today I picked a few to get the beans out for next year. Monday, August 27 View Page 57cc 37ss 42ee 136 day 30, plant has had no main vine since day 3, I want to break 100lbs and get the seeds out of there. In the 80lb range. 125Brouillard (1003Christensen x 975Kline) x 1103Young (1059Vincent-MaGill) x 1131Gansert) Saturday, September 15 View Page Paul Robison, Marrianna's Peace, Amazon Chocolate & Cherokee Purple tomato's I grew, taste great. Sunday, September 16 View Page Paul Robeson won the taste test, Cherokee Purple was second. Close to 100lbs on my orange cross, then I will pick it, it grew without a main vine thanks to neighborhood hoodlums! Saturday, September 22 View Page Orange Saturday, September 22 View Page Orange Saturday, September 22 View Page Seeds, yeah, the cross was a success! Saturday, September 22 View Page I guess I could of made it into a boat for a chihuahua! Saturday, September 22 View Page More of the Red Lamborghini (would of made a good carved halloween pumpkin) Saturday, September 22 View Page A pumpkin I did'nt cull, around 100. Saturday, September 22 View Page A tomato horn worm. Saturday, September 22 View Page 100Brouillard (125Brouillard x 1103Young) pumpkin grew in 200 feet with no main vine since day 3, I got my cross, I got somthing out of this season. My pumpkin I was aiming for something heavy aborted everything. Should grow Orange if given a fair chance! Sunday, September 23 View Page Nice size stump on my orange 125Brouillard plant. Sunday, September 23 View Page Close to freezing last night, every leaf died. Sunday, September 23 View Page I duf up potatos with a pitch fork, and something moved and I thought, wow, one turned to mush, then it felt like it moved, then I figured it was a toad, shocked, scared me! I didn't know toads burried themselves underground. Friday, September 28 View Page O'k, I have rested, ready for next year! alot of good looking seeds, with more to come! orange also I want to cross into my orange pumpkin. Sunday, October 7 View Page Season started like a lion and ended like a lamb!, kind of lame! today I got the 2 pumpkins 100lbs & 25lbs that I didn't cull, the kids will use them for halloween. Wednesday, October 17 View Page Sent out my orange seeds today I had offered to growers. I had a grower from Israel who requested seeds, post office won't let me send seeds to Israel, oh well. I sent 3 100's and 1 125, 3 of the 4 100's did germinate when I tested them. Made cinnamon rolls today from frozen bread dough. Friday, November 9 View Page All but one grower emailed me back and said they got the seeds I sent. I did a 2nd germenation test, 3 seeds, lightly filed, soaked for one hour, put in a house plant pot, 2 of the 3 sprouted. Monday, December 24 View Page Merry Christmas & Happy Holiday's! Tuesday, December 25 View Page My wife asked what I want for christmas, I said the Ark of the Covenant. A tall order! I got one, had it blessed by the parish priest!.....now my pumpkins will grow!!!