Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 77 Entries. Tuesday, January 3 View Page Happy new year to everyone! My 2012 growing season has not got off to a very good start! This morning winds just about finished the skin off on my pumpkin tunnel! Tuesday, January 3 View Page And it also started to lift the skin out of the ground on the marrow tunnel! Got some sand around there a bit quick. Well at least things can only get better.... Sunday, March 11 View Page My line up for this year, 1634 Werner 1605 Sweet 1495 Stelts Three pumpkins this year, 750 ish sq ft per plant. No room for squash. Saturday, March 24 View Page Got the new skin on the tunnel this week. :) Friday, April 6 View Page Started pumpkin seeds this morning. Saturday, April 14 View Page Ive had good luck germinating seeds this year with 100% germination. My line up at the moment looks as if its going to be 1495 1634 and 1381. Really happy with these three plants. Saturday, April 14 View Page After 8 days the 1634 wants out of its pot, will plant them out tomorrow. Saturday, April 14 View Page This year im going to plant my back up plants on the other end of each patch because i want to be able to leave them a little longer before i cull them. I only have space for three decent sized plants so want to make sure im going to have a decent plant in each spot. Saturday, April 14 View Page Ive made an extra vent up above the doors which im hoping will keep things cooler when it gets hot Saturday, April 14 View Page Over in the marrow tunnel i have some new potatoes coming along. Im planning on growing four marrows in here this year instead of three, 200 sq ft per plant 10ft x 20ft. Hopefully with a little less plant behind the marrow and reducing the water i give them they wont be quite as likely to split. My line up will be 206.5 and 206.5 progeny and ill start marrow seeds on the 8th of may like last year. Saturday, April 21 View Page 1381 Saturday, April 21 View Page 1634 Saturday, April 21 View Page 1495, fan heaters set to keep air temp up to 50 oF at night. Saturday, April 28 View Page 1495 Stelts plant, i thought this plant was developing in to a double vine but instead of having one second true leaf it has grown two. It looks as though it will grow to be normal, i think. Saturday, April 28 View Page 1495 Left 1634 Right Growing these two 4ft apart back to back. Saturday, May 5 View Page 1381 Plant, in need of some sun! Saturday, May 5 View Page 1495 left 1634 Right Plants growing slower this year, hoping the weather improves soon. Saturday, May 5 View Page My marrow line up for tuesday, Ive changed my mind on my line up several times. So im going to plant 2 of each of these and we will go from there. Saturday, May 12 View Page 1381 plant Saturday, May 12 View Page 1495 and 1634. Saturday, May 12 View Page Marrows, no sign of any 135's yet so this could be my line up. Saturday, May 19 View Page 1381 Saturday, May 19 View Page 1634 Saturday, May 19 View Page 1495, i had to take a leaf off to get the vine down Saturday, May 19 View Page NO more heat for these guys at night, Still got six plants growing in here. Saturday, May 19 View Page 206.5 Marrow, best plant so far. Wednesday, May 30 View Page The Checkon Wednesday, May 30 View Page Werner Wednesday, May 30 View Page And the Stelts. Its been very hot here, up to 107F and the plants have had no trouble with the heat. Only shading the tips of the main vines. Wednesday, May 30 View Page 66 Baggs marrow, vines on three of my four plants are doing their best to go straight up in the air. Saturday, June 9 View Page The 1381 Saturday, June 9 View Page A female flower on the 1381, this vine is quite thick and brittle. Ive already put a small crack in it and havent even got any sort of bend on it yet. Saturday, June 9 View Page 1634 Saturday, June 9 View Page And a female flower Saturday, June 9 View Page 1495 Saturday, June 9 View Page and its female flower Saturday, June 9 View Page Not had a great start with the marrows, 206.5 - started growing non marrows so pulled it. 66 - growing two now as one replaced the 206.5, both have no side vines for about the first three feet of vine but seem to be growing them now. 99.2 - main split 1/3 of the way through, it wanted to grow straight up in the air and split on the way down. 84 - no issues yet. 99.2 left, 84 right, and the two 66's at the back. Saturday, June 9 View Page The split. Im not terribly worried about this, im sure time ive got 15 feet of main vine rooted in before the marrow there should still be plenty of juice going up the vine to blow a bloody gert hole in the marrow lol. Wednesday, June 13 View Page 1495 x Self Wednesday, June 13 View Page 1381 x Self Saturday, June 16 View Page 1634 x Self Saturday, June 23 View Page Three of my four marrow plants have got their growing tips all twisted up like this Saturday, June 23 View Page this Saturday, June 23 View Page and this, never had this happen before but i guess it must be related to my growing conditions as these plants are from three different seeds. pumpkins growing very slowly. Sunday, June 24 View Page 1381 plant Sunday, June 24 View Page and the pumpkin at day 11, slow growing and not a nice shape i hope to pollenate another in a few days Sunday, June 24 View Page 1634 plant Sunday, June 24 View Page and the pumpkin at day 8 Sunday, June 24 View Page 1495 plant Sunday, June 24 View Page 1495 pumpkin at day 11, not sure about the shape of this one either. All three pumpkins seem slow to get going this year. Friday, July 6 View Page I think its fair to say that these three never really took off lol Friday, July 6 View Page Last chance for the 1381 @ day 10. Its open pollenated as i wanted to ensure the best chance of a set as the time of year is going on Friday, July 6 View Page The 1634 is in the same boat being at day 10 and open pollenated. Not sure the 1495 has a fruit set yet, if it hasnt then it will get pulled as its run out of space and its too late to pollenate now anyways. Tuesday, July 24 View Page Well not a great season for me so far, this marrow is the best thing i have going at the moment. its 34 inches long and 27 days old and probally somewhere near 80 lbs i would think. It is growing on the only plant which didnt get problems with the vine tips curling up. Tuesday, July 24 View Page This one is about the same age and on the other 66 plant, the other marrow is on a 66 plant too. I dont care much for the shape of this one and it will probally split. Tuesday, July 24 View Page My only pumpkin at 27 days old i think, ive not put a tape on it yet. this is on the 1381. all other pumpkins aborted and i will pull the other two plants out when i get time. Monday, July 30 View Page 66 Baggs marrow day 33, must be over 100 lbs now but has developed a stem split, it only goes in about an inch and i dont think its gone in to the cavity yet but it may do. Monday, July 30 View Page I hope it keeps going long enough to get some seeds from it but i also have another marrow about two weeks old further down the vine. Monday, July 30 View Page The other 66 at day 30, hate the shape of this one but it continues to grow. also has a small stem split which i dont think is terminal just yet but i have another marrow at about two weeks old on this plant also. Wednesday, August 1 View Page Well ive had better days! 106 DMG left 136.8 DMG right. Both grew from last years 66 seed. Both are too young to have any viable seeds inside. Wednesday, August 1 View Page My son persuaded me to take one of them in to "grannys house" she werent too impressed he he Wednesday, August 1 View Page The 1381 also seems to have split, dont know if its in to the cavity or not yet but its not looking good. Sunday, August 12 View Page ok, four marrows left. This one is 66x99 and is 41 inches long at day 29. Probally about 100 lbs. Sunday, August 12 View Page another 66x99 cross at 38 inches long and at day 27 probally around 80 pounds Sunday, August 12 View Page 99xself at day 31 and 35 inches long and probally around 80 lbs. Has done well as ive not burried any vines on this plant and its on a side vine. Had issues with the tips of many of the vines growing double or twisting round on themselves. Sunday, August 12 View Page 86.4x66 at day 33 and is 33 inches long and probally around 50-60 lbs. not grown as well as the others but it too is on a side vine with minimal vine burrying. Trying to play safe now and have stopped watering the marrows altogether. now if they split i will feel that i couldnt have done any more. Sunday, August 19 View Page 127 dmg. split on a dill ring despite having no water for at least 10 days. 3 marrows left. Sunday, August 19 View Page Looked inside the splits of the pumpkin an it seems as though spiders have made it their home, must be dry inside :). I will inspect it properly before the first show and decide wether to get it weighed. Obviously id like to leave it for the XPG weigh off if i can. Sunday, August 26 View Page Well heres the pumpkin i forgot about. After this pumpkin split around the stem i gave up all hope because i thought it was finished, how wrong was i. The splits are not in to the cavity, yes they are deep but its all dried out nicely inside. Day 61 today 365 inches ott est 1019 lbs circ 156 inches est 872 lbs. too big for shepton mallet. lost another marrow yesterday. 2 marrows left Sunday, August 26 View Page The pumpkin which i forgot about. When i saw the splits around the stem about a month ago i gave up on this one, a bit of a mistake because they dont run in to the cavity and have dried up nicely. Of course watering has been continued but other than that this one has been on its own. Surprisingly even despite the worst summer i can ever remember this one tapes 365 inches ott estimating at 1019 lbs at day 61. Thats a pb estimate for me at day 61, however this one was set late and the condition of the plant is not great so it will slow down now i would think Monday, August 27 View Page side Monday, August 27 View Page front Monday, August 27 View Page one of the two splits Tuesday, September 4 View Page Took my best two marrows to the giant veg show last weekend, 114 lbs left (66x99.2) and 99 dmg right (99.2xself) Thursday, September 6 View Page pumpkin now 388 ott est 1221 lbs at day 70 which sounds good Thursday, September 6 View Page but then i found a soft spot on the underside of the stem which is not so good. Im not sure wether or not this pumpkin is going to last. time will tell i guess. Sunday, September 30 View Page pumpkin still hanging on, 4 stem splits now and im not sure how deep they go inside. est around 1250 lbs ish and done growing.