Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 110 Entries. Friday, April 1 View Page seeds started 1390 geddes soaking Tuesday, April 5 View Page germination and transplanted 1390 Geddes Thursday, April 7 View Page Backup 1390 Geddes transplanted this one took a couple of extra days to germinate. First one is on the left new one on the right. Sunday, April 10 View Page Planted my onions and radishes today. On a bummer note broke the stem on the back up pumpkin. Friday, April 22 View Page 2 1/2 yards of washed sand Friday, April 22 View Page washed sand spread over patch for better drainage will till in later. Sunday, May 1 View Page Tilled the patch today and added the fertilize and bug control. Sunday, May 1 View Page Planting holes dug and heating cable installed. Sunday, May 8 View Page Pumpkin plants are in the ground! Hoop houses are up. Heaters will go on at night. Friday, May 13 View Page 1014.5 kuhn squash Friday, May 13 View Page 1390 Geddes Sunday, May 15 View Page Did a soild dench today. Eased the main down a little on 1390 Geddes, it is about 6" long now. The hoop houses are in the high 60s and the ground is at 74 degrees in the larger hoop. Both plants doing well so far. Main on the 1390 should be down by the end of the week! Wednesday, May 18 View Page Main flat double vine on the end of the 1390 Geddes. Ive been really pouring on the water and that has helpd with the flat vine. Today I did some surgery on the end of the double vine, pulled off all of the tendrils and leaves. The two heads I left the leaves on and then split the vine in the middle about one inch, now I have two separate vines I just hope one side heals at least, if they both heal I will cut the other off. Now it is just a waiting game to see what happens, good experiment if should happen in the future. If it turns for the worse I will plant a back up, but if it survives I will let it grow for the season. Thursday, May 19 View Page Did some more pruning on the double vine tonight. Both vines survived the split.One side looked like it was going to doulble again so I pinched off that head and now I have only one vine with one head, I will see what happens from here! Friday, May 20 View Page Here is my flat double main vine. Friday, May 20 View Page Here is the split I created to separate the two vines. Friday, May 20 View Page You can see the split here,and the hole formed from splitting the two. The hole will probably dry up from the heater and i will have it for the rest of the season but i am ok with that if the plant continues to grow. Friday, May 20 View Page A picture of all the pieces of the plant i removed. Friday, May 20 View Page The new head. Friday, May 20 View Page There are 3 side vines coming out of the double vine. Watering has seemed to help the flatness. Friday, May 20 View Page Leaf size. Friday, May 20 View Page 1390 Geddes with its new head, and still growing, successul surgery so far.:) Friday, May 20 View Page 1014.5 Kuhn squash Friday, May 20 View Page 1014.5 Kuhn Sunday, May 22 View Page Well did some more surgery today on 1390, cut main back to the last set of secondaries, because the main had twisted because of the flat vine and split open, so I decided to cut the main and will try training a secondary as the new main. Place captan on the end as to protect it. Sunday, May 22 View Page Decided to plant backups along with the others in case of any more mishaps. They are another 1390 Geddes and 1085 LeBlanc. These plants are in the ground with no hoop house or heating coils. Sunday, May 29 View Page gave all 4 plants a soil drench. started my cucumber seeds directly in the garden, planted some pimento peppers, first tomato almost ripe. Saturday, June 4 View Page Thought I was going to have to train a secondary to become the new main, but a new main has started to grow from the center of the plant on the 1390 Geddes! Sunday, June 5 View Page Kuhn plant started slow and still taking its time hopefully will have a pollnation by july 10th. Sunday, June 5 View Page kuhn plant Sunday, June 5 View Page 1390 Geddes, new main starting to lay down:) Sunday, June 5 View Page 1390 Geddes and back up 1390 Geddes Sunday, June 5 View Page Patch Sunday, June 5 View Page First side vines really growing, this plant has taken a lot of abuse. Sunday, June 5 View Page Pulled the 1085 Leblanc today, had a split in the stem, it was my back up. Sunday, June 5 View Page Put down some more Merit and some potash into the patch. 1390 Geddes should start to run this week, hoping for a June pollination still. Sunday, June 5 View Page Soil drench done today. Thursday, June 9 View Page Kuhn plant down on the ground by thunderstorm winds, I think it will survive. Sunday, June 12 View Page 1390 Geddes...main is 6 feet, secondaries are 8 feet. 1390 Back up ...main is 3 feet 1014.5 Kuhn... main is 2 feet. Sprinled some 13-0-0 around plants today...too wet to do soil drench. Monday, June 13 View Page Female on the main. Friday, June 17 View Page soil drench today, and pruned off some tertiaries. Sunday, June 19 View Page soil drench and foliar feed today Sunday, June 19 View Page terminated secondary vine and trimmed off some tertaries. buried the vines and mycho and fertilizer at each leaf node. Wednesday, June 22 View Page Might have leaf spot, so started my systemic fungicide to cure it. Monday, June 27 View Page 1390 Geddes new main is at 12 feet. First set of secondaries terminated. Monday, June 27 View Page 1014.5 Kuhn squash is at 5 feet, slow but steady now. Tuesday, June 28 View Page pollinated first female on 1390 Geddes Thursday, June 30 View Page Sprayed fungicide Friday, July 1 View Page Both 1390 Geddes will have females to pollinate some time next week. 1014.5 kuhn now about 7 feet long with a female at the end, not much secondary growth, hope to pollinate and then the plant will grow too. Monday, July 4 View Page 1390 Geddes Monday, July 4 View Page 1390 Geddes Monday, July 4 View Page 1390 Geddes, this plant doesn't wilt hardly in the hot sun! Monday, July 4 View Page 1014.5 Kuhn Monday, July 4 View Page 1014.5 Kuhn...to much shade Wednesday, July 6 View Page Pollinated 5 lobe on the 1390 Geddes. Thursday, July 7 View Page Sprayed for bugs this morning came home to 4 dead cucumber beetles. Friday, July 8 View Page Day 10 = 16" Sunday, July 10 View Page 1390 geddes Sunday, July 10 View Page day 12, 21"cc Sunday, July 10 View Page day 4, 8"cc Sunday, July 10 View Page day1, 1390 geddes back up plant. Sunday, July 10 View Page buried more vines and pruned a little. nice female to pollinate tommorrow. Monday, July 11 View Page pollinated another on 1390 Geddes, will have a few more tomorrow then i will just watch thm grow. Tuesday, July 12 View Page Pollinated 4 more females today on the 1390 Geddes. Thats it for this plant. Wednesday, July 13 View Page sprayed fungicide Thursday, July 14 View Page sprayed for insects, day 5 on back up geddes that i am only letting the main grow and everything els gets cut off is 7". Friday, July 15 View Page soil drench and foliar feed Friday, July 15 View Page cut off 2 pumpkins, down to 5 now. Sunday, July 17 View Page 1390 Geddes Sunday, July 17 View Page Leaf on !390 Geddes Sunday, July 17 View Page 1390 Geddes day 19 Sunday, July 17 View Page Day 5 Sunday, July 17 View Page Day 6 Sunday, July 17 View Page Main only 1390 Geddes back up plant day 8 Sunday, July 17 View Page 1390 Sunday, July 17 View Page 1390 Geddes Sunday, July 17 View Page 1390 Geddes stump Sunday, July 17 View Page 1014.5 Kuhn, still waiting to pollinate:( Sunday, July 17 View Page terminated main vine Thursday, July 21 View Page Just wanted to say thanks to Steve and Laurel for a nice night. Steve has some nice plants growing as usual. Sunday, July 24 View Page 1390 Geddes almost all space fillled. Sunday, July 24 View Page 1390 Sunday, July 24 View Page 1390 Sunday, July 24 View Page 1390 tertiary Sunday, July 24 View Page 1390 Geddes Sunday, July 24 View Page 1014.5 Kuhn Sunday, July 24 View Page 1014.5 kuhn Sunday, July 24 View Page 1014.5 kuhn Sunday, July 24 View Page 1390 Geddes back up Sunday, July 24 View Page 1390 back up Sunday, July 24 View Page 1390 back up Sunday, July 24 View Page aerial view of 1390 Geddes Sunday, July 31 View Page 1390 Sunday, July 31 View Page 1390 Sunday, July 31 View Page 1390 Stem Sunday, July 31 View Page 1390 plant almost done filling the front of the patch, going to grow the back of the patch because there are two pumpkins on this plant that i am going to keep. Sunday, July 31 View Page 1390 Sunday, July 31 View Page 1390 second pumpkin Sunday, July 31 View Page 1014.5 Kuhn squash plant no pollinations yet, females keep shriveling up on the vine, hope to get at least a porch squash out of this one. Sunday, July 31 View Page back end of 1390 Sunday, July 31 View Page 1390 stump Sunday, July 31 View Page view of pumpkin in front half of patch. Monday, August 1 View Page inspected the pumpkin today and i have another stem split,this one is oozing. i dried it with a towel and then placed captan on it. hopefully it will heal up like the other one. placed board under the one, cut off vine after the pumpkin so there would be less stress on the stem of this one. Saturday, August 6 View Page thankfully i have an o sh-t pumpkin my larger one got two splits in it overnight, put some captan on it to see if it will heal, not into the cavity yet, but it doesnt look good. Saturday, August 6 View Page Test Saturday, August 6 View Page test Saturday, August 6 View Page test Saturday, August 6 View Page got a new phone now i can upload pictures and words for my diary Sunday, August 21 View Page Hosting my first patch tour today! Thursday, September 8 View Page My fellow NH giant pumpkin growers lifted the pumpkin into the back of my truck. I would like to thank:Peter,Steve,Jaan,Mike,Kevin,Bruce, and Robert for their help tonught!