Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 86 Entries. Tuesday, January 12 View Page Here is a good luck wish to all the growers out there!!! I would like to thank a few people who hooked me up with some awsome seed for the upcoming season! NDN skylight (my favorite cherokee)Wado!! Jim Gerhardt, Wayne Moore, Kreig Taylor and Fred Whitacre. I haven't figured out how many plants I will do this year, but one of each of their seeds will be planted. No more store bought AG's for me!! The poop is composting in the patch, and when it warms up a little I will take some pics.. It is waaaay to cold this winter. Thursday, January 28 View Page I have decided to add some African Wine Kettle Giant gourds to the "side" garden this year. They supposedly get up to 50 lbs!! Saturday, February 13 View Page My Patch isn't looking so good right now. It either rains or snows everyday.. Tuesday, March 2 View Page snow on the greenhouse, never a good thing.. Friday, March 12 View Page This is what I am using for my size comparison this year. An oldie but Goodie, Maybe have some Black Hills Luck!! Friday, March 12 View Page Think I have Orange on the Brain yet??? Saturday, March 13 View Page Ok, I had to plant something.. Here is a nice, quick crop of ozark strawberries. 60 days!! Tuesday, March 23 View Page It's on... so I came up with a little Poem.. I think I will never see, A Pumpkin as lovely and orange as... Tuesday, March 23 View Page a Gerhardt...923!!! Thanks Jim!!! Thursday, March 25 View Page My first 3 for the lineup are soaking.. The Gerhardt 932, Byrd 703 and the Whitacre 732.5. (Thanks Fred!!!) I think the Genetics on the Whitacre is going to give me a bigun.. F 1689 Jutras x M 1568 Connolly. Good Luck this season Everyone!!! Friday, April 2 View Page Spring Daffodills mean only one thing...It's Pumpkin Season Friday, April 2 View Page 2 tons of Mushroom compost, and a lot of tilling, the patch is finished. Friday, April 2 View Page my son found a lucky horseshoe while tilling. Will be a great season!! Friday, April 2 View Page The 923 Gerhardt is the first one up!! Hopefully will be for the Nashville weigh off. Friday, April 9 View Page Does anyone know what is wrong with this plant? It is a Horton 990 that I got and the first true leaf is tiny!! and second one is about the same size. My seeds get babied too!! Filed, 2 hr soak in warm water and Kelp mix, pro mix, and in germinator at 85 deg. Maybe just a dud? Friday, April 9 View Page tiny roots Friday, April 9 View Page in to the pot Tuesday, April 20 View Page Updating my entries with pics. It is amazing how some can grow really fast, and some just kinda take their time. I'm starting the Holland weekly fertilizing scheduele, Monday,Calcium, Wed, Fish and Friday, Seaweed. All have been planted with Myco, and Compost tea, tues and Sat. Tuesday, April 20 View Page The Dates are when the Seed was started in the germinator. Tuesday, April 20 View Page 732 whitacre Tuesday, April 20 View Page 909 Janowiak. I don't know yet how many will make the cut, but most seem to be doing well!! Tuesday, April 20 View Page 703 byrd.. Peter the second Tuesday, April 20 View Page 1145 Van Hook, a recent edition and doing awsome!! Tuesday, April 20 View Page The Gerhardt 923. took a beating in hail a few weeks ago, but still plugging on, I have started another seed just in case. Tuesday, April 20 View Page the Pennington 923, a new addition, Thanks Tim. I ran out of promix and started this bad boy in pure worm castings. Doesn't seem to mind at all!! Wednesday, April 28 View Page 1248 Lombardi, Best growing plant I have. Wednesday, April 28 View Page 990 Horton, seems to be doing well also. Wednesday, April 28 View Page 1145 van hook, taking off!! Wednesday, April 28 View Page Gerhardt 923.. I have another soaking, it is putting out Males already.. I think something is wrong. Any one have any ideas why it would have male flowers so early?? Wednesday, April 28 View Page Ok, I have been told that putting out early male flowers is a genetic trait of the 923.. It will be left alone!! Saturday, May 8 View Page Gerhardt 923, finally falling down, stopped producing males, and is starting to grow awsome!! Saturday, May 8 View Page 1248 Lombardi, Best of the Bunch, 18" wide leaves, fell right down and started vining. Grows very steady! Saturday, May 8 View Page 990 Horton, thick vine, fell right down, 17" wide leaves. seems to respond real well to foliar feeding, next day pretty big growth!! Pumpkin from this one or Lombardi should be ready for Nashville in August! Saturday, May 8 View Page 1145 Van Hook, started seed on April 12, Less than a month its Huge, very aggressive Plant!!! Thursday, May 13 View Page The 1145 Van Hook, Growing nicely, some little bugger was muching on it yesterday, so It got some Sevin Thursday, May 13 View Page 1248 Lombardi, abt 4 feet long, and I'm buring vines, thickest vines I have ever seen this early. Thursday, May 13 View Page The Gerhardt 923, abt 3.5 feet out, finally fell down, (with a little coaxing) stopped producing males and growing well. Thursday, May 13 View Page 990 Horton, about 4.5 ft long, growing well, fell right down and put out it's first female yesterday. I culled immediately as it was too close in. Saturday, May 15 View Page 1238 Pennington, Doing great, 1 leaf some dang buggers like. Saturday, May 15 View Page 909 Janowiak, very slow grower.. may not make it till the end. Saturday, May 15 View Page 1283 Kaczenski, growing good. Saturday, May 15 View Page 990 Horton, vining and side vining perfectly. Saturday, May 15 View Page 1287 Gansert, a very late plant, I started seed as a backup, but then looked so good that It went into the ground, Growing well though!! Tuesday, May 25 View Page overall patch shot Tuesday, May 25 View Page Lombardi 1248. awsome, Have a female to pollinate in the morning hopefully, about 13 feet out on main vine!! Tuesday, May 25 View Page female on 1248 lombardi Tuesday, May 25 View Page 990 Horton, doing really well, has a few females, I think the main vine has split into 2 main vines at 7 foot out. Both have females on them so I will let it ride for a while! Tuesday, May 25 View Page 1238 pennington, growing as it should, really nice fat main vine! Tuesday, May 25 View Page 1145 Van Hook, grows great and aggresive. We are up into the 90's daily and I am misting 15 minutes per hour from 12 Pm until 6 pm. seems to keep the wilting to a minimum. Tuesday, May 25 View Page the Gerhardt 923, one bad A** plant, grows like a weed! Got my first female at 12' on the main vine, I saved a male from the Lombardi 1248 this morning to cross with! Tuesday, May 25 View Page Female on Gerhardt 923. Should open tommorrow. Wednesday, May 26 View Page First Crosses Today!!! Unfortunately, only one male on each plant, so had to use paint brush to get every single piece of pollen out. F-Gerhardt 923 X M 1248 Lombardi F- 1248 Lombardi X M 990 Horton F- 990 Horton X M Gerhardt 923 Waiting on Van Hook 1145, It was planted about 2 weeks later than others. Saturday, May 29 View Page doing great Saturday, May 29 View Page Gerhardt 923. that is a softball!! Saturday, May 29 View Page 990 Horton Saturday, May 29 View Page 1248 Lombardi Wednesday, June 2 View Page 990 Horton, main vine split in 2, and one side ribboned and split and looks real funky. Any Ideas what causes this? I terminated this vine and buried it. I have a whopper growing on the "other" main, and all seems fine! Wednesday, June 2 View Page more 990 Horton, kinda looks alien like!! Wednesday, June 2 View Page Last 990 Thursday, June 3 View Page 1248 Lombardi F X 923 Gerhardt (big and orange!!!) Going to Smith county or Jefferson County fair July 30th. Wonder how Big I can get it by then.. Look out Tammy, comin to your neighborhood LOL!!! Thursday, June 3 View Page Out grew my patch. Just a few side vines on the grass, I can deal with that. Saturday, June 5 View Page 4 days after pollination, 1248 lombardi x gerhardt 923 Sunday, June 6 View Page Just got bigger than a basketball!! Monday, June 7 View Page a sea of green. Monday, June 7 View Page Early this morning while weeding, I found a Cuke Terrorist.He had a bomb strapped to himself... I figured who better to protect the patch than the Commander in Chief Himself!!!! Wednesday, June 9 View Page 1248 Lombardi x Gerhardt 923 8 days since pollination, 125 Ott 50.7 lbs. Thursday, June 10 View Page good growth last night, OTT 134" 60.7 lbs. 10 pound gain! Thursday, June 10 View Page Here is a pic of the lombardi x gerhardt.60.7 lbs, day nine. Thursday, June 10 View Page 990 horton f x 1145 van hook. Day 3 Thursday, June 10 View Page Gerhardt 923 F x 1248 Lombardi M. day 2 nice 5 lobes. Thursday, June 10 View Page 1145 Van hook F x 1248 Lombardi Day 2. we had a bad rain this morning,Dirt went flying everywhere! Thursday, June 10 View Page overall patch shot. It's getting a little confusing out there, Thunderstorms 3x a day, Its like Florida weather here lately, misters havent been on in 3 days. ground is soaked. But, Bugs under control, and no powdery mildew yet!! Wednesday, June 16 View Page 1248 Lombardi female x 923 Gerhardt. 189 OTT. 153 lbs. Day 16. was pollinated June 1st and today is the 16th. Thursday, June 17 View Page cleaned out my patch this morning.. took out 2 plants, 909 janowiak and 1287 gansert. they were doing well, but 8 plants was just too much to keep up with. Thursday, June 17 View Page Nice shot of the 1248 Lombardi x 923 Gerhardt.. should come out nice n orange!!! pollinated June 1st. Circ. measurement today, 87"-178 pounds. 16 days of growth, we are getting bad rainstorms every afternoon. Thursday, June 17 View Page Gerhardt 923 nice so far, 64" circ. pollinated June 8th. Thursday, June 17 View Page 1145 van hook on the left, pollinated June 10th. I haven't measured it yet. Saturday, June 19 View Page I know..its not a pumpkin, but it looks cool with blacked out wheels. Thursday, June 24 View Page My first real Giant. Born June 1st, stopped growing June 19. 180 pounds. Something got into the main. Thursday, June 24 View Page Van Hook 1145 on left. Pollinated June 12 97 pounds. Gerhardt 923 on rt. Pollinated June 10 155 pounds. Both plants doing fine, both pumpkins doing great. Saturday, June 26 View Page apparantly the Hollands tape isn't the "right way" to measure, so I did an OTT this afternoon, 207 OTT. 197 pounds, Can you hear the macho man goin...oooooh yeahhh!! Sunday, June 27 View Page Gerhardt 923 x 1248 lombardi. Pollinated June 8th and today June 27 is 212 OTT..211 pounds. Growing well I think!! Monday, June 28 View Page Update, june 28. Gerhardt 923 OTT 218- 228 pounds. 17 gain from yesterday. Van hook 1145 Ott 192 160 pounds. No rain again. Wednesday, June 30 View Page Gerhardt 923 x 1248 Lombardi, doing good, 237 pounds. Wednesday, June 30 View Page Van Hook 1145 176 pounds Saturday, July 3 View Page Gerhardt 923 hasn't grown in a few days, still 234.. Van hook 1145 doing ok, Ott 215, 219 pounds.