Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 262 Entries. Thursday, April 2 View Page This year I'm going to start my diary with my patch. this is one part of the patch ( 48m X 7m). Thursday, April 2 View Page this is the second patch ( 15m X 20m) Thursday, April 2 View Page in the back you can see the greenhouse. Thursday, April 2 View Page this year line up will be: the 1502Wallace and the 1248Ford in the big greenhouse, the 1378Pitura and the 1290Porier in thetunnel greenhouse. this are my main plants. back ups are 1357Ghaye, 1457Paton, 1248Ford and 1222Sandvik. Thursday, April 2 View Page compost is here today, another 19 000 kg Thursday, April 2 View Page did some test germinations, this one was planted monday at 13:00 and came trough the soil at 6:00 today Thursday, April 2 View Page wait ,this one is better, Thursday, April 2 View Page compost Tuesday, April 7 View Page started to set up the second greenhouse today. It's almost finished. tomorrow I will work on some details and put the plastic on it. It's going to rain today and tomorrow, I hope not to much. the greenhouse is 20m X 5m. Tuesday, April 7 View Page same greenhouse. I used a few bows from my tomato greenhouse, and the red bows are from an older ( I gues 25 year old)greenhouse.The bows are still strong enough to support the plastic Tuesday, April 7 View Page yesterday I placed a small hoophouse on another patch, because It was gonna rain. In the next few days I'm gonna make it bigger, now it's only 5m X 2m Tuesday, April 7 View Page line up changed, now it is 1502Wallace, 1248Ford , 1222Sandvik and 1156Hunt for main plants Wednesday, April 8 View Page line up changed again, 5 plants now 1502,1222,1156,1248,651.3 Wednesday, April 8 View Page Dis some thinking about the croses I'm planning to make. 1502Wallace X 1156Hunt 1248Ford X 1502Wallace 1156Hunt X 1502 Wallace 1222Sandvik X 1502Wallace and my own 651.3(877Ghaye X 1297Ghaye) X 1222Sandvik Thursday, April 9 View Page finally manged to get the plastic over the greenhouse. Thursday, April 9 View Page same greehouse Thursday, April 9 View Page front Thursday, April 9 View Page above Thursday, April 9 View Page inside, believe it or not but it's 20m long and 5m wide Thursday, April 9 View Page in the back you can see the new tunnelgreenhouse Thursday, April 9 View Page here you can see 3 greenhouses, 2 in front and one strawbery tunnel in the back ( 50m long) Thursday, April 9 View Page an overview of the patch :new tunnel greenhouse , big greenhouse and 1 hoophouse Thursday, April 9 View Page some vegetables in the big greenhouse. they grow very well in the big greenhouse constant warm temperature Thursday, April 9 View Page bumblebees arrived Tuesday, they already can go to work. pollination of the strawberries Thursday, April 9 View Page flowers Thursday, April 9 View Page strawberries Thursday, April 9 View Page hmmm...., what would this be? Thursday, April 9 View Page same Thursday, April 9 View Page everything is getting ready for spring....... Monday, April 13 View Page tilled the second greenhouse today, greenhouse is ready for planting Monday, April 13 View Page soil is looking good.... Monday, April 13 View Page soil looks black Monday, April 13 View Page ready or not? Monday, April 13 View Page tilled the front patch again Monday, April 13 View Page flowers... Monday, April 13 View Page more...... Monday, April 13 View Page and more Monday, April 13 View Page I hope we don't get frost ..... Monday, April 13 View Page this bee is doing his job very good Tuesday, April 14 View Page made another hoophouse today ( 9m X 2M ,2 plants back to back) Tuesday, April 14 View Page an overview of the patch Tuesday, April 14 View Page seed planting day is finally now. will plant all seeds Saturday 25 April Friday, April 24 View Page the 1156Hunt planted out in the tunnel greenhouse today Friday, April 24 View Page 1156Hunt Friday, April 24 View Page I also planted out the 1502Wallace in the big greenhouse Friday, April 24 View Page 1502Wallace Friday, April 24 View Page I made me 2 small greenhouses in February, the 1502 is in the first small greenhouse Friday, April 24 View Page started the ******, ******, 1290Porier, 1155Lilja,275VanHook, 1222Sandvik, 1356Ghaye, 1286Wursching, this week. the 275 and 1222 are already 2 days up and will go into the greenhouse sunday or monday or Tuesday if necessary. the 1502Wallace and 1156Hunt are already transplanted into the greenhouses today. the other seeds will be up tomorrow or sunday and will go into the greenhouse 1 may I hope. Friday, April 24 View Page 1357Ghaye* Friday, April 24 View Page I just looked to the 1290........... it coming out of soil Saturday, April 25 View Page the 1290Porier and 1155Lilja broke soil today............. Sunday, April 26 View Page Today is transplanting day for the 1222Sandvik and 275Vanhook.( 1222 right in the front and the 275 in the left) Sunday, April 26 View Page 1222 Sunday, April 26 View Page 275 Sunday, April 26 View Page all seeds are up today...... Sunday, April 26 View Page the 275 in the ground ......... Sunday, April 26 View Page 275 Sunday, April 26 View Page 1156Hunt infront and the 1222 in the back Sunday, April 26 View Page 1222 Sunday, April 26 View Page 1156Hunt not looking that good Sunday, April 26 View Page 1156 Sunday, April 26 View Page protection for the rabbits....... Wednesday, April 29 View Page most plants are in the ground now. I planted the 1325Starr in the big greenhouse today, the 1290Poirier in another greenhouse and the 1357Ghaye in the same greenhouse as the 275VanHook. It't already game over for the 1502Wallace. a cat run over the 1502Wallace. I tought I would have problems with rabbits but the cat jumped over the roll-up sides from the greenhouse when they were up and run over the 1502. If I could find the cat I would probaly kill it but on the other side I did't place a ''STOP'' sign. the 1155Lija will go in the ground friday. I also have a 1528Starr but it has a twisted leave so I don't know what to do with it. Wednesday, April 29 View Page 1350Starr Wednesday, April 29 View Page 1357Ghaye Wednesday, April 29 View Page 1290Poirier Wednesday, April 29 View Page plants are in the ground, 1502 in the back before the cat run over it Friday, May 1 View Page the 1155Lilja goes in the ground today Friday, May 1 View Page the 1528Starr ........... not looking good.....don't know if I will plant it. Friday, May 1 View Page 1357Ghaye Friday, May 1 View Page 275VanHook Friday, May 1 View Page 1156Hunt Friday, May 1 View Page 1222Sandvik Friday, May 1 View Page 1325Starr Friday, May 1 View Page 1290Porier Friday, May 1 View Page 1155Lilja Friday, May 1 View Page fieldpumpkins Friday, May 1 View Page 1357Ghaye Sunday, May 3 View Page first strawberries are here.... Sunday, May 3 View Page strawberries Sunday, May 3 View Page I harvested the smallest and some deformed today Sunday, May 3 View Page nice Sunday, May 3 View Page a bit deformed Sunday, May 3 View Page 1222Sandvik Sunday, May 3 View Page 1156Hunt Wednesday, May 6 View Page last picture where I wroted ''1325Starr'' need to be 1350Starr Thursday, May 7 View Page over and out for the 1502Wallace plant today. plant was to much dammaged. but the back up ( 1286Wursching) is growing good. 1350Starr is not growing well too. if it doesn't start growing I will use the back up ( 1528Starr) Saturday, May 9 View Page potatoes are growing well the last days Saturday, May 9 View Page 275VanHook Saturday, May 9 View Page 1357Ghaye Saturday, May 9 View Page 1357 at the right and the 275 at the left Saturday, May 9 View Page 1290Porier Saturday, May 9 View Page 1155Lilja Saturday, May 9 View Page 1286Wursching ( back-up for the 1502in the begin and main plant now) Saturday, May 9 View Page 1528Starr (back -up for the 1350Starr) Saturday, May 9 View Page 1350Starr Saturday, May 9 View Page 1222Sandvik Saturday, May 9 View Page 1156Hunt Saturday, May 9 View Page 1156Hunt Saturday, May 9 View Page 1222Sandvik Saturday, May 9 View Page 1156 Saturday, May 9 View Page 1156 at the left and the 1222 at the right Friday, May 15 View Page 1290Poirier Friday, May 15 View Page 1156Hunt Friday, May 15 View Page 1357Ghaye,( starting to vine) Friday, May 15 View Page 1357 Friday, May 15 View Page 1357 Friday, May 15 View Page 275VanHook Friday, May 15 View Page 1155Lilja Friday, May 15 View Page 1222Sandvik Friday, May 15 View Page 1156 in the back and 1222 in the front Friday, May 15 View Page sorry, right picture Friday, May 15 View Page sorry this is the 1156 Friday, May 15 View Page 1222Sandvik Saturday, May 16 View Page 1528Starr on the right and the 1350Starr on the left Saturday, May 16 View Page an overview of the plats in the big greenhouse, 1528 and 1350Starr in front, in the back : 1286Wursching at the left and another back up at the right Saturday, May 16 View Page 1286Wursching Wednesday, May 20 View Page small update today. first warm day today, to hot in the greenhouse........... all plants have much heat dammage. some lost 50 % of their leaves. I hope they will recover fast. Wednesday, May 20 View Page an overview of the dammege: 275VanHook and 1357Ghaye 50% dammage - 1156Hunt and 1222Sandvik 30% dammage - 1350Starr and 1286Wursching 50% dammage - 1290Porier 30% dammage, 1155Lija no dammage Friday, May 22 View Page new watersystem is ready Friday, May 22 View Page new watersystem Friday, May 22 View Page the end Friday, May 22 View Page the begin Friday, May 22 View Page watersystem Friday, May 22 View Page all plants are doing fine now after the sunburn Friday, May 22 View Page installed the watersystem from last year in the big greenhouse today Saturday, May 23 View Page 1357Ghaye (sunburnt) Saturday, May 23 View Page 275VanHook Saturday, May 23 View Page 1165Hunt at the left and the 1222Sandvik at the right Saturday, May 23 View Page 1156Hunt Saturday, May 23 View Page 1222Sandvik Saturday, May 23 View Page 1350Starr at the right and the 1528Starr at the left, plants are going slow, but they are still ok Saturday, May 23 View Page 1290Porier, sun burt but main vine is ok Saturday, May 23 View Page 1155Lija, going slow Saturday, May 23 View Page 1286Wursching at the left and the back up ( sun burnt) at the right Saturday, May 23 View Page 1222 in the back and the 1156 in the front Monday, June 1 View Page all plants are doing fine now. 1156Hunt and 1222 Sandvik are each 2.5 m long and showing the first females. the 275VanHook and 1357Ghaye are also fine and the 275 is producing alot o females. 1155Lilja and 1290 are storting to vine and looking nice dark green. the 1350Starr and 1286Wursching are doing good. 1350Satrr is about 1 m long. Monday, June 1 View Page competition tomatoes are doing fine in the biggreenhouse. they are growing very fast and are producing many flowers. pollinated the first flower last week, and the fruit is galready growing fast. Monday, June 1 View Page first female on the 275VanHook Monday, June 1 View Page 1350Starr Monday, June 1 View Page 1222Sandvik, 2.5 m long and first females Monday, June 1 View Page 1156Hunt 2m long Monday, June 1 View Page 1286Wursching at the right Monday, June 1 View Page 275VanHook, burned a bit last week, but not to bad Monday, June 1 View Page 1155Lilja, not growing to fast outside Monday, June 1 View Page 1290Porier ( before weeding the patch) Monday, June 1 View Page only plant that is growin fast is this one on the compost pile. planted begin of April outside without hoop or greenhouse. 1134 Rafflant. nice dark green and strong plant. Friday, June 5 View Page all plants are doing fine now and growing fast. already 5 males flowersopened today. 1156Hunt and 1222Sandvik are in the pollination zone Saturday, June 6 View Page 1156Hunt Saturday, June 6 View Page 1286Wursching in the front Saturday, June 6 View Page 1286Wursching at the right Saturday, June 6 View Page 1350Starr, culled the back up today Saturday, June 6 View Page 1222Sandvik Saturday, June 6 View Page 1222 Saturday, June 6 View Page first female on the 1222, I think I'm not gonna pollinate this one, only about 2.2 m from the stem Saturday, June 13 View Page tried something new this year Monday, June 29 View Page fruit on the 1222Sandvik is 11 days old: OTT= 68" and CC= 28" Wednesday, July 1 View Page all plants and pumpkins are doing well so far. last week I placed a greenhouse over the 1290Porier to give it a good chance. the plastic keeps too much sun out of the greenhouse and let the sun in when there is less sunshine. greenhouse is open in the back and in the front so it's is cool in the greenhouse, as by wonder it's only 3 °c in the greenhouse when it's hot outside. the greenhouse also protect the plans against haildammge. the plant is growing fast now and will be ready for pollination next week. Friday, July 3 View Page 1350Starr day 10: OTT=86" and CC= 34" Friday, July 3 View Page 1222Sandvik day 15 : OTT= 112" and CC= 45" Friday, July 3 View Page 1222Sandvik Friday, July 3 View Page 1350Starr Sunday, July 5 View Page 1156Hunt, 15 days old Monday, July 6 View Page last pollination is done today, 1290Porier X self , 4 lober. culled all back - ups ( fruits) today Monday, July 6 View Page 1156Hunt day 16: OTT= 150" and CC= 61" Monday, July 6 View Page 1350Starr is slowing done for a reason but I don't know why. 1350 day 13 OTT= 124" and CC= 50" Monday, July 6 View Page culled the back up of thee 1286 today, it was around 20 kg but to close to the stump and bad angle. next one is growing slow( maybe because of the first fruit was taking much energy). the keeper is at day 10: OTT= 57" and CC= 24" Monday, July 6 View Page 1222Sandvik day 18 OTT= 156" and CC= 64" ( going slow) Monday, July 6 View Page last post of the 1350 was wrong. 1350Starr is slowing down for a reason but I don't know why. 1350 day 13 OTT= 124" and CC= 50" Saturday, July 11 View Page weighted first tomato today, 1.350 kg ( 2.97624 lb) Saturday, July 11 View Page 1290Poirier first fruit 10 days old OTT= 68" and CC= 26" Saturday, July 11 View Page 1156Hunt 20 days old and growing slow and steady Saturday, July 11 View Page 1156Hunt OTT=189" and CC= 78" Monday, July 13 View Page 1222Sandvik day 25 Monday, July 13 View Page 1350Starr day 20 Tuesday, July 14 View Page sad day in the patch today, we lost the 1350Starr in the big greenhouse, the 1286Wursching is going down too. 1350 has rotten stup + it's has Fusarium Wilt Wednesday, July 15 View Page weighted biggest tomato today: 5.07lb Wednesday, July 15 View Page 1222Sandvik day 27 : 269 lb Thursday, July 16 View Page tomato is officially weighted today: 2.270 kg ( thanks to Jos Ghaye) Saturday, July 18 View Page 1222Sandvik day 30 :155 kg / 341 lbs Sunday, July 19 View Page I opened up the big tomato today. there were almost no seeds in it. only 12 seeds Wednesday, July 22 View Page sad week in the patch this week. game - over for the 1222Sandvik. the last few days I noticed that the 1222 was slowing down alot. so I looked to the stump and yes it was rotten. had to remove the stump and the gains dropped to only 10 lbs a day. so now we are down to 1 plant. the 1156Hunt who is not doing good either, day 30 for the 1156 today and only doing 20 lbs a day Thursday, July 23 View Page 1290Porier Thursday, July 23 View Page 1290Poirier day 22: OTT:173" and CC: 67" (fruit has a wheel shape). Sunday, August 9 View Page 1286Wursching is one of my non- competition plants but it is still doing good, pumpkin is day day 43 today and 285 kg ( 628lbs), it did about 82 kg ( 180lbs) since last sunday, I hope this one stays growing so I still have a giant at the end of the season Monday, August 10 View Page well it's time for a new update, almost all competition plants are out ( only 3 competion plants), this is a picture of the 1290Porier, I hope it gets altleast to 700 lbs. greenmanure( yellow mustard) is growing in the next year patch. Monday, August 10 View Page this is a part of the next year patch for 2 plants, greenmanure is in since yesterday Monday, August 10 View Page patch in front is for fieldpumpkins next year ( greenmanure is alos in since yesterday) the big patch ( the green one) in the the back is for the next year greenhouse + one other plant , greenmanure is in a few weeks ago Monday, August 10 View Page 1286Wursching Tuesday, August 11 View Page it's time to put some numbers on the pictures, this is the 1290Porier at day 41. it's 235kg (518lbs) at the moment. I hope this one will get to 1000lbs Tuesday, August 11 View Page stem of the 1290Porier is a bit big. 40cm ( 16") circ,lengt is 20cm ( 9") Wednesday, August 12 View Page 1286Wursching day 46 :324kg( 714lbs): 13kg(28.6 lbs)/day Thursday, August 13 View Page spraying time today, sprayed for pm and some bugs. here is my arsenal for pm on the picture from, left to the right:Dequiman,Hermosan, Systane,Fortress,Topaz, Merpan, and still have one left that's not in the picture and that's Hermovite. I have some other products but I mostly use these Thursday, August 13 View Page here is my most used arsenal for bugs: from left to the right: Sanmite, Nissorun,Talstar,Karate Zeon, Calypso, Luxan, Confidor. and there are still several left that I don'tuse anymore. Saturday, August 15 View Page 1290Porier day 45 : 280kg 1350Starr day 53 : 310kg Tuesday, August 18 View Page 1286Wursching day 52: 892 lbs(405kg) and still doing 29lbs/ day Friday, August 21 View Page 1286Wursching day 55. yesterday was 100°F and 73°F at night here Friday, August 21 View Page 1286Wursching Friday, August 21 View Page 1286 Friday, August 21 View Page 1286 Friday, August 21 View Page 1286/ day 55/ 900 - 950 lbs Saturday, August 22 View Page 1350Starr day 60: 350kg Monday, August 24 View Page measure day today:1222Sandvik:340 kg(750 lbs) day66/1156Hunt:310kg(683lbs) day64 and now the king of the patch: 1286Wursching:461kg(1016lbs) day58 and still doing about 11kg-13kg per day Monday, August 24 View Page 1350Starr is close to 800lbs Monday, August 24 View Page 1222Sandvik Monday, August 24 View Page 1156Hunt Monday, August 24 View Page 1156 Tuesday, August 25 View Page 1290Porier day 55 : 345kg (760lbs) Tuesday, August 25 View Page 1290Porier day 55 Tuesday, August 25 View Page yellow mustard is flowering Tuesday, August 25 View Page all the bees love it Tuesday, August 25 View Page you can smell it from 30 m away Wednesday, August 26 View Page 1286Wursching day 60: 1080lbs Thursday, August 27 View Page the 1286 went down to a rot spot today, I cut upen the rot spot and pumpkin was grey from the inside, maybe gonna weight it tomorrow just for fun, my competiton season is done for this year. Saturday, August 29 View Page last pictures before it goes down Saturday, August 29 View Page new leader is the 1290Porier at 860lbs day 59 Tuesday, September 1 View Page final OTT (est.) of the 1286 was 1150lbs day 62 kept about 30 seeds Monday, September 7 View Page if it isn't bad enough already the 1290 got a blossum end split, it's deep but not into cavity, season is getting worse to the end, the ones that were still growing splitt and other stop growing Saturday, September 12 View Page 1222Sandvik day 84 :364kg(802 lbs) Saturday, September 12 View Page 1156Hunt day 82: 330kg(730 lbs) Saturday, September 12 View Page 1350Starr day 81: 400kg( 881 lbs) Saturday, September 12 View Page 1290Porier day 72 : 455kg( 1003 lbs) Friday, September 25 View Page I'm going to harvest the 1156Hunt and maybe the 1222 tomorrow, the 1156 should be around 320 kg and the 1222 370kg I think, the 2 biggest ( 1350Starr and 1290Porier) will go to Duisburg on 3 October Saturday, September 26 View Page the 1156 and 1222 are both ready to get weighted, the 1156 tapes 330kg and the 1222 364 kg Saturday, September 26 View Page easy with a forklift on tractor Saturday, September 26 View Page the 1156Hunt weighted 335kg ( 740lbs) Saturday, September 26 View Page 1222 weighted 364 kg (804lbs) the 1156 and 1222 are both a new pb and still have 2 big ones left for next weekend Sunday, September 27 View Page well end of August I cutted open my 1286 in greenhouse and I dropoed a couple of seeds and missed them. this is the result, this plant came out in 1 week so the seeds of my 1286 are good I think Sunday, September 27 View Page we have still one week to Duisburg and the 1290 is getting some colour. I haven't measured it lately but I'm sure it's close to 1200lbs. It's looking big to pick up by hand and maybe need to find someting to get it on trailer. the 1350 Starr is still siting around 400kg and will also go to Duisburg Sunday, September 27 View Page IT'S ORANGE Wednesday, October 7 View Page 1290 at the left at 425kg and the 1350 at right at 422kg Wednesday, October 7 View Page Jos and his record pumpkin at Duisburg Wednesday, October 7 View Page top ten at Duisburg Wednesday, October 7 View Page Jonas pumpkin at the scale ( 1457Paton) it weighted 550.8kg Wednesday, October 7 View Page there were alot of big ones this year Wednesday, October 7 View Page there were also a few small ones Wednesday, October 7 View Page a big squash of 1047lbs Saturday, October 17 View Page the 1290 is still looking fine Saturday, October 17 View Page started patch prep today. cleaned up the patch in the morning and started spreading compost. Saturday, October 17 View Page 2 big trailers of compost are ready to go in the soil Saturday, October 17 View Page but first I spreaded some oraganice fertilzers Saturday, October 17 View Page BIO Saturday, October 17 View Page I still need to mow down the mustard Saturday, October 17 View Page last trailer of compost goes in Saturday, October 31 View Page HAPPY HALLOWEEN Saturday, October 31 View Page 3 scary pumpkins Saturday, October 31 View Page HALLOween Sunday, November 1 View Page HAPPY HALLOWEEN Sunday, November 1 View Page scaryyy Sunday, November 1 View Page HaPpY HaLlOwEeN Sunday, November 1 View Page HALLOWEEN Monday, November 2 View Page so patch prep for next year is done. the compost in big greenhouse is tilled in. and the mustart that was planted in August is mowed down and mulched today. manure and compost were added before I planted the mustard so I don't need to do spread the manure anymore. Monday, November 2 View Page strawberrie greenhouse is already placed Wednesday, November 4 View Page I opened my 804 today and there was no single good seed in it Thursday, November 5 View Page today I'm harvesting the seeds of my 936( 1290Porier X1155Lilja). Thursday, November 5 View Page we are almost at the end Thursday, November 5 View Page this is the amout of seeds that I have from it.......... not to many as you can see......there were only 70 seeds in it, again a low seedcount, hom many bad luck can you have in one year?!?!? Thursday, November 5 View Page but we still got one pumpkin ( 930) to do next week, lets hope that there are alot of seeds in this one. everyone who wants a seeds from my 936 ( orange) send me an e-mail if you are sure gonna plant it , so be fast there are only 70 seeds: [email protected] Thursday, November 5 View Page [email protected] Sunday, November 8 View Page well this is what I have at the end of the season:335kg ( 740lbs)about 300seeds,364 kg (804lbs)0 seeds,931lbs 7% heavy 400seeds,937lbs only 30 good seeds after a close inspection. Thursday, December 24 View Page merry christmas all and good luck in 2010 Thursday, December 31 View Page happy new year to all growers and good luck in 2010. see you in 2010.....