Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 43 Entries. Wednesday, May 28 View Page 2nd yr. effort 4/06/08 sand af 1090 liggett 07, 1462 gibson 07, crosby 680 05. 4/07/08, soak 30 mins. in hydrogen peroxide, 12 hrs, in H2O w/aereator. 4/08/08 Place in 6" grow pots at 85-90 degrees F. till ground breakage then under grow lamps till ready to transplant outdoors. ground has been tilled 3 times since thaw, w/ horse manure ( year old) tilled in 1 time. added ag. lime, weed & feed twice, 10-10-10 fert. one time. 05/21/08 moved plants outdoors surrounded by 1" mesh baskets to protect from bunnies and birds. Baskets are toped w/rainguard agri-clothe to protect from rain beat down. 05/28/08 now watering twice daily with water Agro-K solution. Wednesday, May 28 View Page amendment: Forgot to thank Doc Liggett for his help and supplying me with a couple of primo starters after all my seeds I purchased @ Circleville failed to germinate ( due to my lack of knowledge) for second year in a row. I learned more in about an hour from Doc. than I knew from all other experiences. Thanks again, Doc. Liggett Friday, May 30 View Page all plants doing great. continuing agro-k now thru season. going shopping for more additives---warrior, nitro plus, subdue, and m-roots, urea mate, biogrow endo plus. Monday, June 9 View Page not a good entry. Lost the 1462 gibson 07 to storm damage. The other two, 1090 Liggett 07 and the Crosby 680 05 seem to have survived the storms quite well. Been an extremely wet m May & June. Saturday, June 14 View Page Lousy-lousy weather.lost the 1462 gibson to a fallen tree limb. Other two, 1090 liggett and crosby 680 survived ok. The liggett is doing the best, but crosby is healthy. I wish I knew how to put photos on this page. Praying foe dry weather. Wednesday, June 18 View Page lots of wind today, but I think both babies did o.k. Built shade and rain protective shelters but I don't like my desighn. Think I'll re-do them tomorrow. Thursday, June 26 View Page been a little lax on reports, but not on care and love to plants. The leggett is growing like a house afire. Main is at 8' and growing about 10" daily. Burying main as it grows, and added kelp last night. Fish emulsion goes tonight. Getting anxious for flowers. Is that common? Thursday, June 26 View Page the crosby 680 05 is slower than the leggett1090 but is starting to pick up steam the last couple of days, had me worried there for a while. I wish I knew how to post pics. on here. The one I tried was actually a mistake, that is my 15 year old daughter and I don't know how to delete it. If you can help---contac [email protected] any help will be appreciated Thursday, June 26 View Page this is the Leggett1090, sorry, I just learned how to post pics, thanks Okiegirl Thursday, June 26 View Page also the leggett 1090 from other side..9' from source to tip Thursday, June 26 View Page 1090 leggett from my daughter's cell phone.. =) Thursday, June 26 View Page This is the 680 crosby from daughters cell phone Saturday, June 28 View Page well, no new photos of mine, thank heavens,. I downloaded this just for reference. Saturday, June 28 View Page above is an example of powdery mildew, yuk. thanks to brad for the web address for this photo Thursday, July 3 View Page will have pics 2-morrow. Weather is really nice right now. 1090 leggett growing approx. 1' per day on main and sides. !st. female on at 11' on main about the size of a dime. Come on 680 crosby, gimmee a male!! Friday, July 4 View Page July 4th., rain-rain-rain. The Leggett1090 girl flowere are coming on nicely. Forgot to mention, got 2 more coming on, 1 on each longest sides. My 680 crosby blessed me with a nice male, too bad it's about a week too soon. Also the crosby has a new little female coming on, but I think it is too close to the source. Named the leggett-TARZAN--come on tarzan and hang on to that vine, Pics. later today after my daughter awakens, she's the photographer. Friday, July 4 View Page July 4th., rain-rain-rain. The Leggett1090 girl flowers are coming on nicely. Forgot to mention, got 2 more coming on, 1 on each longest sides. My 680 crosby blessed me with a nice male, too bad it's about a week too soon. Also the crosby has a new little female coming on, but I think it is too close to the source. Named the leggett-TARZAN--come on tarzan and hang on to that vine, Pics. later today after my daughter awakens, she's the photographer. Tuesday, July 8 View Page girls-girls-girls everywhere. maybe 1-2 days on first on the 1090 liggett. lot's of boys right now on the 680 crosby, hope they hold on Thursday, July 10 View Page rats-rats-rats. girl flowers are aborting. But, have 1 beautiful girl developing at 14' on main.Hope she doesn't abort Friday, July 11 View Page well hooray. Pollinated my first female today (on the 1090 liggett) ..A very nice one at 14' on main pollinated by the680crosby sure hope it took Tuesday, July 15 View Page This is baby on Tarzan---(Liggett1080) at 4 days old. Crossing my fingers this one will reall be the "ONE" This was pollinated by the 680crosby-05. Tuesday, July 15 View Page Another shot of the Liggett 1080 pollinated from the crosby 680 at 4 days old---all seems well so far. Aded pop can for scale Tuesday, July 22 View Page these are the latest photos of "Tarzan", (first two photos) on the Liggett1090 at 11 days after pollination. this is Liggett 1090 x Crosby 680. As you can see, growing at a great rate. Third photo is first fruit on the crosby 689 x liggett 1090 at 2 days post pollination. Took me a couple of days to motivate my daughter to do the photography. Ading kelp, fish emulsion and potash daily now.. Keeping fingers crossed Tuesday, July 22 View Page guess I cant add more than 1 pic at a time, this is the "Tarzan", Liggett1090 x Crosby 680 @ 11 days Tuesday, July 22 View Page and the 2nd. shot of "Tarzan" Tuesday, July 22 View Page the white background is the 2" styrofoam 4'x8' I placed under both 'punkins today Tuesday, July 22 View Page this is the Liggett x Crosby at 11 days post pollination. Sure hope I'm not duplicating entries, as I waited approx. 20 mins. and didn't see first entry for today. Ow well I'll eventually get the hang of it (posting photos). Insyalled 4'8' 2" styrofoam under both fruits today..Very nervous as thing are going almost too well Friday, July 25 View Page just neasured "Tarzan" lat night, 28 1/2 inches on day 13 post pollination.. Sides are out to 16'+ on both sides and there are 'punkins on two sides approx. 15' from main. I'll leave them on for a while to insure Tarzan does o.ko. Bob Liggett e-mailed me today, tells me the orange color will develop in Sept. and size of Tarzan is excellent. Wednesday, July 30 View Page well all news is not good news. Tarzan has drastically slowed growth. now day 21, hasn't grown in last 6 days, but appears to be healthy. Boy, on the Crosby is growing at a nice clip and my secondary fruit on Liggett is doing well as well. Terminated and buried more sides on both plants yesterday and today Awaiting delivery of my Agro-K program delivery. Thank's to Frank Cook for his advice. Friday, August 1 View Page well, I think "Tarzan" has officially aborted. But I have a nice fruit growing on a sied. The Crosby has one growingm (Boy) and seems to be plugging along nicely. Also one other 'youngin on a side for back up on the Crosby. Removed the shade covers from both plants yeaterday, will re-install shade today over the fruits only Monday, August 4 View Page Day 15 for secondary on Liggett1090, seems well....measures 43 x 19 x 32, Crosby ...day 13...371/2 x 18 x 28. try to take pics tomorrow, going to Niagra falls for vacation day after tomorrow, Lord look after my 'punkins. Tuesday, August 5 View Page this is the patch showing new and smaller shade shelters on both the Crosby (foreground) and the Liggett (rear), Both fruits doing well Tuesday, August 5 View Page here is the secondary fruit on Liggett 1090, measuring45 x 20 x 331/2 on day 16 Tuesday, August 5 View Page And here is the Crosby 680 on day 14, 39 x 19 1/2 x 29 1/2. substantial growth for 1 day...Vacation starts tomorrow, no more entries till at least 08/10/08 Saturday, August 9 View Page just got back from Niagra falls, couldn't wait to check progress.. the 1090 leggitt x 680Crosby now measures on day 20....59 x 44 x 44-1/2 The Crosby, I'm too tired to measure today, maybe tomorrow. previous entries were incorrect, as I did not measure them correctly---sorry Tuesday, August 12 View Page day 23 for the liggett 68 x 49 x 51 =111 lbs by the scale. the crosby is growing but at a slower pace.....day 21 41 x 20 x 29 approx 22 lbs. found a stem split on crosby, I'll watch it Thursday, August 14 View Page like lots of other growers, bad news today...Crosby has shut sown and has aborted. on the other hand, Liggett is now73 x 53 x 52 =183 ott or approx 140 lbs on day 25.. could be better I guess, but I'm happy it's still chugging along Friday, August 15 View Page I hope I do this properly, me and my wife in our kitchen Friday, August 15 View Page this is the liggett on day 26....75 x 53 x 53 ==136 lbs.,go-baby-go Monday, August 18 View Page just a note..went to S.O.G.P.G.A. patch tour yeater. What a great bunch of folks. visited 6 payches, now I see how it's really done. Hopefully I will be able to apply what I learned to my growing efforts next year. A big thanks to the Vanderpools,Darrel Crosby, Dave Hoff, Joe & Lisa Gerchy, and a special thank you to Kenny Speakman for the seeds which I can't wait to try (maybe I'll move to Florida so I can start earlier), and of course, Robert Liggett, who's unending supply of knowledge and courtesy never ceases to overwhelm me. As far as my one survivor fruit, Growth sems slow, but learned yesterday most growers locally are experiencing similar problems...will measure the fruit this evening. Wednesday, August 20 View Page day 31 on liggett, 164 lbs. a meager gain of 4 lbs. overnight, oh well beats a blanck.. Pulled the Crosby up, at least I have more room to walk in patch Monday, August 25 View Page The remaining fruit on the Liggett has stopped growth for two days now. I have pollinated four new fruits on various sides hoping to get something for our Halloween party, (annual event). It has been a yearly blow-out with lots of food and guest, only requirement----must come in costume. Wish some of my new friends from this site lived close enough to attend. Last year was one of our very best---a new all time low was achieved--lol. I will start prep. for next years patch as soon as my new tiller arrives in a couple of days....look out growers, next year, like "Arnold" says, "I'll be back"!!A big thanks to all the people who helped me out with tutorage, encouragement, and general great conversation on the chat rooms. Come to the Circleville, Ohio Pumpkin Festival and weigh-offs Oct.15. I will be working the seed sale booth on Friday of the show, come by and say "Hello". Later, All Tuesday, October 7 View Page well the patch is nearly ready for the winter. Besides expanding patch to more than double the size, added gypsum, peat. alfalfa pekkets and 8 ton of composted horse manure, Just a few Agro-K goodies left to apply, then sow the winter rye, and put patch to bed for winter. Chillocothe weigh-offs are this Sat, and Circleville the following Wednesday,,I'll try to post a few choice pics. from both weigh-offs. Hope for a great turn-out at both weigh-offs. And thanks to anyone who helped me during the growing season, I learned so much, can't wait for next year.......Paul