Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 43 Entries. Wednesday, June 18 View Page 1622 young after 10 minutes of golf ball size hail,, so much for my first year back. Wednesday, June 18 View Page 1347 ellenbecker Monday, June 30 View Page here is young set on the 1622 Monday, June 30 View Page this plant is going to grow my first 1500 pumpkin, very strong plant, 1412 menting Monday, June 30 View Page here is the ellenbecker plant, I have sets on all the plants, and besides the golf ball size hail we had, this has been a good year so far. Tuesday, July 8 View Page my main pumpkin on the 1622, sitting at a couple hundred pounds. the plant is still filling in so I don't expect big numbers early on. Tuesday, July 8 View Page 5 dap, fruit is on the ellenbecker Tuesday, July 8 View Page fruit on the 1412 menting 8 dap, this one might abort. Tuesday, July 8 View Page picture of the 1622 young. Thursday, July 24 View Page 1412 menting day 24 204 ott Saturday, July 26 View Page 1622 young Saturday, July 26 View Page the ellenbecker fruit is on day 19 or so in this old picture, but today on day 24 it has a 214 ott Saturday, July 26 View Page 1412 Menting plant & fruit. Saturday, August 2 View Page 1347 Ellenbecker 30 dap, last 7 days it avg 33 a day. ott is 269 est weight of 433 pounds, not to bad. Saturday, August 2 View Page 1347 Ellenbecker 30 dap Saturday, August 2 View Page 1622 young,, if they crack you know they're growing....a little bit at least Friday, August 8 View Page 1622 young, biggest fruit in my patch right now Friday, August 8 View Page 1622 young Friday, August 8 View Page blossom end of the 1622 young Friday, August 8 View Page our cats playing in the patch Tuesday, August 12 View Page 1347 Ellenbecker day 40, ott is 316. Tuesday, August 19 View Page well the 1622 is over a thousand pounds but it is'nt no record breaker should be a pb if it holds though. it's on like day 65 or so, and is doing about 15-20 pounds a day Tuesday, August 19 View Page 1412 menting, I kinda gave up on this plant, need to work on the soil in this spot alot for next year, day 50 or so and is 600 pounds and a little change Friday, August 22 View Page Here the ellenbecker fruit is on day 50, 10 day avg of 24 pounds a day, Friday, August 22 View Page The young fruit on day 69 I think. Friday, August 22 View Page here is the blossom on the 1622 young Friday, August 29 View Page Here I am with the 1347 Ellenbecker, day 57 est a bit under 1100 pounds, I'm sure I said this before but this fruit is on a secondairy. Friday, August 29 View Page 1622 young. still growing, both fruit are doing solid gains for there age, Friday, August 29 View Page back side of the 1622, you can see the huge split on the back side, it goes damn near 5 inches in. happend around day 20 Thursday, September 11 View Page 1412 menting around 700 pounds Thursday, September 11 View Page the Ellenbecker fruit, over 1200 now. Thursday, September 11 View Page the blossom on the 1622 is now out of sight Thursday, September 11 View Page day 89 on the 1622 young, still growing, hopeing for another 100 pounds before the weigh offs.. Thursday, September 11 View Page I was fighting pm really bad in early september, after all the rain and humidity, now that it feel like early winter out side the pm has subsided.. hope the pumpkins can grow a little more... Tuesday, September 16 View Page 1622 just 11 days left before the first weigh off Tuesday, September 16 View Page 1622 still doing 5-7 pounds a day, for refrence, this pumpkin was only 300 pounds on day 30, never did over 35 a day, and the plant was tore up by hail twice, however this is still one of the biggest fruit to come out of my patch, gl to everyone during the weigh off season! Monday, September 22 View Page 1346 Ellenbecker is est in the mid 1200s ott is 390, I have been calling this the 1347 all year but it's the 1346, both the 1622 young and 1346 are still doing 40-70 pounds a week! Friday, September 26 View Page ready for the weigh off tomorrow, this will be the largest fruit i've grow to date,, so gl to everyone tomorrow! just hoping to place top ten! Wednesday, October 8 View Page My 1622 young weighed 1249 pounds and my 1346 ellenbecker weighed in at 1364 so thats a new pb for me, looking forward to next year, patch is all preped and ready. Wednesday, October 15 View Page My 1249 on the scale grown off the 1622 young Wednesday, October 15 View Page my fruit that went to Nekoosa being unloaded Wednesday, October 15 View Page me with my 1364 pound drop pumpkin for nekoosa Tuesday, November 18 View Page 1412 menting, lost the main on this one along with two pollination's,, I would say I lost about 70 percent of my secondary tips on all my plants.