Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 75 Entries. Tuesday, May 26 View Page Guess it time to finally start a diary for the season. Heres an overview of the patch for the day. Wednesday, May 27 View Page 765 Privitera plant Wednesday, May 27 View Page 1019 Garvell Wednesday, May 27 View Page 1055 Pitura Wednesday, May 27 View Page 1154 Doucet Wednesday, May 27 View Page 1156 Hunt for the GVGO contest. Wednesday, May 27 View Page 848 MacKenzie Wednesday, May 27 View Page One of my O.S. Cabbage plants Wednesday, May 27 View Page One of my two Joynson Marrow Plants. Saturday, June 6 View Page 1156 Hunt Saturday, June 6 View Page 848 MacKenzie SQ Saturday, June 6 View Page 1055 Pitura SQ Saturday, June 6 View Page 765 Privitera Saturday, June 6 View Page 1019 Garvell Saturday, June 6 View Page 1154 Doucet Saturday, June 6 View Page I found these under the canopy while I was weeding around the Doucet Plant. They are full of eggs. I have had alot of squash bugs around but I dont think that these are the eggs from those. Anybody know what they are. I will post more pictures following this one. Saturday, June 6 View Page more bug eggs Saturday, June 6 View Page more Saturday, June 6 View Page more Saturday, June 6 View Page these are out of the pod I had picked up Saturday, June 6 View Page these were on the leafs on the Doucet plant. Some on top some on bottom side. They have some string that is like a spiderweb on them or around them. I dont know if its holding them on or just there, not all of them had it. Saturday, June 6 View Page another on the leaf Sunday, June 28 View Page The 1156 Hunt is going pretty good despite the heat. It has a 4 lober set on 6/15 at 9' that is at 98"OTT and a 4 lober set at 17' on the 26th. Most of the vines are terminated so its almost time for it to switch gears. Sunday, June 28 View Page Here is the pumpkin at 9' set on the 15th. OTT measurements put it at 27.2lbs on day 13. Too bad its not out at 15'. Sunday, June 28 View Page Here is my 848 MacKenzie Squash plant. A 5 lobe was set at 12' on the 23rd and a 4 lobe on the 26th at 15' out. The plant was having trouble producing sidevines early so I may have to get creative with some of the 3rd growth. Sunday, June 28 View Page The 1055 Pitura Squash is looking pretty good. only one 4 lobe set at 16' on the 24th so far. Sunday, June 28 View Page My 765 Privitera or my wifes I should say, she decided she wanted it to be her plant so thats cool. It has a 4 lobe set out at 12' on the 23rd. Nice football shape so I hope it goes heavy for her. Sunday, June 28 View Page My 1019 Garvell plant has been pretty agressive so far. I have got 3 pollinated on it and its pretty much most of the way deadheaded. A 4 lobe at 12' set on 6/15 with an OTT of 92", a 5 lobe set on the 24th at 17',and a 5 lobe set at 20' on the 27th. Sunday, June 28 View Page the pumpkin at 12' on the Garvell plant. Est weight of 23.2 lbs on day 13 Sunday, June 28 View Page My 1154 Doucet plant has been agressive also. I burned this one pretty bad with Seven (will never spray it again) a week ago so I hope it doesent set it back to badly. All of the pumpkins except the last 2 have aborted so far. The main snapped off after trying to go skyward before the bamboo stakes which left me with a 18.5ft main. both of the last 2 pumpkins were set on consecutive nodes at 17' and 18'. Both 5 lobe and pollinated on the 25th. Sunday, June 28 View Page The Doucet twins 2 days old. Sunday, June 28 View Page My last remaining O.S. Cabbage plant. It is getting a nice head on it but the past 2 weeks 90+ temps have not been kind to it. I have a 4 outlet mist head over it and it helps alot but only time will tell. Sunday, June 28 View Page One of the two marrow plants I have in. nothing set on this one yet but it has some blooms that will open in the next day or two. Sunday, June 28 View Page This marrow plant has been more aggressive than the other and has 4 fruit set on it. 2 on the main and 2 on seperate side vines. Sunday, June 28 View Page one of my 2 watermelon plants. I planted these really late so maybe I will get some respectible fruit out of them. Sunday, June 28 View Page watermelon plant 2 Sunday, June 28 View Page tall sunflower Sunday, June 28 View Page mamoth grey stripes Sunday, June 28 View Page craven tall sunflowers Wednesday, July 29 View Page I havent posted to my diary in a while so I thought I would put up some pics I took yesterday. This is my 1156 Hunt plant. Pumpkin is 44 days old today. Wednesday, July 29 View Page 765 Privitera that my wife (she is in the pics) claimed as hers. She named it Mortimor. Its the baby and just turned 36 days old. Wednesday, July 29 View Page My 1154 Doucet had me worried for a while, it put on 58lbs one day and I was waiting on her to blow. It has slowed down now and looks like it will be a rather good looking pumpkin if it makes it through the season. Its at 33 days in the pic. Wednesday, July 29 View Page one of my o.s. cabbage plants I harvested. 44lbs UOW with a 27lb head. It suffered in the 90 degree days even with misters on it. I'll plant some more for fall and see what they do. Wednesday, July 29 View Page just some of my sunflowers Wednesday, July 29 View Page more sunflowers Wednesday, July 29 View Page more Wednesday, July 29 View Page more Wednesday, July 29 View Page This one is the wifes favorite. the bloom stayed really small compared to the others. Wednesday, August 12 View Page Well the 1156 Hunt has been a great plant. It hasnt shown any signs of growth for 13 days now to its going to the scale in the morning if I dont find any problems on the bottom of the fruit. The measurements were. Cir.- 142 Side to side - 90 Stem to blossom - 89 OTT 321 at day 57 Est weight 697lbs We will see what the scales say. Thursday, August 13 View Page Well after it quit growing I finally cut my 1156 Hunt pumpkin and took it to a certified scale. OTT put the weight at 697lbs and it weighed 696lbs at 57 days old. I am happy with that to say the least. I beat my PB set last year by 600lbs exactly. This is one picture on the scale. (the small towel wasent on for the weighing) Thursday, August 13 View Page other side of the scale Thursday, August 13 View Page picture of the weight Thursday, August 13 View Page the witness certificate Thursday, August 13 View Page and finially the official North Carolina Public Weighmaster certification certificate. Thanks Mr. Phil Hunt for a great seed. Thursday, August 13 View Page New pumpkin 696 R. Holder 1156 Hunt x 1154 Doucet Saturday, August 15 View Page 765 Privitera day 53 Saturday, August 15 View Page 1154 Doucet Day 51 Thursday, August 20 View Page 1156 Hunt opened up Thursday, August 20 View Page 1154 Hunt solid 6" walls Thursday, August 20 View Page 765 Privitera Day 58 Thursday, August 20 View Page 1154 Doucet Day 56 Thursday, August 20 View Page Have to have a BEER shot in the diary Thursday, August 20 View Page I think it likes my homebrew in its blossom LOL Thursday, August 20 View Page just for fun Sunday, August 23 View Page 1154 Doucet Day 58 356" OTT 949.9lbs. I am happy with the way the season has went so far, beat my monster 96lb prizewinner from last year by 600lbs with my 1156 Hunt. First year growing AG's new patch I have learned alot and its been a fun ride so far. Thanks John for the seed and every grower on here that posts. I have learned alot just from reading old posts and I think it realy helped my season this year. Sunday, August 23 View Page sorry typo on the weight of the 1154 945.9 Wednesday, August 26 View Page Well the 1154's OTT puts it through the 1000lb mark. I also had a news reporter in the patch this morning and it even ended up on the 6:00pm news. Wednesday, September 2 View Page 1154 Doucet Wednesday, September 2 View Page 1154 Wednesday, September 2 View Page 1154 stem Wednesday, September 2 View Page 1154 Doucet 370" OTT today 1060lbs EST 8.65 lbs per day avg. 23 days until the weigh-off Tuesday, September 8 View Page 1154 Doucet day 75 374OTT 1095lbs. Still avg. 8.4lbs a day. Sunday, September 13 View Page here is the first 3d drawing for the receiver plugs and keyfobs. Let me know what you think. Sunday, September 13 View Page 1154 Doucet taped 378" OTT 1129.9lbs est. yesterday on day 79. The cool weather we have been having has really slowed growth down alot. Hopefully it will pick back up some with the nice weather were having now. I am going to put the plant under Remay when it cools back down to try to keep it going. 12 more days until harvest and 13 til the weighoff in Elkin. Saturday, September 19 View Page 6 days to harvest. Pumpkin had almost stopped growing until we had 2" of rain the last 2 days. I wouldnt have measured if the surface cracks hadent started lengthening. So I taped it earlier. New OTT 381" 1157lbs est.