Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 112 Entries. Wednesday, April 1 View Page Time to start the diary of 09. Theis is my first diary. This is one of the requirements of the PEC 4-H pumpkin club. Wednesday, April 1 View Page Time to start the diary of 09. This is my first diary. This is one of the requirements of the PEC 4-H pumpkin club. Wednesday, April 1 View Page sorry clicked twice Thursday, April 30 View Page my personal best was 606 lbs growen in 2007. That year I got first at Picton fair. Last year I grew 2 pumpkin that were 416 lbs and 536 lbs. Thursday, April 30 View Page my personal best is 606 lbs witch got first place at Picton fair in 2007.last years best was 536 lbs. Thursday, April 30 View Page This year I am growing the 1170 Vincent, 1132 Vincent and the 1130 Pitura. I started soaking them on the 25 of April. The 1132 Vincent is a squash. Thursday, April 30 View Page The seeds soaked for 14 hrs them placed in paper towel and put in the oven with the light on witch the average temp was 88 degrees F. The squash was first to sprout in 12 hr and the pumpkins followed in 24-36 hr. After they sprout I planted them in a soiless mix ( pro mix ).Today the 1132 Vincent came up And the others should not be far behind. Monday, May 4 View Page Transplanted the 3 bigest plants in to gallon pots today. The 1130 vincent squash is the on the right and the centre one is the 1132 pitura and on the left we have the 1170 vincent. I still have 1 plant of each in smaller pots. Monday, May 4 View Page The 1130 vincent. Monday, May 4 View Page The 1132 pitura Monday, May 4 View Page The 1170 Vincent. Thursday, May 7 View Page My plants are doing well. The garden on the other hand is still to wet to work. It was almost dry enough but we got more rain last night and today. I have a load of manure ready to go on so I am hoping that It will be dry enough by this weekend because my plants will have to go in soon !! Friday, May 8 View Page It was a beautiful day today and the patch dryed off enough to spread the manure. I am hoping to get it woked in tomorrow and maybe plant my pumpkins and squash. Also the manure spreader in the picture is for sale (613)399-5645 Friday, May 8 View Page looks GOOD! Saturday, May 9 View Page Today my grandpa and I cultivated the patch and worked the manure in. Saturday, May 9 View Page The patch looks good but I think I will have to roto-till it to get the lumps broke up. Saturday, May 9 View Page also I made my planting mounds to day. I dug a hole about a foot down and put all the soil from the hole in the wheelbarrow the mix pro-mix in till it was about 50% soil and 50% pro-mix. Saturday, May 9 View Page Next I put the mixture in the hole and put the mixture on the sides and bottem of the hole. So when I put my plant in I can fill in around it with good soil. Saturday, May 9 View Page Next I cover the planting mound with black plastic to warm the soil. Saturday, May 9 View Page These are my new green houses. I would have planted my pumpkins to day but as soon as I finshed It started raining so I will hopefully plant them tomorrow. Saturday, May 9 View Page And when I say RAIN I mean RAIN ! Saturday, May 9 View Page And RAIN. Sunday, May 10 View Page The weather looks good for the next week so I will hopefully put my pumpkins in as soon as the ground drys some. Monday, May 11 View Page This is my 1132 pitura 08. It is looking good. I Have had my plants out side the last few day to toughen then up. Monday, May 11 View Page Tonight I checked the tempature in my green house after a sunny day with the door closed and the tempature was 94 degees F! WOW! Monday, May 11 View Page Tonight I planted my biggest plant which is my 1130 vincent 08 squash. I would have planted all 3 but it is going to be a cool night and I only have 1 light for heat but after tonight it is suppose to warm up. So I am planing to plant the others tomorrow evening. Monday, May 11 View Page Sorry, that last pic was supposed to go with this entry. I put some rocks in the green houses to help stablize the tempature because rock takes longer to heat up and longer to cool down. First I cut a hole in the black plastic which I layed over the planting mounds to warm the soil. Monday, May 11 View Page Next, I took the plant out of the pot. BAD picture of me, I know. Monday, May 11 View Page Then put the pumpkin in the planting mound and filled it in with soil. Monday, May 11 View Page Then I put a 12v trouble light in to keep it warm. The light is running on a car battery because I have no hydro in my patch. The reason for that is it is over 1000ft to my patch from my house. Monday, May 11 View Page People going by on the road are going to think I am crazy because by day there are little huts and by night there is a glow. Monday, May 11 View Page Maybe I am crazy. Tuesday, May 12 View Page I got my last 2 plants in the patch tonight and they are looking very good. This is the 1132 pitura 08. Tuesday, May 12 View Page This is the 1170 vincent 08. I have high hopes for this plant. Tuesday, May 12 View Page Last but not least the 1130 vincent 08 squash. This plant was planted yesterday. Tuesday, May 12 View Page I covered the green houses up for the night, as it will be a nother cool night. Tuesday, May 12 View Page In the last pictures my plants look yellow but that is just the lighting. They are much greener then they appear in the pics. Wednesday, May 13 View Page Finally my patch has dryed out enough after that last rain that I as able to rotor-till the garden to breakup the lumps left after cultivating it. Wednesday, May 13 View Page Then my grandpa disked the patch. Wednesday, May 13 View Page The final product is a well worked patch ready to grow some big pumpkins ! Thursday, May 14 View Page It rained hard today and the wind blew. I had a bad feeling that somthing was not right but as I was in school all day there was nothing I could do. So when I got home I found this. My 1132 Vincent squash had been snaped off. I think the door got loosend by the wind feel on my Plant. Thursday, May 14 View Page I was lucky that I had a backup and got it in the ground as soon as posable. This plant is not as big and dose not look as well but I think it will be fine. Just a minor set back. Monday, May 25 View Page My Pumpkins have been in about 1.5 weeks now and are doing OK. I think they might be a little slow but are growing and have picked up this week because it has been beautiful the last 4 days. Tuesday, May 26 View Page This is the 1132 vincent squash. This is the back up plant and it is doing well. Tuesday, May 26 View Page This is the 1130 pitura. This is my smallest plant. Tuesday, May 26 View Page This is my 1170 vincent. This is my biggest plant. Monday, June 8 View Page This is the 1132 vincent squash. It got a little beaten up from the wind but it looks ok. Monday, June 8 View Page This is my 1130 pitura and is not bad but a little small. Monday, June 8 View Page This is my bigest plant the 1170 vincent. Monday, June 8 View Page The 1170 is growing fast and has a good main vine starting. Tuesday, June 9 View Page This is my plant 2 years ago at the same time. That year I grew a 600 pound pumpkin Monday, June 15 View Page Sorry this pic is the 1132 vincent and the other pic is the 1130 pitura. Monday, June 15 View Page The patch in the eveing sun light. Sunday, July 5 View Page The 1130 pitura is recovering after losing it's main vine. I do not know what happened but one morning I went to the patch and found that my main vine was gone. I am working on getting a pumpkin set this week. Sunday, July 5 View Page I also lost the main vine on the 1170 vincent but the secondary vines are 12' out on each side.I should pollunate a pumpkin about 10' out in the next few days. Sunday, July 5 View Page The vines on 1170 are growing about 6" a day now Sunday, July 5 View Page The 1132 vincent squash is the only plant that I did not lose the main vine And I set a squash at 9' but might wait for the next one. Sunday, July 12 View Page I pollinated this pumpkin at 11' on the 1170 vincent this morning. It was a 4 lobber. Sunday, July 12 View Page I pollinated this pumpkin at 11' on the 1170 vincent this morning. It was a 4 lobber. Sunday, July 12 View Page I am going to pollinate this 1132 squash tomorrow morning. Monday, July 13 View Page I am not sure what just happened but the Entrys that are dated July 15 are June 15. Monday, July 13 View Page A look under the leaves of the 1130 pitura. LOOKS GOOD!!! Wednesday, July 15 View Page This is my 1170 vincent witch is still my largest plant. This plant is now growing almost 3in/day and still growing faster every day. Wednesday, July 15 View Page This is the 1132 vincent and is not doing to bad with a main vine of only 12in. Wednesday, July 15 View Page This is the 1130 Pitura and is biger then the 1132 but is a little beaten but is growing not to bad. Thursday, July 16 View Page Today I put 30L of 20-20-20 fertilizer on each plant and then I put 150L of water one each plant. Thursday, July 16 View Page This is my watering rig. It is a 1000 gal tank on a trailer pulled by a 65 hp 4WD massey ferguson. Thursday, July 16 View Page First thing to do is fill the tank to do this we have a 5 hp motor that runs a big pump that pumps water out of Consecon lake. Thursday, July 16 View Page The water goes into the tank. IT only takes about 5 min to fill the tank. Thursday, July 16 View Page This 5 hp motor runs a small pump that pumps the water through a gardn hose. Thursday, July 16 View Page Then I can water my plants. Sunday, July 19 View Page Today I had the day off so I spent the morning in the patch weeding ,pruning and burring vines. The 1170 vincent is on day 7 and has 16" CC hopefuly it will get up to 23" CC by day 10. Wednesday, July 22 View Page Here is 2 of my plants in the front we have the 1132* vincent and in the back is the 1170 vincent Both looking good. Wednesday, July 22 View Page This my 1130 pitura This plant has really picked up in the last 2 weeks. Wednesday, July 22 View Page The 1130 Pitura has a weird pattern but I made it work the vine going to the left is the main vine and the vine going to the right is a secondary that I trained backwards but all the vines are behind the pumpkin. Wednesday, July 22 View Page Day number 10 today for the 1170 vincentWWOOOOOOOOOHHOOOOOOOOO! The CC was a new personal best 26". Last year my best was 25"and this year I am 3 day ahead of last year. GROW BABY GROW!!!! Thursday, July 23 View Page This is July 23 and we got 2.25 " of rain Today !!! You can see that there is water laying on top of the ground in our garden. So I will not need to water my patch for a while. Thursday, July 23 View Page The 1132* vincent was at day 10 today and another new personal best at 26.5" CC. Saturday, July 25 View Page Day 10 to day for the 1130 pitura the cc is 22.5" smaller than my other day 10 measurements but not bad. There is still lots of vine growth on this plant witch may have slowed the growth of the pumpkin. The vine growth will end when the pumpkin gets to day 20. Saturday, July 25 View Page Today I put my pallits under my pumpkins. I do this because I do not have a lifting ring to move them come weight off time. Saturday, August 1 View Page Got some fishing in to day. Nice large mouth bass! Saturday, August 1 View Page Day 20!!! for the 1170 vincent OTT SS 49.5" FB 49.5" CC 68" Total= 167" EST 109 pounds The 1200 pound bench mark is only 158"!!! and it is now growing 15.5 pounds/day. WWWWHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOO!!!! Sunday, August 2 View Page Day 20 to day for the 1132* Vincent! CC 68" SS 45.5" FB 45.5" OTT total = 159" EST 103 Pounds, That is still 1" over the 1200 Pound bench mark. Tuesday, August 4 View Page Day 20 for the 1130 pitura Today! CC 64.5" SS 45" FB 46.5" OTT Total = 156" EST 91 Pounds. Tuesday, August 4 View Page This is my 1170 vincent. Tuesday, August 4 View Page This is my 1132* vincent. Thursday, August 6 View Page This is my bigest plant at 600 square feet. It is the 1130 pitura. Thursday, August 6 View Page day 25 for the 1170 vincent. CC 86" SS 62" FB 60" OTT Total = 208" EST 200 pounds and it is now growing 23/day Friday, August 7 View Page day 25 for the 1132* vincent. CC 84" SS 55" FB 55.5" OTT Total = 194.5" EST 167 Pounds and growing 15.5/day! Real nice colour! Sunday, August 9 View Page Day 25 today for the 1130 pitura. CC 83" SS 56" FB 56" OTT Total = 195" EST 167 Pounds. Tuesday, August 11 View Page Day 30 today for the 1170 vincent. CC 100.5" SS 70.5" FB 69" OTT Total = 240" EST 300 pounds Wednesday, August 12 View Page Day 30 today for the 1132* vincent. CC 97.5" SS 62" Fb 63" OTT Total = 222.5" EST 243 Pounds. Still over 700+ bench mark but it is not getting the gains I want at only 15/day. Mabe it will pick up. Friday, August 14 View Page day 30 for the 1130 pitura. CC 100" SS 66" FB 66" OTT Total =232" EST 272 pounds. Friday, August 14 View Page wow this blossom is like 22" long.It was over the canopy of my plant. Sunday, August 16 View Page Day 35 today for the 1170. CC 112" SS 78" FB 75" OTT Total =265" EST 400 pounds and still growing 23 pounds/day. Monday, August 17 View Page Day 35 for the 1132* Vincent. CC 107.5" SS 67" FB 67" OTT Total =241.5 EST 305 pounds. Wednesday, August 19 View Page Day 35 for the 1130 pitura. CC 115" SS 75" FB 74" OTT Total= 264" EST 394 pounds And it is now growing 27 pounds/ day. Tuesday, August 25 View Page The patch is looking good for the 4-H patch Tour. Tuesday, September 1 View Page I went camping up north this weekend and did some bass fishing. Sunday, September 6 View Page This is the 1170 vincent at day 56 and just over 700 pounds. It is stll growing 10 pounder/day. It should go heavy because of its shape and the 1170 is knowen to go heavy. Sunday, September 6 View Page The side view of the 1170. Isn't it a beaut!!! Sunday, September 6 View Page This is the 1132 vincent at day 55 about 500 pounds and growing 9 pounds/day. Sunday, September 6 View Page The 1130 is at day 53 and just over 700 pounds and still growing 15 pounds/day. It is not going to be pretty but it is going to be BIG! Sunday, September 6 View Page The 1130 looks nicer from the front view. Thursday, September 10 View Page The final patch before picton fair! Sunday, September 13 View Page First to load is the 1170. The EST is 700 pounds witch should be a new PB. Sunday, September 13 View Page GOOD TO GO !! Sunday, September 13 View Page Next is the 1132 pitura. The EST is 500 pounds. Sunday, September 13 View Page We are loaded and ready to go. Picton fair here we come! Sunday, September 13 View Page Lift boys Lift !!! Sunday, September 13 View Page The 1132 vincent got first place and was 539.4 pounds. It went 50 pounds or 10% heavy!! Sunday, September 13 View Page The 1170 vincent also got first but only was 627.8 pounds. This is a new PB but it went 10% light!!!