Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 43 Entries. Saturday, April 24 View Page First attempt at our hoop house now all we have to figure is how to do the ends Saturday, April 24 View Page our sides fold down Sunday, May 2 View Page My patch is 30 x 30 here is a picture of growing 2 pumpkins from oppste corners does this look like the right thing to do? Tuesday, May 18 View Page Hoop house with heat lamp Tuesday, May 18 View Page Van Hook seed This will be one we plant Tuesday, May 18 View Page This is our star seed we will be trying this one too Tuesday, May 18 View Page This is the little pumpkin farmer Collin Tuesday, May 18 View Page This is our pumpkin security system Thor our American Bulldog Saturday, May 22 View Page Well plants been in the ground for two days heat lamps are on and they are good and watered. So far so good. Tuesday, May 25 View Page This is my pumpkin 5 days after planting. It has 4 true leaves. How does it look? Tuesday, June 1 View Page one leaf has some faint yellowing to it what might it be caused from? Tuesday, June 1 View Page 2 weeks after planting how does it look? Friday, June 18 View Page Some of my larger leaves have this crinkle in them. Is this wind damage? Friday, June 18 View Page My first secondary the one nearest the stump cracked right of this am. Covered it with captan. Rest of plant looks pretty good. Just finished the first go around of foliar sprays. Fish,co2,I also sprayed liquid seven as a preventative also sprinkled marathon along my patch found one dead cucumber beetle this afternoon. Wednesday, June 30 View Page This is a picture of the first pumpkin to show its self. It is exactuly 10 feet from the stump. Wednesday, June 30 View Page This is our plant 6 weeks after we planted it. So far it seems to be doing good but this is our first real attempt so not sure how its stacking up agianst the rest Friday, July 2 View Page SVB trap came today. Lets see if we can get any of the little buggers. Goint to try to pollinate in the morning Tuesday, July 13 View Page only 2 pumpkins on the main vine. First one aborted second one pollinated by the bees on sunday july 11th. Seems to be growing, covered with a shade cloth plant almost at maximum growth probably 700 sq ft of the 900 sq ft avalible Wednesday, July 14 View Page This is how were shading our pumpkin Wednesday, July 14 View Page This is how we may shade out pumpkin when it gets bigger Wednesday, July 14 View Page this is what she looks like 3 days after germination Wednesday, July 14 View Page A little blurry but this is what the whole plant looks like 2 months after germination Wednesday, July 28 View Page pumpkin 16 dys old est weight 175 lbs Saturday, July 31 View Page day 20 50" over stem 49" around middle it says like 250 lbs Sunday, August 1 View Page Ok after talking to some of the experts to find we have been measuring wrong it looks like we have a ott of 180" which is right about 134lbs. Now that makes more sence. Thursday, August 5 View Page pumpkin reached the 200 lb mark today Thursday, August 5 View Page these cracks are where the secondiaries meet the main . There is aboyt 8 to 10 of these Tuesday, August 10 View Page We believe to have hit the 300 lb mark today. Everything seems ok except for the few cracked vines Tuesday, August 10 View Page guard dog Thor Sunday, August 15 View Page Well we hit our goal of 400lbs. Were at a estimated 412lbs which is the good news . The bad news is the patch is loaded with Borers. Also looks like powdery mildew is setting in. I just hope she makes it for another month or so. Thursday, August 26 View Page this is a picture of a small crack under the stem from where the ooze was dripping on it Tuesday, August 31 View Page My crack is moving towards the stem. Its starting to make a small cavity thats the dark area in the pic. 3 weeks to go And Im getting real nervous. Help! Thursday, September 2 View Page were getting awful close to our high goal of 700 lbs. Only problem is this damn split moving towards the stem. We have had a fan running 24/7 for the last 3 days . Im getting worried Saturday, September 4 View Page this is the hole under my stem. I hope it is drying up fan has been on it for a week Saturday, September 4 View Page new hole forming at the side Saturday, September 4 View Page patch got hammered by win d today and is looking pretty bad Wednesday, September 15 View Page Collin is a little sad to see it end Wednesday, September 15 View Page pretty big stem Wednesday, September 15 View Page inside of the stem is it suppose to be hollow like this? Wednesday, September 15 View Page gwtting ready to cut her open Wednesday, September 15 View Page got a few seeds out of her Wednesday, September 15 View Page the cavity Wednesday, September 15 View Page split down the middle