Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 42 Entries. Monday, April 1 View Page It�s that time of year to start my 2013 Giant Vegetable diary. The line-up for this year is the following: Monday, April 1 View Page Here is the Pumpkin and Squash are listed below: Pumpkins: 1522 Sproule�12 1641.4 Montgomery 1146.5 Hoelke�12 1133 Vincent�12 1203 Shymanski�10 Shymanski 101 1143 Singleton�10 1031.5 Langridge�12 1386 Nieuwenhoff�12 1148 Reid�12 1009 Huffman 1239 Ebbett�10 1263.8 Pitura�07 1092 Dill-MacDonald�12 754 Dill-MacDonald�10 1312 Sproule�11 1347 Warner�12 1313 Matesa�12 1086 Veitch�12 1320dmg Kline�12 1187 Johnson�12 1088.8 Nieuwenhoff 808 Nieuwenhoff�12 513.5 Vincent�10 Langridge 800.5�11 1004 Langridge *est �12 827 Langridge�12 Squash: 918 Dill�12 1035 Aten�10 660.5 Preis�12 89 Shymanski�12 132 Shymanski 861 Langridge�12 Monday, April 1 View Page Field Pumpkins: 97 Dill�12, 57 Shymanski�12 and 94 Lyons�12 Monday, April 1 View Page Kettle Gourds: 150 Langridge Monday, April 1 View Page Pear gourds: 121.5 Warner Monday, April 1 View Page Bushel Gourd: 135.5 Nieuwenhoff and 155.5 Nieuwenhoff Monday, April 1 View Page Beet Root: Vincent 12 Monday, April 1 View Page Watermelon: Leeworthy, 167 Mailey, 206 Mailey, 150 Hunt and 190.5 English Monday, April 1 View Page Sunflowers: 202� Langridge, 186� Langridge Monday, April 1 View Page Tomatoes:3.91 lbs Timm and 4.3 lbs Shymanski Monday, April 1 View Page Carrots: Long carrot � Javalot and Heavy carrot � Flakkee Monday, April 1 View Page Cantaloupe: 28.9 Vincent, 52 Holloway and 50.5 Scherer Monday, April 1 View Page Others: Tall corn, Cabbage, Kohlrabi and Rutabaga Thursday, April 18 View Page Today I started some watermelon in 4� pots as well as some carrots and beet root. I put multiple seeds in the carrot pots. As they germinate, I will transplant the carrots into their own single pots. Thursday, April 25 View Page Today was the Giant planting of giant pumpkins and squash. We planted 62 giant seeds along with 55 prize winners. All of these seeds were started in 4� pots. Thursday, April 25 View Page Along with all the pupkin and squash seeds I started today, I also planted my African Kettle gourd, Pear gourd, and Bushel gourd seeds too. Saturday, April 27 View Page With the weather warming up, we have been able to start patch preparation for 2013. Today the family worked at spreading horse manure onto the field. Here is our first load ready to go onto the patch. Friday, May 3 View Page We had amazing germination this year with our seeds. Today I transplanted everything into 6� pots. Tuesday, May 14 View Page I transplanted all the pumpkins and squash today into one gallon pots as they are becoming root bound and it will still be over a week before they will be in the ground. This picture was taken right before I did my transplanting. Tuesday, May 14 View Page The African Kettle gourds, Pear gourds and Bushel gourds are all doing fantastic. This is a picture of the plants. Tuesday, May 14 View Page Here are the watermelons. They are also coming along great and are very healthy. Tuesday, May 14 View Page The carrots are slow growing as usual but they are looking healthy. Tuesday, May 14 View Page The beet root plants are coming along. I am going to transplant them into 4� pots within the next day or two. Sunday, May 19 View Page Today I started my tomatoes, tall sunflowers and tall corn in 4� pots. I also prepared the sunflower and tall corn ground today. I tilled it up and added horse manure to the soil. Hopefully this will make them grow nice and tall again this year. Monday, May 20 View Page Today was busy planting all the giant pumpkins and squash in the patch! We planted 45 giant pumpkins and 50 prize winners. We still have about 10 back-up plants in the greenhouse in case something happens to a few of the pumpkins in the ground. This picture is round one of the giant pumpkins with only prize winners loaded. Monday, May 20 View Page Here is a picture of the other giant pumpkins and squash ready to go into the ground. I also planted the African Kettle grounds, Pear gourds and Bushel grounds today too. Saturday, June 1 View Page This year we are going to be using three varieties of seaweed. We are very fortunate that a buddy of dad�s is becoming a distributor and he is located in eastern Ontario for these products. Contact at: [email protected] if you are interested in any of these seaweed products. Friday, June 14 View Page Here are the giant sunflower heads and tall sunflowers. I just got them transplanted into the ground today. We have been having great amounts of rain so the sunflowers have been growing in the greenhouse. Hopefully they take off now that they are in the ground. Friday, June 14 View Page The tall corn also got transplanted today into the ground. They were starting to get root bound so it was time for them to get into the ground. Friday, June 14 View Page The giant carrots are doing very well with just getting into the ground today. Saturday, June 15 View Page This is one of the watermelon plants. All of the watermelons are around this size. I lost a few do to all the cold, wet weather we have been getting. Most of the plants have started to run now. Saturday, June 15 View Page Here is one of the giant tomatoes. I also just got all the tomatoes transplanted in the ground today. Saturday, June 15 View Page The beet roots have been in the ground for a few weeks now. They have more then doubled in size. I am very happy with how well they are doing. Saturday, June 15 View Page This is my biggest kohlrabi. All of the kohlrabi�s are growing well with baby kohlrabi�s starting to grow. Saturday, June 15 View Page With the weather we have been having over the past few weeks, the cabbages sure haven�t been growing very well. Some of the cabbages have yellow leaves on the bottom as it was so wet where I have them planted. Hopefully they come back to life with the sunshine. Saturday, June 15 View Page I only have a couple rutabagas in the ground this year. They are doing well and growing, despite our weather. Saturday, June 15 View Page This is one of my pear gourds. They are just starting to run, with the main vine pointing straight into the sky. Saturday, June 15 View Page Here is one of my two bushel gourd plants. I have noticed that they are a bit slower to grow compared to the kettle and pear gourds. I am hoping that it will soon take off like the other ones have. Saturday, June 15 View Page The kettle gourds have also started to run with their main vines growing straight for the sky too. They are all looking good with green healthy leaves. Saturday, June 15 View Page The pumpkins are looking great! I am very happy with how well they have pulled through with the weather. We have been keeping the ground tilled up to help dry it out and to keep it loose. The pumpkins and squash have just started their secondary vine growth. They have also been enjoying the two days of heat and sunshine that we have had. This should give them a good growth spurt. Saturday, June 15 View Page How the patch is looking. This is a view looking down the giant vegetable patch for 2013. Everything is looking good and green. Sunday, July 7 View Page With the weather being so hot and dry, we laid irrigation today so we can water the giants. We put an inch of water on the plants today. The pumpkins and squash are coming along really well, with the patch looking the best it ever has for week control and vine organization. We also started pollination on July 2nd and will be pollinating for over a week now to get all the plants done.