Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 23 Entries. Wednesday, August 4 View Page well, i guess i will make a diary on here since i have a few pictures and a few pumpkins. This is my first year with good seed from other generous growers. I have grown a few in the past on generic seed that were between 100 and 150 pounds. Last year i utilized advice from other growers on this site and got one to 197. Hoping to beat that this year. Ultimate goal for AG is 500, squash goal is 350 and field pumpkin goal is 50. I am anxious to get something to a weighoff as i never have participated before. Wednesday, August 4 View Page squash growing on 731 Huff*. self pollinated. 175 OTT on day 21 Wednesday, August 4 View Page 62 lovelace A field pumpkin. Wednesday, August 4 View Page 62 Lovelace B field pumpkin. Sunday, August 15 View Page open pollinated on 720 Guns. 115 OTT. guessing this is about day 13. Sunday, August 15 View Page Last picture of this pumpkin was on the 4th. averaged 12 pounds last five days. est 140 currently. Sunday, August 15 View Page 216 OTT. est 222 day 31. already beat my personal best of 197. woo hoo! average 12 pounds last five days. need some sun to help the plants soak up some of the rain that we got the past couple of days. Sunday, August 15 View Page these field pumpkins are on two different plants and are sib pollinated. pretty crazy how these can grow also. duration seems much shorter than the AGs though. Sunday, August 15 View Page Day 22 and this one may be at about it's peak. starting to see specks of orange in it. 51 cc but only 1 inch per day the last 3 days. Sunday, August 15 View Page had to contribute some human interest type stuff so it is not all just pumpkin pictures. filleted 32 fish yesterday. I caught over 125 fish in 6 hours. what a blast. they will taste nice fried up. You like the sticker on the back of my truck? Saturday, August 28 View Page field pumpkin on 62 Lovelace A plant imploded. weighed 47 pounds. had an indent like that on the other side that was still solid. Saturday, August 28 View Page pumpkin on 720 guns, growth slowing. EST 246 #. Saturday, August 28 View Page squash on 731 Huff with my kids who like to pose. EST 272#. Growth slowing on this one as well. hot weather on the way. Saturday, August 28 View Page field pumpkin on 62LovelaceB plant. real nice shape and color. looks like it will end up with a cc around 54. Have to see what it weighs. It is still hooked up, but plant is getting really tired. Wednesday, September 22 View Page learned that my pumpkin (approx 280#)will be purchased by a dairy farm for a large fall festival in a few weeks. will be carved by a professional carver and on display for all to see. only downside is that it is the same day as the weighoff so i wont get to see it carved, but I'm looking forward to weighing my squash and field pumpkin. Friday, October 8 View Page Who isn't a Steelers fan??? Training camp 2010 Friday, October 8 View Page patch overview a few weeks ago. Friday, October 8 View Page I had three great little helpers to load the truck. Friday, October 8 View Page They were proud of our harvest. Sized to be put up for sale. I think I will try to grow more big ones next year instead of so many jack-o-lanterns. Saturday, October 9 View Page loaded up to take the pumpkin to its buyer and the squash to the weighoff. Saturday, October 9 View Page 300 Lorson 2010 EST. Grown from the 720 Guns 2009 and open pollinated because I had trouble setting a fruit. Was carved last week. still have not seen pictures. hoping to post pics once I receive them. Saturday, October 9 View Page 63 Lorson 2010. Missed third place at Altoona, PA weighoff by 0.5#. Cross is 62 Lovelace (120X88)X sib. Seeds will be available if viable after Halloween sometime. email me if interested. It was fun growing my first field pumpkin for size and looking forward to doing it again next year. Saturday, October 9 View Page 343* Lorson 2010. Was good enough for first place at Altoona, PA weighoff--I was pretty happy with that. First squash grown and now my personal best fruit. cross is 731*Huff X self. Email me if interested in seeds from this fruit.