Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 36 Entries. Monday, July 12 View Page I figured better late than never.. This pic is of one vine out of multiple. I say multiple because I covered the area where I planted another few vines with more soil and now I don't know which vines coming out of the mound is the main and which are not. Live and learn. This is also one of the two healthy "looking" vines I currently have "growing". Monday, July 12 View Page Here is the only other healthy "looking" vine. Monday, July 12 View Page TROUBLE!!!! Monday, July 12 View Page All three life cycles on one leaf. Eggs, nymphs, adults...oh my! Monday, July 12 View Page Average leaf size. Monday, July 12 View Page More trouble...these guys were easier to get rid of than I thought they would be. They did do some damage but not enough to cause real issues. Sunday, July 18 View Page Here is the patch as of today. Potted plants are for wind shield purposes. Next year...next year...The current female to be pollinated is on main way off to the left. You can also see the end of main that took a skyward shot a couple nights ago. It broke main after the female and hoping this won't cause in issue. Another is small female is coming off the longest 2ndary. May have to go with it instead. Sunday, July 18 View Page here is the break on main. I have since buried it with some potting soil. Don't know what else to do at this point. Sunday, July 18 View Page 4 studs getting ready to 'git 'er dun. Sunday, July 18 View Page Just a quick close-up. I hope I cut them at the right time. Sunday, July 18 View Page Here is the female, getting ready for the morning festivities. Sunday, July 18 View Page And one more without the bag..Here's hoping.... Monday, July 19 View Page Poll'ed and bagged. Yippee!!!!!! Not the best picture, but I didn't want to disturb the impregnation. Tuesday, July 20 View Page Day 1 5in. circ. Wednesday, July 21 View Page Day 2 6.25 in. circ. Wednesday, July 21 View Page 3 vines. The healthiest is at top with shade. The other two are probab;y doing more harm than good. Wednesday, July 21 View Page Shot of "healthiest" vine from pic above. Wednesday, July 21 View Page The two smaller vines. Wednesday, July 21 View Page These next four shots are of the same pumpkin , different angles/views. You can see the mold growing on the blossom end. I hope this does not affect the pumpkin at all. Wednesday, July 21 View Page closer Wednesday, July 21 View Page yucky looking Wednesday, July 21 View Page closer yet..and you can see the water form the morning dew..at least that what I hope it is. Wednesday, July 21 View Page break on main, after pumpkin set about 8 inches. The vine after it keeps growing though. Wednesday, July 21 View Page Another little baby showing where I terminated and removed a leaf or two. Thursday, July 22 View Page Day 3 Circ 6.5 Wednesday, July 28 View Page This is main, cut off halfway down vine. Letting two secondaries go until they die too. Wednesday, July 28 View Page This is what my leaves have succumbed to... Don't really know if it's the SVB's, SB's, or nutrient defficiency. Wednesday, July 28 View Page close up of sorry ass tap root system Wednesday, July 28 View Page I'm only posting this for reference for newcomers to the SVB world. The following pics are from a main vine I pulled today. After pulling two more vines I found a total of 11 svb larvae, ranging from small to full size. Wednesday, July 28 View Page :( Wednesday, July 28 View Page :( Wednesday, July 28 View Page :( Wednesday, July 28 View Page :( Wednesday, July 28 View Page comin' to getcha! Wednesday, July 28 View Page GOTCHA!!! Wednesday, July 28 View Page That is all for now. I pulled all but two vines today. None of my vines reached more than 10 feet, most averaging 5 to 6 feet. One vine left is a main, one set on day 6 and getting soft and losing its shine. 12" beyond that is another fruit set ready to poll tomorrow, with no male in sight to do the job. The other vine(s) are the first and second 2ndaries from a main I pulled. These two are growing from tap roots only. Not sure why I'm even keeping these....posterity I suppose.