Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 31 Entries. Wednesday, June 12 View Page 2 plants as usual. 1187 johnson 12 (1059 V/G selfed) for orange 1872 wallace for size same plant size as previous years, about 425-450 on the 1872 and about 125 for the 1187 Wednesday, June 12 View Page 1187 johnson Broke main accidently when a buried stick snapped up and hit the underside of the last 2-3 inches of the tip when turning soil. Trained secondary as new main Wednesday, June 12 View Page 1872 6 secondaries each side, 1st female at about 12 ft should open early next week. Next one in about 2 weeks if it warms up at about 16 ft. I will run out of room with the secondaries but will let them grow to pollination and then start cutting back. Tuesday, June 18 View Page pollinated the 1872 Wallace with the 1381 checkon 5 lobe female at 14 feet. Tuesday, June 25 View Page pollinated a 5 lobe female(see pic) on the 1872 with the 1495 Stelts also pollinated the 1187 Johnson 5 lobe with the 1770 lieber Friday, July 5 View Page best plant I've grown, no bugs, aggressive-3-4 tap roots per node--too aggressive in fact. It looks beautiful and should have been able to support a huge pumpkin----then we had the June rains Friday, July 5 View Page 1872 was so aggressive it kept splitting the main open as seen here, this occurred every 2-3 nodes--seemed to correspond with the periods of soaking rain. Friday, July 5 View Page the later splits I caught, this one I did not. The split was not the issue but having moisture in it was. I guess I should have uncovered the main in mid june. Never having an issue like this I did not do it. Friday, July 5 View Page not sure if ill keep it going or cut out the stump to the last area of damage, it would give a 1/4 plant and maybe then it might set a female, so far nothing will set on the main. still have this one--1187 Johnson a little over 20 in at 10 days Friday, July 5 View Page small plant but very healthy this year, I uncovered the main and its fine, dosed with infuse to make sure. grew an 865 last year in this spot with a plant that had to much N and mites. Friday, July 5 View Page pulled 1/2 the 1872 the main had rot spread through the tubules from the stump to about the 12 foot mark. Pulled it out to that point. All the roots wee huge with 360 degrees of branching. sprayed heavily with everything I had. will be interesting to see with 8 feet of main can produce. will start pollinating the secondary's this Sunday Wednesday, July 10 View Page greater than half the 1872 cut out. Wednesday, July 10 View Page 6-29-13 set on teh 1872 that started growing after I cut out the damaged plant. 11 days old but started growing after 7-5-13, so its basically 5 days old. Wednesday, July 10 View Page pollinated 2 1872 secondary females monday 7-8-13, very long stems not sure what that means. The secondarys are close to where the "new" stump of the plant is. pollinated a main female today. Not sure if it will be better to keep a main or secondary pumpkin as the fungus/rot that affected the plant may still be in the main but did not seem to spread to the secondaries. Wednesday, July 10 View Page 1187 doing well. Thursday, July 11 View Page 1872 vines still splitting open, now its on the thinner vines Friday, July 19 View Page split the 1187, stem split front and back of stem, completely opened the pumpkin day 24 ott 180 doing 10 inches a day the past 4 days down to whats left of the 1872 and an 81 wolf fp that I started in 7/5 but its already vining. Saturday, July 20 View Page 1187 Saturday, July 20 View Page 1 split Saturday, July 20 View Page the other split, opened the cavity up. 1872 159 ott day 21 on 1/4 plant Wednesday, August 28 View Page mustards up Wednesday, August 28 View Page 81 wolf selfed started seed 7/5/13 after I chopped the rotten 1872 pollinated on main 8/22/13 Wednesday, August 28 View Page earlier self pollination on secondary on 8/19/13 very fast growing with the warm nights and warm rain the past 2 days Tuesday, September 3 View Page 1872 Wallace turning orange it is selfed and I will have seeds later in the season If the plant had been healthy it would have been a big one Tuesday, September 3 View Page last chance for pumpkin glory in 2013 81 wolf selfed day 11 Tuesday, September 3 View Page keeping it warm Tuesday, September 3 View Page while 81 wolf plant with its day 11 size I wish I would have started it even a week sooner Friday, September 6 View Page getting bigger despite the cool temps dap15 cc 53" Sunday, September 29 View Page 1st place FP at the Williamsville Oktoberfest weighoff. Secondary set off the 81wolf, on chart at 62# Sunday, September 29 View Page My diseased 1872 Wallace plant grew this 515# brick, on 4 secondary's and about 6 feet of main vine. Considering I cut out almost 3/4 of the plant on July 5th I was impressed. If the plant had been healthy it would have been a big one. Went heavy as it taped mid 400's Thursday, October 31 View Page The 100 Podraza carved up for Halloween About 400 seeds so if anyone is interested in a selfed 81 wolf let me know. Pollinated late grown on a small plant