Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 31 Entries. Sunday, February 19 View Page Had an inch and a half of rain on Tuesday. 5 plants are up and growing. Tuesday, April 3 View Page Pumpkins in the soil! Everyone cross your fingers. Wednesday, April 18 View Page 04182012 The source of my compost this year. Brown Sugar and her Cria Sophia Wednesday, April 18 View Page The Boys talking about how big the Mississippi Giant Pumpkin will get. Wednesday, April 18 View Page 751 Todd Rain yesterday about an inch and a half Wednesday, April 18 View Page 819 Wrigley Wednesday, April 18 View Page 1141.5 Werner Wednesday, April 18 View Page 1375 Morgan Plant #1 Wednesday, April 18 View Page 1375 Morgan Plant #2 Wednesday, April 18 View Page beauty before compost Wednesday, April 18 View Page 751 Todd Wednesday, April 18 View Page 1141.5 Werner Wednesday, April 18 View Page 1141.5 Werner Thursday, April 19 View Page Morgan 1375 picture. Grow big baby. Thursday, April 19 View Page Compost makers and pumpkin patch in background Saturday, May 12 View Page 1/2 inch rain today. plants ~ 8 ft long each Saturday, May 12 View Page 1/2 inch rain today. plants ~ 8 ft long each Sunday, May 20 View Page werner 1141.5 Plant. Male flowers blooming Sunday, May 20 View Page 819 Wrigley plant. Sunday, May 20 View Page 1375 Morgan and 751 Todd plants. Many male flowers. Morgan has first fertilized female closest to camera. Sunday, May 20 View Page Morgan 1375 female, fertillized with 1141.5 Werner male. Fertilization date 5/20/2012. Cross your fingers. Thursday, May 24 View Page found my first cucumber beetle today. sprayed for them. darned buggs after the pumpkins. Saturday, June 23 View Page Patch 06232012. 2 kins brewing. The Werner 1141.5 had a stem split that I am treating with fungicide to dry up. Still putting on weight. The Wrigley 819 is ready to pass the warner in weight. Estimated weights today are 180# for Werner and 170# for Wrigley. Curcumference is 72 inches and 68 inches respectively. Saturday, June 23 View Page Werner 1141.5 Stem split on 6/20. Using Kaptan fungicide to dry it up. So far its still growing (lopsided now) and stem is drying. Weight 180# Saturday, June 23 View Page Wrigley 819. Weight 170# estimated. cross is Werner 1141.5. All going well so far. Tuesday, June 26 View Page The Werner 1141.5 with a stem split that I am treating with fungicide to dry up measurements @ 190. Still putting on weight. The Wrigley 819 has passed the warner measurements 210. Friday, June 29 View Page Beauty one Friday, June 29 View Page Beauty 2 Saturday, July 7 View Page Wrigley 819 + Warner 1141.5 estimated weight 250 Saturday, July 7 View Page Beautiful wife dodging the sprinkler with a GP cull. Does she look happy? Sunday, July 15 View Page Picture of Wrigley 819, 275# estimate. Measurements 106 + 66 + 62. Warner final blew up rotten stem was cause. Final size 194 #, 164 measurements (78+58+58). New Warner / Wrigley combination coming in at 191 #, 70+58+65. Watermelon is 59 #, (56+28+40)