Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 73 Entries. Saturday, April 20 View Page ok folks time to grow, i hope the best for you this year.special thanks to Cecil and teresa, Sue B, Bryan L, Don Y, Sam L,and the Wolf man Andy. for all the help this winter. Now lets ROCK....... Sunday, April 28 View Page ok folks, heres the line up, 1725 Harp ( thanks for donating the seed to the SOGPG Christy ) 1640 Wolf ( thanks Andy ), 1140 Finders ( thanks Frank and Tina )1001 * berard ( thanks to the Berards ) Monday, April 29 View Page new style hoop im trying out this year Wednesday, May 1 View Page ok here are the first 4,bottom L to R 1140 F, 200 P. top L to Right 1001 B *, 1640 W Wednesday, May 1 View Page and here is the 1725 Harp, seed cott is still holding on, if not off by morning i may opperate Wednesday, May 1 View Page picture of the 4 plants should read, top row 1140 , 200. bottom row 1001 , 1640 Friday, May 3 View Page got all the plants in the patch last night, the 1725 has curled leaves but doing well, know lets hope they take to there new homes Saturday, May 4 View Page all 5 plants doing ok, 1001* is looking the best so far, 1140 right behind. 1725 still has curled leaves but true leaves are looking better, 200 is making me notice it, 1640 waking up. Sunday, May 5 View Page temps way down, so had to turn on the heat lights. all plants have 2nd true leaf, so far so good Monday, May 6 View Page these were pretty tasty, some really big ones, morels are the best Tuesday, May 7 View Page rain.rain.rain.cold.cold.cold.would the real spring show up please...... Friday, May 17 View Page ( 1725 Harp )plant, 14 days in the patch, got a couple little side vines shooting out, just waiting on some dry soil and heat and she is off to the races, been to cold and wet so far this year. Friday, May 17 View Page ( 1140 Finders ) she aint taking no back street to no plant, she also has little side vines and is ready to rock. Saturday, May 18 View Page 60 hot peppers ready for the garden, Butch t's, Morugas, douglah, 7 pot,choc yellow red caramel Ghost, should peel the paint off the walls ..... Thursday, May 23 View Page 1640 Wolf, picking back up after a very long wet spell, 21 days in the patch Thursday, May 23 View Page 1725, 21 days in the patch, this is one very aggresive plant Thursday, May 23 View Page 1140 Finders, at 21 days in the patch. she is also off and running. Thursday, May 30 View Page 1140 Finders, looking good, day 28 Thursday, May 30 View Page 1725 H, this is my crazy baby, heading toward 6' at 28 days, just hope she holds together Thursday, May 30 View Page 1640 W, after a long wet spell this one is picking up where it left off, got this plant in my sights for next year already. Thursday, June 6 View Page 1140 Finders doing great Thursday, June 6 View Page 1725 Harp cranking on. Thursday, June 6 View Page 1640 Wolf shifting into high gear, Friday, June 7 View Page 81 Wolf ready for take off. Friday, June 7 View Page a pair of 97 Wolfs Friday, June 7 View Page Long Gourds, and bottle gourds, ready to head toward the Gourd Tree Thursday, June 13 View Page 1140 very easy growing plant, has 7 females on her so far, got one at 12' im looking at Thursday, June 13 View Page 1725 this is a very big vine big leaf plant, got a lil female at 12 1/2', lets see what she does Thursday, June 13 View Page 1640 starting to gain ground on the others, also very easy growing plant Thursday, June 20 View Page 1140 Finders, 1st pollination this morning X 1725 harp Thursday, June 20 View Page 1725 Harp, 1st pollination x 1640 Wolf Thursday, June 20 View Page 1640 Wolf, 1st pollination x 1140 Finders Friday, June 28 View Page 1640 wolf x 1140 finders, 9 dap, got to get some weeding done. Friday, June 28 View Page 1725 harp x 1640 wolf, 8 DAP Friday, June 28 View Page 1140 finders x 1725 harp, 8 DAP Tuesday, July 9 View Page Judy ( pumpkin carver ) stoped by the patch today, enjoyed talking to her about pumpkins. nice to see you again Judy Tuesday, July 9 View Page 1640 Wolf at 20 DAP, Tuesday, July 9 View Page a little closer shot of the 1640 Tuesday, July 9 View Page the 1640 plant, will get the tarp up on her now that she is 20 days old Tuesday, July 9 View Page Long Gourd tree taking off, Wednesday, July 10 View Page 1140 Finders, 177 1/2" 20 DAP, so far has the lead in the patch, Wednesday, July 10 View Page home for the 1140 Finders Wednesday, July 10 View Page 1725 Harp, 167 1/2" 20 DAP Wednesday, July 10 View Page home for the 1725 Harp Wednesday, July 10 View Page OTT on the 1640 Wolf was 172" at 20 DAP Friday, July 19 View Page 1640 Wolf at 30 DAP, est weight gains of last 10 days are 34 pounds a day, grow baby grow...... Saturday, July 20 View Page 1140 Finders, at 30 DAP, OTT = 262" looks like a big cotton ball. she is trying to catch the leader of the patch, and i hope she does... Saturday, July 20 View Page 1725 Harp, she is a little camera shy............ Saturday, July 27 View Page 1140 Finders at 37 DAP, 302" OTT Saturday, July 27 View Page 1640 Wolf 38 DAP, 144" CC Saturday, July 27 View Page Ok for all you Mickey Mousers, here she is 1725 Harp 37 DAP, wide and getting tall, will post day 40 OTT Tuesday Saturday, July 27 View Page And the baby Wolf, 81 Wolf x self at 6 days DAP Sunday, August 4 View Page this is the 1140 Finders on day 45, 324" OTT. and she is my favorite color Sunday, August 4 View Page and for the MICKEY MOUSE fans. the 1725 Harp at 45 days, she is 312" OTT and also my favorite color ( with a hint of orange ) Sunday, August 4 View Page the 1640 Wolf at day 45, 327" OTT. until the cold spell she was putting on 40 lbs a day, but she is still growing and maybe she will it that 1000 pound mark Sunday, August 4 View Page 81 Wolf x self, set out at 16' on the main Sunday, August 4 View Page the hot patch, Sunday, August 4 View Page and the LG tree, she is up there about 30' Saturday, August 10 View Page ok day 50 on the 1140 ok day 50 1140 Finders = 347" ott. the 1725 Harp = 337" ott. Saturday, August 10 View Page 81 Wolf is at 135" ott Friday, September 6 View Page old,disease or other Friday, September 6 View Page next Friday, September 6 View Page next Friday, September 6 View Page next Sunday, September 8 View Page my two grand daughters with the 1140 finders, taping right at 1100 lbs. Keetyn on the left and Laykn on the right Sunday, September 8 View Page needing 3" to make a grand by measurement on the 1725 Harp, go papaw go... Sunday, September 8 View Page 1640 Wolf, pretty but has stoped growing, this was one bad a$$ grower till day 40. 52" wide at day 40 Saturday, September 21 View Page its oficial, 1725 Harp ( Mickey Mouse ) is now the 943.5 ( Mighty Mouse ) Pettit. almost got that 1000 pounder Saturday, September 21 View Page 1640 Wolf , is official now the 808.5 Pettit. not bad for a pumpkin that has been sitting idle for over 40 days Saturday, October 5 View Page 1140 Finders is now the 1169 Pettit ( 1140 Finders x 1725 Harp )our first over 1000 pounds.... Saturday, October 5 View Page Lisa with the 1169 Saturday, October 5 View Page top 3, jerry rose center kin was long and wide, 1488.5 Saturday, October 5 View Page ok special thanks to all that helped us make our first half ton. Frank and Tina Finders, Cecil and Teresa Weston, Sue Barber, Bryan Langley, Don Young,Tony Vanderpool and many many more, thanks again. Bill and Lisa