Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 16 Entries. Monday, April 22 View Page Seeds planted on 4/20 starting to come up! Going with 4 plants this year. 3 from Deletas and 1 1381 Checkon. Friday, April 26 View Page All the plants are healthy and coming on strong.. Friday, May 3 View Page A shot of the patch. 4 greenhouses up and soil warming. Each plant will have 1000 sq ft available. Sunday, May 5 View Page Plants are getting used to the sun inside the greenhouses....All are healthy strong and very impressive. Checkon 1381 and Deletas 1676.5 are my top two plants. I will plant two in each greenhouse just to have a back up. Wednesday, May 15 View Page Getting ready to put a stake in the plant to encourage it to lay down. Plants are growing sooo fast a thick they want to keep standing up....Stem base is way thicker than a broom handle. Sunday, May 19 View Page Another shot to show these broom handles... Wednesday, May 22 View Page The secret to success for MONSTER root systems?? "MYKOS" Sunday, June 9 View Page Plants are starting to fill in. Main is at 12FT with secondaries at about 6FT. Monday, June 10 View Page This is the Daletas 1676.5 (1495 Stelts X 1381 Checkon) Monday, June 10 View Page Baby pumpkins on the ends of all 4 plants. I can see the next ones deep inside the clump so these will get culled most likely... Thursday, June 13 View Page Well....that storm last night really messed things up. Most of my large leaves along the main stem have holes from hail damage. Some are cracked some are bent over. Going to stay out of there today due to the deep mud with over 2.5" of rain in a few hours last night. Friday, June 14 View Page Pollinated my first pumpkin of the year this morning. The Checkon 1381 had a 4 lober open up and was pollinated with the Daletas 1676.5. It is sitting about 10.5' out with another in the clump that should come out at 14'. Going to wait and see what turns out before I do anything. Tuesday, June 18 View Page Plants really look great. All at about 15Ft mains with 10Ft first secondaries. I have pollinated all 4 plants and am just waiting to see what happens.... Wednesday, June 19 View Page Pollinated the 1381 Checkon 4 Lober with the Daletas 1676.5 this morning. Thursday, June 20 View Page Pollinated the Checkon 1381 with the Daletas 1676.5. 4 Lober Thursday, June 20 View Page Pollinated the Daletas 1676.5 with the Checkon 1381