Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 26 Entries. Friday, May 17 View Page Monday 5/13: 25 pounds compost, 1/2 pound 10-10-10 added to hills and tilled in. (evening rain) Tuesday 5/14: babies planted out. Sunny and dry Wed 5/15: one gallon blue water per baby Sunny and dry Thursday 5/16: pond watered, sunny 1/2 day, cloudy in afternoon. no rain Friday 5/17: Drip lined, county watered. Saturday, May 18 View Page 5/17: added llama poop. 5/18 Raining bout a 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch. Tuesday, June 18 View Page Picture of Prize winner at 5 weeks Tuesday, June 18 View Page Sprayed bay/neem combo last night following rain. Super K and CN added prior to rain storm. Picture is at 8 weeks from seed Thursday, June 20 View Page First prize winner baby, cant wait to see if she sets and stays!!!!! These hit 200 pounds in the field last year with no care what so ever, so with the over love program they are getting this year I remain ever hopeful. Thursday, June 20 View Page This is a shot of the whole patch, they are really rolling now, everybody is headed out into the field!!! Thursday, June 20 View Page Tis little ladies main stump snapped about two weeks ago in a wind storm. Thought she was a gonner, but buried all of the vine, and well....there she goes growing again! Thursday, June 20 View Page First baby on one of the big girls, come on little one bloom bloom bloom already!!!!! Thursday, June 20 View Page Second prize baby to set. Pollinated her this morning, first prize to set is growing about 1" a day right now.....I remain hopeful!!! Thursday, June 20 View Page End view of the whole gang, hard to believe they were still seeds on the 30th of April!!! 50 days later, phew, I can hardly keep up with vines on all 8 of them- averaging a foot a day in growth on the main and 1/2 a foot on secondarys! Friday, June 21 View Page The next three pics including this one are the 'burn' I suspect.....or some new disease??? Friday, June 21 View Page pic two, these are all separate plants Friday, June 21 View Page pic 3 Monday, July 1 View Page Pics from flooding Monday, July 1 View Page My plant I named Surprise! I sprouted it for my parents....then forgot it when I went home. It spent a week in 100+ temps in greenhouse with no water, root bound in an old hanging basket. When I planted it in the old iris bed "just to see what would happen" it was a wilted stick with six leaves...that was 5 days ago... Monday, July 1 View Page "Mr Stemmy" This plant has done nothing in three days but grow a stem, it's now 8 1/2" long. The Kin is at 9" around....be a nice stem if the thing doesn't abort. Monday, July 1 View Page Looking back at pics I realize it is growing! 7 days ago it was the size of an orange, now its basketball size. Thursday, July 4 View Page Set my second five lobe this morning on one of the dills!!! PLUS a six lobe on the PW that so far hadn't done anything. Keep fingers crossed!! RIP Mr Stemmy Wednesday, July 10 View Page Time for updates, first up "Carnival", so named for her pretty little blossom end- this is day 19 Wednesday, July 10 View Page The green monster, who has grown 15" in 5 days, in circumference that is... Wednesday, July 10 View Page This "scrappy", her plant is the "scrappiest" little one out there, shes growing 2.5" a day. Wednesday, July 10 View Page Mr. Orange, who is quite nicely colored! he got pecked by a bird so he's got daconil 'freckles' Wednesday, July 10 View Page The whole patch, I know, what a riot of vines. I failed to understand that whole Christmas tree concept till it was too late. *shrug* Next year will look better. Wednesday, July 24 View Page Its not a string.....its a root! It fell out of this strange shaped pumpkin when I cut it off as it had aborted, now I see why. Silly pumpkin- roots grow on the OUTSIDE!!! Monday, July 29 View Page Finally "C" 60" DAP 21 Sunday, August 11 View Page Anthracnose and gummy stem blight already showed up from the last week of wet weather, this isn't going to help!!! I have a feeling my growing season is going to go to rat shit.