Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 59 Entries. Wednesday, January 22 View Page First time ever doing a diary but thought I would give it a try this year. So I decided to grow 4 pumpkins this year and if they all germnate they will be 1885.5 Werner/ 1733 Wallace / 2005 haist/ 2112 skinner any problems with those will replace with my 1869 Greathouse. Good luck to everyone this year � Sunday, March 8 View Page Today I got up the 4x4,s for the windbreak around the patch. I also took soil samples fro all 4 of the planting zones. Hopefully this will help me be more precise with my amendments so I can get everything dialed in for this season � Wednesday, March 18 View Page I have all my products ready to apply to the patch on May 25th � Wednesday, March 18 View Page I finally got my new windbreak up around the patch � Wednesday, March 18 View Page I also tilled up my 10x10 planting areas. We are expecting a lot of rain in the next 10 days here, so I covered them to keep them dry � Wednesday, April 8 View Page I have all the greenhouses up heat cables in and tanks in place it�s almost go time � Sunday, April 12 View Page Got my seeds all laid out and ready to go � Sunday, April 12 View Page Soaking in 1/2 strength seaweed today then into paper towels and into the germination box � Friday, April 17 View Page Started 8 first 3 up are 1869 Greathouse 1885 Werner 2005 Haist � Tuesday, April 28 View Page I got all 4 of my plants in the greenhouse today I had to make some unexpected changes though � Tuesday, April 28 View Page New awesome thermostats this year both heater and fan connected any time I fall below 77 the heater kicks on and anytime I�m above 80 the fan kicks on so great � Thursday, May 7 View Page 1511 haist green squash off to a slow start � Thursday, May 7 View Page 1885.5 Werner 8 days outside � Thursday, May 7 View Page 1885.5 Werner 8 days outside � Thursday, May 7 View Page 1869 Greathouse 8 days outside � Thursday, May 7 View Page My 1955 Werner and 2114 Wallace are in a battle to see which one makes the cut � Friday, May 8 View Page Temp down to 28 tonight got heaters on and all tarps on the greenhouse � Saturday, May 16 View Page 1869 greathouse 18 days outside � Saturday, May 16 View Page 1885.5 Werner main vine on the ground � Saturday, May 16 View Page 1511 Haist green squash � Saturday, May 16 View Page 1511 Haist green squash � Saturday, May 16 View Page 1511 Haist green squash � Saturday, May 16 View Page 1955 Werner on the right and 2114 Wallace on the left � Saturday, May 16 View Page 1885.5 Werner main vine on the ground � Saturday, May 16 View Page 1869 greathouse 18 days outside � Saturday, May 16 View Page 1869 greathouse 18 days outside � Friday, May 22 View Page 1869 going to be out of the greenhouse tomorrow this one is really taking off � Friday, May 22 View Page 1885.5 Werner main vine is around 5 feet � Friday, May 22 View Page 1955 Werner starting to get going � Friday, May 22 View Page 1511 haist green squash main on the ground � Friday, May 22 View Page 1869 leaves are over 2 feet across on a few of them � Friday, June 5 View Page 1869 greathouse doing pretty good main vine out 17 feet probably going to pollinate in 2 days � Wednesday, June 17 View Page 1869 greathouse a little more than half of the patch is filled out � Wednesday, June 17 View Page 1869 greathouse a little more than half of the patch is filled out � Wednesday, June 17 View Page 1869 greathouse dap 10 a little under sized but the temperature has been cold at night in the last week � Wednesday, June 17 View Page 1955 Werner main vine snapped off on this one training a strong side vine to be the new main probably won't get pollinated until July 4th on this one � Wednesday, June 17 View Page 1885 Werner finally getting going � Wednesday, June 17 View Page 1511 haist green squash going to try to pollinate tomorrow � Sunday, June 28 View Page 1511 haist green squash dap 10 � Sunday, June 28 View Page 1869 greathouse dap 20 beautiful plant but the pumpkin doesn't want to take off � Monday, July 13 View Page 1511 haist dap 25 estimated weight 319 lbs � Monday, July 13 View Page 1869 greathouse dap 35 estimated weight 648 lbs � Monday, July 13 View Page Big beautiful plant on the 1955 Werner hopefully it grows a big beautiful pumpkin � Tuesday, July 14 View Page 1885.5 Werner dap 20 estimated weight 188 lbs Biggest I�ve ever had on dap 20 � Friday, July 17 View Page 1869 Greathouse dap 40 estimated weight 815 lbs not as big as some others but the great pumpkin is keeping steady � Friday, July 17 View Page 1885.5 Werner dap 20 estimated weight 188 lbs she�s tall and wide and going to be orange � Saturday, July 18 View Page 1511 Haist green squash 30 dap estimated weight 459 lbs I�m having trouble with this plant hopefully I can keep it going � Friday, July 24 View Page 1885.5 Werner dap 30 estimated weight 552 lbs � Friday, July 24 View Page 1955 Werner dap 25 estimated weight 316 lbs � Monday, July 27 View Page 1869 Greathouse 50 dap estimated weight is 1182 lbs � Tuesday, August 4 View Page 1885.5 Werner dap 40 estimated weight 904 lbs I�m happy with this ones height � Monday, August 10 View Page 1955 Werner dap 40 estimated weight 811 lbs blossom end split yesterday down to 3 � Sunday, August 23 View Page 1885.5 Werner dap 60 estimated weight 1375 lbs � Thursday, September 24 View Page 1511 haist green squash headed to barnesville tomorrow � Thursday, September 24 View Page 1885.5 Werner also heading to barnesville tomorrow � Thursday, October 1 View Page 1885.5 Werner weighed at barnesville now the 1579 Greathouse took 5th place and won the Howard Dill award � Friday, October 9 View Page 1869 Greathouse dap 124 oldest pumpkin I�ve ever had heading to Ohio valley tomorrow morning � Tuesday, October 13 View Page One in the patch before the weigh off � Tuesday, October 13 View Page 1869 Greathouse now the 1970 Greathouse it went 2 percent light but it still taped 462 Ott and a circumference of 223 inches happy to be blessed to grow such a big pumpkin �