Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 45 Entries. Friday, January 6 View Page Ripped and then tilled in 20yrds of compost, 8 bales of straw, 5 bales of alfalfa hay, 50lbs+ of ele sulfur. Still removing a lot of smaller rocks in top 6� that got stirred up from earlier, larger, rock removal. � Saturday, January 7 View Page All tilled up, threw on a couple bales of alfalfa after pic to reduce erosion heading into Spring. � Monday, March 13 View Page High pH is what causes me the most concern with this Spring�s soil sample. I�ll just keep putting down 10lbs of ele sulfur each time I work the soil till I start getting it down below 7. � Sunday, March 26 View Page Seed selection for 2023 � Sunday, March 26 View Page Soaked in distilled water and splash hydrogen peroxide for an hour � Sunday, March 26 View Page 24 x 1gal pots with miracle gro potting soil w/ Myco and Azos � Sunday, March 26 View Page Heat mats at 82F with domes over trays, watering just a little w/tap water � Monday, April 3 View Page 19 of 24 germinated � Friday, April 7 View Page Planning on going into garden in 2 days. 15 days total from seed to garden. 1935 Ford and 2332 Paton looking the best so far. � Sunday, April 9 View Page Put thermometers in 8 of the mini greenhouses with different heating types. Space heaters do the trick, heat lamps(300W total) w/blankets will likely suffice, and just heat lamps(300W total) are not quite enough. � Saturday, April 15 View Page Plants handled the transplant/first week just fine. Used Azos and myco with potting mix/peat moss during transplanting. Watering nearly daily 1gal/plant w/ ~400ppm using 20-20-20 w/tap water with some vitamin C (drop PH, and might help w/Chloramine) � Tuesday, April 18 View Page Hit 84 today and windy, config�d miniGH w/only shade cloth over plant with plastic rolled back 1/2 way. Photone app read ~1000 PPFD on Sun setting w/shade cloth. � Sunday, April 30 View Page Drip irrigation going in. First ~10� out from each plant, spaced about every foot. Had to disassemble mini greenhouses, add amendments/fertilizer, and till. Then laid and staked drip tape. Hooking everything up today. � Sunday, April 30 View Page Plants are doing fine, starting to vine. Issues have included sun burn, chilly temps, and wind. � Saturday, May 6 View Page Plants are getting to about 6�, so culled down to the final 10. � Saturday, May 6 View Page Most plants now have females in the main vine tip, this plant got culled. � Friday, May 12 View Page 1832 Graham 10� vine, male flower blooming � Friday, May 12 View Page 1935 Ford 10� vine � Sunday, May 21 View Page 2332 Paton , ~8� out � Sunday, May 21 View Page 1832 Graham ~13� � Monday, May 22 View Page Shade cloths up to protect from heat/Sun, wind, and hail. Done w/mini houses for the year. Broke main on 2046 Montsma, may convert to 150 sqft plant and pollinate current female at 10� tomorrow. One of the 1832 Grahams had the main split in two spots, but will let it keep going. Other 8 plants are doing fine, with the 1953 Daletas growing so fast it�s hard to keep up. � Wednesday, May 24 View Page 150sqft patch roped off. 10� x 15�, 8� board for scale. 2046 Montsma plant. � Saturday, June 3 View Page Most plants are getting pollinated this week. Picture: 1953 Daletas with ~20 secondaries behind it. It�s also the best looking plant in the patch. 2493 Wolf, 1935 Ford, and 1832 Graham are also looking really good. Generally all the plants are enjoy the weather. � Wednesday, June 7 View Page 1832 Graham � Wednesday, June 7 View Page 1935 Ford � Friday, June 16 View Page 1953 Daletas (x 1935 Ford) DAP 13 � Sunday, June 18 View Page 2332 Paton (x 2493 Wolf) DAP 19 � Saturday, June 24 View Page 1953 Daletas DAP20, best looking one in the patch � Saturday, June 24 View Page 1953 Daletas DAP20, best looking one in the patch � Saturday, June 24 View Page 1832 Graham DAP 22, also looking great � Saturday, July 8 View Page 1953 Daletas (x1935 Ford) probably ~600lbs lbs in pic DAP 35. Back on DAP 30, both the 1953 Daletas and 1935 Ford were ~400lbs. They are the current leaders in the patch have big healthy plants at the moment. � Wednesday, July 12 View Page DAP 40 for 1935 Ford (foreground) and 1832 Graham(background), both coming in ~700lbs � Saturday, July 29 View Page Some good looking pumpkins in the patch this year. 1935 Ford is the current leader on weight ~1200lbs � Saturday, July 29 View Page Here are the other 6, all 10 are ~DAP 50-60 � Tuesday, August 8 View Page Moved 4 of the 10 pumpkins. Used Minx2 Miticide for aphids, worked great. Powdery Mildew is starting to win the battle after first appearing 7/1 in Creek patch, just appeared in Bridge Patch 8/5. Daconil/Zerotol/Immunox foliar rotation might be helping. Tried terrazole for pending root rot via drip. Applying foliar of Amino/fulvic/Humic acid weekly. Still pushing 500ppm of fertilizer daily, heavy on K, and a little bit of everything else. � Thursday, August 17 View Page Lost half of one of the 2332 Paton plants today. Still have 9 other full plants, but age is starting to show. � Saturday, September 2 View Page 950 Jacobs UOW (1832.5 Graham x 2332 Paton) heading to the Pecan Patch in Oxford KS. 19% Heavy. This is the first of two 1832.5 Graham�s this year. � Thursday, September 7 View Page 1234 Jacobs (1953 Daletas x 1935 Ford) 399 OTT and went 12% light. Main vine rotted out about a month ago and only had a thread or two still green near pumpkin. � Thursday, September 7 View Page 1234 Jacobs (1953 Daletas x 1935 Ford) 399 OTT and went 12% light. Main vine rotted out about a month ago and only had a thread or two still green near pumpkin. � Thursday, September 7 View Page Kansas State Fair Weigh-off, all three pumpkins 1100+ lbs. Expecting more big ones coming out of Kansas later in the season. � Thursday, September 7 View Page Hoping this one (1935 Ford x 2493 Wolf) will hold together for a few more weeks. � Monday, October 30 View Page 1111 Jacobs UOW (2069 Stelts x 1953 Daletas) 9% Heavy � Monday, October 30 View Page 1679 Jacobs (1935 Ford x 2493 Wolf) -2% Personal Best, and best looking � Monday, October 30 View Page 719 Jacobs UOW (1584 Martin x 2069 Stelts) � Monday, October 30 View Page Getting shipped out to Jack-o-Latern World �