Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 71 Entries. Saturday, April 28 View Page 2007 seeds I will be growing. 1068 Wallace( 845 Bobier x 898 Knauss) 1180 Daletas -(898.0 Knauss x 846.0 Calai) 805 Pukos -(1092.0 Burke x 723 Bobier) 832 LaRue -(1139 Sherwood x 1068 Wallace) 1295 Jutras - (842 Eaton x 801 Stelts) 982 Northrup -(1101.0 Northrup x 810 Dill) 621 Companion -(961.0 Daletas x 1260.4 Weir) 626 Bosworth -(1446 Eaton x 1260 Weir) 604 Bosworth -(1068 Wallace x 1469 Checkon) 959 Wentzell -(810.0 Dill x 670.0 Daigle) 748 Pukos -(1370.0 Rose x 1231.3 Pukos ) 1173 Liggett -(1353.5 Liggett x 664 Liggett) 456 Nepereny-(583.0 Nepereny x Self)   Sunday, April 29 View Page My 2007 growing season is off to a good start. 805 Pukos,First plant to germinate!   Sunday, April 29 View Page 626 Bosworth (1446 Eaton x 1260 Weir) is up! I had to try this seed this year after seeing how well other growers 1446 Eaton's as the seeds mother has grown for other growers. Alot of pumpkins over 1000lbs has been grown in the past 2 years. This might be a good one maybe.   Sunday, April 29 View Page The Rest of my plants.   Sunday, April 29 View Page uM, dates are wrong on my camera pics, its 2007 not 2006, sheshhh!   Monday, April 30 View Page Woke up this morning and looked into my germ box and found that the 1068 Wallace is up with out a hitch, so far its the fastest germination and one of the best looking 1068 Wallace I have ever had, and believe me Dick and Eon has sent me a bunch of them, including another 1068 last year after I screwed it up trying to germinate. Seedling looks great so far!   Wednesday, May 2 View Page I know cot size don't matter but the cots on my 805 Pukos are enormous!   Wednesday, May 2 View Page Here are the plants that came up today, 1180 Daletas, 604 Bosworth'06, 621 Companion'05, 832 Larue'06, 1295 Jutras'05, 55 Rahe'06, 982 Northrup'06, I'm waiting on the 1086* Carlson/Peterson and I replanted a 1173 Liggett because I didn't like the looks of the first one. I Still have a couple more seeds I'm waiting to come up as well. I'm doing a final till tomorrow and will be planting the 805,1068 and 626 outside tomorrow.   Friday, May 4 View Page Here is my last seedlings pictures. Here is the 1180 Daletas,832 Larue, 1295 Jutras and the 621 Compainion.   Saturday, May 5 View Page My first seedling to be set out yesterday was my 604 Bosworth (1068 Wallace x 1469 Checkon). my 805 and 1068,1180,832,626,621 will be set outside today! My final seed that I will be planting a tad late is my 1173 Liggett 06 1353 x 664 , Ill be starting another one soon, this is going to be a good seed, I know it! Thanks Bob!   Tuesday, May 8 View Page Here is a home run ball I caught off Bobby ''the Roid'' Bonds from the NewYork Giants. ,,, OK, as you can see its not a ball, its a gourd I dried out and made. This gourd is so perfectly round and the exact size of a baseball I couldn't figure out anything else to make outta it.   Tuesday, May 8 View Page Heres my patch where my plants are, there are a couple plants I'm going to try to grow back to back for the first time this year. I have a couple more plants that isn't planted outside yet, they will go in my other fenced in patch, the 1086* Carlson/Peterson, the 1173 Liggett,456 Nepereny and the 748 Pukos.   Sunday, May 20 View Page 626 Bosworth (1446 eaton x 1260 Weir)   Monday, May 21 View Page 1068 Wallace here is one of my best plants so far, its also been one of my most aggressive 1068 Wallace plant I have grown in the last 4 years. Usually the 1068 plant (for me and most other growers) will start out real slow and finish real strong. I'm hoping mine keeps up this aggressive growing and finishes with one over 1000 lbs! The soil I'm growing in this year has been followed almost exact to how Ron prepares his soil, Ron has been helping me since last year to get it as close to his as he can. I can say this for sure, its the best soil I have ever grown in, texture and drainage is great!   Monday, May 21 View Page 805 Pukos!!   Monday, May 21 View Page 1180 Daletas This plant was growing real fast and aggressive but slowed because I didnt run heat in the hoop every night, only time I would run heat is when I thought there might be a chance of frost. Im now running the heat(100 wt light bulb) every night and its picking up the pace fast!   Monday, May 21 View Page 832 Larue '06' I like it!   Thursday, May 24 View Page *1086 Carlson/Peterson How you like it Dan! Can you say Big Green Giant Humongous Gigantic Enormous Monstrous Squash? Ha!   Tuesday, June 5 View Page 805 Pukos This is a super aggressive growing plant and been a breeze to manage so far.   Tuesday, June 5 View Page The world record 126.5 Jutras Long Gourd   Friday, June 8 View Page Here is a picture from last year of my 604 Bosworth 06' (1068 Wallace x 1469 Checkon) I lost the stump and mostly all the main when this pumpkin was around 100 or so lbs. In the picture this pumpkin is roughly 300lbs, when it finished growing weighed in at 604 lbs. This picture will show you(well atleast I beleive) with out a doubt that a pumpkin does feed from the roots and leaves past the pumpkin.   Monday, June 18 View Page This is one hell of a grower right here, the 805 Pukos. The main vine is right at the 21 foot mark, It has over 30 secondaries on it already. If this plant grows a pumpkin like the leaves and vines are growing I should be In business,I hope. First female will open tomorrow at about 16 out.   Monday, June 18 View Page My favorite plant(seed) of all time, the 1068 Wallace, I have never grown anything huge off this seed yet, but I know what I could have grown with it if it wasn't for bad luck and bad mistakes I have made, I'm gonna try not to have any mistakes with this plant this year(Knock on wood). I pollinated the first female yesterday at 12 feet out, I have another female that should be out around 17 feet once the main vine grows out, Id like for the one 17 ft out to be my keeper if at all possible. Ill keep my fingers and toes crossed.   Monday, June 18 View Page Here is my 1086* Carlson/Peterson Greenie. The secondaries on this plant had been growing slow but the growth have picked up tremendously over the past 3 days. In the back ground behind the 1086* is my baby boo's and little jack gourds.   Friday, July 6 View Page here is a crack on the main vine infront of the stem on my 805 Pukos. Im not sure if this one will be the keeper, but so far this is the fastest grower out of 3 pumpkins I have set on this plant.   Friday, July 20 View Page Here is my first harvest of the year, Im not sure what kind of pumpkin this is but it has real thick skin and is dark, dark, dark orange with a thick stem. Anyone know what kind of pumpkin this could be? I got the seeds out of a pumpkin that was sold at a road side stand.   Sunday, July 22 View Page Here is a pumpkin that I'm excited about growing , this is the 55 Rahe (Cinderella x 1238 Burst) at day 23. I Crossed this 55 Rahe with the 748 Pukos "06. I took a circumference measurement a couple days ago and it was 61 Inches. I believe thats over 70lbs or somewhere close to that. This pumpkin is off the main vine only 3 feet away from the stump. I have a few more of Ron's plants going aswel another 55 and a few 71 Rahe's.   Sunday, July 29 View Page 1068 Wallace day 30. 121 inches circ.   Sunday, July 29 View Page 805 Pukos day 29 118 inches circ.   Sunday, July 29 View Page 604 Bosworth (1068 Wallace x 1469 Checkon) day 30. 117 Inches circ.   Monday, August 13 View Page The 1068 Wallace that I crossed with self. This picture was taken at day 43, I'm excited as hell about this pumpkin!! "Nothing grows like a 1068 Wallace, believe dat!"(lol)   Monday, August 13 View Page 805 PUKOS that I crossed with self. This is another really large pumpkin at day 43.   Monday, August 13 View Page 604 Bosworth (1068 Wallace x 1469 Checkon) I crossed this pumpkin with the 1068 Wallace. This is my 3rd best pumpkin growing in the patch right behind the 1068 and 805 and its already passed my personal best by OTT measurements. (Photo is kinda blurry because it was taken in the dark.)   Monday, August 13 View Page 748 Pukos'06 (1370 x 1225) I crossed this pumpkin with the 1068 Wallace. This pumpkin is right around 700lbs, its not gonna break any records but it sure has a nice shape and is gonna have a nice orange color to it.   Monday, August 13 View Page 903 Dill (802 x 810) I crossed this pumpkin with the 1068 Wallace. So far this pumpkin looks like its going to have a cream color to it, my buddy grew it last year and it was a real nice dark orange. I still have a ways to go with this pumpkin though, it still might change color. This pumpkin is right around 500 lbs.   Wednesday, August 15 View Page Heres a couple Rahe pumpkins, they are kinda hard to measure and get a est weight on since I turned them on there blossom end, I turned them so they keep a good shape. Both are well over 100 lbs and both are off the main vine. These sure are fun to grow.   Wednesday, August 15 View Page 125 Jutras long gourds, I culled the gourd on the left of the picture hoping to get more growth out of the gourd on the right, well see what happens.   Thursday, August 16 View Page This is the 55 Rahe I crossed with the 748 Pukos 06'.   Thursday, August 16 View Page Heres a better picture of the 604. 604 Bosworth 06' (1068 Wallace x 1469) Crossed with the 1068 Wallace.   Thursday, August 16 View Page Scratch that last entry,that was the Rahe pumpkin again,lol This is a better picture of the 604. 604 Bosworth 06' (1068 Wallace x 1469) Crossed with the 1068 Wallace.   Thursday, August 23 View Page 805 Pukos today   Thursday, August 23 View Page 604 Bosworth today   Thursday, August 23 View Page heres the front to the 805 pukos,   Sunday, August 26 View Page I climbed my barn roof to get this picture,lol. On the left of the picture is my 805 Pukos and on the right is my 1068 Wallace.   Thursday, September 20 View Page Took these 2 pumpkins to the Columbus Zoo for Gus (squash carver) Smithlisher. Gus has already carved a lion out of the 776(cream colored pumpkin) and Im yet to find out what he carved out of the 711(orange pumpkin). 711 Bosworth 07 (748 Pukos x 1068 Wallace)'138-90-88' Right of picture 776 Bosworth 07 (903 Dill x 1068 Wallace)'141-97-89' Left of Picture   Thursday, September 27 View Page 1289.5 Bosworth 07' (805 Pukos x self) I know there isn't very many 805 Pukos seed out there so the next best thing to a 805 seed is seeds from a 805 pumpkin that has been selfed. This is the first year I have ever selfed any plants, I just hope the seeds grow the same as the original. This pumpkin measured out at the weigh off at 179cc 103fb 105ss for a total of 387 Ott (1212 lbs) This pumpkin went 77 lbs heavy.   Thursday, September 27 View Page Pic of the 1289.5 In the back of my truck.   Friday, September 28 View Page Here is another picture of my 1289.5 (805 Pukos x self) while it was still on the vine.   Saturday, September 29 View Page stump of 1289.5   Tuesday, October 2 View Page Here is a Pumpkin that was carved with a chainsaw by a buddy of mine and fellow grower, John Jaskoviak. John surprised me with this yesterday, its the coolest thing I have ever seen. You name it and this guy can carve it with a chain saw. Thanks John, I really appreciated this alot!   Wednesday, October 3 View Page 1019 Bosworth 07' (604 Bosworth x 1068 Wallace)168cc-99fb-96ss. Its 11pm and I just got back from weighing this pumpkin . Im real happy it went over a 1000lbs but kinda disapointed because I thought it would go way heavier then what it ended up weighing. I noticed this morning that the blossom end wasn't as firm as it was before and it was starting a small crack, so I had to get a official weight on this pumpkin instead of chancing it and waiting and ending up with a DMG later. Ill know just how bad it could have been when I open her up in the morning to get the seeds. I was planning on taking 2 pumpkins to Canfield but now I'm down to my last pumpkin, I sure hope my last remaining pumpkin holds together for just 2 more days!   Thursday, October 4 View Page 1019 Bosworth 07' (604 Bosworth(1068x1469) x 1068 Wallace) This is my Dads favorite pumpkin out of all of the pumpkins I grew this year, he really likes thr tri colored pumpkins. I ended up giving my Dad the pumpkin bug after taking him to the Barnesville weigh off this year,it made that win that much more special that he was there to see me break the Barnesville site record, he was more nervous then I was before my 1289 hit the scales,lol!! Hes growing next year for sure so theres going to be two Bosworth's growing next year. Hes from Lancaster Ohio, although I'm two Hours away from him I will still help him all I can by phone and driving over, I also told him that everyone in the Circleville area would also help him when ever he needs it. That group in Circleville Ohio are a great group of people,Liggett,Conley,Wiget,Gerchy, Vanderpool, Speakman the list goes on. My Dad is already outside measuring his lawn and has 2000sq ft to where hes going to put his patch next year and deciding what trees hes gonna cut down,lol. I didn't have the heart to tell him that he should just put the tape measure down, because he doesn't realize once he grows one of these Giants that next year he will with out a doubt in my mind have his entire side yard a pumpkin patch, I see it coming,,LOL!!. Its gonna be fun growing with Dad next year.   Thursday, October 4 View Page 1019 '07' side view   Thursday, October 4 View Page other side   Sunday, October 7 View Page Here is my Dad with the 1402.5 Bosworth 07' (1068 Wallace x self)   Sunday, October 7 View Page Someone forgot to tell this chain that it shouldnt break only if its lifting something way over 6000lbs. This is what the chain looked like after it broke and dropped my pumpkin 2 inches off the ground that ended up cracking my 1402.5 Pumpkin   Sunday, October 7 View Page It ended up doing this, ouch!   Sunday, October 7 View Page But it didnt crack clear threw, this is the end of the split right before the bottom of the pumpkin   Sunday, October 7 View Page It had plenty of room for error, Ive never seen a blossom end this thick before.   Sunday, October 7 View Page blossom end , thick!   Sunday, October 7 View Page 1402's insides after I cut the snout(blossom end) off   Sunday, October 7 View Page Back half of the 1402 with out the snout(blossom end)   Sunday, October 7 View Page little truck big pumpkin,,lol   Sunday, October 7 View Page another pic of the 1402.5   Sunday, October 7 View Page Thank God for thick 1068 Wallace pumpkins!! thanks for the shot at the 1068 seed again Ron and Dick, I told you the 5th time growing this seed would be a charm!,lol. I finally did it!! 1402.5 Bosworth 07' (1068 Wallace x self) (177-107-103) 190 lbs heavy to the charts   Saturday, October 20 View Page oops, I dont know my right from my left. The 711(Orange Pumpkin) is on the left and the 776 (cream color)is on the right in the picture.   Monday, October 22 View Page picture 1402.5   Monday, October 22 View Page another pic   Monday, October 22 View Page Stem end 1402   Friday, October 26 View Page Here is my son Brandon with my 84 inch long gourd, grown off the 126 Jutras. I was going to take this to the Canfield weigh off but with everything on my mind that day with taking my puimpkin I completly forgot about it and left it behind,lol. I only got 4 good seeds out of this long gourd, the rest of the seeds was snow white and not mature.   Friday, November 2 View Page 1289.5 Bosworth (805 Pukos x self) Here is a picture of the insides of the 1289.5 right before Todd Skinner and I extracted the seeds. Todd is incharge of the Pumpkin part of the festival for Barnesville. Barnesville gets half the seeds from the King pumpkin to sell to help with next years festival, I get the other half of the seeds.