Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 35 Entries. Thursday, January 1 View Page Hello 2009!!!   Tuesday, March 17 View Page Well as we near another groing season I think I will reveal me linup this year... 1446.5 Werner, 1413.5 Werner, 901 Hunt, 1156 Hunt, 993 Vincent-McGill, 1500.5 Revier, 1065.5 McKie, 995.5* Vincent-McGill and the 848* MacKenzie Looking forward to a great year. Possibly putting one in early for the State Fair, which one it is will have to remain a mystery for a while.   Monday, April 6 View Page LOL wouldn't you have guessed it, my lineup changed! I took two seeds out and have two other to put in. Seed that are out 993 Vincent-McGill and 848* MacKenzie, seeds that are in 1381 Swarts and the 985 Werner.   Monday, April 6 View Page So my lineup is now... 1413.5 Werner, 985 Werner, 1446.5 Werner, 1156 Hunt, 901 Hunt, 1065.5 McKie, 1500.5 Revier, 995* Vincent-McGill, and the 1381 Swarts.   Friday, April 24 View Page Seeds planted yesterday, Final lineup... 1381 Swarts, 1413.5 Werner, 1446.5 Werner, 985 Werner, 1156 Hunt, 901 Hunt, 1065.5 McKie, 1500.5 Revier and the 995.5* Vincent-McGill. Final patch prep to be done in the morning.   Monday, April 27 View Page The first two out of the gate are the 1381 Swarts and the 1413.5 Werner, the two that have shown no life yet are the 901 Hunt and the 1446.5 Werner.   Monday, April 27 View Page With the afternoon check the 1065.5 McKie and the 995.5* Vincent-McGill are up and under the grow light. The 1500.5 Revier will be there by tonight. The 1446.5 and 985 Werner are both on their way. And still nothing from the 901 Hunt.   Tuesday, April 28 View Page As of last night the 1500.5 Revier was up, this morning the 1446.5 Werner is up, 985 Werner is almost up and there is nothing from the 901 Hunt.   Thursday, May 21 View Page Been a tough start here in Morristown between the wind and the birds! I lost two great plants to them, the 1065.5 McKie and the 1500.5 Revier! :( But I am pushing on. I started one backup which is the 1087.5 M. Barenie(926 Barenie X 1231.5 Pukos). Other than that the strongest plants are the 1446.5 Werner and the 1156 Hunt, especially the Hunt!   Tuesday, May 26 View Page Lost the 985 Werner to the same problem as the other two, this one just had a but more fight in it and took longer to die. The 1087 Barenie looks awesome and will go in the small patch I have which is where the 1065 McKie was. I also had one genetic plant started and it will go where the 1500 Revier was. Pictures will be coming soon.   Sunday, May 31 View Page Well jus when this season was beginning to look good we get this...Hail close to an inch and a half in diameter. Plants look really bad, every vine is broken and most of the leaves are gone. Looks like the four plants I started as a genetic project will get a shot to show what they got!   Friday, July 10 View Page The first pollination on my 1087.5 Barenie occured on July 10. Cross is 1087.5 Barenie X 1446.5 Werner, 4 lobes about 12 feet out on the main vine.   Saturday, July 18 View Page Second pollination on the 1087.5 was today July 18th. Cross is 1087.5 Barenie X 1446.5 Werner, 4 lobes, about 22 feet out on the main.   Monday, July 20 View Page Day ten for the first pollination was today July 20th. Circ. 26.5" Good number for day ten, we'll see if she keeps it up...   Thursday, July 30 View Page Day 20 for my 1087.5 Barenie fruit. 73" Circ. 47" Side to Side 49" End to End 169" Total Est. Weight 113 Lbs. The daily gains have been steadily increasing and she is going at 20 lbs per day.   Sunday, August 9 View Page Here is the 1087.5 Barenie fruit at day 30... CC 110" SS 67" EE 66" Total 243" Est. 314 Lbs. by OTT and 349 Lbs. By CC. Growth has been increasing steadily and is just shy of 40 Lbs. a day currently.   Wednesday, September 9 View Page Here is the 1087 Barenie pumpkin. Day 61 146.5" Cir. 327.5" Total Both measurements are right on 740 est. My best by a long shot now. 24 Days till picking.   Monday, September 28 View Page Here is the 1087 Barenie fruit today on day 80. 151 CC 94.5 S to S 91.5 E to E 337 Inches Total!! My best by 32 inches now! 804 pounds est. We will be picking her Friday for Gatewoods on Saturday and final measurments will be taken then.   Wednesday, October 21 View Page The following pictures are of our trip over to Circleville Ohio for their pumpkin show. Lots of pictures of Doc Liggetts 1636 that was estimated at 1839!! Hope you enjoy...   Wednesday, October 21 View Page 1   Wednesday, October 21 View Page 2   Wednesday, October 21 View Page 3   Wednesday, October 21 View Page 4   Wednesday, October 21 View Page Doc and "The Pumpkin Guy"   Wednesday, October 21 View Page 5   Wednesday, October 21 View Page 6   Wednesday, October 21 View Page One Massive stem!!!   Wednesday, October 21 View Page 7   Wednesday, October 21 View Page 2nd place Darrell Crosby   Wednesday, October 21 View Page 8   Wednesday, October 21 View Page 9   Wednesday, October 21 View Page Doc and Family   Wednesday, October 21 View Page Top 3: 1636, 1245 and 1128 accepting their awards.   Wednesday, October 21 View Page 1636 all by itself. This fruit weighed 200 pounds lite but was an absolutly amazing sight to see! 214" Around and 446" Total for an est. of 1839 pounds! Congrats to Doc with the 1636 and Congrats to Christy on her World Record!!   Wednesday, October 21 View Page One of the many decorations on display at Circleville, this was one of my favorites.