Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 236 Entries. Wednesday, April 22 View Page Time to start the diary for the year. I have started the following seeds; 1314 Beauchemin 2005 *1055 Pitura 06 805 Pukos 00 926 Breznick 06 1566 Rodonis 1423 Wallace 07 904 Stelts 06 *1033 Magdycz 07 (2) 1502 Wallace 06   Sunday, April 26 View Page All the germinated seeds are in the greenhouse started backups and long gourd   Sunday, April 26 View Page backup plants will be 1507 Jutras 08, 1225 Jutras 03, 1128 Beauchemin 08, 1279 Wallace 07, 1311 Companion 08, 1045 Horton 08, 1156 Hunt 08, 1209 Kuhn 08 & 104.25" Boyce long gourd   Sunday, May 3 View Page Planted the seedling in the patch today. The following were planted 1314 Beauchemin 05 1566 Rodonis 07 1502 Wallace 06 A 1502 Wallace 06 B 1423 Wallace 07 *1033 Magdycz 07 1128 Beauchemin 08 1045 Horton 08 *1055 Pitura 06 904 Stelts 06   Monday, May 4 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05   Monday, May 4 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07   Monday, May 4 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A   Monday, May 4 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B   Monday, May 4 View Page 1423 Wallace 07   Monday, May 4 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07   Monday, May 4 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08   Monday, May 4 View Page 1045 Horton 08   Monday, May 4 View Page *1055 Pitura 06   Monday, May 4 View Page 904 Stelts 06   Friday, May 8 View Page It has been 5 days and all the plants are going good and no sign of root maggots. I think the warm weather in April has taken care of them. On the down side the patch needs a good weeding   Sunday, May 10 View Page The plants have been in the ground for a week now. Here is a look. First up the 1314 Beauchemin 05   Monday, May 11 View Page The 1566 Rodonis 07, looking good.   Monday, May 11 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A   Monday, May 11 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B   Monday, May 11 View Page 1423 Wallace 07, best looking plant so far   Monday, May 11 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07, first Squash plant   Monday, May 11 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08, this was a backup plant a week younger than the others   Monday, May 11 View Page 1045 Horton 08, from my largest last year, another backup plant. Lost a cot when it came out of the soil   Monday, May 11 View Page *1055 Pitura 06, My second squash plant   Monday, May 11 View Page 904 Stelts 06   Tuesday, May 19 View Page Had a light frost last night, all the plants were ok this morning. The picts are from Monday 5/18/09   Tuesday, May 19 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05, The plant is going steady, for size it is middle of the pack   Tuesday, May 19 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07, doing well one of the biggest   Tuesday, May 19 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A   Tuesday, May 19 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B, lost a leaf on this one when covering for frost protection   Tuesday, May 19 View Page 1423 Wallace 07, My biggest plant   Tuesday, May 19 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07   Tuesday, May 19 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08, has a little leaf damage, probably from fertilizer   Tuesday, May 19 View Page 1045 Horton 08, starting to catch up after loosing one cot   Tuesday, May 19 View Page *1055 Pitura 06, The bigger of the two squash plants   Tuesday, May 19 View Page 904 Stelts 06   Sunday, May 24 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05, Starting to vine should be on the ground end of week.   Sunday, May 24 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07, hasn't started to vine yet but is still looking good.   Sunday, May 24 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A, The first of the two, starting to run   Sunday, May 24 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B, My second 1502 this one has a yellow stem.   Sunday, May 24 View Page 1423 Wallace 07, The biggest plant in the patch, it has rolled back in the cold frame. I have used some bambo statkes, after the picture, to set it straight.   Sunday, May 24 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07   Sunday, May 24 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08, starting to take off, a little smaller than the others, later start and a little fertilizer burn   Sunday, May 24 View Page 1045 Horton 08   Sunday, May 24 View Page *1055 Pitura 06, Largest of my two squash   Sunday, May 24 View Page 904 Stelts 06   Sunday, May 24 View Page 104 Boyce 08 long gourds, went out last Wednesday after the frost on Monday night   Sunday, May 24 View Page Put in the tomatoes also, put a few giant in but forgot ti label seperately from the others   Tuesday, May 26 View Page Had a light frost last night all the pumpkins survived without damage. Many tomatoe plants were damaged. On another note I took all the cold frames off today the plants are out in the open now.   Sunday, May 31 View Page Another frosty Monday on the way, frost warning for tonight. Fisrt pumpkin up 1314 Beauchemin 05. It has started to run   Sunday, May 31 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07, hasn't starterd to run yet   Sunday, May 31 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B, down and running   Sunday, May 31 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A, has started to run, looking good   Sunday, May 31 View Page 1423 Wallace 07, the biggest in the patch really beginning to take off   Sunday, May 31 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07   Sunday, May 31 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08   Sunday, May 31 View Page 1045 Horton 08, looks good here but I mangled a few leaves putting frost protection on   Sunday, May 31 View Page *1055 Pitura 06   Sunday, May 31 View Page 904 Stelts 06   Sunday, May 31 View Page and finally the long gourds   Monday, June 1 View Page Had a frost last night a few plants were damaged even under the covers. Nothing the plants won't recover from. On the down side I broke 12" off one of the 1502's taking the covers off.   Sunday, June 7 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05 - Plant is doing ok a few leaves were frosted last Monday   Sunday, June 7 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07 - Down on the ground after working on of the leave out of the way   Sunday, June 7 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A - This plant really got hit by frost even under the covers, recovering well though   Sunday, June 7 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B - Had a accident with this plant broke a foot off the main   Sunday, June 7 View Page 1423 Wallace 07, The largest plant had a little damage from frost even under the blankets   Sunday, June 7 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07   Sunday, June 7 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08   Sunday, June 7 View Page 1045 Horton 08   Sunday, June 7 View Page *1055 Pitura 06   Sunday, June 7 View Page 904 Stelts 06   Sunday, June 7 View Page long gourd plant - slow and steady   Sunday, June 14 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05, The plant is the second largest going good   Sunday, June 14 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07   Sunday, June 14 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A, Recovering nicely from the frost damage   Sunday, June 14 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B, The new main is starting to run nicely   Sunday, June 14 View Page 1423 Wallace 07, Still in the lead the plant is a steady grower   Sunday, June 14 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07, finally taking off   Sunday, June 14 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08   Sunday, June 14 View Page 1045 Horton 08   Sunday, June 14 View Page *1055 Pitura 06, I have big hope for a big squash on this   Sunday, June 14 View Page 904 Stelts 06   Sunday, June 14 View Page Finally the long gourds   Sunday, June 21 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05, The plant is really started to take off even with the wet weather   Sunday, June 21 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07   Sunday, June 21 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A, The plant has recovered well from the early frosting   Sunday, June 21 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B, The secondary as the new main seems to be working well. Evena has a pumpkin blossom on it which will be removed   Sunday, June 21 View Page 1423 Wallace 07, nice large plant, first pollenation should be ready at 10' or so   Sunday, June 21 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07   Sunday, June 21 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08   Sunday, June 21 View Page 1045 Horton 08, found a small split on the main near the tip. It appears the rate of growth has caused it   Sunday, June 21 View Page *1055 Pitura 06, nice plant   Sunday, June 21 View Page 904 Stelts 06   Sunday, June 21 View Page Long gourd, a little on the stocky side but beginning to climb   Sunday, June 28 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05, Good growing plant has two small pumpkins at the time which should be ready and at the rright location by the end of the week   Sunday, June 28 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07, Looking good but has a small stem split. A small pumpkin is located at the tip should be ready and at 10'+ end of week   Sunday, June 28 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A, the plant has taken off, no sign of pumpkin at the tip yet   Sunday, June 28 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B, The back secondary has become a good main after the break. there are two small pumpkins at 10'+ which should be ready mid week   Sunday, June 28 View Page 1423 Wallace 07, removed a female that opened today at 8'. It is sending out nice long egg shaped females. The next two should be at 10'+ and about 14'   Sunday, June 28 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07, The first pumpkin should be at 12' on this squash by end of week   Sunday, June 28 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08, Has a small pumpkin at 8'+ which I will remove. haven't seen a new one yet   Sunday, June 28 View Page 1045 Horton 08. I broke the tip off this one last Monday right at the small split. The vine was very crispy. The secondary after the break has been retrained as the new main and has grown about 3'-4'. There is a samll pumpkin at the end.   Sunday, June 28 View Page *1055 Pitura 06, There is a female open at about 8' on this plant in the photo, it has been removed. The plant is nic and agreessive   Sunday, June 28 View Page 904 Stelts 06, The first female opened yesterday it is visible in the photo, it has been remove. The next two should be ready this week at 10'+ and 14'+   Sunday, June 28 View Page The long gourd it at about 4' and has been climbing fast   Wednesday, July 1 View Page Pollenated the first pumpkin at a keeping location. The 1502 Wallace b plat at 10' with the 1423 Wallace. Nice 5 lobe blossom. As for pests in the patch saw the first SVB and killed it. For other bugs I have found 4 stripped cuke bettles and 1 squash bug   Sunday, July 5 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05, Had a female at 12' on 7/3, it was full of seeds so I culled eary. The next should be ready 7/7   Sunday, July 5 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07, Have a small problem on this on I cracked the main just before the first pumpkin, it seems to be holding together   Sunday, July 5 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A, first female should be ready next week the one that would have open last week was not good   Sunday, July 5 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B, have a pollenation at 10' on this and one to be pollenated tomorrow at 12'   Sunday, July 5 View Page 1423 Wallace 07, have a 7/2 pollenation on this at 10'+   Sunday, July 5 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07   Sunday, July 5 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08, Had a pumpkin at 8' but culled due to seeds in the blossom   Sunday, July 5 View Page 1045 Horton 08   Sunday, July 5 View Page *1055 Pitura 06   Sunday, July 5 View Page 904 Stelts 06   Sunday, July 5 View Page The long gourd have hit about 9' and should be at the top by the end of the week   Saturday, July 11 View Page Time to switch pictures over from plants to pumpkins. I have pollenations on all but one.   Saturday, July 11 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05, This is the second pumpkin in the zone the first had a lot of seeds. Pollenated with 1566 Rodonis on 7/7 with 4 lobes at 14'. If it doesn't abort this will be the keeper   Saturday, July 11 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07, The first acceptable pollenation on 7/11 with 1502 Wallace b, at 12' with 5 lobes. The lobes are messed up with seeds.   Saturday, July 11 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A, The two pumpkins for pollenation later this week.   Saturday, July 11 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B, I have two pollenations on this they are #1 on 7/1 with 1423 Wallace at 10', 5 lobe #2 on 7/6 with 1423 Wallace at 13', 5 lobe - the one in the picture   Saturday, July 11 View Page 1423 Wallace 07, There are three sets on this plant #1 on 7/2 with 1502 Wallace b, 5 lobe at 10' #2 on 7/7 with 1566 Rodonis, 4 lobe at 12' #3 on 7/8 with 904 Stelts, 4 lobe at 13'   Saturday, July 11 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07, The squash was pollenated on 7/9 with *1055 pitura at 13', 4 lobe flower   Saturday, July 11 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08, The pollenation on this was today with 1502 Wallace b at 12', 4 lobe flower.   Saturday, July 11 View Page 1045 Horton 08, pollenated on 7/9 with 1423 wallace at 10'+, 4 lobe   Sunday, July 12 View Page *1055 Pitura 06, pollenated on 7/8 with *1033 Magdycz at 12'+, 5 lobe flower   Sunday, July 12 View Page 904 Stelts 06, two pollenations on this #1 on 7/2 with 1566 Rodonis at 10', 5 lobe flow had seeds in blossom #2 on 7/9 with 1423 Wallace at 14', 5 lobe flower   Sunday, July 12 View Page Finally the long gourds, They just about reached the top   Sunday, July 19 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05, The pumpkin has been selected and the vines have been adjusted as shown. It is all set to go for growth.   Sunday, July 19 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07, The previous pollenatio aborted due to seeds in the blossom. This pumpkin was pollenated yesterday and the blossom showed no sign of defprmations   Sunday, July 19 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A, I have two pollenations one this morning the other yesterday   Sunday, July 19 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B, This is the selected pumpkin on the plant a little over soccer ball size. The one preceeding it will be removed tomorrow   Sunday, July 19 View Page 1423 Wallace 07, I haven't decided yet on which of these two I will keep. The Plant is terminated this way because I broke the main during the week.   Sunday, July 19 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07, this will be the keeper if it doesn't abort   Sunday, July 19 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08   Sunday, July 19 View Page 1045 Horton 08, A little bit of woodchuck damage on the pumpkin   Sunday, July 19 View Page *1055 Pitura 06, this will be the keeper if it doesn't abort, still is growing   Sunday, July 19 View Page 904 Stelts 06,   Sunday, July 19 View Page The long gourds, they have reached the top and are blossoming   Sunday, July 26 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05, It is about beach ball size and growing steady   Sunday, July 26 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07, the last chance pumpkin for this plant.   Sunday, July 26 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A   Sunday, July 26 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B, This one has expanded to beach ball size and going steady   Sunday, July 26 View Page 1423 Wallace 07, nice long pumpkin   Sunday, July 26 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07, nice color on this green squash   Sunday, July 26 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08   Sunday, July 26 View Page 1045 Horton 08, this one has a snout to it   Sunday, July 26 View Page *1055 Pitura 06, light green color on this one   Sunday, July 26 View Page 904 Stelts 06   Saturday, August 1 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05, final selection pollenated 7/7/09 with 1566 Rodins, 24 days old, measurements 81"c, 61"ss, 56"ee, 198" ott, 174 lbs   Saturday, August 1 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07, pollenated with 1314 Beauchemin on 7/18/09, 13 days old measurements 31"c, 24"ss, 23"ee, 78"ott   Saturday, August 1 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A, pollenated on 7/18/09 with 1314 Beauchemin, 13 days old, measurements 39"c, 27"ss, 26"ee, 92" ott, 23lbs   Saturday, August 1 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B, pollenated on 7/6/09 with 1423 Wallace, 25 days old, measurements 84"c, 54"ss, 56"ee, 194"ott, 164lbs   Saturday, August 1 View Page 1423 Wallace 07, pollenated on 7/7/09 with 1566 Rodonis, 24 days old, measurements 80"c, 45"ss, 53"ee, 178"ott, 130lbs   Saturday, August 1 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07, pollenated on 7/9 with *1055 Pitura, 22 days old, measurements 68"c, 45"ss, 50"ee, 163"ott, 102lbs   Saturday, August 1 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08, pollenated on 7/15/09 with 1314 Beauchemin, 16 days old, measurements 53"c, 37"ss, 36"ee, 126"ott, 51 lbs   Saturday, August 1 View Page 1045 Horton 08, pollenated with 1423 wallace on 7/9/09, 22 days old, measurements 69"c, 49"ss, 46"ee, 164"ott, 104 lbs.   Saturday, August 1 View Page *1055 Pitura 06, pollenated on 7/8/09 with *1033 Magdycz, 23 days old, measurements 77"c, 60"ss, 54"ee, 191"ott, 157lbs   Saturday, August 1 View Page 904 Stelts 06, pollenated on 7/9/09 with 1423 Wallace, 22 days old, measurements 78"c, 53"ss, 52"ee, 183"ott, 140lbs   Sunday, August 2 View Page Had my first fatality, my 1045 Horton split across the top into the cavity. There goes my entry for the ugliest pumpkin.   Saturday, August 8 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05 stats, 111"c, 81"ss, 67"ee, 250 ott, 373lbs, 28lbs/day   Saturday, August 8 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07 stats 62"c, 48"ss, 45"ee, 155"ott, 12lbs/day, day 20   Saturday, August 8 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A Stats 73"c, 55"ss, 50"ee, 178"ott, 130lbs, 15lbs/day, day 20   Saturday, August 8 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B Stats 106"c, 69"ss, 67"ee, 242"ott, 307 lbs, 20lbs/day, day 32   Saturday, August 8 View Page 1423 Wallace 07 Stats 102"c, 62"ss, 63"ee, 227"ott, 256lbs, 18"lbs/day, day 31   Saturday, August 8 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07 Stats 92"c, 63"ss, 65"ee, 220"ott,234lbs, 18lbs/day, day 29   Saturday, August 8 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08 Stats 87"c, 57"ss, 53"ee, 197"ott, 172lbs, 17lbs/day, day 25   Saturday, August 8 View Page *1055 Pitura 06 Stats 91"c, 70"ss, 61"ee, 222"ott, 240lbs, 12 lbs/day, day 30   Saturday, August 8 View Page 904 Stelts 06 stats 102"c, 70"ss, 65"ee, 237"ott, 289lbs, 21lbs/day, day 29   Saturday, August 15 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05 Stats 131"c, 93"ss, 88"ee, 312"ott, 641lbs, 38lbs/day, day 38   Saturday, August 15 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07 Stats 89"c, 69"ss, 62"ee, 220"ott, 147lbs, 20lbs/day, day 27   Saturday, August 15 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A stats 98"c, 73"ss, 65"ee, 236"ott, 157lbs, 22lbs/day, day 27   Saturday, August 15 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B stats 122"c, 80"ss, 77"ee, 279"ott, 463lbs, 22lbs/day, day 39   Saturday, August 15 View Page 1423 Wallace 07 stats 119"c, 76"ss, 72"ee, 267"ott, 448lbs, 27lbs/day, day 38   Saturday, August 15 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07 Stats 108"c, 77"ss, 75"ee, 260"ott, 377lbs, 20lbs/day, day 36   Saturday, August 15 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08, might have had a foaming stup here and caught it before it went to far and cleaned it up stats 112"c, 76"ss, 65"ee, 253"ott, 349lbs, 25lbs/day day 32   Saturday, August 15 View Page *1055 Pitura 06 stats 107"c, 75"ss, 75"ee, 257"ott, 365lbs, 18lbs/day, day 37   Saturday, August 15 View Page 904 Stelts 06 stats 125"c, 83"ss, 75"ee, 283"ott, 482lbs, 27lbs/day, day 36   Saturday, August 15 View Page Made a mistake on the entries used the weeks weight chnage instead of weight the nembers are 1566 234lbs, 1502a 286lbs   Saturday, August 22 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05 Stats, 145"c, 102"ss, 88"ee, 335"ott, 790lbs 21lbs/day, day 45   Saturday, August 22 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07 Stats 107"c, 84"ss, 74"ee, 265"ott, 398lbs, 23lbs/day, day 34   Saturday, August 22 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A, lost the stump on this last moday and about 5' of main still has 10-15' of main left stats 116"c, 84"ss, 77"ee, 277"ott, 453 lbs, 24lbs/day, day 34   Saturday, August 22 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B Stats 133"c, 88"ss, 83"ee, 304"ott, 594lbs, 19lbs/day, day 46   Saturday, August 22 View Page 1423 Wallace 07, The pumpkin went down to rot the white spots near the blossom are the indicators, once it was opened a large sag line across the line was the problem.   Saturday, August 22 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07 Stats 117"c, 85"ss, 81"ee, 283"ott, 482lbs, 15lbs/day, day 43   Saturday, August 22 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08, lost the stump on this to rot still growing good. stats 123"c, 89"ss, 79"ee, 291" ott, 523lbs, 25lbs/day, day 39   Saturday, August 22 View Page *1055 Pitura 06 stats 116"c, 83"ss, 77"ee, 276"ott, 448lbs, 12lbs/day, day 44   Saturday, August 22 View Page 904 Stelts 06 stats 132"c, 95"ss, 84"ee, 311"ott, 635lbs, 22lbs/day, day 45   Saturday, August 22 View Page Finally the long gourds , I pollenated a couple last week and now they are about 24" long.   Sunday, August 23 View Page I found another foaming stump today on the *1033 Magdycz 07. Cleaned it up some will deal with more this week.   Tuesday, August 25 View Page All but two of the seeds are showing life today. The two yet to beak ground are the 805 pukos and one of the 1502 wallace   Sunday, August 30 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05, STill going strong had some issues with the first set of seconaries and removed them. stats 155"c, 108"ss, 95"ee, 358"ott, 962lbs, 24lbs/day, 52 days old   Sunday, August 30 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07 stats 119"c, 93"ss, 80"ee, 292"ott, 528lbs, 19lbs/day, day 41   Sunday, August 30 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A stata 124"c, 93"ss, 86"ee, 303"ott, 588lbs, 15lbs/day, day 41   Sunday, August 30 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B, This one has really slowed down, I don't think it like cool wet weather stats 138"c, 92"ss, 86"ee, 316"ott, 588lbs, 10lbs/day, day 53   Sunday, August 30 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07. The stump foamed up on this squash last Sunday. I removed the stump Friday due to rot and 5 feet of main. It appears the rot is throughout the vines. Stats 122"c, 86"ss, 83"ee, 291"ott, 523lbs, 6lbs/day, day 50   Sunday, August 30 View Page 1128 Beauchemin 08, I took this pumpkin to the Champlain Fair Friday night and won second place. It weighed 726.5lbs. final stats 316.5"ott, 669lbs estimated, actual 726.5 lbs, 8% heavy   Sunday, August 30 View Page *1055 Pitura 06 stats 125"c, 85"ss, 82"ee, 292"ott, 528lbs, 11lbs/day, day 51   Sunday, August 30 View Page 904 Stelts 06, You have to like the orange on this one getting darker every day. stats 145"c, 101"ss, 85"ee, 331"ott, 763lbs, 18lbs/day, day 52   Sunday, August 30 View Page long Gourds   Saturday, September 5 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05. Still growing steady stats 160"c, 111"ss, 97"ee, 368"ott, 1044lbs, 12lbs/day, day 59   Saturday, September 5 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07, Had and isect problem occur, either white flies or mites. Sprayed the plants and stopped the damage. The leaves by the pumpkin have the damage stats 124"c, 96"ss, 86"ee, 306"ott, 606lbs, 11lbs/day, day 48   Saturday, September 5 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A Stats 132"c, 97"ss, 90"ee, 319"ott, 684lbs, 14lbs/day, day 48   Saturday, September 5 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B stats 144"c, 94"ss, 89"ee, 327"ott, 736lbs, 10lbs/day, day 60   Saturday, September 5 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07 Stats 123"c, 88"ss, 85"ee, 296"ott, 550lbs, 4lbs/day, day 57   Saturday, September 5 View Page *1055 Pitura 06 Stats 125"c, 89"ss, 83"ee, 296"ott 550lbs, 3lbs/day, day 58   Saturday, September 5 View Page 904 Stelts 06, Have a bit of stem rot on this plant, so far not has been conatined. stats 153"c, 104"ss, 87"ee, 344"ott, 855lbs, 13lbs/day, day 59   Saturday, September 5 View Page 904 Stelts 06, Stem end   Saturday, September 12 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05. Still growing steadily with few issues stats, 166"c, 113"ss, 99"ee, 378"ott, 1130lbs est   Saturday, September 12 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07 stats 133"c, 100"ss, 89"ee, 322"ott, 703lbs est   Saturday, September 12 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A, It has a stem split but not all the way in stats 133"c, 99"sss, 92"ee, 324"ott, 716lbs est   Saturday, September 12 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B stats 149"c, 95"ss, 91"ee, 335"ott, 790lbs est   Saturday, September 12 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07 stats 124"c, 89"ss, 88"ee, 301"ott, 577lbs est   Saturday, September 12 View Page *1055 Pitura 06 stats 132"c, 88"ss, 83"ee, 303"ott, 588lbs est   Saturday, September 12 View Page 904 Stelts 06 stats 155"c, 106"ss, 90"ee, 351"ott, 907lbs est   Saturday, September 19 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05, Still growing slowly, had a little vine rot at the stem. put the fan on it and dried it down   Saturday, September 19 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07   Saturday, September 19 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A, The plant has a little rot on the top on a couple of ribs, seems to be drying up.   Saturday, September 19 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B, Getting more cantaloped each day   Sunday, September 20 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07, pretty much stopped any measurable growth. Not much of a plant left to fuel it anyway   Sunday, September 20 View Page *1055 Pitura 06, Cut the main after the pumpkin for better access and stop it from rubbing on the shoulders. Growth has really slowed on it   Sunday, September 20 View Page 904 Stelts 06. Minor issue with the vine on this, found goo on the ground next to the pumpkin. Some sort of disease or other problem was occuring in the vine between the stem of the pumpkin and the next node. I removed the vine from the pump on and hit the stub with fungicide. should be ok. Checked the other side and din't see any problems.   Saturday, September 26 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05, I lifted the pumpkin with the tripod and placed it on the trailer, This is the blossome end   Saturday, September 26 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05, Front End of trailer, with pumpkin. The fruit will be going to Topsfield next Saturday   Saturday, September 26 View Page 1314 Beauchemin 05, Stem end of plant as you can see the vine is still attached so the pumpkin can continue to grow.   Saturday, September 26 View Page 1566 Rodonis 07, coloring up nice   Saturday, September 26 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 A, The rot on the top finally dried down with the dry and cool weather.   Saturday, September 26 View Page 1502 Wallace 06 B, The plant is dying back the light frost last night didn't help it much   Saturday, September 26 View Page *1033 Magdycz 07, I will be putting the tripod up over this one to load in the truck for Topsfield   Saturday, September 26 View Page *1055 Pitura 06, A little rot on the stem caused by a short spell of warm weather. It is under control with the dry weather   Saturday, September 26 View Page 904 Stelts 06, The stem rotted at the pumpkin I was able to keep about a third of it going. it should be enough to keep it from loosing weight   Friday, October 2 View Page All loaded up and ready for the drive to Topsfield tomorrow morning   Friday, October 2 View Page Rear view   Sunday, October 4 View Page My 1314 Beauchemin 05 pumpkin weighed 1237lbs at Topsfield weighoff yesterday, which gave me seventh place The *1033 Magdycz 07 squash weighed 666.8lbs, which was a second place win.   Saturday, November 7 View Page Pumpkins seed labels for my 2009