Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 53 Entries. Wednesday, August 11 View Page Bonjour From France, here a nice Pukos leave.   Thursday, August 12 View Page 1161 Rodonis stump   Friday, August 13 View Page 3lb Tomatoe   Thursday, August 19 View Page Healthy Leaves   Friday, August 20 View Page Cantaloupe   Friday, August 20 View Page Carrot   Friday, August 20 View Page Onion   Friday, August 20 View Page Watermelon   Friday, August 20 View Page Side to side , day 45 = nearly 107"   Friday, August 20 View Page 1161 Rodonis stump's getting bigger and bigger.   Wednesday, August 25 View Page Fabrice Tomatoe : 1.680kg   Wednesday, August 25 View Page Second Fabrice tomatoe : 1.805kg Congratulations !   Saturday, August 28 View Page Side to side : over 112" , day 53.   Wednesday, September 1 View Page Watermelon still growing nicely.   Wednesday, September 1 View Page Nice carrot.   Wednesday, September 1 View Page I hope for a big parsnip.   Wednesday, September 1 View Page Onion leaves still ok.   Wednesday, September 1 View Page side to side is over 114" day 57. All vegts are 100% organic.   Wednesday, September 1 View Page Radish   Thursday, September 2 View Page For the 100% organic gardener, it's harder to fight against disease and insects. But nature has made the wild plants. Some are excellent against diseases ( mostly prevent), insects ( prevent and cure) and some are growth booster and/or help the soil life. There are 3 ways to prepare them : decoction, infusion and maceration. I use a lot of consoude. It stimules the soil life and the plant growth, help the germinate rate and increase compost speed. It also kill aphids and white flies. Here a bucket of consoude (symphytum) freshly cut.   Thursday, September 2 View Page Here the consoude cut finely and soak in rainwater (maceration) for a couple of days. Then Filter the whole liquid and use it pure to kill insects or dilute at 10% for drench or 5% for foliar spray.   Thursday, September 2 View Page Here the prele (equisetum). Prele prevents insects like leek worms and spidermites, boost the growth and prevent many diseases. Decoction ( boil for 1h) of 250g of dry leaves in 10l of rainwater. Filter and dilute at 20% to prevent many diseases and spidermites/the leek worms. Add black soap as a natural wetting agent. Prele contains also 10% of silice, calcium and potassium. I strongly think prele and others natural plants like orties (urtica dioica), consoude etc... help my pumpkin plants and all others vegts to stay green and heathly up to late october. There are many many others great plants available in the countryside like Garlic, rhubarb, pyrethre, onion, rumex, melisse, lavande etc... Free of charge and just great for the planet.   Friday, September 3 View Page Here a photo of my pumpkin when it was young.(991 Urena) I love that shape !   Monday, September 6 View Page Fabrice tomatoe : 1.985kg   Monday, September 6 View Page Fabrice European tomatoe record : 2,300kg   Monday, September 6 View Page Here my first ever attempt at the giant carrot, pretty glad. 100% organic   Monday, September 6 View Page First ever attempt at heavy cucumber : 4.320kg holds by the lovely "Prune". 100% organic ( both specimens loll)   Monday, September 6 View Page First ever attempt at Long gourd. When I built the trellis , I never thought one single second I will have to dig a hole ... 100% Organic.   Tuesday, September 14 View Page Here my first ever cantaloupe at 17,400kg. The sweet smell is all over the house now loll   Saturday, September 18 View Page Prune and Léo with the cantaloupe.   Saturday, September 18 View Page Very tasty and very sweet, the whole fruit is already somewhere in the depths of ours Stomaches lol.   Tuesday, September 21 View Page Second cantaloupe at 15,386kg ( very accurate scale lol)   Wednesday, October 6 View Page Here my first attempt at Parsnip. It's 1.925kg and lenght is 1.32m. Still have a couple good growing.   Wednesday, October 6 View Page First ever giant onion 2,555kg. Important to say they have grown in a greenhouse during the whole season. Ideal temp is 18°C, they survive up to 55°C in the summer, full sun and sciarid attacks. Can't believe they are still alive !   Saturday, October 9 View Page Here one of my 2 1180.5Pukos fruit. This fruit is from a 3 lobes flower and weighs 1001lb. Unfortunately, During the july month, I had a voles invasion, they dug tunnels everywhere , ate and destroyed most of the roots system of all my pumpkins and chew many leaves. The cross is 1180.5Pukos x 1161 Rodonis   Saturday, October 9 View Page 1026 Daho 2010. Fruit went heavy. (and still growing 7lb a day when cut). Same Horrible voles problems from July to now. As the others 1180.5Pukos fruits, Should have been way bigger without the bloody voles. I love the shape and the color ! Cross is 991 Urena x 1180,5Pukos.   Monday, October 11 View Page Best one of the 2010 season.   Monday, October 11 View Page 1180.5 Pukos. (Thanks Joe)   Monday, October 18 View Page 114.5" long gourd, New European record. That's my first ever long Gourd. Thanks Sam ! There were 4 others Long gourd on the same plant , all between 107" and 111" growing together. Even now, the same plant has produced 7 others gourds all between 70 and 102" and still growing !   Monday, October 18 View Page Tall corns. The one on the left is 5.33m today, still growing well, no tassle yet. One month ago, a big storm broke this corn. I found it on the floor. I put it up again but most of the roots were broken. Amazingly, it keeps growing ! On the back, you can see the Long gourd treilli.   Monday, October 18 View Page This Kohlrabi is throwing many babies at the base of the leaves. Slow grower but steady.   Monday, October 18 View Page 107lb watermelon.   Tuesday, October 26 View Page Here my best giant Beetroot. I have not idea of the weight but it seems heavy.   Tuesday, October 26 View Page Best raddish's still very heathly and keep growing gently.(over 150days old now) I dug carefully and found the root is the same diameter at 15cm deep. Wonder how long is it. What should I do ? cut it now or let it grow up the end of his life ?   Tuesday, October 26 View Page OK, OK, OK... That's for You Chris S ;-) Same color, same shape, huge size , sounds like a rock and it's the famous 1161 Rodonis. What do you think about that one ?!?!   Tuesday, October 26 View Page Best onion is almost done. I guess the weight is somewhere between 2.5kg and 3kg.   Sunday, October 31 View Page New PB parsnip : 2.910kg   Sunday, October 31 View Page New PB carrot : 2,341kg. Very happy with that one but I may have a bigger one.   Sunday, October 31 View Page Ohh, How big is it ...?   Friday, November 5 View Page Forget to mention infos : This is my best one of the 2010 season : 1130Daho10. The cross is 1180.5Pukos x 1161Rodonis (same cross for my 1001lb from another 1180.5Pukos plant) Fruit was still growing about 7lb a day when picked. Owen, Final SS was 122.5" lol   Friday, November 5 View Page Last pumpkin of the season, the famous 1161 Rodonis. Weighed 1017lb. Was still growing 1" every 2 days when picked on the 31 of october. This fruit grew on a lateral because the mainvine tip burnt late june. Open pollinated. Very heathly plant right up to the end. Thanks Bill.   Monday, November 15 View Page I met this gentleman at a little weigh off. He's 97 year old ! he grew 4 pumpkins this season up to 518lb. Sir, you're Amazing ! Maybe the world Oldest giant pumpkin grower ?!?! Respect !   Wednesday, November 17 View Page PB Kholrabi 8.770kg