Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 46 Entries. Friday, April 29 View Page Start. 2011 Diary is underway. I would like to start out by thanking Don Young, Chris Stevens, Joe Menting and Tina/Frank Finders for seeds. Thanks Guys!! I'm going to be doing Blogs through youtube.com on a weekly basis, I'll post links in my diary along with my pictures. So please sit back relax! and watch me achieve my goal of 1500 pounds.   Friday, April 29 View Page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HMHbUPSWI4   Friday, May 27 View Page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yp36XAcsyo   Friday, May 27 View Page Over view of our patch, taken 5-25-11.   Friday, June 3 View Page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKLajJLFPwU   Sunday, June 19 View Page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIrU-6fX19M   Friday, June 24 View Page Here is the 1329.5 Menting 10, female will be ready to pollinate in a few days.   Friday, June 24 View Page This is my 1288 Brandt 10, female will also be ready to go in a few days,,,   Friday, June 24 View Page This is Ellenbeckers 1295 10, One pollination on this one so far.   Friday, June 24 View Page 1412 Menting 10, I'm turning it around for you Joe,,,Pollination in a few day on this on as well.   Monday, July 4 View Page 1288 Brandt 10,   Monday, July 4 View Page 1329.5 Menting 10, Awesome plant I would recommend Joe's seeds to anyone, leaves are huge as well as healthy looking, will be interesting to see how big the fruit will be.   Monday, July 4 View Page 1295 Elenbecker 10, again Awesome plant,   Monday, July 4 View Page 1412 Menting, Fruit looks like it's mother, Umm, just ignore all the weeds in these pictures weeding is done on Tuesday.   Tuesday, July 12 View Page 1329.5 Menting front 1288 Brandt back, With this picture you can see how I train my vine plant the fruit, which is very important, last year I lost most of the vine before my fruit however if you get 300-500 sq feet past the fruit you can stand to lose a few secondaries to old age or rot and still get solid gains.   Tuesday, July 12 View Page 1295 Elenbecker front, 1412 Menting back.   Tuesday, July 12 View Page Leaves on my 1288.   Tuesday, July 12 View Page The under canopy of my 1288, Note,crosses are- 1288 x 1412 1412 x 1288 1329.5 x 1288 1295 x self   Thursday, July 14 View Page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAGA5sDiuko   Friday, July 22 View Page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYjV5z7FJ1U   Monday, July 25 View Page Ellenbeckers 1295,, day 25.   Monday, July 25 View Page Joe's unstoppable 1412 day 25,,,ott = 219...... 5 day average was 23 pounds.   Monday, July 25 View Page My very own 1288 Brandt from 2010. Day 20,,, the best day 20 numbers I've ever had,,,just waiting for it to blossom end split,,,(I hate what the blossom looks like)   Monday, July 25 View Page What do you think Joe is this one going to split or not?   Monday, July 25 View Page Epic leaves!!!1   Sunday, July 31 View Page 1412 Menting day 31, beginning to hit it's peak!   Sunday, July 31 View Page 1288 Brandt 10,,,We'll see what happens with this fruit. And today I pulled Joe's 1329.5 every pumpkin I pollinated as a last ditch effort looked real ugly,,so I had it and now it is gone,,the way it stands now we have two shots to go heavy. Hope everything goes smoothly from here on out.   Wednesday, August 3 View Page Gummy stem blight?   Wednesday, August 3 View Page In the past 2 weeks we had tons of water, this is a picture of a leaf that may have gummy stem blight, I'm not sure if it is because of all the rain or not,,you can see there is about 4-5 inches of water in the stem,,,,all the ones that have rotted on me had tons of water in the stems??? is this gummy stem blight,,or just from to much water???   Wednesday, August 3 View Page back side of plant,,where the oldest leaves are,,maybe someone can see something that would indicate a virus or something????   Saturday, August 13 View Page 1412 Menting day 44   Saturday, August 13 View Page 1288 Brandt day 39,,My fruits will be little shits this year,,ehh,,and to top that off the stump on my 1288 is a foamer..   Saturday, August 27 View Page Well I think it is time to update my diary although no one probably wants to see my shitty plants/pumpkins,,, this is the 1412 Menting 10,,,   Saturday, August 27 View Page Hmm,,where did this one come from,,didn't think it would get that big,,, 1288 Brandt 2010   Saturday, August 27 View Page Joe you better believe this one is going heavy,,trust me.   Saturday, August 27 View Page 1288 plant..900ish sq feet   Saturday, August 27 View Page Ohh and what is this,,it has to be a first for me,,late august and I have roots jumping,,,,normally by now all my root would have rotted,,,   Sunday, September 11 View Page this could be a world record squash if it would turn a bit more green,,about 80% right now,,,this fruit is off my 1288 from 2010....doing about 100 a week now...which is freaking awesome for september   Sunday, September 11 View Page Back view,,,1288   Sunday, September 11 View Page Joe Mentings 1412,, est a bit over 850   Friday, September 16 View Page 24 degrees out last night,,I tried my best to save one plant,,my 1288,, even with tarps over the plant and me watering from 4-5 am,,,plant still got really bad frost bitten,,I guess we'll see if thing still grow,,if it does stop growing,,both fruit will go to nekoosa.   Sunday, September 25 View Page This is the stump on my 1288 had to cut it open at the base as well as on the top when the fruit was 40 days old,,this stump was massive even before I had to cut it,,,   Sunday, September 25 View Page Joe this pumpkin has a chance to beat you, doing 50 pounds a week still,,and it may go to Nekoosa,, after all.   Sunday, September 25 View Page 1288 back side,,what do you think??? oh and it tapes 1050 for anyone that is wondering,,, should tape 1100 by the time of nekoosa plus 15 or so over will be awesome,,,not likely though..   Saturday, October 1 View Page Here is the!! 926.5 Brandt 2011,, est at 833... Cross is 1412 Menting X 1288 Brandt   Saturday, October 1 View Page And this is the fruit that was grown off my own seed(1288) from 2010,, it taped 1048 and weighed in at 1195.5 I'm more than happy with that,,Cross is 1288 Brandt X 1412 Menting,(Who wants to grow it next year?)