Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 61 Entries. Monday, January 3 View Page Best wishes to all ! That's my best 2010 Beetroot 12.350kg.   Monday, January 3 View Page After 250 days, the radish finally decided to stop growing. Soil was frozen, air temp -7°C, hard and long job to remove and clean it slowly... Then went to the shop to get an official and accurate weight : 4.976kg. Very pleased for my very first giant radish, 100% organic.   Sunday, January 9 View Page 1611lb from 2009, what a fantastic moment !   Thursday, March 10 View Page Onions are looking good, growing stronger now. I hope to transplant them soon.   Wednesday, March 16 View Page At the end, after 1 year of growth, my carrot stop growing and start to bolt. I knew it was big considering the size and the quantity of the leaves (1.10m diameter). When I dug it out of the soil, I couldn't believe it ! I rushed to the shop to get a certified weight : 4.250kg ! (about 9lb4oz). I can't be happier ! (still 100% organic)   Wednesday, May 18 View Page Here baby Ismaël Daho ! He's borned early monday morning , 2 days after the final date : 4.275kg for 52.5cm. Mum and son are healthy and should be back home on friday. Thank you very much to everybody for the kind words.   Saturday, August 6 View Page Field pumpkin leave : 74cm (29"), Very healthy and aggressive plant.   Saturday, August 6 View Page Field pumpkin stem, bigger than a can.   Sunday, August 7 View Page Under the Leafcanopy...   Monday, August 8 View Page .....Bloody voles are enjoying the delicious pumpkins roots ! grrrrrr   Sunday, August 21 View Page After baby Blaine and the pumpkin, Ismaël and the marrow !   Monday, August 22 View Page Ismaël and mom with a watermelon and a cantaloupe.   Tuesday, August 23 View Page 291Kent watermelon, Very good shape, growing nicely.   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Cantaloupes are growing quick now. I like that shape off the 40lb Holloway. The leaves are big, thick vines, very healthy plant. I crossed it with the 45.2 Webb.   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Very happy with the cucumbers. I did my best even with the crap weather we had. I'm getting my target even with the long ones. Best fruits are on the plants which have the biggest leaves ( about 40cm wide and long)   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Sweet pepper. This pepper is thicker than the common ones that's the reason why they are heavy. I hope for +10% heavy for that nice specimen lol   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Another sweet pepper but the traditional variety. I tried to push it with a lot of drenches and foliar sprayings of different natural "purins". It seems to work since that fruit is way longer than normal.   Tuesday, August 23 View Page I love growing aubergines. They are pretty plant with lovely flowers and beautiful fruits. Some varieties are long and slim , others are shorter but way bigger. Like the normal sweet pepper, I pushed them to see what happens. On each 2 plants, one fruit has grown over the normal size like this one. I hope for 700 to 800g.   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Nice mater off the 5.07 Boudyo. This seed has already produced some big tomatoes in Europe. Lots of potential.   Wednesday, August 24 View Page What a big surprise ! I weighed at the shop 2 aubergines, I thought they were about 700 to 800g, but in fact, the smallest one is 1,050kg and the biggest one is 1,136kg ! Look at the beautiful shiny skin.   Saturday, August 27 View Page Nice onion, still growing slowly but surely.   Saturday, August 27 View Page Here a photo of the 2 monsters aubergines. The 1,050kg has a girth of 33cm at the top and 36.5cm at the biggest part. Circonference from stem to stem is 62cm. The 1.136kg specimen has a girth of 34cm at the top and 38.5cm at the biggest part. Circonference from stem to stem is 62cm too. The 4 aubergines plants has produced already over 100 fruits and keep throwing many flowers, very strong plants. I don't know if there're some records in that category (don't think so) but feel free to email me if you have some informations. Thank you.   Tuesday, August 30 View Page After the virus, disease, voles, crap weather , cold nights , we had a terrible hail storm which destroyed all my ouside vegts. Huge ice cubes even cut the plastic of the greenhouses. 50l of water per meter square within 30mn made a huge split on my marrow. Very sad since it was growing very well and was only 30days old and another 30days to go. That was my first serious attempt. Will try again next year !   Saturday, September 3 View Page I don't prune all tomatoes on each plant to get a big one because family love'em ! On each plant, there are about 10/12 tomatoes weighing 500g to 1kg+ so impossible to get a real big one but I don't mind. Will try next year to get a BIG one. Here Becky with 2 nice tomatoes : 1.353kg and 1.056kg The 3 specimens are 100% organic lol   Monday, September 5 View Page Very happy with the sweet peppers. I Get my target for my first serious attempt. The "normal variety" sweet pepper surprised me weighing 484,27gr.   Monday, September 5 View Page The giant variety wasn't a surprise at 584,05gr.   Monday, September 5 View Page Sweet... !   Friday, September 9 View Page Best giant long and heavy cucumbers are on the plants which have the biggest leaves. I have improved ventilation,so PM arrived only early september. Plants are healthy a longer time so fruits keep growing. Plants love the different plants liquids I use to foliar spray and drench. Both fruits already smashed my Pb's, very glad so far.   Saturday, September 10 View Page Picked my first heavy cucumber today. Smashed my 2010's first Pb of 4.320kg, it weighed 6.175kg Lenght is 61cm, widest circonference is 42.5cm. Very pleased !   Saturday, September 10 View Page Ismaël and the cucumber for size reference.   Sunday, September 11 View Page Long gourds, Hail has destroyed most of the leaves. The crap weather is still here, rain non stop , grey, cloud, wind and cold nights but the fruits are doing well, surprinsing.   Sunday, September 11 View Page Lope still growing but slowly now. Hoping for a new record. Will see what it weighs soon.   Sunday, September 11 View Page Fieldpumpkin, that's my only and first attempt ever. It grows up to 22lb in 3 days during august. Lovely color !   Sunday, September 11 View Page For the husband who told his wife I love you one last time before his plane went down in a field For the wife who stopped in the stairs to call her husband to say I will love you forever For the mothers and fathers who kissed their kids goodbye the morning they died For the policemen who rushed in with the firemen to help get others out only to die themselves For the soldiers who fought back and lost their lives. Today, Tomorrow, we will remember forever   Monday, September 19 View Page First cantaloupe on the scale : 17,965kg = 39,6lb   Monday, September 19 View Page A new Pb for me off the 40 Holloway. I crossed it with the 45,2 Webb. Considering the crap weather and the voles invasion we had this season, I m glad of the result. Could have been bigger. Still another one growing very slowly on the same plant.   Sunday, September 25 View Page Anti roots sheet, my last solution against voles, plenty of works again during this winter....hope it'll work.   Sunday, September 25 View Page I've learnt a lot this season, a lot tests done for the next years. I have improved ventilation in one of pumpkin greenhouse and spray some organic mixtures to prevent PM. In the second pumpkin greenhouse, I didnt change anything just to compare. What the difference between this plant ...   Sunday, September 25 View Page ...and this one.   Sunday, September 25 View Page Long and heavy cucumbers almost done. I made a little "hamac" to support the weight of the big one. Thanks Dave for the great seeds !   Sunday, September 25 View Page One of my best tomatoe is still green and growing... Fabrice ........be scared .......very scared...... ps : LOL !   Sunday, September 25 View Page Last year, My 40 tomatoes plants produced 1000kg of nice tomatoes. I grew different varieties : Noir de Crimée, Big Zac, Green Zebra, Bigaré, Ananas, Cherries, pears etc... Here is the nice "White queen". Will grow the awesome "Blue" ones next year, thanks Christophe for the seeds !   Sunday, September 25 View Page Tall corns. Did different tests to see what happens. Very happy, I discovered severals effective technical details. Ready to grow a proper tall one next year !   Sunday, September 25 View Page Not a monster pumpkin but it's the cross I wanted to make. 1468.5 Stevens x 1605 Sweet !   Monday, September 26 View Page Finally, I did it ! 40.5lb cantaloupe off the 40 Holloway. So glad !!!   Saturday, October 1 View Page I got this superb compost pile for almost nothing. 16 tonnes !   Monday, October 10 View Page Meet my new Pb tomatoe at 1,737kg ( 3.83lb) off the 5.41Harp. Before to produce that fruit, I picked up about 5kg of tomatoes on the same plant. Cc is 55cm.   Tuesday, October 11 View Page Between my 5 aubergine plants, 2 are producing many fruits. I picked up already 150 good size fruits on 2 plants. Most of them are between 500g and 800g but a dozen were over a kilo. Even now, all plants are really heathly with huge green leaves and flowers. No disease at all. Never seen that before. The aubergine on the left is 1kg+.   Wednesday, October 12 View Page Giant cucumbers : Had a great season, most of them are over 5kg, a few at 6kg+ and my 2 best at 7,1kg and 7,7kg (17lb) National record. Longest is 71cm. Found Voles galleries in cucumbers patch too... Also, right at the stump of the big tomatoe, There were a big vole gallery. Could have been bigger ?!?   Monday, October 17 View Page Ismaël and the new French record fieldpumpkin at 126lb. That's the prettiest vegetable I've ever produced !   Monday, October 17 View Page Prune with the fieldpumpkin. I love it !   Monday, October 17 View Page New French record Heavy cucumber. The one of the left is 7,7kg (17lb) and the other one is 7,1kg for 71cm long.   Monday, October 17 View Page New French record onion. The heaviest one is on the right at 2,940kg ( about 6,5lb)   Monday, October 17 View Page 96,3lb watermelon.   Saturday, October 22 View Page Runner beans. Most of them are 2 feet long.   Saturday, October 22 View Page Check the size of that corn stalk.   Wednesday, December 7 View Page Here my 458 Daho 2001. Cross is 1468.5 Stevens x 1605 Sweet Not a monster cos of too much troubles ( mostly voles) but a nice cross (1161 Rodonis on both side), I will plant it next year. Surprise is the Blossom end is thicker than stem part.   Wednesday, December 7 View Page I picked up that 1,300kg tomatoe on the 24 of november. Yesterday, I remove all the tomatoes plants, they were still alive and heathly and full of tomatoes. In total, I found a full wheel barrow ! and some aubergines and sweet pepper. Not bad for the 7th of december.   Wednesday, December 7 View Page I gave my 126lb phat jack to the "Telethon" which is a famous event in France during 48h. The target is to make some shows all over the country to get as much money as possible to help the Rare Diseases Research.   Wednesday, December 7 View Page Thicker part of the 126lb phat Jack was on the top of it. Almost 10cm (4") without the carved skin on top. The blossom end was 5cm (2") thick. Seeds were perfect ! The 126 Daho 2011 is the 92.5 Kampf x self. It's the biggest off spring fruit of the 6 over 100lb produced by that great seed. From Nathan Kampf, it could be the biggest true Phat jack fruit grown ?   Wednesday, December 7 View Page My best tall corn at 6,56m ( 21'6").