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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 38 Entries.
Monday, April 23 View Page
put out two plants this saturday ---- my 25th season of growing A.G.'S has begun!
 
Monday, April 23 View Page
stelts 1807 out in the hoop 4/21 heater cables and box heater
 
Monday, April 23 View Page
1818 Bryson out in the hoop 4/21 heater cable and box heater keeping it warm.
 
Monday, May 14 View Page
I'd say a might early -- pumpkin on the 1807
 
Tuesday, May 22 View Page
stelts 1807 at 7 1/2 feet bryson 1818 at 6 feet
 
Wednesday, May 30 View Page
1807 stelts, weeding much needed
 
Wednesday, June 6 View Page
1807 Stelts at 15 1/2 secondaries at 7 feet lots of females
 
Wednesday, June 6 View Page
1818 bryson at 12 1/2 feet some females weather has been very cool and wet
 
Monday, June 11 View Page
stelts 1807 at 18 feet bryson 1818 at 13 feet pollinated female on it 6-12
 
Thursday, June 14 View Page
POLLINATED ONE ON THE 1807 STELTS
 
Wednesday, June 20 View Page
pumpkin on bryson 1818
 
Saturday, June 23 View Page
pumpkin on 1818 Bryson crossed with 1807 Stelts
 
Saturday, June 23 View Page
1807 Stelts plant
 
Tuesday, June 26 View Page
weather has cooled down day temps around 70 night temps around 50 did first measurement on 1818x1807 pumpkin day 15 f-b 28" s-s"27 cc 34 ott 89 weigh -- don't really matter at this time
 
Tuesday, June 26 View Page
lots of pruning and terminating removed much of the male and female flowers.
 
Thursday, June 28 View Page
measured pumpkin on the bryson 1818 thursday 30-31-39 ott 100
 
Saturday, June 30 View Page
bryson 1818x1807 stelts cc 46 ss 35 fb 35 ott 116
 
Saturday, June 30 View Page
1807 stelts ss 35 ss 28 fb 29 ott 92
 
Sunday, July 8 View Page
Bryson1818x1807 Stelts CC 82 fb 59 SS 63 OTT 204 est. weight 189 pounds
 
Sunday, July 8 View Page
stelts 1807x1818 Bryson CC 75 FB 52 SS 51 OTT 178 EST WEIGHT 132 POUNDS
 
Wednesday, July 11 View Page
Day 28 measured the 1818x1807 OTT is 227 estimate weight is 256 pounds -- found a large chew hole on the side looks like a woodchuck got at it ! gggggrrrrrrrrrrrr disinfected it with bleach applied fungicide and put a fan on it, looks like it's on life support, expect it to make 300 pounds by day 30 as gains were increasing but who knows now? woodchuck will be gone by tomorrow!!!!!!!
 
Friday, July 13 View Page
1818X1807 28 pound gain since yesterday == put some more fungicide on the woodchuck bite 30 DAP CC 96 FB 69 SS 73 OTT 293 EST WEIGHT 293 POUNDS
 
Thursday, July 19 View Page
Stelts1807x1818 Bryson taping around 360 pounds
 
Thursday, July 19 View Page
bryson1818x1807 stelts taping around 421pounds
 
Tuesday, July 24 View Page
1818x1807 est weight 507 pounds
 
Tuesday, July 24 View Page
1807x1818 estimate weight 424 pounds
 
Monday, July 30 View Page
1818 bryson est weigh 600 pounds
 
Monday, July 30 View Page
1807x1818 est 528 pounds
 
Friday, August 3 View Page
the green the big the orange
 
Tuesday, September 11 View Page
glad i covered the pumpkins last night got a little chilly
 
Monday, September 24 View Page
shhh he's sleeping
 
Monday, September 24 View Page
mad and cam
 
Tuesday, September 25 View Page
1818x1807
 
Wednesday, October 3 View Page
PETERS 1110 BRYSON 1818X1807 STELTS 17% HEAVY
 
Friday, October 12 View Page
cam 1st place squash at topsfield
 
Friday, October 12 View Page
Peters 1110 1818x1807 topsfield
 
Friday, October 12 View Page
942 back from Fredrich's farm in Rhode Island 1807x1818
 
Tuesday, October 23 View Page
pumpkins and cams squash
 

 

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