Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 12 Entries. Monday, February 20 View Page Went Trout fishing today with my brother and dad. Was 24 degrees when we got out there. Nothing caught !!   Friday, July 6 View Page My LG experiment for the season. Plant is 24ft long, 14ft of it is planted in my patch. Side vines range from 6ft - 10ft long. Roots at each leaf node. LG just hit the top of my trellis today. Due to some circumstances, I haven't been able to care for it like I should. Biggest LG plant I've ever grown at this time of season.   Friday, July 6 View Page Stem shot of my experimental LG. It's pretty big. Most aggressive LG I've ever had also. LG is my 116.25" Vunak from a couple of yrs ago.   Monday, July 16 View Page This is a picture of the root under the leaf node on the main vine. They are all pretty much this size.   Monday, July 16 View Page Just a picture of size comparison of the leaves on my experimental Long Gourd.   Monday, July 16 View Page Over all shot of my experimental Long Gourd. The long gourd is climbing up the closest trellis in the picture. Roughly 31 ft long, didn't do an exact measurement. Stump and vines are very big for the plant. Plant growing is my 116.25" from a couple yrs ago.   Monday, July 30 View Page Picture of the stump on my experimental LG. Growth rate is a little disappointing, hopefully, it will pick up.   Sunday, August 5 View Page Growth not what i expected on my experimental Long Gourd. If you want mass, and not length, this is the way to go. All side vines were terminated today. Here's a picture of some of the vines.   Sunday, August 5 View Page Picture of gourd on my experimental plant. Just massive in size, not length. Girth on bottom of LG is 16 3/4", only 19 days old.   Friday, August 17 View Page Picture of the gourd that came from my experimental plant. Didn't break 100", but close. Just massive in size, my son is for comparison.   Friday, August 17 View Page Picture of another gourd on my experimental plant. Only a couple days old, and all side vines on plant have been removed. The only extra roots are on the main vine. Definately a different growth pattern, not as aggressive for mass like the other gourd. This one appears to be slender like it's mother.   Monday, August 27 View Page 2nd gourd on my experimental plant. Definately not the same results, the 1st gourd was just massive in size, this one is slender and long (not really). Weather hasn't been the greatest, cold nites.