Home What's New Message Board
BigPumpkins.com
Select Destination Site Search
 
javier papaseit - 2012 Grower Diary Point your RSS aggregator here to subscribe to this Grower Diary.

Show Entries in

Grower Diary Menu
  Back to Previous Page
List Other Grower's Diaries
Submit to Your Own Diary

 
Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 123 Entries.
Sunday, January 15 View Page
hello! Greetings to all this year 2012! begin to grow pumpkins
 
Sunday, January 15 View Page
this year and had bad luck with my crop and I lost my harvest rains! Hopefully this year 2012 is much better and have better luck!
 
Sunday, January 15 View Page
especially to thank Leonardo Urena, for offering his house 10 days we were me and another savior mogas Spanish farmer learning about the culture house of leonardo from Spain are very grateful to all family and friends leonardo!
 
Sunday, January 15 View Page
after traveling from Spain to California, was a beautiful day for Leonard won and all celebrate the award with great enthusiasm and happiness! after traveling so many miles that was worth seeing leonardo grand prize!
 
Sunday, January 15 View Page
finally greet all the other farmers I met on the trip!! Glasier pit, jose ceja, cold ruben friends etc etc Santa Rosa and Napa Valley, also known to starr greetings to all from Spain!
 
Sunday, January 15 View Page
this is my treasure for the year 2012 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Sunday, January 15 View Page
3 year start adding horse manure trucks for 6 plants
 
Sunday, January 15 View Page
begin to spread the manure carts!
 
Sunday, January 15 View Page
little by little this the manure prepared to pass the tractor!
 
Sunday, January 15 View Page
and past the tractor and let it dry a few days before moving for the second time this summer will take the shade beneath the trees I have to put my ureña 991ureña and 1704, here in Spain it is very hot and we have problems with this shadow growth certainly can help me a lot in the growth this year
 
Sunday, January 15 View Page
after I have soil test parameters that are not good! and added products for correction and wing waiting to make the second analysis of soil in spring
 
Sunday, January 15 View Page
California study a little the process of mycorrhiza! the 10 days we learned very important things here in Spain to improve!
 
Sunday, January 15 View Page
could not miss the paella and savior I cook for the family ureña!! they taught us some very good traditional food and we also cooked a day for them Spanish paella! I could not miss in California !!!!!
 
Sunday, January 15 View Page
espero en España poder sacar calabazas de este tamaño !!!!!
 
Monday, January 16 View Page
also apply this product by the manure!
 
Monday, January 16 View Page
these envelopes to send seeds to growers Spanish, Germany, Mexico, Argentina, Canary Islands
 
Thursday, January 19 View Page
Some gifts are coming to Spain california!
 
Thursday, January 19 View Page
a very dry winter with no rain, and placed a risk to my rye cover
 
Monday, January 23 View Page
some products to help grow!
 
Tuesday, February 7 View Page
some seeds for this 2012 season!! I'm better prepared this year to grow!
 
Tuesday, February 21 View Page
covering the Rye is working well is very green!
 
Tuesday, March 6 View Page
March 6th we are, these days has been cold for over a very dry year and in some parts of Spain there are problems with drought I have no problems with water and I have very high barley! in a few days I start to work the land, after applying 3 trucks of manure and barley to cover about 3000 I have prepared bariums kilos of fertilizer to leave my land at 100x100 arem soil analysis to ensure our food on the floor
 
Thursday, March 15 View Page
barley I have pretty good coverage, I will start to shred all the earth!
 
Thursday, March 15 View Page
I have the tractor ready to spend the first plowing my land, then add a few products
 
Thursday, March 15 View Page
I have the quality of the land very good this year! this fails to stand for very wet days and shall pass the tractor to make it better my country, then add some fertilizer to leave the ground ready for planting
 
Saturday, March 24 View Page
my coverage in the small field is fine, disconnect and prepare the land, here go my 2 backups in case I have big problems in the field with my other pumpkin plants
 
Saturday, March 24 View Page
notice the spring! very hot and good temperature at night, and we can go germinating seeds!
 
Saturday, March 24 View Page
My daughter wants to drive the tractor! has only one year and will be good tiller of giant pumpkins in the future!
 
Monday, March 26 View Page
to germinate the seeds before the treatment with soluble seaweed meal, and fungicide this is how to disinfect the seeds, then applied with a syringe a few drops of fungicide and algae to sterile gasitas to only show tayo is protected against pathogens and viruses, and has a small contribution of nitrogen seem silly but it's a professional thing if it works, the gasitas that are purchased in pharmacies and sterile distilled water
 
Thursday, March 29 View Page
all seeds are opening very well! in 24 hours and 48 hours, constant temperature at 23 degrees to 100% humidity and dark and treated with fungicide and seed flour soluble seaweed here is the 1704 ureña, I think that has to be a good seed for this year
 
Thursday, March 29 View Page
all seeds germinated here is the 1495 Stels, I think it will be a good seed for this year
 
Thursday, March 29 View Page
Ureña 1560 and to put in the ground, no longer a few days to have first true leaves
 
Thursday, March 29 View Page
here is the 991 this year ureña help me to pollinate some of my pumpkins! here we are in Spain and fight against high temperatures! seeds and genetics have very good but it is difficult to grow here in Spain will try to do the best possible!
 
Thursday, March 29 View Page
and watered the pot and let drain, and treated the soil with fungicide and ready to plant seeds
 
Thursday, March 29 View Page
I have seeds on the ground and at a constant temperature of 24 degrees in a few days I shall pass out and plants to the greenhouse and outdoors, for acclimatization
 
Saturday, March 31 View Page
1704 ureña
 
Saturday, March 31 View Page
1495 stels
 
Wednesday, April 11 View Page
This year my clean patch
 
Wednesday, April 11 View Page
as a child with a toy lol
 
Wednesday, April 11 View Page
applying fertilizers
 
Wednesday, April 11 View Page
payment for land, and apply some more
 
Wednesday, April 11 View Page
granular fertilizer high in potassium
 
Wednesday, April 11 View Page
ecological fertilizer
 
Wednesday, April 11 View Page
correction of pH and some more fertilizer
 
Wednesday, April 11 View Page
crushing the earth
 
Wednesday, April 11 View Page
main root help
 
Wednesday, April 11 View Page
protected plants
 
Wednesday, April 11 View Page
ground floors on: 12/04/2012
 
Wednesday, April 11 View Page
soon this will be a green meadow
 
Thursday, April 26 View Page
1704 ureña !!!
 
Monday, April 30 View Page
protect the plants
 
Monday, April 30 View Page
protect plants, all online
 
Monday, April 30 View Page
the first leaves, this very well!
 
Monday, April 30 View Page
the first leaves, this very well!
 
Monday, April 30 View Page
for now everything is fine! is April 30 and my plants are very healthy, well I hope to continue my 2012 pumpkin crop!
 
Thursday, May 3 View Page
one meter deep wells to fill organic matter, we want long, strong roots
 
Tuesday, May 8 View Page
1704 ereña !!!!
 
Friday, May 11 View Page
yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Saturday, May 19 View Page
Sunday, May 20, I have the very healthy green plants, between 7 plants are highlighting 3, 1704 Urena, 1495 Stels, 1622 Don youn These plants are very green and strong! I hope to have some very good crosses
 
Sunday, May 27 View Page
view of the field
 
Sunday, May 27 View Page
some problems with mildew disease, and had to sulfated systemic fungicide 1622 don youn
 
Sunday, May 27 View Page
in Spain is hot about 30 degrees celsius and we are only in May!!
 
Sunday, May 27 View Page
jose brow gift!! many greetings to your family!!
 
Sunday, May 27 View Page
991 ureña
 
Thursday, June 7 View Page
June 7 my feet very large and strong
 
Thursday, June 7 View Page
valentino rossi in Barcelona Spain! my city in the world running gp
 
Thursday, June 7 View Page
first maximum in a week pollination
 
Saturday, June 9 View Page
Today I visited the grower for me to carbaser and given some vegetables! Greetings mogas savior!
 
Saturday, June 9 View Page
fried artichokes with olive oil and pepper and vinegar!
 
Saturday, June 9 View Page
My daughter will soon help me with pumpkins on the ground! hehehe
 
Saturday, June 9 View Page
plants are fine for now! the heat going strong!
 
Wednesday, June 20 View Page
some products even the earth, the plants are larger
 
Wednesday, June 20 View Page
my plants are very large and we will soon pollinate
 
Wednesday, June 20 View Page
991 ureña x 1622 don youn
 
Wednesday, June 20 View Page
1622 don youn x 991 ureña
 
Wednesday, June 20 View Page
potato picking season
 
Wednesday, June 20 View Page
I have the trailer ready hopefully not the pumpkins in the fall! jejje
 
Wednesday, June 20 View Page
Here in Spain very high temperature! very hot, I have a 95 heat and humidity and fungal pests attack my plants as mildew etc, I have to use I have no remedy systemic fungicides here in Spain is difficult to culture by high temperature and high humidity to 95% I hope to keep my plants healthy till end of season
 
Wednesday, June 20 View Page
some diseased leaves with mildew, here in this area is very easy to grab this enmedad virus, I'm dealing with systemic fungicide
 
Wednesday, June 20 View Page
plants have good color, only a few affected leaves but generally good condition, expect to have a good year with these plants
 
Wednesday, June 20 View Page
this is my 991 ureña, I have a soft spot for my trip to U.S., Leonardo gave me and I'm trying to plant the best possible! in Spain polinizamos pumpkin and take to grow more than 10 days, when you have 20 days pollinated squash begins to grow slowly, we have used growth, will not know why but I think the high heat affects our growth and moisture very high have this year will see the growth of my pumpkins here in Spain as iran grow, we hope that things improve
 
Wednesday, June 20 View Page
gift from friends mushroom growers!
 
Saturday, June 23 View Page
young don my pumpkin 1622 x 991 ureña
 
Monday, June 25 View Page
100 libras 7 day 1622 don youn x 991 ureña
 
Wednesday, June 27 View Page
1622 don young x 991 ureña day 9 , 140 libras
 
Wednesday, June 27 View Page
1508 ceja x 991 ureña 50 libras
 
Wednesday, June 27 View Page
991 ureña x 1622 don youg 120 libras day 10
 
Wednesday, June 27 View Page
Pumpkin seeds this Stels 1495, do not set the pumpkins extreme heat, this pumpkin is open beneath a secondary, if I have no remedy fails this and see how it grows
 
Wednesday, June 27 View Page
46 grados celsius spain barcelona !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bufffffffffffff
 
Wednesday, June 27 View Page
jorge lorenzo !!!!!! moto gp
 
Wednesday, June 27 View Page
My daughter is 17 months!
 
Wednesday, June 27 View Page
Spain very hot heat! to cool off a bit lol
 
Wednesday, June 27 View Page
Spain a country to eat well! I send you greetings from barcelona if any cultibador travel to Barcelona Spain, are invited to my house!
 
Wednesday, June 27 View Page
I hope to have a good growth of my gourd, the heat does not grow pumpkins, I will use shade cloth in some bushes
 
Sunday, July 1 View Page
1622x991 ureña 275 libras
 
Sunday, July 1 View Page
Spain won today!! champions of europe and the world 3 times!!!!!! This team makes athletes so good story!!
 
Sunday, July 1 View Page
1622 don youg x 991 ureña 275 libras for Spain this pumpkin grows very well! I'm happy in a few days of growth
 
Thursday, July 5 View Page
991 ureña x 1622 don young 300 libras day 28
 
Thursday, July 5 View Page
1495 stels x open
 
Thursday, July 5 View Page
1508 jose ceja x open
 
Sunday, July 8 View Page
This pumpkin is the best of my crop this year!
 
Sunday, July 8 View Page
This pumpkin is the best of my crop this year!
 
Sunday, July 8 View Page
to sleep hehehehe day 30 - 440.924 lb !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Tuesday, July 10 View Page
991 ureña 400 libras day 35
 
Tuesday, July 10 View Page
1622 to the broken part of the pumpkin ass was in a very fast growth over 30 pounds per day and broken!! and left another pumpkin on the vine will see if I have time to grow back to that tree I have 4 pumpkins but growing well!
 
Wednesday, July 18 View Page
1495 stels
 
Wednesday, July 18 View Page
1704 ureña
 
Wednesday, July 18 View Page
991 ureña
 
Wednesday, July 18 View Page
1504 ceja
 
Wednesday, July 18 View Page
1622 don youg
 
Thursday, July 26 View Page
991 , 462.970 lb
 
Thursday, July 26 View Page
1704 ureña - 496.040 lb I have problems with heat in Spain, and as shade cloth but the leaves are wrong, I hope you can take up to 60 days more growth
 
Thursday, July 26 View Page
1622 don young - 617.294 lb I have a crack in the back of the pumpkin, and repaired and closed the gap continues to grow squash nose if it will be a large gourd or a pumpkin rotting
 
Thursday, July 26 View Page
1495 stels - 396.832 lb I have mosaic virus in many leaves, this year I have leaves infected by this virus, it will try to have the maximum that can kill to grow pumpkins
 
Thursday, August 2 View Page
my pumpkin 1622 x 991 Don Young has started to weigh ye cracked 670 pounds in 45 days growth
 
Thursday, August 2 View Page
Pumpkin lifting!
 
Thursday, August 2 View Page
the trailer and to weigh
 
Thursday, August 2 View Page
I'm glad I overcame my personal record and I have 4 pumpkins crciendo very well, I hope this year will be a good year for my pumpkins
 
Thursday, August 2 View Page
the crossing was very heavy!
 
Thursday, August 2 View Page
the crack was for a few days behind and rotting
 
Thursday, August 2 View Page
download and open to seed!
 
Sunday, December 2 View Page
3 finalist in the pumpkin contest
 
Sunday, December 2 View Page
this year's winners!
 

 

Top of Page

Questions or comments? Send mail to Ken AT bigpumpkins.com.
Copyright © 1999-2024 BigPumpkins.com. All rights reserved.