Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 130 Entries. Thursday, January 19 View Page winter is finally here. all we need now is a few more feet of snow to make it complete... oh ya HAPPY NEW YEAR.. see you in vegas   Thursday, February 16 View Page here is a picture of how deep the snow was..   Monday, February 27 View Page I would like to say Thank You to all of the GPC board members who were involved in the vegas big show it has been a blast and we can not wait till next year. Once i get home and go to detox i will post some very interesting pictures........ wwweeeeee wwweeeeee   Tuesday, February 28 View Page look at the detail the eye was very spooky looking...   Tuesday, February 28 View Page a group picture   Tuesday, February 28 View Page a picture of the master gardeners/ long gourd record holders.   Saturday, March 17 View Page some new stuff arrived yesterday. looks like ill be brewing some tea this year   Tuesday, March 20 View Page sand, soak, plant......... hhhhmmmmmmmm.. the weather sure has been warm.   Friday, March 23 View Page and in 2.5 days bam ..... donkey ears...   Thursday, March 29 View Page WA- BAM........ dumbo ears have arrived... poor lil gal has such big leafs she cant even hold her self up..   Sunday, April 8 View Page some soil amendments have arrived   Sunday, April 8 View Page had to light a fire to heat up my soil night time temps have been low..lol   Sunday, April 15 View Page Sanded, soaked, put seeds in dirt.. A really big THANK YOU to Quinn, Pap & Ron and Eddy Z... i hope they all germ and growz me a biggin.... hopefully in 3 days we can see some baby pictures   Thursday, April 26 View Page RULES TO BIG CITY GROWING #1 When raking backwards be aware of youre suroundings to prevent unexpectingly falling off the curb and getting run over by a speeding car.   Sunday, April 29 View Page a shot of the 904 stelts... thanks EddyZZZZ i needed the back up fo sho...   Sunday, April 29 View Page the 1647 wallace aka holy vine.. lol   Sunday, April 29 View Page a shot of the 586.5 G. Gantner it is an 1161 X self....   Sunday, April 29 View Page my 586.5 G.Gantner and a 1566 rodonis side by side... planted on the same day came up on the same day... only a few days old when picture was taken   Sunday, April 29 View Page a day or 2 later....oh ya the 586.5 is the donkey ears.. now the 1566 is in no way a slow poke its way a head of the other kins from the same start date...   Sunday, April 29 View Page My new 8 bulb 4 ft grow light it is a T5 set up... it sure does stop the leggy issue and yellowing that i have been experiancing with alot of the veggys this year....   Sunday, April 29 View Page another angle........   Sunday, April 29 View Page A shot of aka holy stem.... its now being called AKA mini vine..... i still have faith shes just moving a lil slow but she looks like she is moving past her issue....   Sunday, April 29 View Page Oh ya i forgot pictures of the 1725 Harp and the 1634 Werner.... The real race horses in my bunch....lol.. well they are not under the lights any more. I might be able to post some pictures before i leave for N.C for the week... but i really doubt it......:)   Wednesday, May 2 View Page I see another dumbo in the group... I am staring to notice a few trends....   Wednesday, May 2 View Page ok ok enough sand bagging... the 1725 Harp and the 1634 Werner are in my patch they are doing amazing.... i might have a picture or two but i can not seem to find them... ;)   Thursday, May 3 View Page so here is a shot of the 1634 werner... she sure is a thirsty lil girl.....   Thursday, May 3 View Page a picture of the 1725 harp... she too is thirsty... this plant has been amazing to watch grow i hope she grows me a new personal best   Thursday, May 3 View Page some pretty nasty storms rolled threw today. we had alot of rain and a heavy dose of hail..... had a few dents on my truck... some new air holes in my hoop house's with some plants that are loving the high and dry plant sites.. ;)   Tuesday, May 8 View Page I seen some sand in my yard so i spread it.... :)   Thursday, May 10 View Page A shot of the 1634 Werner stump.. this plant has laid down and is running.....   Thursday, May 10 View Page A picture of the 1725 Harp.... she too has laid down and is running. I think i might have to put on an addition to my hoop house very soon.   Tuesday, May 15 View Page a picture of my 1566 rodonis.. she is looking good.   Tuesday, May 15 View Page a shot of my 1579 revier.. also looking good   Tuesday, May 15 View Page a picture of 1 of my 586.5 G.Gantner.. a little wilty but she can hang..   Tuesday, May 15 View Page and a shot of my 699 D. Gantner.   Thursday, May 17 View Page a picture of my 1634 werner she is doing very well   Thursday, May 17 View Page a picture of my 904 stelts she is coming around   Thursday, May 17 View Page a picture of the extension i had to do... i bet you want to see this plant.....   Thursday, May 17 View Page oh ya i forgot this picture... i was riding around and seen this... i think it might be a person called dabowhunter. only time will tell. i like spy pictures.   Thursday, May 17 View Page i will let you all guess who this is.... she is only about 30 days old...   Friday, June 1 View Page so i have not posted in a while so i will post some pictures.... also the first melon cull of 2012 ya i said it a cull already.. yup june 1st 2012 a cull... lol.....yes in wisconsin.. growzem big all   Friday, June 1 View Page the 1634 werner there is a female or two on this plant... way to early for me. ;)   Friday, June 1 View Page a picture of the 1725 harp this plant is going to be my spider plant... i hope she growz me a biggin... oh ya she also has a few females on her... ;)   Friday, June 1 View Page and a picture of the 904 steltzzzzzz... this plant is moving i did take this picture before i took down the plastic and she is almost the same size as the 1634. the 904 is about 5 days older.... no females yet but the males do look very nice...;)   Friday, June 1 View Page So are you ready for this... i still am amazed the pollination took... about 7 days old... she was grown on a plant i was given.......... THANK YOU JOHN....... GROWZEM BIG ALL   Friday, June 1 View Page Here she is yup 6/1/2012... i can not wait untill october.... GROWZEM BIG ALL....   Wednesday, June 6 View Page ;)   Monday, June 11 View Page this is a cool product.. i seen it a local store.   Monday, June 11 View Page my first pepper of the 2012 growing season   Monday, June 11 View Page so i have not posted in a while... well here are my most recent pictures of the plants at the house....   Monday, June 11 View Page my 1634 werner.. she is a very nice plant and i hope to put down some pollen on her soon...   Monday, June 11 View Page my 1634 werner.. she is a very nice plant and i hope to put down some pollen on her soon...   Monday, June 11 View Page the 904 steltzzzzzzzzz... she also will need some pollen soon although i am unsure as to which plant to use??????   Monday, June 11 View Page the 1725 Harp.... she already had pollen spread on her i sure hope it takes..... somehow the 904 pollen got put on her.   Tuesday, June 12 View Page This jug arived today....it says sssssshhhhhhhhh :0   Sunday, June 24 View Page time to update.... a shot of the night time tilling session at the birds nest...   Sunday, June 24 View Page Patch update at home... 1725 Harp has burnt off the main vine and she has also aborted most of her pollenations.. 1634 Werner has also aborted most of her pollenations.. 904 Stelts she looks as if she also is aborting most of her pollenations.... got to love the heat wave... other than that plants look OK just getting big :)   Wednesday, June 27 View Page just a quick update.. The 904 aborted all of her pollenations. This is the 1634 werner... she is getting very large and running out of room very quickly.....   Friday, June 29 View Page this was the temp in my car yesterday... although it was very hot my plants took this blast of heat better than before... no grow tips were burned.. i did burn a few leafs but no were near as badly as last week.i sprayed a heavy dose of calcarb and one other product.... hope it helps with all this heat damage that i have been having.. oh ya i pollenated a 586 Gantner x 1725 harp and a 1236* vincent/Mcgill x 904 stelts.... ya i know green x orange but today fresh pollen was hard to find so pollen is pollen to me.. GROWZEM BIG   Tuesday, July 3 View Page 3   Tuesday, July 3 View Page 2   Tuesday, July 3 View Page mission control we have a problem..... abort abort abort...   Tuesday, July 3 View Page enough said!!!!!!!!   Wednesday, July 4 View Page came home from a party and found that my 1725 Harp HAS BURNED OFF ALL YES I SAID ALL OF HER GROW TIPS.....I will probably remove that plant once the heat dies down to under 90.   Thursday, July 5 View Page 12:45 pm 100 degrees.. and still climbing.   Monday, July 9 View Page so are you ready for some baby pictures?   Monday, July 9 View Page the 97.4 andres long gourd. a very nice plant. a side note i burnt off the main grow tip a few weeks ago   Monday, July 9 View Page and the 135 jacobus she is also a real mover and shaker...   Monday, July 9 View Page the 1244 G.Gantner 11 she was pollenated with the 1381 swarts... nice big 5 lobe   Monday, July 9 View Page the 1381 swarts pollenated by the 1566 rodonis   Monday, July 9 View Page the 1566 rodonis pollenated by the 904 stelts ;)   Monday, July 9 View Page the 1236 vincent mcgill squash also pollenated with the 904 stelts   Monday, July 9 View Page the 904 steltzzzzzzz pollenated by the 1725 harp   Monday, July 9 View Page do you see her???? pollenator was the 904 steltzzzzzz   Monday, July 9 View Page worst spot but it was the only one that took......   Monday, July 9 View Page this is a weird tap root thing inside of the stems on the 1634 werner... anybody ever seen this or ever grew a kin off of one with these in it... this plant has been a great grower but i havent been able to keep a kin on her so im letting the bees do the work to see if she can growz me a biggin if not well ill yank her out too....   Thursday, July 12 View Page this is a picture of the 1244 G Gantner 11 at homers place... she sure is getting big.   Thursday, July 12 View Page oh ya i pollenated that kin with the 1381 swarts...   Thursday, July 12 View Page and the 904 stelts..... she is growzen good now   Monday, July 23 View Page bad news.... the 904 stelts has blossom end split on me day 30ish. i still have to remove it so i will know an unofficial weight this afternoon...i was shocked to see this from this kin. on a side note even though this pumpkin was moving at a good rate the plant never stopped growing i still had 4 ft of new growth in all directions in 4 days... anybody want to try an early clone project?   Monday, July 23 View Page while on vacation i seen this in a guys yard.. so i stopped   Monday, July 23 View Page also this one....   Monday, July 23 View Page then a day or two later i seen this going on in another part of the state... man o man there sure are alot of nice pumpkins being grown in the state of WI......   Wednesday, July 25 View Page so i cut open the harp and the stelts... they both had seeds but i will see if they are any good... i can say day 31 was around 415-420 pounds on my 904.. dang it all   Saturday, July 28 View Page Got rootzzzzzzzzz... i used to ..   Saturday, July 28 View Page the top tap roootttzzzzzzzz...   Tuesday, August 7 View Page So i got called out for not posting in a while...... lol I said i have been out of town... so mike here we go. ;)   Tuesday, August 7 View Page the new 904 its on a strong side vine that is trained into a new main.... as the last 904 made it to 420 ish pounds in 30 days.. then split... the new one has a cir= 61.5" sts= 36" ete= 40" OTT= 137.5" day 13...... i like the new shape a lil better...   Tuesday, August 7 View Page the 1236 vincent/mc gill squash... she has such a bad bird bath.. im calling it the birds nest..   Tuesday, August 7 View Page the 1566 rodonis.. i like the shape.. she is crosses with the 904....   Tuesday, August 7 View Page the 1381 swarts i sure do like this plant.. i would grow it again fo sho.... oh ya pollenated by the 1566 rodonis..   Tuesday, August 7 View Page the 586 G.Gantner i was hopeing for orange but it is white.. she is also a very impressive plant..   Tuesday, August 7 View Page so thats all i got....i have lost a bunch of kins and yanked a few plants... oh well, may the strong survive or so they say... I do have pulling a plant and removing the sprinkler system down to 24 minutes..   Wednesday, August 8 View Page OOOOPPPPPPSSSSSS. i forgot to say that those pictures have some age on them....lol....... i might have to take some new pictures and post them up later.....   Wednesday, August 8 View Page day 16 904 stelts cir - 74 sts - 43 ete - 46 ott - 163   Thursday, August 16 View Page Here are some of my latest pictures....   Thursday, August 16 View Page I will start off with some more bad news.... i think we all know what this means...   Thursday, August 16 View Page The 1566 Rodonis.. crossed with the 904 stelts... thanks chad for the seed.. :(   Thursday, August 16 View Page the squash for the year... i sure hope it goes heavy... because there is no shortage of ugly with this one...lol   Thursday, August 16 View Page here is a close up...   Thursday, August 16 View Page yup no shortage of ugly on this one either....   Thursday, August 16 View Page even a better angle...... oh ya this is that 1244 G.Gantner 11...   Thursday, August 16 View Page seeds came out... not alot of them.   Thursday, August 16 View Page oopps i forgot this one...lol   Monday, September 10 View Page so it has been a while since i last posted... there were some more hurdles in the road but nun the less.. it is what it is....   Monday, September 10 View Page this years down falls... or AKA growing pains.... 1725 Harp X 904 Stelts.... day 25 or so abort.. 185" ott 904 Stelts X 1725 Harp... day 30 BES.... 269" ott 1566 Rodonis X 904 Stelts.. day 56.. BES.. 295" ott 1634 werner... WOW what amazing plant.. never got 1 past day 13... 150" ott.... one night(12 hrs) she grew 6" in cir... lost 2 plants to YVD. 2 plants never could get a set on... man what a year...   Monday, September 10 View Page ok so now some pictures...lol   Monday, September 10 View Page the 1381 Swarts.. she is just crawling to the finish. i hope she can make it.   Monday, September 10 View Page opps this is a more current picture.lol   Monday, September 10 View Page the 586.5 G.Gantner 11... she is orange... she is pollenated by the 1725 harp...   Monday, September 10 View Page a side view....   Monday, September 10 View Page the other 904.. she is an open pollenation and on a side vine although she is purrtty... nice long fruit just a little to late...   Monday, September 10 View Page the 1236 V/M squash...   Monday, September 10 View Page the long gourd trellis.... she had a real nice one growing in there..... dang wind storms.....   Wednesday, September 12 View Page I posted another old pic of the 904 this one is the most current...   Wednesday, September 12 View Page another angle.   Wednesday, September 12 View Page My wife sent this to me so i figured i would share it with all of you.....LMAO...   Thursday, September 20 View Page this is a shot of my aunts new personal best mater... 4.19# way to go deb....   Thursday, September 20 View Page another bad day in da patch.. a real nice frost roached out all of my plants... busted out the tiller and weed eater... made a real nice burn pile.. daily gains have slowed...   Monday, October 1 View Page whos ready for some pictures.......   Monday, October 1 View Page this is a picture of the 421 F.Gantner12 we sold it to get carved.. the carver did a nice job   Monday, October 1 View Page a side view of the 724.5 G.Gantner12.. it also went to the carver... got to love brew city   Monday, October 1 View Page a shot of the blossom end.... go pack go...   Monday, October 1 View Page and the other side view.. i have a feeling that there is a theme with this one..... the dairy state.... go Wisconsin go.. he also carved the stem end as a brain and it looked awsome but i didnt get a picture of that... i had to cut a hole around it to get out the seeds...lol   Monday, October 1 View Page i took this picture of ray theobald... who says a grown adult can not act like a kid... what a great day   Wednesday, October 3 View Page so i talked to a few people about a road trip out east.... ken,glen,chris......   Wednesday, October 3 View Page and the wife cought wind of it well and.... with the wind there goes my idea.....   Monday, October 22 View Page so after giving much thought and talking it over with a few people.. 2013 patch prep is under way.. i have made the home patch a lil bit smaller and have made the bar patch a lil bit bigger...   Thursday, December 20 View Page seasons greetings and happy holidays..... it sure is nice to see some snow.... GROWZEM BIG ALL......   Wednesday, December 26 View Page Ahhhh yes..... we can not wait untill vegas.... I know these random posts are not full of info however 2013 is getting closer. lol ;)