Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 36 Entries. Monday, April 16 View Page Expanded patch this year, now the tilled soil area is the same as the plant size(s) from last season Finished tilling in soil ammendments today. 50# humic acid, 50 # kelp meal, a good soak of liqued gypsum. In the fall composted pellitized chicken manuer was added along with compost. Heat cables and cold frames wed or fri. I will be growing the 1079 podraza 2011 and another seed yet to be determined.(1426 wolf/1436wolf/1311 fletcher/1239meriman/835 podraza) Too many to choose from with only space for 2 plants.   Monday, April 23 View Page Got the cold frames and cables in sat, was a good thing as I did not anticipate 30degrees and steady snowfall today.   Sunday, May 6 View Page no pics because i am lazy 1079 podraza 11: tilled soil area of about 375sq ft which is an increase of about 300 sq feet. Plant space of about 400-450sq feet. Last year my 1st year growing my goal was 500# for this area and it went 1079 with about 75 sq feet of tilled soil the resy of the plant was on lawn. I am not giving myself a goal other than keeping the plant healthy enough to do its job. 1426 wolf 10: tilled soil of about 250 sq feet. This is an increase of about 200 sq feet. Last year this area produce an 835 off of the 870 wolf. My goal for this space it to break 1K#.   Thursday, May 10 View Page 1079 podraza   Thursday, May 10 View Page 1426 wolf a little yellow both were planted last sat. temps are good and they got a drink this morning   Wednesday, May 30 View Page 1079 podraza, just took off the cold frame 2 secondaries on each side.   Wednesday, May 30 View Page 1426 wolf seems to be more aggrtessive than the 1079 based on secondary growth, 3 on each side that are buried.   Saturday, June 9 View Page Found this small split in the main of the 1079 this morning. as you can see its fairly small. I washed it off and there is a small opening but the remainder of stem circumference seems fine. Thoughts?   Saturday, June 9 View Page found acrack in teh main this morning. I hade been shifting the main over the past few days. you can see the dent on the top of the vine where the stick had been. The crack is small Id say only about 10% of the cir.   Monday, June 11 View Page crack after drying out   Monday, June 11 View Page another view   Monday, June 11 View Page 3rd view   Wednesday, June 27 View Page 1079 podraza pollinated on 6/21/12 with the 1426 wolf seems a little tapered at the blossum end, next female shoudl open this friday.   Wednesday, June 27 View Page 1426 wolf pollinated on 6/20/12 with the 1079. left the irrigation on yesterday for way too long and this morning the underside of the stem on this one was split and dripping. The pumpkin and the main are fine. The second set was pollinated on 6/24/12 with the 1634 werner. I am leaning towards this 2nd set which seems to be on the same pace as the 1st.   Thursday, June 28 View Page Made the decision, cut off the 1st set on the 1426, The 2nd set is in a better position and has a football shape to it and has a better pollinator.   Sunday, July 1 View Page pollinations completed for the year, I hope 1079 podraza--2 sets 4 lobe (6/21/12), 5 lobe (6/30/12)-never had a 5 lobe before both by 1426 wolf 1426 wolf, 4 lobe x1634 werner (6/24/12), 4 lone open as it was open when I came out in teh am x 1079 podraza   Saturday, July 7 View Page pollinations are set the 1079 is doing well 129 ott to 143 ott in first day of measurements(poll 6/21/12) pumpkin is the exact same shape as last years. 1426 is slower no measurements yet (poll 6/24/12), shape is good. I think removing the first set slowed the growth. both still have a back up later on the mains. The 1426 would probably be equal to the 1079 if I had kept the earlier set   Tuesday, July 10 View Page 1426 wolf, poll 6/24/12 with 1634 werner starting to gain more consistent weight, no measurements yet   Tuesday, July 10 View Page 1079 pollinated 6/21/12 with 1426 wolf this pumpkin is the exact same shape as the 1079 last year at this time. OTT 179, as of today i am ahead of last years pace by about 5 inches.   Wednesday, July 11 View Page Found this earlier today 1426 wolf, carved it out to solid tissue. the brown tissue sort of slipped out of teh healthy tissue. Dried it with alcohol and put a fan on it.   Friday, July 13 View Page cut off the blossum from the the picture above. Wiped with bleach put on a fan and it dried up after a few hours. 2 days now and the end is solid and dry   Saturday, July 14 View Page both pumpkins are doing well, larger OTT for the same DAP vs. last year. The 1426 is on a faster pace vs. the 1079 but shape may be skewing teh measurements, The 1079 is very round and its largest daily growth is in cir, the 1426 is a symmetric rectangular block. 1079 day 23 ott 216 1426 day 20 ott 155   Wednesday, August 8 View Page 1426 wolf crossed with the 1634 werner. Good shape, healthy but small plant, little over 600#   Wednesday, August 8 View Page 1079 podraza crossed with the 1426 wolf Over 700# Growth rate: 15#/day, 25#/day, 37#/day I'm not telling.......   Wednesday, August 8 View Page The leaves in both pics have VERY large/long stalks. Leaves are approximately 4 to 4.5 feet tall   Friday, September 14 View Page 1426 wolf creeeeping along. small plant a little less than 150 sq feet. will end up at about 900   Friday, September 14 View Page The 1079 podraza 2011, lots of bug, ozone and nutrient issues this year. I'm not telling on this one.... aside from it being ugly :)its still putting on inches Look out NY weighoffs   Monday, September 17 View Page 1426 wolf   Monday, October 1 View Page Guarding the trailer with the 1426 wolf   Monday, October 1 View Page 1426 wolf is now the 865 podraza (1426 X 1634 werner) 10% heavy by the new chart. Grown on about 125 sq feet of plant.   Monday, October 1 View Page Lifting the 1079 Podraza. The tripod worked very well.   Monday, October 1 View Page The 1079 podraza (1332 wolf sib) came out round with a green yellow and slightly orange color. It did go heavy to teh new chart but was short of 1K. Now it is the 998 podraza( 1079podraza x 1426 wolf)   Monday, October 1 View Page This picture shows the color better   Friday, October 19 View Page This is the 998 seen in the pics above. Sold it to a person who wanted it for display in front of there home. I was amazed to see how this pumpkin turned a deep orange over the past several weeks since the weighoff....   Friday, November 2 View Page 864 carved   Friday, November 2 View Page lit up pumpkin was quite thick about 200 seeds