Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 223 Entries. Wednesday, January 4 View Page Potted up the field pumpkin plants to 15 gallons here is the 162J plant.   Wednesday, January 4 View Page Here is the 162B.   Wednesday, January 4 View Page Just for the heck of it I took some cuttings from the 1807 and 1647 plants. Here they are after a couple days.   Wednesday, January 4 View Page Here is the first fruit set on the 1807 after 9 days I think.   Wednesday, January 4 View Page Here is a nice green fruit a couple days old on the 1531 Haist x 915* Haist seed I made last winter. I sibbed it. About 50% of those I have tried so far have produced green which is what would be expected for a (pumpkin x squash)x squash cross. Both of the two I have growing in the greenhouse are green. I am planning on crossing these plants with the 1468 WR squash. But the 1468 is younger and will have no males open for awhile.   Wednesday, January 4 View Page Here is a fruit on the other 1531 x 915* plant.   Wednesday, January 4 View Page The 1037* Jarvid squash flat vined and then split into two seperate vines by its self. Here is a picture of the ends.   Wednesday, January 4 View Page Here is the 1468* Jarvis squash plant. It is doing nicely so far.   Wednesday, January 4 View Page Here is the second set on the 1807. I pollinated with two males from the 1647.   Wednesday, January 4 View Page I am still shooting 100% on fruit abortions. I have two wacky theories as to why nothing is setting this year while most set last winter. The first is lack of light. I started a couple months early this year and Nov and Dec are the cloudiest months of the year and ours were very cloudy this year. The second is that last year I only had either pure squash or squash crosses. This year so far it's only been pumpkins. Maybe there is some difference between them as far as setting in low light greenhouse conditions. Since I will be setting fruit on some squash in the next couple weeks I can test the second theory. I guess it's all just a learning experience. But as a backup I am researching a cool plant called Stevia. I might just end up killing all the plants and planting some Stevia. LOL   Monday, January 9 View Page Here is the 1807 #1 at 14DAP. Still growing.   Monday, January 9 View Page 1807 close-up.   Wednesday, January 11 View Page 1807#1 is at 35" 17 DAP. It is still growing has a chance of making it. Should know in the next week.   Friday, January 13 View Page There may be some hope yet. The 1807#1 grew from 35" to 37 3/4" in the last two days. That's the largest fruit so far this season and it is still growing. It's been sunny for most of the last week so that may be helping. The next few days will be cloudy so we will see if it continues to grow. Encouraging news anyway. :) Here is a pic.   Friday, January 13 View Page Here is a stem end shot of the 1807#1   Friday, January 13 View Page Pollinated one of my squash plants with the first male to open on the 1468 Jarvis. Here is a pic of the female.   Friday, January 13 View Page Here is the 162 J field pumpkin plant. It is growing nicely.   Friday, January 13 View Page Here is the other 162 plant. It is growing nicely as well. The foreground includes other vines from the squash plant next to it. I didn't have time to straighten it out this morning.   Tuesday, January 17 View Page The 1807#1 is at 42 1/2" at 24DAP. Growing slowly but at least it's growing. Also pollinated the first squash on the 1468 Jarvis. It was pollinated with two males from the 1531 offspring squash plant. The female that was going to open on the 1037 Jarvis squash shriveled up and died before opening.   Thursday, January 19 View Page I forgot to bring my measuring tape this morning so I couldn't measure the 1807 fruit. Can't tell by sight if it is still growing or not. Here is a pic.   Thursday, January 19 View Page It has been brought to my attention that I have been shortchanging Joel's squash in my previous posts. It weighed 1486 and not 1468. Sorry Joel. :) Here is a picture of the first set on the 1486. A nice green.   Thursday, January 19 View Page Here is a closeup of the 1486.   Thursday, January 19 View Page And here is one of the 1531 offspring baby squash.   Thursday, January 19 View Page This is my first time growing field pumpkins, the fruit sure have a different shape, kinda like a cucumber. LOL   Thursday, January 19 View Page And just for fun my 10 year old son's huge vertical. He got to watch the Wisconsin Badgers basketball team practice. And much to his delight they got to run around on the court. :)   Friday, January 20 View Page The 1807 fruit is still growing. It's at 45 1/4" at 27DAP. Sprayed some Eagle fungicide a couple days ago and it has seemed to slow the PM nicely.   Wednesday, January 25 View Page The 1807 has stopped growing at 47 1/2". Today is 33 DAP. The fruit is probably not old enough to have viable seeds, but I will leave it for awhile just in case. There is no sign of soft spots yet. Here is a pic I took this morning.   Wednesday, January 25 View Page I pollinated a fruit on the 162 B field pumpkin plant with one self male. Here is a picture of the flower.   Wednesday, January 25 View Page Here is a picture of the 162 B baby pumpkin.   Wednesday, January 25 View Page Here is the baby pumpkin on the 162 J plant I pollinated a couple days ago. It is really long.   Wednesday, January 25 View Page Here is the fruit on the 1531 offspring that I pollinated with the 1486*. It's a nice green and has a good shape. It is at 21" as of this morning at 13DAP. I really hope this one makes it. I love the cross.   Wednesday, January 25 View Page Here is the fruit on the 1486*. So far so good. It is in the shade so the green color does not come out real well.   Wednesday, January 25 View Page Just for the heck of it I pollinated one on a side vine of the 1486*.   Wednesday, January 25 View Page Here is the 1810 plant. The main vine went straight up in the air and cracked off. Two side vines have taken over for the main.   Wednesday, January 25 View Page Here is a close-up of one of the the twin mains on the 1810. It had a baby that will open in a couple days.   Wednesday, January 25 View Page Here is the other 1810 main with a baby pumpkin on it.   Wednesday, January 25 View Page And here is the last baby squash on the 1486* plant. So cute. :)   Friday, January 27 View Page I think the 1807 may be growing again. It measured 49" this morning. I have never seen a fruit stop and then start growing again. I am measuring in the same spot so I don't think it is measurement error. Very strange. The squash are at 26 1/2 at 14 DAP and 19 1/2 at 10 days. PM is under control and the plants all look good.   Tuesday, January 31 View Page The 1807 is at 50 1/2" 38DAP. Here is a pic. It is turning a nice orange.   Tuesday, January 31 View Page Here is my squash. It's 35 1/2" at 18DAP.   Tuesday, January 31 View Page Here is the 1486 fruit. It's 30 1/4 at 14DAP.   Tuesday, January 31 View Page I pollinated the first fruit on the 1810 last Sunday with one male from the 1807. The 1807 has only put out a couple males so it was lucky one was open that day. Here is a pic.   Tuesday, January 31 View Page Here is the field pumpkin from the 162J plant that looks like a big cucumber. :)   Tuesday, January 31 View Page The 1486 squash plant has thick vines and very large leaves. Here is a picture of a nice big healthy leaf.   Friday, February 3 View Page Plants are all looking good. The 1807 is creeping along, it's 51 3/4" at 41DAP. If it can make it another week or so I think there will be viable seeds. Both squash fruit are growing nicely. Mine is 40 1/2" at 21DAP and the 1486 is 38" at 17DAP. The 162J field pumpkin is growing rapidly. It looks like a large zucchini now. I will start measuring it next time. Not sure if the 1810 x 1807 has taken.   Monday, February 6 View Page 1807 is 51 3/4 at 44DAP and still growing. My squash is 43 1/4 at 24DAP. The 1486 is also 43 1/4 at 20DAP and growing like crazy. Here is a pic of the 1807.   Monday, February 6 View Page Here is my squash.   Monday, February 6 View Page Here is the 1486 fruit. It is growing really fast. It has caught up to the other squash.   Monday, February 6 View Page Here is the 162J field pumpkin. It is at 40 1/2".   Monday, February 6 View Page Unfortunately none of the 1810 fruits I pollinated have set.   Monday, February 6 View Page Ooops, the 1807 is at 52 3/4 not 51 3/4. It grew an inch the last 3 days. Slowly but surely. I am losing two of my tables so I have to cut it Feb 14th. It will be 52 days old then.   Thursday, February 9 View Page 1807 up another inch to 53 3/4" at 47DAP. My squash is at 46" 27DAP and the 1486 is 46 1/4" at 23DAP. The FP is at 47" and growing very fast. I had to move the whole plant to a different table and a lot of leaves broke. Hopefully it still keeps growing. It is so different looking than the AG's. I am getting really fond of it.   Thursday, February 9 View Page Here are pics of the 162J field pumpkin. The stem end seems to be fattening up slightly.   Thursday, February 9 View Page Another   Thursday, February 9 View Page And lastly   Thursday, February 9 View Page Here is the 1807.   Thursday, February 9 View Page Here is a picture of the whole 1807 plant. It only has a main vine and 18 powdery mildew pocked leaves. Amazing a giant pumpkin can still grow with that small of a plant and root system. Hopefully it has enough juice to make good seeds.   Thursday, February 9 View Page 1486 squash.   Thursday, February 9 View Page My 1531 x 915* squash.   Monday, February 13 View Page Here are some stem end pics of the 1486*. The stem is growing underneath the main vine. Notice the light green color on the lower part of the stem end. This area was covered by a leaf. The area above it received light and is a little darker with mottled color.   Monday, February 13 View Page Here is another pic.   Thursday, February 16 View Page Everything is growing nicely. My squash is 51" at 34DAP, 1486* is 53" at 30DAP, and the 162J is 53" at 25DAP. I cut off the 1807 fruit Tuesday night. Will open it up tonight.   Friday, February 17 View Page Good news, there are seeds in the 1807! Only about 150, but most look viable. It was very solid looking inside. Almost no open space. Here are a few pics.   Friday, February 17 View Page Another   Friday, February 17 View Page One half of opened fruit   Friday, February 17 View Page Other half   Friday, February 17 View Page Here are the seeds in my cleaning collander.   Friday, February 17 View Page I forgot to mention that it weighed in at 101 pounds on my bath scale. Heavy for it's circumference compared to the fruit I weighed last winter. Here is the last pic I took of it.   Monday, February 20 View Page 1486* is 56" at 33DAP, my squash is 52 1/2" at 37DAP, and the 162J is 54 at 28DAP. All looking good.   Monday, February 20 View Page Here is my squash. Blocky and a nice dark green.   Monday, February 20 View Page Joel's 1486 squash. It is starting to darken up a bit.   Monday, February 20 View Page Here is the 162J FP. It is thickening up on the stem end. Still a nice dark green in color.   Monday, February 20 View Page Another pic of the FP.   Friday, February 24 View Page The 1486* is 60 1/2" at 38DAP. My squash is 54 3/4" at 42DAP. And the FP is 55 1/2" at 33DAP. So far so good.   Friday, February 24 View Page Here is a pic of the FP   Friday, February 24 View Page Another picture of the FP   Friday, February 24 View Page Here is the 1486 squash looking good.   Friday, February 24 View Page Here is the plant behind the 1486*. Still looking good and mostly green.   Friday, February 24 View Page Here is my squash.   Friday, February 24 View Page Here is the plant behind my squash. Leaves are quite yellow but still hanging in.   Friday, February 24 View Page Here is the plant behind the FP. I lost about half the leaves when I moved it to a different table. The fruit is still growing a little.   Monday, February 27 View Page 162J FP is starting to turn orange on the shoulders.   Monday, February 27 View Page I started seeds from the 162J and 162B as well as 3 seeds from the Razo 150.5 FP Friday night. All had germinated by this morning. I also will be trying giant marrow for the first time. I planted 3 seeds from Dutch Brad's 70.5 and two seeds from his 135 Saturday night. Both were from his WR 206 pounder. All three 70.5's have germinated but not the 135's yet. It's only been 34 hours though, so it's still early.   Monday, February 27 View Page Here are some seedlings from my newest plant obsession,Stevia. The leaves are supposed to taste like sugar. I bought a bunch of seeds from Paraguay and a few actually germinated. lol   Wednesday, February 29 View Page 162J FP is turning color nicely. It grew 3 + inches in the last 5 days too. It's at 38 days after pollination.   Wednesday, February 29 View Page Here is a picture of the Razo 150.5 from his seed pack. It looks nice and fat and should make an interesting cross with the long 162J. Thanks for the seeds Steve.   Wednesday, February 29 View Page Here are the seedlings of the 150.5's and 162's.   Wednesday, February 29 View Page Here are my two tables in between some full grown green beans and baby greenbeans.   Wednesday, February 29 View Page The 1486* is 63" at 43DAP, my squash is 55 3/4" at 47DAP, and the 162J FP is 58 3/4" at 38DAP. All are growing at least a little. Seeds are looking promising.   Sunday, March 4 View Page The 1486 is 65" at 47DAP, my squash is 57" at 51DAP, and the 162J is 60 1/4" at 42DAP. Everything still growing nicely even though we have had 4 days in a row of cloudy weather.   Sunday, March 4 View Page Here is the 162J. It is getting more orange all the time.   Sunday, March 4 View Page Here is my squash. Looking good.   Sunday, March 4 View Page Here is the 1486 squash. Looking good too.   Sunday, March 4 View Page Here are the giant marrow seedlings. Thanks for the seeds Brad.   Sunday, March 4 View Page Here are the field pumpkin seeds. Thanks Steve and John.   Thursday, March 8 View Page Field pumpkin seedlings looking good. 162's on the right and 150 Razo on the left.   Thursday, March 8 View Page Two more 150 Razo seedlings.   Thursday, March 8 View Page And some giant marrow seedlings. (2) 70.5 Wursten's in the back and a 135 Wursten in the front.   Monday, March 19 View Page The winter greenhouse growing season turned out to be somewhat successful. I harvested the two squash and 162 field pumpkin. All three had excellent seed counts. The 1486 weighed in at 132 pounds, the 1531 x 915 fruit was 89 pounds, and the 162J field pumpkin weighed 57 pounds. Pics to follow.   Monday, March 19 View Page Here is the 1531 x 915 squash. I crossed it with the 1486 Jarvis squash. The color was a nice dark green.   Monday, March 19 View Page Here are the pieces when cut open.   Monday, March 19 View Page Here is the 1486. It darkened up quite a bit through the season. It started out almost a lime green color. Notice the bottom right of the fruit. It was shaded by a leaf and stayed a lighter color.   Monday, March 19 View Page Here is a blossom end shot.   Monday, March 19 View Page And the inside.   Monday, March 19 View Page Here is the 162 FP.   Monday, March 19 View Page And the 162 cut open.   Monday, March 19 View Page Here are the seeds from the 162 FP. Plump and healthy white seeds.   Monday, March 19 View Page Here are the seeds from the (1531 x 915) and 1486. The 1486 are on the right.   Monday, March 19 View Page I am now starting some Field Pumpkin and giant Marrow plants in hopes of making crosses that will be available for a mid June planting. That timetable may be a bit ambitious.   Monday, March 19 View Page Here is the Wursten 70.5 Marrow.   Monday, March 19 View Page Razo 150.5 FP   Monday, March 19 View Page Another Razo 150.5 FP   Monday, March 19 View Page John's 162J FP   Monday, March 19 View Page John's 162B FP   Monday, March 19 View Page Brad's 135UOW Marrow   Monday, March 19 View Page And some later started 145 Crews FP, 110 Glazebrook Marrow, and Glazebrook "Long and Skinny" Marrow.   Monday, March 19 View Page And last but not least I just planted the 66 Baggs Marrow and seeds from my 162J x self FP I just harvested. Seeds freshly taken from the FP germinated, but took longer than dried older seeds. About 5 days vs. 34 hours.   Monday, March 19 View Page Here are my two tables.   Monday, April 2 View Page The field pumpkins and marrows are doing well. Here is an overview of my two tables.   Monday, April 2 View Page There are 11 plants in 15 gallon pots. And two smaller plants that will be potted up soon. The field pumpkins in the 15 gallon pots are (2) 150.5 Razo, (2) 145 Crews, 162J Mackinnon, 162B Mackinnon. For marrows I have the 135 Wursten, 70.5 Wursten, 110 Glazebrook, "Long&Skinny" Glazebrook, and 66 Baggs. The two smaller plants are my 57 FP (162J x self) and the 206.5 Wursten. Pics to follow.   Monday, April 2 View Page The plants are at different growth stages. They were planted over a two week period. Here is the 145 Crews.   Monday, April 2 View Page Here is the 135 Wursten Marrow plant.   Monday, April 2 View Page The 162B FP   Monday, April 2 View Page The 162J   Monday, April 2 View Page 150.5 Razo#1   Monday, April 2 View Page "Long&Skinny" Glazebrook marrow   Monday, April 2 View Page 70.5 Wursten Marrow   Monday, April 2 View Page 110 Glazebrook Marrow   Monday, April 2 View Page Razo 150.5 #2   Monday, April 2 View Page 66 Baggs marrow   Monday, April 2 View Page 145 Crews #2   Monday, April 2 View Page Some baby fruit are already showing. Here is a 135 marrow baby.   Monday, April 2 View Page And a 162B baby.   Monday, April 2 View Page 162J baby.   Monday, April 2 View Page The 150.5 #1 looks a bit like a mutant plant. About halfway up the main vine the vine triples in thickness. And the first baby is extremely large. Here it is.   Monday, April 2 View Page Here is another picture of the first fruit on the 150.5 #1.   Monday, April 2 View Page Here is a baby on the other 150 #2 plant.   Monday, April 2 View Page Here is a baby on the 70.5 marrow.   Monday, April 2 View Page Here are two plants from my 57 FP (162J x self)that I just harvested the seeds from recently.   Monday, April 2 View Page And last but certainly not least the 206.5 Wursten marrow. It was one of the last plants started. It is looking good.   Monday, April 2 View Page The Stevia plants are looking great. They seem to really like the greenhouse environment.   Wednesday, April 4 View Page The 150.5 mutant female opened up this morning. It was quite a sight, it had two perfect sets of stigmas. There were no males open this morning so I couldn't pollinate it. I forgot to bring my camera, but I will take some pics later today. The other smaller fruit on the plant look normal.   Thursday, April 5 View Page First female open on the 70.5 Marrow this morning. And Of couse no males were open. lol   Thursday, April 5 View Page Also a side vine fruit on the 150.5 #1. Compare this to the mutant fruit that opened yesterday on the same plant. Maybe one fifth the size. lol   Thursday, April 5 View Page Here is the mutant fruit this morning.   Thursday, April 5 View Page And here it is from the front. Notice the two sets of stigmas. Crazy stuff.   Thursday, April 5 View Page Here is a side view. It doesn't look like a double from the outside. Just a very large baby fruit. I wish I had been able to pollinate it to see what it would have turned out to be.   Friday, April 6 View Page Four females were open this morning, and there were plenty of males for pollination. Here are the crosses. 162B x 150#2 135 x 70.5 150#2 x 162B 150#1 Side Vine x 135   Friday, April 6 View Page Here is the 135 Female.   Friday, April 6 View Page Here is the 162B female.   Friday, April 6 View Page Here is the 150.5#2 Female   Friday, April 6 View Page And here is the 150.5 #1 female on a side vine.   Monday, April 9 View Page Females are opening like crazy. Here are the crosses. Saturday April 7th: 135 x 70.5 150#1 x 135 162J x 150#2 Sunday April 8th: 162B x 135 162J x 150#1 Monday April9th: 150#2 x 162J 150#2SV x 135 70.5SV x 162B   Tuesday, April 10 View Page Two more females pollinated this morning. Plants looking good. 135 x 70.5 150#1 x 135   Wednesday, April 11 View Page More Pepo sex: 135 x 70.5 150#1 x 135 70.5 x 135 162J x 150#1 150#1SV x 135 162B x 150#2   Monday, April 16 View Page The greenhouse manager sprayed some insecticide that did some serious leaf burn damage. The marrow's seemed especially affected. I had to pull the 70.5, and the Glazebrook marrows as the leaves were totally destroyed. The 135 Wursten is not looking good either. The field pumpkins seem to have only minor damage, at least so far.   Monday, April 16 View Page Here is a picture of a 150#1 fruit.   Monday, April 16 View Page Here is a 162J fruit.   Monday, April 16 View Page Here is a 150#2 fruit.   Monday, April 16 View Page And a 162B fruit.   Monday, April 16 View Page This is the first one set on the 135 Wursten marrow.   Monday, April 16 View Page And the second one set on the 135.   Monday, April 16 View Page And here is a baby fruit on the 206.5 Wursten marrow which will open soon.   Monday, April 23 View Page I had to pull all of the marrow plants. The insecticide spray killed almost all of the leaves on all the marrow plants. Not sure what they used, but the plants certainly didn't like it. The field pumpkin plants were also injured, but not fatally. Here are a couple pictures of the destroyed leaves.   Monday, April 23 View Page Another   Monday, April 23 View Page And lastly   Wednesday, April 25 View Page Here are some of the field pumpkin fruit growing in the greenhouse. This is one from the 162B.   Wednesday, April 25 View Page Here is the first set on the 150#1 plant.   Wednesday, April 25 View Page Here is the second set on the 150#1   Wednesday, April 25 View Page Here is the first set on 150#2.   Wednesday, April 25 View Page And the second set on 150#2   Wednesday, April 25 View Page And here is the first set on the 145 Crews. It was pollinated with the 162B. It is the youngest of the set fruit by about 10 days. It looks nice.   Wednesday, April 25 View Page The 145 Crews plant has very large leaves. The leaves also have a white mottling on them. And no it's not powdery milder. lol Here is a pic of one leaf.   Wednesday, April 25 View Page Here is another pic of the leaf with my hand on it. You get some perspective on how large the leaf realy is.   Monday, April 30 View Page 145 Crews fruit growing nicely. Here are a couple pictures.   Monday, April 30 View Page Another pic of the 145.   Wednesday, May 9 View Page I saw a post about starting old seeds. Just for the heck of it I started a bunch of seeds from a watermelon I grew back in 1997. I came from a cross of the two biggest melons at the time and grew my state record. After about 10 days one of the seeds germinated. It is the top one in this picture. It will be fun to see how it does.   Wednesday, May 9 View Page Here is the 145 Crews fruit. It is growing very fast and looks nice and fat.   Wednesday, May 23 View Page Put my AG's out this past weekend. Here are the 4 of the 5 I put in the main patch.   Wednesday, May 23 View Page This is the Starr 1580.   Wednesday, May 23 View Page This is the 89* squash.   Wednesday, May 23 View Page This is my 101.   Wednesday, May 23 View Page And this is the 1789.   Wednesday, May 23 View Page I added my 132* squash this morning but didn't take any pics.   Wednesday, May 23 View Page Here is the 145 Crews field pumpkin in the greenhouse. It grew very fast and has a nice high blocky shape to it. I think it is going to do real well this year.   Wednesday, May 23 View Page This one is from the 150.5 Razo. I pollinated it with the 135 Wursten marrow. It will be fun to see what shapes come from the seeds.   Monday, June 25 View Page Here are my field pumpkins and marrows. Two rows of 6 plants for a total of 12. I have 6 giant tomato plants in the middle as well. I hoed around each plant and sprayed the rest of the weeds with Round-up. They should be dead soon.   Monday, June 25 View Page Here is row one. The closest 2 are later started (145 x 162B)and(150.5 x 135 Wursten)plants. The third one is the 145 Crews. Plants 4 through 6 are the 57 Shymanski (162J x self).   Monday, June 25 View Page The first two plants in the second row are the 66 Baggs Marrow. Plants 3 through 5 are the 145 Crews. And the last one is the 57 Shymanski.   Monday, June 25 View Page Here is a close up of the 66 Baggs Marrow. Looks like two mains.   Monday, June 25 View Page Here is one of the 145 Crews. I like the white mottling on the leaves. Pretty cool looking.   Monday, June 25 View Page Here are the 6 giant tomato plants I have. They are all from my 4.3 (7.18 Harp x sib).   Monday, June 25 View Page We are bone dry here. No rain in about a month and none in the forecast. Temps are supposed to be close to 100 by Thursday. Ouch.   Monday, July 2 View Page The heat has been brutal here. 90+ every day with a possibility of 100 in the next couple days. We also set a record for lack of rain in June. .2 inches for the month. I pulled all my AG's to concentrate on the FP and tomatoes. The FP are not enjoying the hot dry weather much either, they are getting burned vine tips. The plants themselves look fairly decent considering the weather. I have had to water pretty much every day. Nothing has set yet because of the heat, but I wasn't planning on pollinating till mid-July anyway. Just for the heck of it I pollinated 4 marrows this morning and covered with small chairs to shade them. A couple of pics to follow.   Monday, July 2 View Page Here is the FP and Marrow patch with Tomatoes in the middle. The Roundup worked wonders on the weeds.   Monday, July 2 View Page Here is the best 66 Baggs marrow plant.   Monday, July 2 View Page Here is a baby marrow on the 66 ready for pollination. I sibbed it this morning.   Monday, July 2 View Page Here is the best looking 145 Crews plant. I like the white leaf mottling.   Monday, July 2 View Page One of my 4.3 tomato plants.   Monday, July 2 View Page Giant cantaloupe seedlings ready to be planted out.   Friday, July 20 View Page Finally got some rain and relief from the heat. I'm getting into the giant marrow plants. Here are some pics of the plants and fruits. Plant one.   Friday, July 20 View Page Marrow plant 2.   Friday, July 20 View Page Fruit one at 17 DAP.   Friday, July 20 View Page Fruit 2 at 17DAP.   Friday, July 20 View Page Fruit 3 at 17DAP. This one curves upward at the blossom end.   Monday, July 23 View Page The marrows are still growing. I have two set on both 66 Baggs plants. The largest is 70" circ at 18DAP. Here is a pic of it.   Monday, July 23 View Page Here is the second largest at 65" at 18DAP.   Monday, July 23 View Page And here is the third biggest 60.5" also at 18DAP. It is skinnier and has more distinctive stripes compared to the two fruit on the other plant.   Monday, July 23 View Page Here is a fruit set on my FP x marrow cross (150.5 Razo x 135 Wursten). The plant is healthy and vigorous.   Monday, July 23 View Page Here is another better looking fruit on the same plant. I like this one.   Monday, July 23 View Page And here is an interesting fruit on the 145 Crews FP. The extremely long stem is longer than the fruit. lol   Monday, July 23 View Page I have 4 late planted cantaloupe plants. Here is best so far the 55 James plant.   Wednesday, July 25 View Page I am real impressed with the FP x marrow cross growing in the competition patch. It is setting fruit like crazy and they have great shape. There must be some hybrid vigor going on. None of the other FP's are doing very well. I cut three fruit off yesterday and still have three more to choose from. Here is a pic of the best looking one I left on.   Wednesday, July 25 View Page Here are two I cut off.   Wednesday, July 25 View Page And here are two on the backside of the plant. They measured exactly the same, I need to cull one pretty soon.   Wednesday, July 25 View Page And lastly the youngest on a side vine.   Monday, August 6 View Page The marrows matured very early because of the heat. Here is a pic of the biggest.   Monday, August 6 View Page Here is another with a different coloring to it.   Monday, August 6 View Page The FP x marrow plant with all the fruit on it has died. The leaves all turned yellow and the fruit stopped growing. One of the FP x marrow plants in the breeding patch has a nice fruit on it. I haven't taken care of the plant at all and don't expect much from it. Here is a picture of the fruit.   Monday, August 6 View Page And another angle.   Thursday, August 9 View Page Found some cool cloning gel cups at my local Jungs garden center. You are supposed to poke a hole in the tinfoil lid and then put your cutting in. Of course I didn't read the directions and pealed the lid off before putting the cutting in. lol Here is a picture of some cantaloupe cutting I put in the cups.   Thursday, August 9 View Page And a close-up of one. I put some paper towel on top hoping to keep the moisture in. I'm going to buy some more and keep the lid on this time.   Monday, August 13 View Page The heat has caused a lot of my fruit to mature early. Here is a picture of a bunch I harvested yesterday. The marrows are all from the 66 Baggs. The FP on the left is from the my 57, and the other two are from the 145 Crews. There won't be anything big this year. I still have four cantaloupe plants left to play with though.