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Sunday, January 6 View Page own seed 42 dap tapes 289 inches growing at a steady rate   Sunday, January 6 View Page 1650 sproule seed tapes 335 inches amazing how it is still growing as good as it is with half the vine gone   Sunday, January 6 View Page 1427 jarvis seed 61 dap tapes 371 inches still growing slowly mainly ribs i think cantgrow much more as it looks pretty mature to me not sure if my measuring on this one is accurate as it is a hard shape to do   Tuesday, January 15 View Page picked my 1427 jarvis at 70 days old started to get a few tiny soft spots so we picked it and it had crushed its stem underneath not surprising its shape i have another 1427 jarvis growing and its the same shape also so we decided to weigh it officially   Tuesday, January 15 View Page my mate next door emma singh showing how wide it is it taped 403 inches   Tuesday, January 15 View Page i got two well known pumpkin growers to come around and officially weigh it with me john mills on the left and tidge knight in the middle and we hired some scales from coastal scales and registers in lismore   Tuesday, January 15 View Page result looks good 575 kilograms biggest one that i know of in australia so far theres still a bit of time left this season and i know john mills has a couple of big pumpkins up there plus i got 3 more left in the patch and hopefully all the other australian growers can beat there pesonal bests   Tuesday, January 15 View Page another photo of the pumpkin   Thursday, January 24 View Page own seed still growing not very quickly unfortunately   Thursday, January 24 View Page another shot of own seed long pumpkin   Thursday, January 24 View Page my second 1427 jarvis plant still growing   Thursday, January 24 View Page other end of 1427 i planted this one a bit later than my first jarvis and the vine got rot in it and you can see where i chopped it off it healed up fine but even after loosing half the plant and regrowing new bits it has done quite well when it happened i nearly pulled it and the 1650 sproule out as it suffered the same disease both at the same time buti am glad i kept going with them now as they havenet turned out too bad   Thursday, January 24 View Page 1427 jarvis   Thursday, January 24 View Page 1650 sproule not much growing left now   Thursday, January 24 View Page side view of 1650 if any one grew this seed could you send me a email on how it went for you as i would appreciate it thanks   Thursday, January 24 View Page other end of 1650 sproule   Thursday, January 24 View Page decided to go away for a hike and do a little hunting   Thursday, January 24 View Page a friend came with me caught some cod for dinner was a good trip   Wednesday, January 30 View Page this is a friend of mine john mills with a 511kg pumpkin he grew using a 1133 kline seed it taped 373 inches   Wednesday, January 30 View Page johns biggest pumpkin this year was grown from a 1430 kline it taped 389 inches and weighed 570 kgs both johns pumpkins went over there estimated weight   Wednesday, January 30 View Page picked my 1650 sproule today it taped 399 inches and weighed 382.5kgs sure am happy with that and still got two left in the patch another 1427 jarvis thats looking good and my own seed which was planted to late but still sneaking along   Wednesday, January 30 View Page sorry everyone phillip informed me i put the wrong weight for my sproule plant up its correct weight is 584.5kgs minus 2kgs for the lifter straps so the true weight is 582.5 kgs my pb what a great year so far   Sunday, February 3 View Page my son luke owns a little datsun 1000 ute we just had to take a pic with it in the back   Sunday, February 3 View Page another angle with ace the dog these utes are quite small   Saturday, February 9 View Page picked my own seeds fruit a couple of days ago it taped 364 inches and weighed 436 kgs its a bit younger than the others as its a replacement for one that went ribbon   Saturday, February 9 View Page shot of the stalk end might plant another one of these seeds next time the vine was so vigorous   Saturday, February 9 View Page heres the side view its pretty long   Saturday, February 9 View Page well the last kin for the year another 1427 jarvis to be picked and stored for sydney easter show it'll loose some weight but thats better than going rotten last year i picked one it weighed 451 kgs and by show time it weighed 430 kgs   Saturday, February 9 View Page wow my scales show 640.5 kgs better head into town and hire the properly calibrated ones   Saturday, February 9 View Page taking it up to the shed   Saturday, February 9 View Page getting ready to weigh   Saturday, February 9 View Page the hired scales say 641 kgs but you have to minus 3 kgs off for the lift straps its bigger than we thought pipster was here a couple of weeks ago and he thought it was 600 then i think its the biggest i know of in australia so far sure hope it doesnt rot between now and showtime its a big agriculture show the royal easter anyway this pumpkin nearly got pulled out when i lost the first half of its vine but i left it in and grew some new sections of vine and amazed me with the result   Saturday, February 9 View Page the kin taped 405 inches so it came in heavy   Thursday, October 10 View Page finally got my plants in running 3 weeks later than i would like to be growing 4 plants this year 1 out of my 638kg 1 out of my 450kg another 1427 jarvis and a 1727 ansems the 1727 ansems has been in 2 weeks longer than the others hope to get some pics up when they grow a bit   Thursday, November 14 View Page THIS PLANT IS A SEED OUT OF MY 638KG PUMPKIN FROM LAST YEAR I THINK THE PUMPKIN ON IT WAS POLLINATED ABOUT THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER LUCKILY IT TOOK AS THE MAIN RUNNER BROKE IN THE WIND SO FAR A NICE LOOKING FRUIT   Thursday, November 14 View Page 638 VINE AGAIN ITS A BIT BEHIND 2 OF THE OTHERS BUT EARLIEST ONE SET   Thursday, November 14 View Page THIS PLANT IS A 1727 ANSEMS THE PUMPKIN WAS POLLINATED ON THE 7TH OF NOVEMBER ITS A NICE STRONG PLANT BUT IT IS THE OLDEST IN THE PATCH   Thursday, November 14 View Page ANOTHER ANGLE OF THE 1727   Thursday, November 14 View Page THIS PLANT IS OUT OF MY 450KG PLANT I GREW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IT A BIT LATER THAN I WOULD LIKE AS IT REPLACED A PLANT THAT I PULLED OUT   Thursday, November 14 View Page AFTER LAST YEAR HAD TO GO WITH ANOTHER 1427 JAVIS PLANT ISNT AS VIGOROUS AS I WOULD LIKE BUT ITS GOING OK THE FRUIT WAS SET ON THE 6TH OF NOVEMBER   Thursday, November 14 View Page I THINK I GOT THE LAST PHOTO WRONG HOPEFULLY NEXT ONES RIGHT ONE OF THE 1427 JARVIS   Sunday, December 1 View Page this is the 638 i think it was pollinated on or around the 1st of november it tapes about 242 inches   Sunday, December 1 View Page the 1727 24 days old tapes 220 inches the vine got rot in it back near the stump cut off main vine right up to the 9th side runner see how it goes   Sunday, December 1 View Page the 1427 this is a different pumpkin to the first one i put on as i had to cut the first one off as it would have possibly grown into the pole its 16 days old and tapes 180 inches   Sunday, December 1 View Page the 450 has one set now still young didnt tape it the stalk has a crack in it and the wind snapped the main runner off so i will probably have to go with it   Sunday, December 8 View Page time for an update this ones the 638 i think its about 38 dap and tapes 285 inches   Sunday, December 8 View Page this ones the 1727 ansems its31 dap tapes 276 inches getting more soft spots on the stem and poked a little hole in it accidentally hopefully its going to heal   Sunday, December 8 View Page this ones the 1427 jarvis its 24 dap and tapes 227 inches   Sunday, December 8 View Page the 450 i think its about 18 dap tapes147 inches   Sunday, December 22 View Page time for an update here is a shot of my stem on my 638 dam thing has cracked and leaking some stuff out looks bad but i am just going to leave it on there as its dried up a lot more lately and see what happens   Sunday, December 22 View Page here is another pic of the 638   Sunday, December 22 View Page i forgot the 638 tapes 347 inchesat52 dap   Sunday, December 22 View Page this is the1727 it tapes 347 also and is 45 dap   Sunday, December 22 View Page here we have the 1427 jarvis it tapes 322 inches at 38 dap   Sunday, December 22 View Page this one is the late plant its the 450 it tapes 289 inches at 32 dap and its ribbing up a lot and looks like its not going to get very big   Sunday, December 22 View Page here is a pumpkin a mate of mine grew his name is john mills he lives at brunswick heads nsw about 20 minutes north of where i live the pumpkin matured early so he decided to pick it it tapes 364 inches it weighed 465 kilos and went nearly 7 percent heavy johns got another one on another vine but it is still a young fruit   Sunday, December 22 View Page a couple more pics of johns pumpkin   Sunday, December 22 View Page another pic   Sunday, December 29 View Page better do an update the last one for this year well the 638 is stillhanging in there and growing its 59 dap and tapes 364 inches the hole on the stem still looks the same just have to wait and see if it makes it or not there is a weigh in on in kyogle in early february looking forward to see what shows up there   Sunday, December 29 View Page here is the 1727 ansems its put on a lot of size in the last week ribbing up like its maturing which seems a bit early as it is only 55 dap any way we will see how it goes it tapes 384 inches   Sunday, December 29 View Page this ones the 450 it is defenitely maturing its ribbed up well it is 46 dap and tapes 324 inches   Sunday, December 29 View Page this one is the 1427 jarvis it is 46 dap and tapes 352 inches