Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 9 Entries. Thursday, September 25 View Page First post of the year. This year has been very busy and also has been my best year! My main plants were the 1625 Gantner, 1224 C. Steil, 1526 Menting, 1623 Wallace, and my own 443 Hodge and 625 Hodge. The Following are pictures of the fruit either lost or weighed.   Thursday, September 25 View Page Here is the 418 Est. Hodge. The cross is 1224 C. Steil X 443 Hodge. This was my fastest growing fruit until the plant got Yellow Vine. Growth went from 10 inches per day to nothing in 3 days, truly a sad loss, this was going to be an incredible fruit as this weight was at day 25.   Thursday, September 25 View Page Here is my 816 that was weighed at Bear Wallow in Kentucky on 9/20. Final estimate was 781. Cross is 1526 Menting X 1224 C. Steil. This is my new official personal best so far this year...   Thursday, September 25 View Page This is my 903 Est. it was grown on my own 443. The cross is 443 Hodge X 1224 C. Steil. Split the blossom after a cold night at 726 Est. at day 40. was still doing 45 a day when it split. Walls were over a foot thick. The 443 and 1224 were my two most aggressive plants and fruits, just lost one to disease and one to the cold. Great potential...   Wednesday, October 22 View Page Here is my 774, cross is 1623 Wallace X 1625 Gantner. Final estimate was 794, so 20 pounds under.   Wednesday, October 22 View Page Here is my new personal best which weighed 950 pounds! Cross is 625 Hodge X 1623 Wallace. Final estimate was 1025 pounds, she went 75 pounds light or 8%. Great seed count, the walls we only 6-7 inches thick but very consistent.   Wednesday, October 22 View Page Here are my 2014 fruit, 950, 903, 816, 774 and 418! Best year ever for me! Total fruit weight 3861! Goal for next year is to have that weight in two fruit!   Wednesday, October 22 View Page Not only was 2014 my best pumpkin growing season I also married the love of my life(who lets me grow pumpkins!) on October 11!! Great Year!   Wednesday, October 22 View Page I also wanted to note that the 903, 816, 774 and 418 were grown at my parents house in Morristown, Indiana and the 950 was grown at my now wife's house in Alexandria, Indiana about 45 miles north of my parents.