Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 17 Entries. Monday, April 28 View Page Well first round of seed germination didn`t go very well . 996 Haist did not sprout so I will be starting another 996 Haist (I did manage to find a backup just in case) also starting a 1177 Haist . 1634 werner is the best looking AG . Gonna be a long season . Long gourd seeds are really tuff to germinate . Not having much luck with them .   Monday, June 2 View Page nothing happening here . Plants look worse every day thinking there is disease in my patch . Gonna try one more plant if I can pick it up . If it does not work out I will just put the mustard seed to grow and take the year off . Haven`t been to the PGPGA weighoff as a spectator in awhile .   Tuesday, July 22 View Page Managed to get a couple plants off of Larry Checkon . I finally got a chance to pollinate a pumpkin this year . Don`t think it will grow to be big because of a very small plant behind it . At least it is something . Really enjoy reading those PA growers diaries since I have a lot of spare time on my hands .   Saturday, August 16 View Page Just back from being a leader at our annual week long church youth camp . Have not got to the pumpkin patch yet but was told nights at the house were high 40`s and low 50`s all week while I was gone . Don`t think much growth is going to be recorded when I do 30 day measurements .   Monday, August 25 View Page I hope this picture up loads right . Here is a picture of my little squash . Andy and Ned try not to laugh to hard at the size . I did not post earlier because of it being so small but don`t want to be accused of being a sandbagger .   Monday, August 25 View Page This one of two pumpkins on the 1059 Vincent/McGill . Should be real pretty and nice sized by October .   Monday, August 25 View Page The other one on the 1059 V/M . It is great shape and color , may be a Howard Dill contender at Altoona .   Monday, August 25 View Page Posting those picture is nice BUT it does not indicate what could have been . I lost a 996 Haist and a Checkon plant to disease . The 996 plant was huge . Real bummer...   Tuesday, September 2 View Page This field pumpkin is off of a 80 Larue . The first signs of orange just showed up today . Question for you field pumpkin growers . How many more days of growth will I be able to get out of her ? She`s not real big but it could be a new PB for me .   Tuesday, September 9 View Page Here is the two week update . No growth here because of the really cool nights . The squash looks the same size as in the picture from two weeks ago . Just trying to hold on till the Altoona weigh off .   Tuesday, September 9 View Page As for the pretty orange ones . You`ll have to wait till weigh off time to see them .   Friday, October 3 View Page Loaded the pretty AG pumpkins and the squashs last night . Going to let the field pumpkins on till saturday morning for that little bit of extra growth . Trying not to get last in FP`s .   Tuesday, October 14 View Page This is our biggest squash this year . Was taken to a local harvest fest to get a certified weight . Stopped growing the first week of September . Not bad but could have been alloy better .   Tuesday, October 14 View Page Our largest field pumpkin this year was 107.5 lbs . Good enough to get first by a 1/2 a pound. It was grown on a 80 Larue .   Tuesday, October 14 View Page This was the second field pumpkin grown on the 80 Larue plant . It came in at 107lbs . Was only like 25 days old ,it had a lot of growth still left in it .   Wednesday, October 15 View Page This is one of the 1059v/m pumpkins we had . Nice round orange pumpkin . Very small but we are happy .   Saturday, November 15 View Page Got this spot done today . It will be home to a 81 wolf and a 1947.5 Clementz if I can get one . Still need two more good Saturdays to get mushroom soil/ compost hauled in and tilled into remaining patch .