Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 193 Entries. Monday, April 28 View Page It is time to start the diary. I have started the following seeds; 852.5 Horton 13, 1002 Horton 12, 1075 est Horton 13, 1133 Horton 13, 1386 Horton 12, 1789 est Wallace 11, 1872 Wallace 12 & *1135 Jutras 12 all are up and ready for the patch.   Monday, April 28 View Page A picture of the patch before final tilling and the cold frames. Taken 2 weeks ago   Monday, April 28 View Page Picture of the patch yesterday with the cold frames up. Each location has been drenched with triazicide and spinosad insecticide for root maggot prevention. Also added yellow sticky traps in each for additional controls. I plan on planting this week.   Monday, April 28 View Page This will be the 150 sq. ft. contest patch once I get it amended and tilled. It is located next to the field pumpkin patch   Sunday, May 11 View Page All the first round of plants went into the ground last week and still are alive. I did spend a bit of money and bought a Stihl SR 200. Now I can really kill some bugs   Sunday, May 11 View Page Now for the plants this is the 1872 Wallace 12   Sunday, May 11 View Page My 1133 Horton 13, Trying to escape the cold frame the wrong way   Sunday, May 11 View Page 1002 Horton12, growing really well   Sunday, May 11 View Page 1075 est Horton 13, Nice plant hope for a bit of orange from it   Sunday, May 11 View Page 852 Horton 13, growing well   Sunday, May 11 View Page 1789 Wallace 11, It is the runt of the group but I'm expecting it to catch up   Sunday, May 11 View Page 1386 Horton 12, Growing well   Sunday, May 11 View Page The 1135 Jutras Squash   Sunday, May 11 View Page The 150 sq ft patch with the cold frame   Sunday, May 11 View Page The plant for the 150 sq ft contest is the 1545 Hunt 13 in a 16'x9' patch   Sunday, May 18 View Page 1545 Hunt 13 159 sq ft contest plant before taking off cold frame   Sunday, May 25 View Page All cold frames are off and the plants are out in the weather up first is the 1872 Wallace 12   Tuesday, May 27 View Page 1133 Horton 13, a bit of a c shape at the stump the plant wanted to go the wrong way   Tuesday, May 27 View Page 1545 Hunt 13 with its cold frame off   Tuesday, May 27 View Page 1002 Horton 12, you can see the irrigation lines which are complete in this patch   Tuesday, May 27 View Page 1075 est Horton 13   Tuesday, May 27 View Page 852.5 Horton 13   Tuesday, May 27 View Page 1789 est Wallace 11   Tuesday, May 27 View Page 1386 Horton 12   Tuesday, May 27 View Page *1135 Jutras 12, the weeds are from not cleaning them out in the fall, all have been hoed out   Sunday, June 1 View Page 1872 Wallace 12   Sunday, June 1 View Page 1133 Horton 13   Sunday, June 1 View Page 1545 Hunt 13 - 150 Sq ft plant   Sunday, June 1 View Page Weenie, it is a bit yellow   Sunday, June 1 View Page Rutabega, seem to be growing fast   Sunday, June 1 View Page 1002 Horton 12   Sunday, June 1 View Page 1075 est Horton 13   Sunday, June 1 View Page 852.5 Horton 13   Sunday, June 1 View Page My maters, a bit purple   Sunday, June 1 View Page 1789 est Wallace 11   Sunday, June 1 View Page 1386 Horton 12   Sunday, June 1 View Page *1135 Jutras 12   Monday, June 9 View Page 1872 Wallace 12, running nicely with secondaries   Monday, June 9 View Page 1133 Horton 13   Monday, June 9 View Page 1545 Hunt 13 has started to run enough to begin burying vines   Monday, June 9 View Page Louise, looks good and trying to outpace weenie   Monday, June 9 View Page Weenie still a bit yellow, I hope it straightens out   Monday, June 9 View Page The rutabaga growing great, it looks like I will need to pull a few to give enough space   Monday, June 9 View Page One of the field pumpkins, just beginning to get going   Monday, June 9 View Page 1002 Horton 12   Monday, June 9 View Page 1075 est Horton 13, a bit of burn on this plants leave from the warm days last week   Monday, June 9 View Page 852.5 Horton 13   Monday, June 9 View Page One of the tomatoes looking much greener this week   Monday, June 9 View Page 1789 est Wallace 11, really like the warmer temps   Monday, June 9 View Page 1386 Horton 12   Monday, June 9 View Page *1135 Jutras 12   Monday, June 9 View Page Last of the picts the 121 Young 13 long gourd, it has been a bit slow, warmer temps has brought it along. I have put slug pellets all around it. For some reason long gourds seem to be slug candy   Monday, June 9 View Page 1872 Wallace 12,   Monday, June 9 View Page 1133 Horton 13   Monday, June 9 View Page 1545 Hunt 13, My 150 Sq. Ft. Plant   Monday, June 9 View Page The backup watermelon plant Louise   Monday, June 9 View Page Weenie, a little yellow   Monday, June 9 View Page The rutabaga plants   Monday, June 9 View Page One of the field pumpkins   Monday, June 9 View Page 1002 Horton 12   Monday, June 9 View Page 1075 est Horton 13   Monday, June 9 View Page 852.5 Horton 13   Monday, June 9 View Page 1789 est Wallace 11   Monday, June 9 View Page 1386 Horton 12   Monday, June 9 View Page *1135 Jutras 12   Monday, June 16 View Page 1872 Wallace 12   Monday, June 16 View Page 1133 Horton 13   Monday, June 16 View Page 1545 Hunt 13   Monday, June 16 View Page 1002 Horton 12   Monday, June 16 View Page 1075 est Horton 13   Monday, June 16 View Page 852.5 Horton 13   Monday, June 16 View Page 1789 est Wallace 11   Monday, June 16 View Page 1386 Horton 12   Monday, June 16 View Page 1789 est Wallace 11   Monday, June 23 View Page 1872 Wallace 12, first pollination on this one by end of week, small pumpkin on the end   Monday, June 23 View Page 1133 Horton 13, Another plant with a small pumpkin   Monday, June 23 View Page The watermelon plants Louise and weenie   Monday, June 23 View Page One of the field pumpkins really beginning to vine   Monday, June 23 View Page The rutabaga plants, really taking off   Monday, June 23 View Page 1002 Horton 12, A bit of sunburn on the plant from last week   Monday, June 23 View Page 1075 est Horton 13   Monday, June 23 View Page 852.5 Horton 13   Monday, June 23 View Page One of the tomatoes with a mega bloom   Monday, June 23 View Page 1789 est Wallace 11   Monday, June 23 View Page 1386 Horton 12   Monday, June 23 View Page *1135 Jutras 12   Wednesday, June 25 View Page 1545 Hunt 13, 150 Sq ft plant. looks like the first pollination will be next week, has a small pumpkin at the tip   Sunday, June 29 View Page pollenations so fat 6/21 1075 est Horton 13 with self @ 9', 4 lobe 6/27 1133 Horton 13 with self @ 11', 5 lobe 6/28 1872 Wallace 12 with 1789 est Wallace 11, @ 12', 4 lobe 1002 Horton 12 with 1872 Wallace 12 @ 12', 5 lobe 1789 est Wallace 11 with 1872 Wallace 12 @ 12', 5 lobe 6/29 852.5 Horton 13 with self @ 11', 5 lobe   Monday, June 30 View Page 1872 Wallace 12, The first pollination on the plant with the 1789 Wallace.   Monday, June 30 View Page 1133 Horton 13, The pollination is at good locations, one a little further out if it doesn't take   Monday, June 30 View Page 1545 Hunt 13, 150 Sq. ft. Plant, end view   Monday, June 30 View Page 1545 Hunt 13, The fruit on the end, should be ready for pollination in a couple of days   Monday, June 30 View Page Louise and weenie both have really started to vine out   Monday, June 30 View Page First field pumpkin blossom   Monday, June 30 View Page 1002 Horton 12   Monday, June 30 View Page 1075 est Horton 13, I think this is the keeper, I have adjusted the vine and will be putting the fabric down soon   Monday, June 30 View Page 852.5 Horton 13   Monday, June 30 View Page 1789 est Wallace 11   Monday, June 30 View Page 1386 Horton 12, All bagged up for tomorrows pollenation   Monday, June 30 View Page *1135 Jutras 12, It will be ready Wednesday for pollination. Next one in a week or two.   Monday, June 30 View Page One of the big tomatoes, just a double about the size of a quarter   Friday, July 4 View Page I spent a few dollars this week a picked up a new toy which should help with hauling my tiny pumpkins   Monday, July 7 View Page 1872 Wallace 12, Two pollenations on the plant the one on the left was today the other was a week ago and appears to be aborting.   Monday, July 7 View Page 1133 Horton 13, 10 days today and it split on top the next one is 3 ft down the vine   Monday, July 7 View Page 1545 Hunt 13 (150 sq ft) at 9' waiting to see if it takes routing main back towards stump for next pollenation   Monday, July 7 View Page The watermelon plants, a bit tossed around from all the wind this weekend. No fruit signs   Monday, July 7 View Page The field pumpkins, they really are growing fast   Monday, July 7 View Page 1002 Horton 12, growing well hopes it goes heavy like the mother it has the same shape   Monday, July 7 View Page 1075 est Horton 13, my oldest fruit growing steadily   Monday, July 7 View Page 852.5 Horton 13, growing nicely still real shiney   Monday, July 7 View Page 1789 est Wallace 11, the first one is aborting the second is only a few days old   Monday, July 7 View Page 1386 Horton 12, another pollination looks like it has set, In a few days I will put down the fabric and sand   Monday, July 7 View Page *1135 Jutras 12, Todays pollination it should take temps were ok this morning, but squash can be difficult   Monday, July 7 View Page One of the tomatoes, a lot of the sets are doubles, still waiting for something special to set   Monday, July 14 View Page Another week has passed and the second pollination on the 1872 Wallace 12 appears to have taken, it is only softball size.   Monday, July 14 View Page This is my 1133 Horton 13 it is growing fast. The scar is where the skin split a week ago. I'm going to keep it.   Monday, July 14 View Page My 150 sq ft pumpkin the 1545 Hunt 13, since the picture I have put down the mill fabric   Monday, July 14 View Page The watermelons are growing well, they do have a few females. Nothing set yet   Monday, July 14 View Page One of the field pumpkins about 3 days old   Monday, July 14 View Page 1002 Horton 12 growing nicely with the pointy shape of it mother   Monday, July 14 View Page My largest fruit at this time the 1075 est Horton 13. All my own seeds have good size fruit the others are much smaller.   Monday, July 14 View Page 852.5 Horton 13, nice and roundish fruit with a small nub like its mother   Monday, July 14 View Page The *1135 Jutras 12, I'm hoping this has taken it is getting larger but the squash do abort much more easily than pumpkins   Monday, July 14 View Page This is my 1386 Horton 12, trying to go with a bunch of ribs and a bit ugly. It is Growing well   Monday, July 14 View Page The 1789 est Wallace 11, I'm fairly such this fruit has set and will be putting down fabric and sand this week for it. All the plants now have a fruit set and the race is on   Monday, July 21 View Page 1872 Wallace 12, The fruit is ok for it's youthful age and the plant is growing good   Monday, July 21 View Page 1133 Horton 13, The nasty scar is just getting bigger from the skin split. Otherwise the plant is doing really well   Monday, July 21 View Page 1545 Hunt 13 (150 sq. ft) A picture of the fruit. It has a nice long stem so no S curve   Monday, July 21 View Page 1545 Hunt 13, Side view of the plant   Monday, July 21 View Page My first pollinated watermelon on Louise   Monday, July 21 View Page Rutabega, it is about basketball size growing really well   Monday, July 21 View Page Field pumpkin, I will need to checkup on the seed. It is the biggest plant throwing out long fruit   Monday, July 21 View Page 1002 Horton 12, Plant is growing really well and the fruit's shape is not bad.   Monday, July 21 View Page 1075 est Horton 13, looking to be an orange one. Will hit 30 days tomorrow   Monday, July 21 View Page 852.5 Horton 13, this is becoming a roundish fruit and the plant is well behaved   Monday, July 21 View Page 1789 est Wallace 11   Monday, July 21 View Page 1789 est Wallace 11, last picture was the 1386 Horton 12   Monday, July 21 View Page Giant tomato, I like this one it's two doubled fruit fused top to top, hopefully it will go big   Friday, July 25 View Page Update from the pictures: I pulled the 1386 Horton 12 it wasn't setting fruit and aborting the remaining. I have 2 decent watermelon sets one on Weenie and one on Louise - So I'm in the race for the biggest Weenie   Monday, July 28 View Page 1872 Wallace 12, starting to take off, a big plant behind it.   Monday, July 28 View Page 1133 Horton 13, The pumpkin is the fastest grower, waiting for the scar to split with all the water   Monday, July 28 View Page 1545 Hunt 13, nice shape on this pumpkin   Monday, July 28 View Page 1002 Horton 12, A bit of a snout on this pumpkin, growing nicely   Monday, July 28 View Page This is my watermelon on Louise, about 12" long   Monday, July 28 View Page This is my Weenie watermelon, about 10" long wider than Louise   Monday, July 28 View Page 1075 est Horton 13 - I'm hoping for orange from this pumpkin. The blossom is slowly being overgrown   Monday, July 28 View Page 852.5 Horton 13 - looks like a giant egg in the patch   Monday, July 28 View Page 1789 est Wallace 11 - looks like it will be a wheel   Monday, July 28 View Page *1135 Jutras 12 - It looks like the bees have pollinated one for me last week. It is putting on weight   Tuesday, July 29 View Page Pumpkin stats plant cross 1075 est Horton 13 selfed @ 9' 4 lobes on 6/21/14 1133 Horton 13 selfed @ 11' 5 lobes on 6/27/14 1002 Horton 12 w/ 1872 Wallace 12 @ 12' 5 lobes on 6/28/14 852 Horton 13 selfed @ 11' 5 lobes on 6/29/14 1545 Hunt 13 w/ 852 Horton 13 @ 9' 4 lobes on 7/3/14 1789 Wallace 11 w/ 1545 Hunt 13 @ 18' 5 lobes on 7/6/14 1872 Wallace 12 selfed @ 16' 5 lobes on 7/7/14   Tuesday, July 29 View Page todays measurements 1872 Wallace 12 - 88"cx60"ssx60"ee= 200"ott 1133 Horton 13 - 121"cx81"ssx77"ee = 273"ott 1545 Hunt 13 - 79"cx57"ssx59"ee = 195"ott 1002 Horton 12 - 127.5"cx73"ssx76"ee = 276.5"ott 1075 est Horton 13 - 134"cx82"ssx74"ee = 290"ott 852.5 Horton 13 - 116"cx75"ssx71"ee = 262"ott 1789 est Wallace 11 - 90"cx65"ssx62"ee = 217"ott Louise - 32.5"cx15"ssx20"ee = 67.5"ott Weenie - 31"cx14.5"ssx20"ee = 65.5   Monday, August 4 View Page 1872 Wallace 12, not much to say on this one   Monday, August 4 View Page 1133 Horton 13, My second largest fruit the crack is closing up   Monday, August 4 View Page 1133 Horton 13, A close up of the scar closing up   Monday, August 4 View Page 1545 Hunt 13, 150 Sq Ft plant stem end   Monday, August 4 View Page Louise, nice and long and still growing   Monday, August 4 View Page My Weenie, it is a little shorter than Louise   Monday, August 4 View Page A field pumpkin or a short marrow, it was labeled as a marrow. All my other pumpkins are long and skinny   Monday, August 4 View Page 1002 Horton 12, My third largest pumpkin   Monday, August 4 View Page 1075 est Horton 13, As I was checking the blossom end, my left eye saw ...   Monday, August 4 View Page a little rib split with bottomless darkness, dang.   Monday, August 4 View Page 852.5 Horton 13, nice white and rounded   Monday, August 4 View Page 1789 est Wallace 11, Will be a bird bath or wheel or little of both, already holding water   Monday, August 4 View Page *1135 Jutras 12, Finally think I have one going, The bees had to do the pollination. I have a backup if this one fails   Monday, August 18 View Page 1872 Wallace 12, Growing nicely plant is holding up with the current weather   Monday, August 18 View Page 1133 Horton 13, The fruit is growing well but is sucking the nutrients right out of the plant   Monday, August 18 View Page 1545 Hunt 13, 150 sf plant. No issues steadily growing   Monday, August 18 View Page 1002 Horton 12, Great snout on this one. Might be the largest in the patch   Monday, August 18 View Page 852.5 Horton 13, I lifted this on 8/20/14 for Champlain fair. It weighed 881 and gave me second place.   Monday, August 18 View Page 1789 est Wallace 11, The fastest grower catching up with the big ones   Monday, August 18 View Page *1135 Jutras 12   Monday, August 18 View Page Louise, Took her to the Champlain fair yesterday and weighed 46lbs. She took first place.   Monday, August 18 View Page This is my Weenie, hoping it will keep growing until weighoff   Monday, August 18 View Page My long field pumpkin, It went to the Champlain fair and weighed 75.5.   Thursday, August 21 View Page 852.5 Horton 13, The pumpkin on the left I'm the one in the orange hat. Weight 881.5lbs at the Champlain Fair, It took second place   Saturday, August 23 View Page Lost the 1002 Horton 12 pumpkin today to a blossom end split at the nub. It took a long piece of grass to confirm the split.   Sunday, August 24 View Page Lost the second biggest fruit today the 1133 Horton 13 due to a split in the split scar.   Thursday, August 28 View Page Lost the 1789 Wallace to a rib split. Down to three fruit.   Monday, September 8 View Page 1872 Wallace 12 - The overall plant is good, the dead leaves is from a bug infestation they all wilted and died after the pesticide was used.   Monday, September 8 View Page 1872 Wallace 12 - The fruit is good taping over 1000lbs, but no record winner. Turning a nice pink/orange   Monday, September 8 View Page *1135 Jutras 12 - I'm happy with this other than the color. It was bee pollinated late July. Taping in the mid 600's   Monday, September 8 View Page 1545 Hunt 13 (150 sq ft plant) The plant as shown is on a downward trend, the leaves are slowly dieing off   Monday, September 8 View Page 1545 Hunt 13 (150 sq ft plant) - The fruit is solid and is turning a bit orange. Taping in the mid 600's the same as the squash. Hoping it might hit 700lbs.   Thursday, September 18 View Page My largest tomato at 4lbs 0.7oz   Friday, September 19 View Page 1872 Wallace 12, A bit of frost has mostly done in the plant. The pumpkin is scheduled for the VT weighoff   Friday, September 19 View Page *1135 Jutras 12, This one is nice and brown only about 20% of the leaves survived   Friday, September 19 View Page 1545 Hunt 13, My 150sq. ft plant isn't going to put ,much weight on about 6 leaves on it. It also has a golf ball size rot spot which I hope will dry down   Saturday, September 20 View Page I picked my field pumpkins, this is all of them but 3 still in the patch   Saturday, September 20 View Page My biggest marrow, it is shorter than most of the pumpkins. It must be a recessed genetic trait for short fruit.   Saturday, September 20 View Page My largest field pumpkins the one in the back is larger. I will take both to the VT weighoff.   Monday, September 22 View Page I didn't get this one covered and it became Deer food   Monday, September 22 View Page Weenie taking it easy on the chair. The two green squash are interspecific crosses with field and Ag pumpkins. The brown one is a Dickson pumpkin. I hoping to cross the seeds next year and get some Ag genetic is the field pumpkins.   Tuesday, September 30 View Page The 1545 Hunt 13 (150 SQ ft plant) is loaded into the truck and ready for a trip to Topsfield