Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 42 Entries. Tuesday, June 10 View Page 811 Gerhardt doing well.....   Tuesday, June 10 View Page very health mainvine tip on the 811, she is pushing out about 6 feet now with male flowers developing from the stump forward up the vine...   Tuesday, June 10 View Page Healthy heads of Simpsons Curled leaf lettuce in the deck box this year ;planted first week of April...   Wednesday, June 18 View Page First Female on the 811 Gerhardt at about 10ft on the Mainvine....   Sunday, June 22 View Page Pollinated a 5-lobe beauty at 10ft on the 811 Gerhardt. Selfed her with the only 2 male flowers ready to go in the patch? Pollinated at 5:30 am; temps in the low 70's ;80 degrees at 3:16pm;shaded.   Sunday, June 22 View Page 10ft pollination on the 811 Gerhardt and another at 11ft, set to be pollinated in the morning....looks like I'll have to self her as well?   Monday, June 23 View Page Pollinated a 4-lobe female at 11ft on the 811 Gerhardt. Selfed her. 6:30am;59 degrees;cloudy muggy day high in the 80's.   Thursday, June 26 View Page 811 Gerhardt X Self; 4 DAPS   Sunday, June 29 View Page Long Gourds hit the top of the trellis.....looks like first flowers will open tonight.   Sunday, June 29 View Page Gotcha......   Sunday, June 29 View Page Gotta make a decision soon....   Sunday, June 29 View Page Simpson curled leaf lettuce looking good.   Thursday, July 3 View Page Happy 4th of July!!!!!!!!   Thursday, July 3 View Page Won't be long now and I'll be pollinating LG's.....   Saturday, July 5 View Page Culls have been made....Game On!!!!!!Wow she's sure gonna be Purdy!!!   Saturday, July 5 View Page 811 Gerhardt X Self 11ft set on mainvine 4-lobe 12 DAP   Wednesday, July 9 View Page 811 Gerhardt...4 days later. Gonna need a new chair;)   Monday, July 14 View Page First Pollination on the 979 McMillan. After being a month behind from early season Groundhog damage ,I final got a pollination!! 979 McMillan X 811 Gerhardt; 4-lobe;17 ft. Mainvine Looks like a Big and Orange cross to Me!!!   Monday, July 14 View Page Day 21.... Wow she is Pretty!!!!   Monday, July 14 View Page Long gourd pollinations are starting to take...   Monday, July 14 View Page Can you say Mega Bloom!!!!!   Monday, July 21 View Page DAP 28 for the 811 Gerhardt... She keeps getting Prettier and Bigger everyday!!!!!   Monday, July 21 View Page 1049 Swain X 811 Gerhardt ; 5-lobe; 4 DAP Another potential Big and Orange cross, if I can keep the groundhogs away. you can see a groundhog bite on it already...Grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!   Monday, July 21 View Page Two days away and the darn Groundhogs found her!!!Dang!! 979 McMillan X 811 Gerhardt; DAP 7 Applied some Captan; fingers crossed. She will be blemished if she survives however,kinda like the mole on Marilyn Monroe;) Would ya look at that stem!!!   Monday, July 21 View Page Long Gourds starting to hang....   Monday, July 21 View Page Sittin Pretty......   Monday, July 21 View Page Ooops...here is the picture of the 979 McMillan X 811 Gerhardt at 7 DAP.   Friday, July 25 View Page DAP 32.........   Friday, July 25 View Page Great Shoulders and Color!!   Friday, July 25 View Page Long Gourds keep dripping even with cool night temps....   Sunday, August 3 View Page July Next Month Sun Mon Tue 1 OBSERVED Hi 92°F Lo 73°F Precip (in) 0.02in. Wed 2 OBSERVED Hi 88°F Lo 69°F Precip (in) 0.02in. Thu 3 OBSERVED Hi 76°F Lo 64°F Precip (in) 0.23in. Fri 4 OBSERVED Hi 73°F Lo 59°F Precip (in) 0in. Sat 5 OBSERVED Hi 80°F Lo 53°F Precip (in) 0in. 6 OBSERVED Hi 84°F Lo 55°F Precip (in) 0.35in. 7 OBSERVED Hi 80°F Lo 65°F Precip (in) 0.12in. 8 OBSERVED Hi 83°F Lo 66°F Precip (in) 1.03in. 9 OBSERVED Hi 73°F Lo 60°F Precip (in) 0in. 10 OBSERVED Hi 73°F Lo 53°F Precip (in) 0in. 11 OBSERVED Hi 79°F Lo 53°F Precip (in) 0in. 12 OBSERVED Hi 84°F Lo 59°F Precip (in) 0in. 13 OBSERVED Hi 79°F Lo 69°F Precip (in) 0.41in. 14 OBSERVED Hi 77°F Lo 65°F Precip (in) 0.61in. 15 OBSERVED Hi 79°F Lo 62°F Precip (in) 0.27in. 16 OBSERVED Hi 74°F Lo 57°F Precip (in) 0in. 17 OBSERVED Hi 75°F Lo 54°F Precip (in) 0in. 18 OBSERVED Hi 77°F Lo 52°F Precip (in) 0in. 19 OBSERVED Hi 76°F Lo 58°F Precip (in) 0.41in. 20 OBSERVED Hi 79°F Lo 64°F Precip (in) 0.02in. 21 OBSERVED Hi 83°F Lo 65°F Precip (in) 0in. 22 OBSERVED Hi 88°F Lo 63°F Precip (in) 0in. 23 OBSERVED Hi 82°F Lo 67°F Precip (in) 0in. 24 OBSERVED Hi 72°F Lo 58°F Precip (in) 0in. 25 OBSERVED Hi 77°F Lo 52°F Precip (in) 0in. 26 OBSERVED Hi 81°F Lo 57°F Precip (in) 0.77in. 27 OBSERVED Hi 83°F Lo 68°F Precip (in) 1.22in. 28 OBSERVED Hi 72°F Lo 59°F Precip (in) 1.85in. 29 OBSERVED Hi 70°F Lo 55°F Precip (in) 0in. 30 OBSERVED Hi 74°F Lo 57°F Precip (in) 0.23in. 31 OBSERVED Hi 76°F Lo 59°F Precip (in) 0.02in.   Wednesday, August 6 View Page Some Long Gourds....   Wednesday, August 6 View Page Day 44.... "Got Orange?"   Sunday, August 17 View Page Pretty as a Pumpkin!!!!!! D.A.P. 55   Wednesday, September 24 View Page Just Luv this time of the year.......   Wednesday, September 24 View Page Probably not going to be able to make it to a weigh-off this year? Sold my truck this Spring so no hitch to pull my trailor or bed to put her in? Kinda Bummed cause she sure is a Pretty Specimen that definately deserves a official weight. She is a Howard Dill Contender in my Eyes!!!! Thanks Again Jim   Wednesday, September 24 View Page Just another side view...   Sunday, September 28 View Page What can I say I'm one Lucky Guy!!!!! "Team Bumkin"   Sunday, September 28 View Page The U.O.W. 600 McMillan 2014 found it's new Home.....   Sunday, September 28 View Page All right one more..... boy she was a beautiful specimen!! Big Thanks again to Jim Gerhardt!!!   Tuesday, October 28 View Page Very excited about the crosses produced inside these two...left: UOW 200 McMillan 14 (1544 Revier X 811 Gerhardt )(This could be my answer to Big,Smooth(Not so ribby) and Orange!!!) Right:UOW 300 McMillan 14 (1049 Swain x 811 Gerhardt)(Big,Orange and Long!!!)   Tuesday, October 28 View Page Another Promising Genetic cross: UOW 100 McMillan 14 (979 McMillan X 811 Gerhardt)(Big and ORANGE!!!!)