Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 43 Entries. Wednesday, April 2 View Page Iowa State fair plants 806 Baker (1622 x 1544) Germination Date: 3/22/14 Planting Date 4/2/14   Thursday, April 3 View Page Small Green House inside of big Green House   Thursday, April 3 View Page Green House   Thursday, April 3 View Page Green House   Wednesday, April 9 View Page Slower start than I anticipated   Wednesday, April 9 View Page closeup   Friday, April 11 View Page thermostatic controlled Fan   Friday, April 11 View Page thermostatic controlled Fan   Friday, April 11 View Page first feeding included fish, seaweed and worm castings   Friday, April 11 View Page burying pile ready for action   Sunday, April 13 View Page starting to pick up the pace a little.   Monday, April 14 View Page Snow   Monday, April 14 View Page slow and steady   Thursday, April 17 View Page Slow and steady   Thursday, April 17 View Page slow and steady   Wednesday, April 23 View Page Slow and steady   Tuesday, May 6 View Page slow and steady   Thursday, May 8 View Page Down to one plant   Monday, May 12 View Page Slow and steady   Wednesday, May 21 View Page slow and steady   Tuesday, May 27 View Page Slow and Steady   Tuesday, May 27 View Page 1530   Thursday, May 29 View Page Slow and steady   Wednesday, June 4 View Page slow and steady   Thursday, June 5 View Page 1530   Thursday, June 5 View Page slow and steady   Friday, June 6 View Page 806 x 1676 Daletas. Thanks DY   Friday, June 6 View Page Slow and Steady   Monday, June 9 View Page slow and steady   Thursday, June 12 View Page Slow and Steady   Wednesday, June 18 View Page Big storms rolled through last night, 1530 fall plant got rolled and split the main. Back up 1530 lost a lot of leaves but is now the only fall plant in the garden. Fair plant took some pretty hard leaf loss, but no catastrophic damage. Day 10 Slow and Steady   Monday, June 23 View Page 17 DAP Slow and Steady   Thursday, June 26 View Page Day 20 Slow and Steady   Thursday, June 26 View Page 1530   Friday, June 27 View Page 5" of rain   Friday, June 27 View Page Be Gone   Friday, June 27 View Page 1st Pollination 1530 x 806   Tuesday, July 1 View Page 5 more inches and growth is down to 2" of OTT a Day   Tuesday, July 1 View Page 1530 got rolled by the storm   Tuesday, July 1 View Page Day 25   Thursday, July 17 View Page Well it happened again, the fair plant has completely stopped gaining. All that is left is a chance at the Howard Dill Award. Time to send in a tissue sample and find out why I suck at this. Lost the first 3 pollinations on the 1530. The fourth pollination was done on 7/10/14. Looks to have taken.   Friday, July 18 View Page Fair Pumpkin has a soft spot...Game Over   Thursday, July 24 View Page 1530 day 14