Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 69 Entries. Friday, June 5 View Page Dammmmm that's what you get when you order a computer from Joly old England. All I can post is English pictures   Sunday, June 7 View Page Friggen Wiz was spying on my plants, bugged his eyes out when he seen the 1985 at 12 ft   Sunday, June 7 View Page Just might have to make him wear this same costume when he looses   Monday, June 8 View Page Hey Wizz Guess what this is for?????   Wednesday, June 10 View Page Hey Wizzzz buy me this for Christmas please   Thursday, June 11 View Page Took delivery of my tanks today I had 2 delivered as one tank will be good for 2 greenhouses. Still need to germinate my seeds, But by what Wiz is saying I should only need 2 weeks so I might just wait until August to start so I can go fishing several times before my season even starts.   Thursday, June 11 View Page Again caught Wiz dressed up and peeking, but at least this time he said something. Next time Wiz just knock on the door or even call ahead, I'll have a cold pop ready for you   Friday, June 12 View Page Hey Wiz as a point of reference Too much CO2 ='s OOPS good thing I haven't started my seeds yet   Friday, June 12 View Page was that you Wiz think I seen your car???   Friday, June 12 View Page As much as you think your like this guy!!!!   Friday, June 12 View Page you are actually much more like this guy   Friday, June 12 View Page and really was this your baby picture, If so SplanZe a Lot   Friday, June 12 View Page Hey Wiz I have a question for you Those "Special Squash seeds" you sent me are not looking like they should. Are you sure they are what you say as I can't figure it out. Here is a pic   Friday, June 12 View Page this was for the last post   Sunday, June 14 View Page OMG just 2 days with CO2 (and that's from seed) and I've already had to start culling Wiz you really have to figure out this CO2   Sunday, June 14 View Page Wiz in another disguise!!!!! Or was it Bubba!!!! Oh no are they teaming up on me HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Monday, June 15 View Page Can't believe it Wizzz You even have your cat mad at you   Tuesday, June 16 View Page Hey Wizz I am not cheating, just so you know. I will be doing my first pollination tomorrow on a Squash at 13 ft out   Thursday, June 18 View Page On a serious note Here is a contender It's the 1985 Miller. Have a female going to open in 3 or 4 days, I cut the first 2 off   Thursday, June 18 View Page here is the female I intend on keeping. It's on the south side of the main.   Thursday, June 18 View Page Bizz came to see me   Friday, June 19 View Page getting ready to mix a batch of tea   Friday, June 19 View Page Making Tea in a 500 gallon tank. mixing it with a 2000 gallon per hr sump pump. will let it run for 24 hrs at least then spray it on the plants and garden   Friday, June 19 View Page pump not working mixing tea manually now only 22 hrs to go   Tuesday, June 23 View Page Hey Wiz You put new meaning into "take the dog out to go it's business"   Wednesday, June 24 View Page So I made the conscious decision to go with the new sets, Yesterday, today and 2 tomorrow and will cull the older ones. Did however keep the Squash sets as they both look good and seem to have taken   Thursday, June 25 View Page So Wizz Gardens naked, Hey Wiz this is what comes to mind when I think about , oh crap never mind, getting sick now   Friday, June 26 View Page getting ready to go, Jack Larue has confirmed him and his wife are heading up also. Going to miss Jim on this trip but he's coming in the fall   Friday, June 26 View Page a trout caught last week at Yellow Dog   Friday, June 26 View Page nice big Northern Pike just over 30 pounds Same guy caught the Laker   Friday, June 26 View Page now that's a nice fish, another that was caught last week   Friday, June 26 View Page Hey Wizz you can't use yourself as Chum   Friday, June 26 View Page This was actually the Fish Wiz caught before he photo shopped it   Friday, June 26 View Page oops now the photo need an edit button   Friday, June 26 View Page So I checked out the Wiz's diary and it was WHINE WHINE WHINE. So in keeping with Good Sportsmanship I figure I will give the Wizz a little gift. Wiz here is some CHEESE to go with that WHINE   Saturday, June 27 View Page Update Freak snowstorm hits Littleton Colorado ZERO VISIBILITY but it doesn't stop the wiz Here is the wiz buring vines in that snowstorm   Tuesday, June 30 View Page Wiz My new state of the art water tanks, It keeps the water at 78 degrees F or what ever I set the temp to. It runs off 3 solar panels so there is no power or gas consumption and I can add all my goodies by injector system. I put 1 in for each of the 4 greenhouses   Tuesday, June 30 View Page The Previous post was BS Wiz oh wait, maybe it wasn't   Wednesday, July 1 View Page What a beautiful day we had today, Sunny and warm and we ended the day with a very dull and uneventful evening, just the normal stuff. Here is a pic   Friday, July 3 View Page This is the 1985 Miller plant today   Friday, July 3 View Page Here is the 1578 Holub ***   Tuesday, July 7 View Page Terminated the 1985 main today at 30 ft. Also terminated 4 other mains at the fruit as I'm set and running to October. Hey Wiz I was too nice in the thread on BP, really after I read it I kinda wanted to throw up. Your going down Bitch and I have now changed my bucket list from owning a provincial record to KICKING YOUR ASS. Game on   Tuesday, July 7 View Page Hey Wizzzz I just started 2 Jack B Littles. I'll grow them in a pot cause that will be enough to beat you   Tuesday, July 7 View Page Hey Wizz here's a squash I am going to pollinate tomorrow before I go Fishing. Never had a fruit that size before the flower opened. Hell this is bigger than some 13 day old pumpkins Maybe I will just beat you with a Squash and use it as part of my best 3 to get my jacket.   Saturday, July 18 View Page Note To Wiz I'm BACK AND   Monday, July 20 View Page First of all I need to throw out a great big thank you to Dave Stelts, Joe jutras, Pap and Ron Wallace, Gary Miller, Glenn Dixon and last but not least Cecil and Teresa for tending my plants while I was away fishing, and to Neil Anderson and his crew from RTI for looking after the nutrient feeding. You guys and gals are friggen Awesome. If you ever need a pruner just yell Did ask my buddy Jim Sherwood to join in and he answered me with: If I couldn't make the time to go fishing, I sure as you know what won't have time to prune and especially someone else's plants. somehow I can understand that. So I'm leaving again on Friday so I'll have another crew coming out. Jim Kuhn and the glaciers are heading up the next bunch. Hey Wiz you still interested in the Ocean front property in South Dakota. Need your down payment this week as there is only one lot left. Cash please   Monday, July 20 View Page So my 1421 Stelts plant had a crazy blossom but I still pollinated it, this is the pumpkin on it. Cutting it off for a much nicer one   Monday, July 20 View Page Haist Squash. not as light as the picture but still would like it to darken up   Monday, July 20 View Page 1969 Haist fruit seems to be holding on quite well, the first 2 didn't fair so well   Monday, July 20 View Page Now this I like, this is on the Holub plant and it's now starting to move   Tuesday, July 21 View Page So Wizz crashed his Time machine I'd bet You over heated your Fluckes Capacitor.   Wednesday, July 22 View Page We've been under a tornado watch all day almost One was actually reported over Calgary and another just a few miles west of here the picture is from 11:00 AM this morning Hey Wiz we get the same crappy weather as you. Life in the foothills of the Rockies   Thursday, July 23 View Page Big day around here. did my measures this AM and this is BY FARRRRRRR the earliest I've gone over the 1000 pounds WOOOO HOOOO Eat my dust Wizzz I'm all over this   Thursday, August 6 View Page Wiz good news for you. lost my 1421 Stelts and it was taping 1086ish But remember still have 5 more plants   Thursday, August 13 View Page @@@####$$%#$%@%^ wiz just got a huge advantage @#$%$%^%$   Monday, August 31 View Page Well WiZZZ need to throw in the towel for this year Lost my 2009 kin along with the 1985 a couple weeks ago. I have a squash that's pretty decent and will give the locals a run. Wish you luck Wizz   Wednesday, September 2 View Page Named this one the Wizzer's Butt as in Butt UGLY guess could be just the Wiz kinda hard to tell the difference which end on the wiz is really up anyway 1969 Haist is the plant   Wednesday, September 2 View Page Miller looking good   Wednesday, September 2 View Page And I'll bet this one goes HEAVY HEAVY HEAVY   Sunday, September 6 View Page Well I've heard it all now, Just got off the phone with Wizzz He is sooo proud of his new car so I attached a picture Apparently he is looking for 3 passengers to join him. He's planning on driving to the Paton's for the GPC conference in England.   Monday, September 14 View Page Hey Wizz is this your add I found on Craigs list. Is that your biggest?????   Tuesday, September 22 View Page Well it's time I have to throw in the towel on the competition with the Wiz. My season started out as the best ever. I had done a bunch of changes this year and ended up with a hell of a learning curve. My biggest at the time, mid August went down followed by 3 more with what would have been an Alberta record Squash. At the end of it all I have a pumpkin and Squash left for smokie lake and Jenn has a pumpkin to take Collectively we could maybe get to 1500 lbs with the 3, so Wizzzz Best of luck buddy had a lot of fun jerking your chain this year, And remember, if you don't make the 4000 lbs we're game on next year Bitch   Monday, September 28 View Page Hey Wizzz How much light was your pumpkin??? Seen this flying over yesterday, was this your Kin?????   Wednesday, October 7 View Page Gary the Wizzzz Need to come clean now. I challenged you because I was cocky and wanted to kick your ass in a good old competition. Well here is what I did, Early this spring I took out 2 feet of dirt out of my greenhouses, installed 4 inch drain tile across the whole bottom, they are 18 inches apart, graded and empty into a common sump. Why?? Well I have a very high salt content and the salts leach up into me soil, this stopped that in its tracks. Secondly, the water table is high and when we get a lot of rain the ground gets saturated and takes for ever to dry out, even in the greenhouse because of the water table. BUT the biggest reason for this was to heat my ground from the bottom up. and add oxygen.   Wednesday, October 7 View Page So this picture will show you the pipes coming up out of the ground and running to the roof of the greenhouse, Why?? Well at the transition between the black drain tile and the galvanized pipe is a fan. It is a 4Inch duct fan that blows 120 cfm. So what it does from 10 Am until 8 Pm is take the 100-120 degree air from the top of the greenhouse and blow it 2 ft underground. Best heating cables I have ever used Infact it was past good and boarding on Extreme. My ground temperature at 24 inches deep shot up to 85 degrees,   Wednesday, October 7 View Page here's a better picture of the pipes   Wednesday, October 7 View Page here is a picture of the fan. I used 64 of them in all 4 greenhouses   Wednesday, October 7 View Page Now that we've ended the year with a crazy amount of issues, I have learnt a few things. Ground temperature was way too high, need to be in the mid 70's. My microbial life must have been crazy. so I need to cut back. I blew up my 1985 Miller in the beginning of August at 417 inches, I had daily gains of 70, 72, 70, 26, and Zero It weighed 12 percent light but I expected that. Next biggest issue, Third stage growth, Man I had 3rd, 4th and 5th stage growth. and on 8 plants and really being away a 1/4 of the time, I could not keep up, which lead to other issues. So next year I'm cutting back to 4 plants and going to try and do it again. This is a very good system and was the brain child of a few engineers, a soils agronomist, and a ton of input from Jim Sherwood, and Jack Larue. (yes we talked pumpkins on the fishing trips) can you believe that Next summer will be a very indepth Diary so we can share what's happening. And yes Wizz I was WAY over my head this year and may be next year too but in due course!!!!   Wednesday, October 7 View Page Further to the above entry's, Once we had removed all the soil from the greenhouses, we replaced it all with a mix of 50% aged pete 25% loam and 25% compost. I will give a costing of all this later, and actually it was quite economical