Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 130 Entries. Tuesday, January 13 View Page HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!   Tuesday, January 13 View Page LOL.. its been a while since my last post with any new pictures but don't you worry ill put up some soon... wow what fall of 2014.... new state records and personal bests were grown all over... what a year... hope 2015 is everything you wish for......   Tuesday, January 13 View Page time and date is off...... double D is his name and staying alive is his game......   Tuesday, January 13 View Page the 351 Gantner 13.... has been a lot of interest in this again.. I hope she grows yawl a monster howard dill winner..   Tuesday, January 13 View Page the 1037 TEAM GANTNER/ BIRD 14... 351 GANTNER X 1779 J. WERNER my first howard dill winner grown off my own seed   Tuesday, January 13 View Page 1328 TEAM GANTNER/ BIRD 14 888 MARTIN X 1495 STELTS july set   Tuesday, January 13 View Page 1481 TEAM GANTNER/ BIRD 14 1495 STELTS X SELF bar patch grown 17% heavy.......   Tuesday, January 13 View Page the 1328,1481,1284.... left to right..a lil 500# off to the side for scale...   Tuesday, January 13 View Page 1626 D.GANTNER 14 1320 faskell x 351 Gantner orange eh my aunts pumpkin   Tuesday, January 13 View Page stem shot 1626 D. Gantner 14   Tuesday, January 13 View Page another one....   Tuesday, January 13 View Page advertisement.... I know a guy who used this and he grew a monster...... so I guess I am now using it too..... picked up a bucket... GO GREEN GRO......   Tuesday, January 13 View Page Advertisement..... that same guy also used this.... so I picked up a box..... are you seeing a trend... do you wana grow a monster.... so do I..... coming to a patch near you soon..... GO GREEN GRO....   Wednesday, January 14 View Page LOL......   Friday, January 16 View Page 1284 TEAM GANTNER/ BIRD 14 DMG. I messed this one up. 1625 Gantner x 1779 J.wener   Friday, January 16 View Page 1284 blossom end shot...   Friday, January 16 View Page 1779 J. Werner.... she was my pollinator on a few kins.. great plant kin was way ahead of all the others when she popped a pin hole in her.. I did seal off the hole with wax from a toilet wax ring worked awesome... she packed on another 150 pounds or so after the hole showed.. a deep rib and pin hole is all it takes...   Friday, January 16 View Page 1224 TEAM GANTNER/ BIRD 14 DMG 1779 J.WERNER X 1625 GANTNER she was weighted at cedarburg weigh off... and sold right after never got seeds out before she sold.   Tuesday, January 27 View Page Double D....   Tuesday, January 27 View Page Teeam Green Gro......   Sunday, February 22 View Page well I have booked the GPC big show... I get in Friday.. I hope to see you all there.... should be in and around by Friday between 2-3 pm.....   Sunday, March 8 View Page I pulled my trail cameras...there must be a large herd of bucks.. well I know there is.... lol... and a ton of does plus I see not all the bucks dropped there horns yet...   Sunday, March 8 View Page my room is starting to be put back together... here is how she looked as of Saturday.... its not done yet but I am making progress...   Monday, March 23 View Page Wow.... what an amazing weekend....THE GPC BIG SHOW WAS GREAT...As always it was great to meet new people and to catch up with everyone.... I hope everyone learned a few new tricks and technics to growzem big. I know I did... I just wanted to say thank you to the GPC they sure pulled off another great event.   Monday, March 23 View Page there will be a lot of pictures im sure getting posted soon by a lot of growers who attended. was a blast   Monday, March 23 View Page now that I am back I will be finishing up my seed germ room and will post pictures of it. its almost done and it needs to be cranked up and seeds need to be started very soon. I hope she works. lol... she better... lol   Thursday, April 9 View Page well my room has been done and flower seeds are tying up my heat met.... they take sooooo long to germ...   Thursday, April 9 View Page a shot of some of the products I am using to germ seeds.... GO TEAM GREEN GRO....   Friday, May 8 View Page Been trying to find the time... but can not seem to find it?????????   Friday, May 8 View Page I have 16 plants for 8 sites. :)   Friday, May 8 View Page Been trying my new fertilizer out.... seems pretty good.. so far   Friday, May 8 View Page Been doing a lot of training....lol   Friday, May 8 View Page Been growing some real nice seedlings......   Friday, May 8 View Page Been raining and cloudy with 2 nice days in between....   Friday, May 8 View Page Some seeds have done well... some have not... have had some pots germinate... and some with none... :(   Saturday, May 9 View Page Time is coming.... then its game on...   Saturday, May 9 View Page this one still cracks me up....lol.. Happy Growing all.   Thursday, May 14 View Page Well the time has come and gone :) I have all 16 plants in and going strong! My line up is.........   Thursday, May 14 View Page BAR PATCH; 2 1625.5 Gantner 13.. 1495 stelts x self 2 1481 Team Gantner/ Bird 14..1495 stelts x self 2 1328 Team Gantner/ Bird 14... 888 martin x 1495 stelts 1 351 Gantner 13.. 1221 faskell x 1495 stelts 2 1692 McMullen 14... 1625.5 G.Gantner x 1092 Naylor 1 1916 Barron 14... 1 1676 Daletas .. 1 1719.5 Daletas tough picks for only keeping 6   Thursday, May 14 View Page home patch; 1 1985 MILLER ..the cali connection 1 1751 LOVSE .. going global 1 1104 YOUNG.... make a wish.. I found my fishing boxes.. 1 1882 GEHWIELER.... HERE SHE IS CHAD...looking good   Thursday, May 14 View Page NOW THAT WE HAVE ALL HURRIED UP AND PLANTED SO SOON OR EARLY.... now we wait... or find a nice chair with a good view and watch them grow... lol only if eh.... patch work shall continue... free time whats that?   Thursday, May 28 View Page WOW so many 1625.5 Gantners growing all over the world... sure is inspiring to say the least. THANK YOU ALL WHO ARE GROWING HER. its awesome to see.   Thursday, May 28 View Page ok just so we all are clear 1625.5 G.Gantner was grown in 2013(1495 stelts x self) the 1626 D.Gantner 14 are not the same.(1320 faskell x 351 G.Gantner)the 351 was pollenated by the 1495 from above. the 1626 is my aunts pumpkin she loves orange.. the 1625.5 is heavy I love that... maybe they will be crossed this year(I know they will) that should make a big heavy orange cross.   Thursday, May 28 View Page patch update, patch log all plants look really good, tough calls ahead. who stays and who goes well nobody knows its a race out of the hoops and the best will win? what happens if they all rock?   Thursday, May 28 View Page I guess I will flip a coin   Thursday, May 28 View Page and grab a knife   Thursday, May 28 View Page and then close my eyes and slice   Thursday, May 28 View Page lol   Tuesday, June 2 View Page I have been pondering who will stay and who will go...a lot of very strong plants. unsure if nature or nurture is a factor? well I removed 2 and now will set me sites on the next 6. plants are at the end of hoops wanting to be let out... finally some warmer temp and less rain should allow things to roll from here on out   Monday, June 8 View Page all hoops down and the game has begun..... plants are zooming... yes I said zooming......   Tuesday, June 9 View Page planting day... im a lil behind   Tuesday, June 9 View Page Its a good thing chuck @ biotamax sent me some fresh stuff to plant all those plants..... I love biotamax.   Tuesday, June 9 View Page still a lil behind   Tuesday, June 9 View Page this should help at time of pollination   Tuesday, June 9 View Page came home one day to this sitting in front of my garage door... so I added a bunch and this happened...   Tuesday, June 9 View Page boom... then they are begging to get let out... however one must go and one must stay....   Tuesday, June 9 View Page I am having the kid take care of the ones at home. I smell a new rookie of the year.   Tuesday, June 9 View Page see more proof....   Tuesday, June 9 View Page almost all of the plants have laid down like this.... perfect... must be the kids mad skills..lol   Tuesday, June 16 View Page so much rain... I actually seen an orange globe in the sky today had to google what it was.... lol.. patches are so wet..   Tuesday, June 16 View Page they should grow now... I gave them a shot of gravy today.. its bull juices brother...   Monday, June 22 View Page so I have been asked were are the plant pictures or pictures of the pumpkins.. I say been to busy.. but I do have some to post for yawl...   Monday, June 22 View Page here is one.. am I growing a squash???? might be.. time will tell.. for now I call this one squishy...   Monday, June 22 View Page this one is from my green bay packer plant... its a 1481 team Gantner/ bird 14.. 1495 x self   Monday, June 22 View Page this is what gravy looks like.. I do not recommend this on mashed potatoes   Monday, June 22 View Page here is one   Monday, June 22 View Page patch update .. broke the main off on one plant.. will retrain the secondary into a new main... lost a nice female in the cutting.   Monday, June 22 View Page 6/22/15--- 1625.5 Gantner x self.. not the best spot. however the next 4 feet does not show another female so I will take what I can get and will hope for another.. about 10 ft out on main... 1481 will open tomorrow.. I hope for some 1985 pollen on this one. she is about 12-13 ft out 1985 should be Wednesday I plan on 1625 going on her she is about 14 or 15 ft out I don't measure I use the eye ball method.   Monday, June 22 View Page got a melon planted... should be a fun year with this thing... it has a bunch of sides growing and a real nice long main.... we will see if she grows me a 100 pounder...lol or 50 would be good too   Monday, June 22 View Page eye see you   Monday, June 22 View Page remember this day Kevin?   Monday, June 29 View Page only 2 plants left to set fruit on... I think ill keep the ones I already have growing... I should of had only one however it looks as if one has aborted already... squishy didn't make it.. ill probably try to self it next time.   Tuesday, June 30 View Page ok here is some good karma.. which is not cheap and can not be bought.... saved this hawk( our resident patch hawk ) from the volley ball court nets this weekend... hope she makes it.. she did fly away. yes we had to handle her to get her out... kinda spooky... then she allowed us to walk back up to her and take a few more pictures.. maybe it was a he.. we didn't check..lol..   Tuesday, June 30 View Page here you go Chris..... top secret patch....   Tuesday, July 21 View Page well its time for some pictures... by the time you all see these I will probably be down to one plants as it seems I have mosaic all over....   Tuesday, July 21 View Page I love that I have been trying to post pictures but it wont allow me to do so.   Tuesday, July 21 View Page well I would love to show you all my GREEN GRO garden however I can not post pics..   Tuesday, July 21 View Page and also my raw garden... and my 2 control gardens. I have over 100 mater plants in and a lot of other veggys I like to eat   Tuesday, July 21 View Page also my bar patch   Tuesday, July 21 View Page kevin marsh.. he has a way with butterflys   Tuesday, July 21 View Page ok lets try again   Tuesday, July 21 View Page im starting to think bp. has blocked the words green gro   Tuesday, July 21 View Page another try.. a non green gro pic...   Tuesday, July 21 View Page a growers patch.. she caught me in the act   Tuesday, July 21 View Page another spy tour   Tuesday, July 21 View Page ok I can not post my green gro gardens so you all can see how awesome this stuff is so ill just keep typing odd rambles... lol   Friday, August 7 View Page well I had a good one on the hook day 5 cir 29 inches.... day 10 had a 29 inch cir... day 15 cir 29 inches... well another one bites the dust.. I will yank this plant and roto till this area.. ya ill yank and let the roots rot.. next to another plant.. it worked last time.... that's what worms and microbes are for ..lol.. more stuff to pour on the other plant.. started with 16 plants so far down to 1... what a year   Friday, August 7 View Page I suppose you are wondering why no pictures of my other kin... she is so big she wont fit onto my phones screen... lol .. im calling her pack man.... she is eating her blossom like pack man...lol.. she is yellow too.. been growing pretty good.. the daily drenches sure have helped her curve so far....we need some rain   Friday, August 7 View Page oh ya the only one left is the 1104 young make a wish seed.... been doing 40s a day for a while now... I have my fishing tackle box by the over head door ready to go fishing... musky poles are ready too....   Friday, August 14 View Page ah this picture thing again... lol.. well I need to figure out how to turn down my camera... daily gains seem nice.. I had a later start on this one much later than I wanted.. however the rate she is growing I will catch up to some and surpass others.. lol...so if.... some one had a 900 pound advantage a short time ago.. and now I feel that gap has been shortened up to about 300pounds with the rate she is growing she will either blow up or and a real big or.... make it.... unsure to much time left.. the scales wont lie   Monday, August 17 View Page 1104 day I forget...lol   Monday, August 17 View Page a couple of days later   Monday, August 17 View Page and a few more days.   Monday, August 17 View Page and a few more days...   Monday, August 17 View Page after a very heavy feeding this showed up... I figured she was telling me she is growing good and liked the bull juice mix... it showed up in less than 12 hours after she ate at the buffet...lol.. I have a feeling the bull juice made her do it.   Monday, August 17 View Page well those pictures were from aprox day 15 to 30 or so... she is now going on day 45 soon... she should tape out around 900 to 1000 pounds.... with the stem crack like that im thinking she is still growing at about 40 a day maybe more.. the plant has been a real bugger.... hard to work with big stiff vines that like to grow 3 ft in the air.. I can not remember how many I broke off.. the up side it has made me a better grower dealing with it for the future. just think I was going to yank her due to her being a pain.. now I think what was I thinking.. I am down to only one plant.. started with 16 cut back to 8 lost 6 to mosaic and one didn't want to grow a kin.. and this one... make a wish... I know I did...   Tuesday, August 18 View Page I suppose you wana see the stem side shot....   Tuesday, August 18 View Page and here is another blossom end shot.. still growing good   Friday, August 28 View Page remember this pic   Friday, August 28 View Page 7 days later   Wednesday, September 2 View Page Opps I see I have missed a few picture updates... oh wow I think I will dig up day 45 - 60 and show them off some.... lol   Wednesday, September 2 View Page ok lets see here.. this is the stem end   Wednesday, September 2 View Page here is the blossom end   Wednesday, September 2 View Page this one is the street side view.... isn't she purty....   Wednesday, September 2 View Page LOL.... WHAT THE DUCK.... I forgot to add pictures to those ... dang laptops   Wednesday, September 2 View Page ok I think this one is right... right maybe left?   Wednesday, September 2 View Page a few more days ... I sure hope this is right.   Wednesday, September 2 View Page and a few more days....   Wednesday, September 2 View Page ok those last few pictures kinda sum it up.... well I have more... do you wana see other angles...lol   Wednesday, September 2 View Page now to the blossom end shots...   Wednesday, September 2 View Page this might help... the next 2 pictures will show ya really what I have going on.... late season rapid grow rate.... grow baby grow... GO TEAM GREEN GRO.... LETS ALL BREAK SOME RECORDS....   Wednesday, September 2 View Page nice shapes and curves.... ok.. this pic was taken before I seen that the main vine grow tip got broke off... ya broke off...   Wednesday, September 2 View Page this next one is a good one.... ya you will see...lol heavy rains and a broke off main vine tip now im at day 61 today these picts r like day 55-58 or something like that...   Wednesday, September 2 View Page ka pow... well hello there mr dill ring were have you been hiding ...lol... so now 3 days later I sit and say ok... you are now fully updated on my picture log... well I have a couple more but why worry about the details... I mean the small but larger and LARGER DETAILS..... remember rapid growth rates from bull juice has a side effect.   Monday, September 21 View Page Gene looks very happy... GO TEAM GREEN GRO!!!!!   Monday, September 21 View Page look at how huge this thing is... maybe I need a 6 x 6 scale next year..... thank you Gene for bringing that beast to my weigh off.... GO TEAM GREEN GRO!!!!!   Monday, September 21 View Page A MUCH BETTER PICTURE.....#GO TEAM GREEN GRO!!!!!   Monday, September 21 View Page Giant pumpkin breaks North American record at Cedarburg Wine & Harvest Festival http://to.fox6now.com/1LFKvSE   Monday, September 21 View Page here is some more pictures http://iconosquare.com/thegreengro   Thursday, October 8 View Page WOW how time flies this time of year.... seen a lot of awesome fruit grown in the great state of Wisconsin...   Thursday, October 8 View Page so I bet you are wondering what has my 1104 young grown me this year....???? well she grew and grew and grew some more.... wana see a pic   Thursday, October 8 View Page a nice side view..... lol she sure hasn't grown much since early September....   Thursday, October 8 View Page nice stem angle....... can u see she isn't hooked up anymore.....lol... she had an OTT of 420 day 68 or day 69...   Thursday, October 8 View Page here is my field pumpkin entry... check me out im on the bottom of every fruit list... this one is aka mosaic virus   Friday, October 16 View Page the bright orange one is my aunt debs pumpkin grown off her 1626 D.Gantner 14.... she crossed it with marks seed... should be hot... we are going to run a seed test on this pumpkin to see if it has mosaic or poty virus present in the seeds.... she won the howard dill award in Nekoosa this year with this pumpkin..... oh yes the other pumpkin... well that one was grown by the martins... oh yes that's a 2000 pounder...lol...   Thursday, December 10 View Page WOW were has the past 12 months went.....lol.... so its been a long time since I posted anything... he he he   Thursday, December 10 View Page Yes the rumors are true. I am hanging up my growing tool belt for a while... to much other stuff going on and I need a new patch. so for now.. have a happy holiday season   Thursday, December 10 View Page however I will be able to get you hooked up with some of the best ferts and bury mixes this year as well.... my grow partner has had a new knee and it looks like he is doing very good with it..... don't worry im just being a bench warmer for 2016..... grows em big all.   Tuesday, December 15 View Page with all the unseasonably warm temps we have been having sure makes me wonder how much disease will carry over next year. I know in Wisconsin we normally see snow and very cold temps by now... I doubt we will have a white Christmas this year... :(   Tuesday, December 15 View Page Ron did an awesome job last night.... he is the MAN fo sho.