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Thursday, January 29 View Page
New year means a new view on things
 
Thursday, March 5 View Page
advanced seeding rate on turnips this year
 
Thursday, March 5 View Page
My Odd looking turnip
 
Wednesday, April 8 View Page
here we go
 
Tuesday, April 14 View Page
for this wondering what damping off looks like here you go first kill of the year, and a grafted kill at that
 
Tuesday, April 14 View Page
replacement melons, looking at some later on weighoffs this year for melons
 
Tuesday, April 14 View Page
Nice dark color
 
Friday, May 1 View Page
1719 planted
 
Monday, May 4 View Page
here we come chris kent my 109 grew 241.5 that means this year is going to be 350.5 pretty basic math right?
 
Monday, May 4 View Page
1719 daletas planted outside May 1
 
Friday, May 8 View Page
1832.5
 
Monday, May 11 View Page
I cant control myself right now
 
Monday, May 11 View Page
lucky frog is back again this year....i could just be over watering though..
 
Monday, May 11 View Page
Well here we go 1832.5 midthun
 
Monday, May 11 View Page
241.5 glasgow
 
Tuesday, May 12 View Page
1832.5
 
Wednesday, May 13 View Page
2008 neptune
 
Thursday, May 14 View Page
boom goes the dynamite
 
Friday, May 15 View Page
Ahh yes the 1832.5 midthun Before this gets good and confusing... yes there are 2
 
Friday, May 15 View Page
1719 dal...ates?...etes...eates???????? 1719 the one that was really heavy grown by Steve D
 
Saturday, May 16 View Page
1832 midthunnnnn
 
Sunday, May 17 View Page
Nice young looking leaves on 1832...so far I've resisted urge to mess those up
 
Monday, May 18 View Page
A bit of the canopy
 
Tuesday, May 19 View Page
watering time
 
Wednesday, May 20 View Page
Day 5 1832
 
Monday, May 25 View Page
Day 10 for the 1832.5
 
Tuesday, May 26 View Page
Day 11
 
Thursday, May 28 View Page
day 13 1832.5
 
Thursday, May 28 View Page
still day 13
 
Thursday, May 28 View Page
melons and weedy ahead of kin plant spots in the background
 
Saturday, May 30 View Page
day 15 for the little 1832
 
Monday, June 1 View Page
296 Barberr
 
Wednesday, June 3 View Page
1832 midthun leaves
 
Wednesday, June 3 View Page
gary the snail is back day 19
 
Wednesday, June 3 View Page
Day 19
 
Wednesday, June 3 View Page
1832 day 19
 
Sunday, June 7 View Page
heres a day 23 feet snail and kin picture on the 1832.5 midthun Sue gets to tell me I told you so when i take a big chunk out of the thing with my shoes too. Oh boy I know she cant stand this picture!
 
Monday, June 8 View Page
Me and Mr Mudd are having a friendly whos tomato needs a bigger slice of bread contest this year.
 
Thursday, June 11 View Page
Day 27 on 1832
 
Friday, June 12 View Page
Hoping that doesn't mean what I think that means...
 
Sunday, June 14 View Page
Day 30 on the 1832... really unsure if its going to make it but we will see
 
Sunday, June 14 View Page
1832 another view day 30... not getting hopes up but never know...
 
Sunday, June 14 View Page
241 melon
 
Sunday, June 14 View Page
For further detail here's this side
 
Sunday, June 14 View Page
and this side
 
Tuesday, June 16 View Page
still growing for now atleast!
 
Wednesday, June 17 View Page
2008 neptune
 
Wednesday, June 17 View Page
thought id give giant pears a try this year
 
Thursday, June 18 View Page
More 1832 leaves
 
Thursday, June 18 View Page
Day 34 on the 1832 pumpkin still somehow hanging in there!
 
Friday, June 19 View Page
everyone keeps asking how big it is.... its THIS big
 
Monday, June 22 View Page
Day 38 for the 1832
 
Tuesday, June 23 View Page
I pick my pears right off the tree
 
Thursday, July 2 View Page
1832 stopped day 37-38 sometime believe final outcome was due to an infected blossom button
 
Thursday, July 2 View Page
Investigating stem right before headed to the scales
 
Thursday, July 2 View Page
Good ol recycle center scale. Est was 815 so it could have been thicker but it sat still for entire week losing a bit of weight maybe
 
Thursday, July 2 View Page
Cut open 1832. Oh well
 
Thursday, July 2 View Page
Even got a canoe for kent
 
Thursday, July 2 View Page
Meet Joe cool in cat version
 
Saturday, July 4 View Page
got a beauty queen 8 days old
 
Sunday, July 5 View Page
Finally got a decent shaped melon set
 
Monday, July 6 View Page
Sue sure complains about feet in picture with fruit so I found the perfect melon picture
 
Wednesday, July 8 View Page
2008 neptune
 
Wednesday, July 8 View Page
my little 734
 
Wednesday, July 8 View Page
heres the 1609 pugh ....not the earliest start..
 
Monday, July 13 View Page
sue please don't make me wear the big glasses
 
Wednesday, July 15 View Page
my 734 moving along
 
Wednesday, July 15 View Page
734 this end... 1609 pugh other end...head to head battle for the late season spot
 
Wednesday, July 15 View Page
just gary the snail and a watermelon stem hanging out over here
 
Wednesday, July 15 View Page
day 17 2008 semi stumpless in the making just happy to have something set at this point
 
Wednesday, July 15 View Page
sues 296
 
Thursday, July 16 View Page
my 734 the story of being behind continues..
 
Friday, July 17 View Page
2008 stump side view
 
Saturday, July 18 View Page
I was to scared to lift the sheets on this one... maybe tomorrow I know everyone who played eye spy as kid already found all the items in this picture
 
Saturday, July 18 View Page
they sure do grow up overnight
 
Tuesday, July 21 View Page
1719 outyyyy destroyed plant wont finish with one but picture for reference to cecs crazy shape
 
Monday, July 27 View Page
the 241 melon is longgggggggg
 
Wednesday, July 29 View Page
no stump questionable stem .... but its day 31
 
Sunday, August 16 View Page
Time for a brief lesson in Effect vs cause of said effect.
 
Friday, August 28 View Page
still fishing
 
Saturday, August 29 View Page
just never know what you are going to see
 
Sunday, August 30 View Page
1312 weston this year with lindley showing what it looks like
 
Sunday, August 30 View Page
the 1577 terry.... and daniel white posing
 
Sunday, August 30 View Page
it was a struggle but we got a good smile out of bill
 
Sunday, August 30 View Page
132 Glasgow she was a monster grown on the 229 edwards
 
Sunday, August 30 View Page
lindley with his 171 grown on the 276 mudd.. had quite the taper from stem to blossum side
 
Sunday, August 30 View Page
now for some good looking stump pictures
 
Sunday, August 30 View Page
229 edwards stump/plant
 
Tuesday, September 1 View Page
well i got it out of the truck by myself and then i sat right down.. didnt make it any farther then that..atleast it was easy to roll
 
Tuesday, September 1 View Page
171 lindley ....reference picture of know when to cut your melon!
 
Saturday, September 5 View Page
The worst bridge to cross the big muddy on.. nice ft deep pot holes
 
Saturday, September 5 View Page
even got me a banjo man to bring on all the heavyyyy thoughts that he could strum
 
Saturday, September 5 View Page
Previous picture is the 224.66
 
Thursday, September 10 View Page
565 on the 1832 midthun number 2 this year and yep guess what day yesterday was!
 
Saturday, September 12 View Page
Fiddle sticks the 2008 meaning allllll done this season on kins
 
Saturday, September 12 View Page
Back. View fiddle
 
Saturday, September 12 View Page
Cut view....still cutting but i cant exactly scootch half the kin for a better inside picture
 
Sunday, September 13 View Page
For lukes what is it challenge i told you i had one somewhere
 
Sunday, September 13 View Page
Inside the 155 glasgow uow. 149 on. An official scale 4 weeks later. Est of 135lbs
 
Saturday, September 19 View Page
my 224.0 at ky weighoff
 
Saturday, September 19 View Page
mudd with a good pose going, this is his 232.5 and first place at ky, somehow didnt get a picture of chris kent jumping around in the chaos but to sum up the story the scale read 232.0 when his melon first made it on the scale with the scale still settling it was SOOOO close he jumped on scale hoping it would round up that .5 of a pound... he jumped on the wrong side of the melon and thats how we ended up with the 231.5 kent
 
Saturday, September 19 View Page
Now on to the new alabama state record pictures.... 243.0 White brace yourself cause its big enough to make an ear of corn look small, not so sure he has the whole corn growing thing figure out just yet though
 
Saturday, September 19 View Page
haveto excuse the dark picture of daniels 243 but a very good shaped melon
 
Wednesday, September 23 View Page
in the truck half hidden lindleys 232.75 middle in truck my 224.66(241.5 self) and on cart 224.00(296 barber self)
 
Wednesday, September 23 View Page
241(224.66) and 296 (224.00)
 
Wednesday, September 23 View Page
inside the 296 barber melon(224.00)
 
Wednesday, September 23 View Page
224.00 seeds (296barberxself) seeds availible after dry who wants to give it a try? Email Sglasgow@uab.edu not a terrible large seed count but several to go around
 
Saturday, September 26 View Page
If you are growing em your blowing taken to a new extreme on this melon a very impressive melon for Jeremey Lindley brought to an equally impressive end
 
Saturday, September 26 View Page
Lindley melon again... still just impressive
 
Saturday, September 26 View Page
Also for everyone out there this is Jlindleys camel, Ottercreek said "going to haveto get a better looking camel than that ugly thing to do any good"
 
Saturday, September 26 View Page
more lindley melon rather solid evenn possible rind abnormallity right in the area it split
 
Saturday, September 26 View Page
229 on a certified scale so not bad but not quite to chart as melon was sooooo long and rind on the thin side too
 
Saturday, October 3 View Page
Lindleys orange kin was the size of a horse!
 
Sunday, October 4 View Page
Orangeeee
 
Sunday, October 4 View Page
Here's my little kin I took along for the trip
 
Sunday, October 4 View Page
Lindley just can't quite figure out what animal he is going to stick with just yet, I swear some of the stuff you see at weigh offs!! This one is going to be top for the time being
 
Sunday, October 4 View Page
Lindley even tried a well trained weenie watermelon hunting puppy
 
Monday, November 16 View Page
wonder what kind of light is on my mustard
 
Wednesday, December 9 View Page
Still trying to tidy up but welcome to Spence's little hoop
 

 

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