Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 43 Entries. Thursday, May 7 View Page hi everyone , i started with the intention of growing 1666.5steil the 1754wallace and or 1832midthun i have choked 'em ,rotted from the inside out .... Damn too damp of a mix i am now growing the 1325est wallace (1623x2009) and the 1843 geddes will try to make a diary again this year , hope it makes it till the end ...   Thursday, May 14 View Page welcome to my patch   Tuesday, May 19 View Page here was my last good hope ... ended up with a desease ho well good bye charlie brown (1325est wallace)   Monday, May 25 View Page my plants got whipped out friday night -4 thanks to another grower , i got a second chance   Wednesday, May 27 View Page That sartuday morning the gnome noticed something was nt right , something had gone terribly wrong   Wednesday, May 27 View Page last year i lost my pumpkin early on in the season , i planted oat , tilled it in this spring then i sprinkled straw with white clover seeds all this will be tilled in just before the pumpkin spreads i will just lay the vines and cover with promix to promote top root growth no heavy organic soil on the vine this year (trial number 1)   Wednesday, May 27 View Page here is the plant that almost didnt make it from that cold night seems to be getting out of it the 1843 geddes , second try   Wednesday, May 27 View Page here is the stuff i will be using to bury the vines light peat , vermiculite and myco mix i will probably need lots of bags   Wednesday, May 27 View Page the new replacement the gnome as found shining in the sun 1463Hoelke (2009x1778)   Tuesday, June 9 View Page here is a side view of the clover ready to be tilled in .. it seems to breakdown quite fast when tilled   Tuesday, June 9 View Page im starting to till in around the plant   Tuesday, June 9 View Page heres the picture..   Tuesday, June 9 View Page here the 1463hoelke , probably going to be the only plant growing this year at least i have it , it seems to be growing fine Its a bit behind but im sure it will catch up the leaves seems to have yellow spots , i get this every year in the beginning of the season , probably a lack of magnesium or manganese maybe due to a ph issue or cold soil ozone maybe , cant really tell anyway when it grounds itself a bit more , it wont lack anything hehe   Tuesday, June 9 View Page oops , here is the picture again   Tuesday, June 9 View Page here is a closer shot   Monday, June 15 View Page 1463 hoelke doing a bit better now, i had a problem with nutrient being locked up it was not a ph issue probably the organic matter in the soil combined with cool temperatures . i sprayed epsom salt and fish emulsion then drenched with seaweed tea and things got better I just bought a soil test kit (first time ever , its pretty basic but will give me a good idea of what i need in there)   Monday, June 15 View Page first female flower , it wont be a keeper , i will need to let it have more rope !   Monday, June 22 View Page I``m having a hard time keeping the sun from burning my leaves , second female pretty soon , i will pollinate it but will probably have to pass again   Monday, June 29 View Page pollinated 1463 x 1463 selfed with one day old male flower , i will probably have to wait for the next round   Monday, July 20 View Page i have had problem up loading my diary .. just got back from a fishing vacation in the north for a week ,there was a lot of job to do on the patch... pumpkin is still ok . this is a test ...   Monday, July 20 View Page my plant got eaten by cucumber beetle while i was out , also had problems with my main stem (it had some surface rot , i dried it out and put sulfur and fan....   Monday, July 20 View Page here is the pumpkin that will be sacrificed if the other one stays together while it gets trained at 90 degree.... the keeper is a slow starter (four lober only and short stem) not much to help it but its quite ahead of the other one and is growing now...   Monday, July 20 View Page thats the pumpkins that started very slow, i dont count the days on it , i dont wanna remember... i blame it on the weather   Thursday, July 23 View Page lake trout on blue sea lake   Thursday, July 23 View Page all in !!! i have cut the back up now its full throttle   Thursday, July 23 View Page short stem , doest mean it cant be a real big guy..   Thursday, July 23 View Page short stem , doest mean it cant be a real big guy.. whatever   Thursday, July 23 View Page patch,   Monday, August 3 View Page havent post much for a while , i have been dealing with blossom end rot , the flower button started to dry out , i have cut it out ,scraped and filled with sulfur i dont think it will make it as it went pretty deep that is damn depressing 2 years in a row anyway lets see if makes me a nice and smelly soup the pumpkin is taking weight nothing crazy ,, but im starting to terminate vines now... fingers crossed   Monday, August 3 View Page theres the pumpkin,   Tuesday, August 11 View Page not even out the canopy yet , average of 20 pounds a day , its probably rotting from the inside just like me since i noticed the problem   Tuesday, August 11 View Page fan still blowing on the rear end   Tuesday, August 11 View Page next year im bringing in lots of peat and perlite ..its way to hard to figure out water needs as if have very low drainage   Tuesday, August 18 View Page my pumpkin is still hanging on , ott320   Tuesday, August 18 View Page 1463hoelke kinda injured , the thing is when i removed the rotten blossom end and scrapped it all out , im not sure , but i think i heard some air pressure coming out and so it think its pretty much done But it seems to still be growing (slower) with no signs of rot around the area ill keep it going and see how it does ps...theres another version of that seed growing very well and its is own seed! check it out   Tuesday, August 18 View Page ....another shot   Tuesday, August 18 View Page nice laker on 31miles lake   Thursday, September 3 View Page ott 355 its been a while since ive posted anything .... computer issue i had to cut down a good portion of the vine because of rotting vines also scraped the stem and treated with sulfur, but .. everything is still holding on let see if the heat can push in a bit more pounds   Thursday, September 3 View Page 1463 slowly growing but still hanging on   Friday, September 11 View Page too bad my pumpkin went down so close to the end , not even from the blossom end , it was all good Probably due to some dirt that went flying on the pumpkin when it rained , next year ill try to get those big red carpet to put under the pumpkin , i ve tried to scrape and sulfured the spots for a week but now its too late at least it got to the end , .... almost   Friday, September 11 View Page ott 365 not the biggest but could have went heavy 100 , 100, 165 1463x1463   Friday, September 11 View Page side cut shows great thick and strong pumpkin .. i think it would have been heavy to chart there wasnt much seed in it but who cares lol next year i wanna go big 1500+ i will try to do what it takes good luck to those who still have nice pumpkins going on   Friday, September 11 View Page 1047therrien (est) probably heavier 1463x1463hoelke nice pumpkin to grow could have been pushed way more thats for sure lannee prochaine je vais corriger le tir wish i could try a meier seed next year good luck everyone l-c