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Thursday, October 15 View Page my first diary entry; our season has just begun, and i have 1947- clements / 1625.5 gantner / 1734 steil / 1784 glasier / and 1588 glasier. they are all about 5-6 foot long and going well. i hope to get 4 plants out of these. the 1588 is so far the best plant.i will try to get some photo's soon.   Thursday, October 29 View Page well, i have been taking photo's, and will put some on, when i learn how to minimize them small enough; my first pollination today, was on the 1734 steil, and the pollinator was 1588 glasier.i had to pull out my 1784 glasier, just never took off;hope to have some photo's soon.   Saturday, October 31 View Page fr0m front to back, 1947-clements / 1625 gantner / 1734 steil and 1588 glasier on the right;   Sunday, November 1 View Page this is my 1625.5 gantner. it was a late start, but was going really well, and about a week ago i noticed the leaves were browning off. it is gradually going along the main vine. i hope i can fix this because i'm keen to grow this plant. any advice would be appreciated. thank you in advance;;;   Thursday, November 5 View Page my patch is getting crowded. i was only going to grow three plants, but the 1588 glasier is such a good plant i turned it sideways, i am pleased i did. we just got 3 inches of rain in the last two days, so everything is pretty wet;   Thursday, November 5 View Page this has just shown up on a couple of my plants. if anyone knows what it is, and how to treat it, i'd love to know; thank you. this is on my 1947.5 clements, and i have just fertilized my first flower today;   Thursday, November 5 View Page this is the 1588 glasier, it has only been two days since i pegged it down.now it has stopped raining, i will peg it down again. i fertilised it this morning with the 1734 steil.   Thursday, November 5 View Page 1947.5 clements. fertilized with 1625.5 gantner today about 12 foot out.   Thursday, November 5 View Page flower on the 1588   Saturday, November 7 View Page this is my first fruit, on the1734-steil. 8 days after pollination.   Saturday, November 7 View Page here is the 1588 glasier, this is mad/// i pollinated first flower 6th nov.   Saturday, November 7 View Page 1947.5 clements.how many flowers should i set on this plant?? the first one is set about 10 foot out. then there is another one set about another 4 foot after that. but then there is another 3 females only around 2-3 feet apart. i hope these photo's are coming through o.k.   Saturday, November 7 View Page this is the 1625.5 gantner. started a fair bit behind the others, but is really going now;-thank you Garry.   Sunday, November 8 View Page i hope my pumpkins like water;;;;;;;;;;;   Sunday, November 8 View Page yeh, we just had about 2 inches of rain in the last couple of hours. i think that will do for a while. ///   Tuesday, November 17 View Page this is the 1947 clements, first fruit about 12 foot out. on day 11.measures 29.5 X 30.5 X 42 = 102 inches, not sure if that's good enough or not, but it has only just started to go. there is another one 5 foot further on, i have fertilized it but i think i will go with the first one;hope that is the right decision.   Tuesday, November 17 View Page same one,   Tuesday, November 17 View Page i pulled up along the road and got some mill fabric off the council workers; they had a bit of a laugh when i told them what i wanted it for. they gave me enough for 5 pumpkins.   Tuesday, November 17 View Page i will have to make a bigger shade pretty soon.   Tuesday, November 17 View Page sunset, over the cow paddock;   Tuesday, November 17 View Page this bloke is supposed to be my gardening partner; he reckons he's the boss.   Thursday, November 19 View Page well, i'm getting lessons every day. today i thought i would go down and measure my pumpkins. they looked good until i came to the best plant so far, the 1588-glasier. when we had all the rain a week ago, it washed out the dirt under the side of the pumpkin, which twisted the stem of the fruit, and it was almost busted off.it was as big as a basketball. needless to say i only took the other two fruit off 2 days ago; so that is the end of the 1588 until next year.   Thursday, November 19 View Page on a better note, this is my 1947.5 clements. measuring 46 X 49 X 69 == 164 inches on day-16. quite happy with that.   Thursday, November 19 View Page this is the 1625 gantner. had to cut off the butt because it had gradually died off ??? the fruit is going really well, and is a nice shape.   Thursday, November 19 View Page another shot of the 1625;   Thursday, November 19 View Page here is the 1734- steil, it looks like it will have some big ribs on it;   Thursday, November 26 View Page this is the 1734-steil, it has really got going in the last few days.   Thursday, November 26 View Page the 1734 again. measuring- 57x58x81==196 / 173lbs on day-21 this pumpkin is a nice shape.   Thursday, November 26 View Page 1625.5 gantner, has had a rough start, and i had to cut off about 8 foot of the main, but it is still going. measures.51x53x74==178/131lbs day 21;   Thursday, November 26 View Page this is my mystery plant.it is going better than the rest. measures,67x68x107=242 inches/ 319lbs. the main worry is, it is growing over the flower end of the fruit, i don't think there is anything i can do.in the last six days it has put on 27lbs a day. hope it keeps going...   Thursday, November 26 View Page same pumpkin.   Thursday, November 26 View Page 1947-clements, starting to turn orange. 61x58x89=208-/206lbs-day 21   Tuesday, December 8 View Page this is my mystery plant; today measuring 80 x 83 x 144=307/ 635 lbs, by the chart; it looks as if it might be turning orange. - day 34   Tuesday, December 8 View Page same plant as above, it is growing right over the flower end, but going pretty good. a bit hard to measure, but it will be easy to pick up when it is time.   Tuesday, December 8 View Page the 1947-clements, measuring. 82 x 82 x 130 =294 / 560 lbs. day 32.   Tuesday, December 8 View Page 1947- again, getting a couple of lumps and bumps, but i'm happy with it.   Tuesday, December 8 View Page a very sad day today, i have tried everything suggested to me, but nothing seems to stop whatever it is. the fruit is only 61 x 63 x 90- 214 = 223 lbs/ day 32; i think i will pull it out tomorrow because i don't want this problem in my other plants; sorry mr. gantner, but i really tried to save it;   Tuesday, December 8 View Page same plant;   Tuesday, December 8 View Page this is how the vine has gone. it started at the core of the main vine, and just continued along the main, and then out onto the secondaries. i cut off about 7 or 8 foot of the stump and thought i had it beat, but;;;;;;; i suppose that's what makes me keener, trying to do better next time.   Tuesday, December 8 View Page i made the decision to take it out,and hope it doesn't get into the others;   Tuesday, December 8 View Page here is the 1734-steil,82 x 87 x 122 =291/ 544 lbs-- day 32. this fruit is going really well. good shape, and i think will be heavy. we'll see;   Tuesday, December 8 View Page 1734- again.   Thursday, December 10 View Page something i really didn't need;   Thursday, December 10 View Page had a good storm yesterday afternoon, and these big leaves don't like strong wind too much; we'll see how it turns out. i went down this morning, and done what i could, but a lot of the vines are split.aaarrgghh. [ the ups and downs of this hobby ] i suppose that is a point for a green house;;;;;;;   Saturday, December 12 View Page this is my mystery plant; i'm calling her Kim-K. for obvious reasons;day-39/ 86 x 88 x 153= 327 == 762 lbs/chart. slowed down a little bit after the storm knocked her around a bit. hopefully she keeps going;   Saturday, December 12 View Page same plant, looking pretty good, with an orange tinge.   Saturday, December 12 View Page 1947-clements,day 39/ 88 x 89 x 137=314/=677 lbs-chart.   Saturday, December 12 View Page same plant, looking good;   Saturday, December 12 View Page 1734-steil, this is catching up to the 1947-day-37 88 x 94 x 132=314/=677lbs; i had to check my measurements. the same overall as the 1947, and two days younger; feels tight and heavy to me, will be interesting to see how it goes with the chart.   Saturday, December 12 View Page 1724-again   Monday, December 21 View Page sunday-20th,we had a bit of a field day at my place.it was a great day with our club members, and a few new growers in attendance.there was also a couple of sponsors here,who donated some good fertilizers and advice from a horticulturist/ agronomist.many thanks for that;after some good discussion and measuring my pumpkins, we all had a barbeque, and a couple of social drinks.i am very happy with my pumpkins, after a fair bit of bad weather; mystery kim k.==93x93x166=352/- day46 -chart 943 lbs 1947 clements ==95x93x156=344/-day 44 -chart 882 lbs 1734 steil ==95x103x145=343/-day 44 -chart 875 lbs my goal was 1,000 lbs. i think with a bit of luck i will make that; i never would have thought that was possible. hopefully they keep going. i'll take some photo's soon.