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Saturday, July 18 View Page Field pumpkins coming in by the dozens sad that i'll have to cull a bunch, 2 have taken the other 2 probably not, dozens of ants got to them   Saturday, July 18 View Page Another fruit on main AG vine   Saturday, July 18 View Page this one is 2DAP yesterday still no different today, seems to have a shine but not sure itll take   Saturday, July 18 View Page First fruit on my other AG in the same patch messed up this year by planting 2 AGs side by side but they're huge with fruit now so not sure i'll cull the other one, not going for a record breaker this year, and these are store seeds   Saturday, July 18 View Page First fruit on my single AG plant, I'm thinking this one may be the biggest, only about 4" per night on the plant but its growing the fastest now, and it isnt stuck with other plants nearby except beans and tomatoes   Saturday, July 18 View Page first female now at 3DAP looks like it might be growing a little bit still got a shine to it   Saturday, July 18 View Page One of the field pumpkins hasnt grown much but only 2DAP we'll see   Saturday, July 18 View Page This is my other field pumpkin at 4DAP I think it set but at the same time accidentally knocked flower off yesterday dont know if its beneficial for growing the first couple days still new to this   Saturday, July 18 View Page first decent sized cucumber this year, thankfully no cuc beetles around here   Saturday, July 18 View Page spotted a young female on my solo AG hopefully will bloom in a couple days   Saturday, July 18 View Page The only pollinated one on solo AG hoping it took 2DAP now   Saturday, July 18 View Page not sure this picture will work 4.08 MB but its a pic of the solo plant   Saturday, July 18 View Page Other pollinated female 2DAP   Saturday, July 18 View Page Another one gets taken down by the ants, all of my pumpkins that get swarmed by the ants have looked like this so far getting frustrating luckily the havent gotten to AG blooms yet but dont want to put bug killer out in case of negative effects on the plants   Sunday, July 19 View Page 4DAP it's definitely growing   Sunday, July 19 View Page Is this sufficient enough for a shade shelter? ?? Please let me know at zachhickey@hotmail.com   Sunday, July 19 View Page Another AG female next to the other guess we see who grows faster   Sunday, July 19 View Page Solo AG plant coming along still not sure it set   Sunday, July 19 View Page Other female on the twin plant   Sunday, July 19 View Page Other female on the twin plant 3dap   Sunday, July 19 View Page 2 new ones should I keep to see how fast they'll grow or cull?   Sunday, July 19 View Page Carrots coming in nicely   Sunday, July 19 View Page Cuc coming in nice   Sunday, July 19 View Page Can anyone help me at all the pumpkin grew parallel to the vine and not sure how to fix it without snapping the pumpkin   Sunday, July 19 View Page My field pumpkin 5dap uhm the flower was a accidentally removed will it still grow without it?   Tuesday, July 21 View Page 6dap growth has slowed dramatically hoping it's not aborting   Tuesday, July 21 View Page New female really disfigured lobes so well see if it takes   Tuesday, July 21 View Page Field pumpkin biggest one the other one dried and shriveled up   Tuesday, July 21 View Page Another pumpkin next to the big one   Tuesday, July 21 View Page 2 more FPs they seem to be exploding whereas AGs not so much   Tuesday, July 21 View Page Female on solo AG plant 4dap not growing much   Tuesday, July 21 View Page Here is my mistake around 8 plants in there but hey I'm just starting next year will be better   Tuesday, July 21 View Page Solo AG plant growing around 8 to 10 inches my best one now though fruit isn't really growing now   Thursday, July 23 View Page Disease?   Thursday, July 23 View Page 8dap not sure if it's a good size for that old but I'll take it for now   Thursday, July 23 View Page Ended up culling think it aborted   Thursday, July 23 View Page Field pumpkin 8dap biggest pumpkin out of all plants so far   Thursday, July 23 View Page Disfigured lobes as far as I can tell but it's my backup on the same vine as the bigger one thinking may cull but wanna see how fast it will grow first   Thursday, July 23 View Page The one that was paralell to the vine going to keep it going it seems to be growing a little bit though it's close to the stem of the plant so may have to cull   Friday, July 24 View Page This pumpkin seems to be growing pretty good at 2dap but something damaged it can it continue to grow or do I need to cull it? I don't know if it can repair that please email me   Thursday, July 30 View Page 15dap looks like its gonna go orange is this small for 15 days??   Thursday, July 30 View Page 8dap on my big plant not very big due to the fact that there were three others growing on the plant came to my senses and culled though. If it's doesn't speed up I have another about 3 feet down the main I can pollinate not going for anything fancy this year just a nice big pumpkin maybe next year I'll do the competitions   Thursday, July 30 View Page Sunflowers blooming was hoping to get some giant sunflower seeds for next year if anyone has some send an email thanks   Thursday, July 30 View Page Using little tables and some old white towels to keep them shaded I don't know what I'm going to do if they get bigger only thing I have is white sheets not fancy shade structures   Thursday, July 30 View Page Shade on the 8 DAP pumpkin. No idea what genetics any of these are bought them from the store and before I knew genetics mattered tossed out the packaging. Now with all the other pumpkins culled hopefully this one grows although can someone email and let me know if I should cull this one? It has a nasty looking dent as you can see about 4 pictures back don't want to have it grow just for it to split cause I have a backup if I should cull this one   Wednesday, August 5 View Page 21 DAP not really that big but big enough for my first year   Friday, August 14 View Page 30DAP growing slowly though, hoping to get some rich in K fertilizer and hit it with some of that, although I think the root/plant crowding might be adding to the stunted growth problem   Friday, August 14 View Page 23 DAP growing like a monster compared to my 30 DAP pumpkin, can someone email me at zachhickey@hotmail.com I want to know if the big spots in the pumpkin will ruin it when it hits the hundreds, because even now they seem really thin walled, I can move the pumpkin wall by moderately pressing on the area around the big scratch spots, I just want to know if the pumpkin can handle it or if I'll have to end up cutting it off   Saturday, August 15 View Page Night sky lit up by a forest fire and town smells heavy of smoke, air quality is terrible right now...   Saturday, August 15 View Page Is this just leaf dying of old age or disease?   Saturday, August 15 View Page Is this the start of powdery mildew? It seems to be starting on a couple of leaves, chopped 2 that had it on pretty good, hoping it wont kill my plants   Saturday, August 15 View Page Accidentally sliced near the end of main vine on my monster plants REALLY hoping this doesnt kill it, I don't have sulfur powder tried finding it around our local gardening centers, so really hoping it can fight it out on its own   Saturday, August 15 View Page 24 DAP pretty cold today maybe 20 celsius with some decent gusts of wind and calling for thunder showers so doubt it'll grow much over the next couple days, but still pretty decent still worried about the spot on it... Also having problems didn't even realize but the pumpkin is almost ontop of the main vine need to either move the vine or the pumpkin, figuring ill try doing the s bend once its sunny out   Saturday, August 15 View Page 31 DAP still really slow growth   Tuesday, August 18 View Page OTT 117" and barely growing at all do I cut it off? No good growth since 25 DAP and it's at 34 DAP really stuck here its my first but it's barely growing please email me zachhickey@hotmail.com   Wednesday, August 19 View Page Noticed a split in my biggest not sure if this will continue or not but it looks healed right now   Wednesday, August 19 View Page This was 26DAP will be 29 DAP tomorrow so I'll upload again tomorrow, was OTT 132" at this time I've started watering the secondaries now and cut off the backup kin that was only the size of a football so I'll re-measure tomorrow. Really wondering, I watched a video on how to measure OTT, for going over the top on both sides do you only bring the measuring tape to the ground of try and reach all the way so that the tape measure touches because that would require lifting the pumpkin, 132" seems small for the size but if it is just to the ground then thats fine by me   Friday, August 21 View Page OTT 146" DAP 30   Friday, August 21 View Page I have about 10ft or more of main after my 30dap pumpkin should I clip the end   Friday, August 21 View Page Big secondary as well should I clip it's end   Friday, August 21 View Page OTT 146" DAP 30 got a major hail storm that came in about 2 hours after this picture, will upload a few pictures leaf damage is there but not too bad (NOT sure if this will upload twice tried to upload from phone but it hasn't shown up on the diary board)   Friday, August 21 View Page The main vine after the big pumpkin in the last picture (30DAP) has grown 10-12 ft after the kin, should I cut the vine back or just cut the tip or leave it   Friday, August 21 View Page Picture of after hail hit, as I said damage isnt too bad hopefully a few torn leaves wont end it lol   Friday, September 4 View Page est 125 Hickey had to cut due to moving houses and really cold temps   Friday, September 4 View Page Plenty of seeds from the 125 Hickey not sure how to properly dry them have them laid on a towel with fan over them if anyone wants one let me know plant did great for being surrounded by other plants   Friday, September 4 View Page Not sure if thick or not for size but walls seem thick to me, even at blossom end and stem end   Thursday, October 15 View Page I have a couple seeds from my 125 pumpkin, if anyone wants one let me know and I'll ship it to you, would be cool to see someone grow it