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Tuesday, May 3 View Page Tomorrow is planting day, got the grub X and calcium nitrate worked into the huts today and electric for the lights are ready to go.   Tuesday, May 3 View Page 45 minutes after I put the plants in the house I got a nice black visitor to the patch, hopefully he won't be a problem this year.   Tuesday, May 3 View Page Right before I took this picture he was five feet from my back door, I think he was looking for the cat food in the dish we leave on the back steps.   Monday, May 16 View Page Plants survived 24 degree morning, two of my 1692.5's   Monday, May 16 View Page Two 1775.5 Sperry plants and the one to the left is my 1692.5 back up plant, both of the Sperry plants are double vining, one of the plants I think will grow out of it if not I'll go with the 1692.5 back up. tomato plants are bush big boy and Roma sweets.   Monday, May 16 View Page Last years Roma sweet tomato plants, they were amazing, meatier that a Roma and after you picked them they lasted way longer than the Roma's we had.   Monday, May 16 View Page Started two 1662 DeBacco seeds on the 18th along with everything else, one was real messed up and I didn't plant it and started another on the 24th. The plant closest is the 1662 that was started on the 18th and the smaller plant is the one I started on the 24th. The plant to the left is my 1558.5 back up plant. most years I start on the 24th. The unibrow said we were going to have above normal temp's this spring so I thought I would start six days early, I'm still waiting for that warm weather.   Thursday, June 2 View Page Patch up date all amendments added Sunday and tilled in. Plants are all around four and half feet long and finally starting to grow with the warm weather we have had the last week.   Thursday, June 2 View Page 1790 Wallace looking good and starting to throw some nice side vines.   Friday, June 10 View Page June 10 1790 Wallace with no main vine, didn't put fence on the road side of patch I never had a problem on that side, mistake one of the year, woodchuck I thought.   Monday, June 13 View Page June 13 I now have fence up, and you can see I left two openings on both sides of patch with a a foot and half fence so its easy to get in and out of patch, I have always done it this way, mistake number two. trained a side vine into a main on the 1790 it's looking a lot better.   Monday, June 20 View Page Today got home from work and the wife informed me a dear had some of her beans that just came up for a midnight snack, put a second radio in and turned up the one we Already had in, some one must have turned it down hopefully that does the trick. Headed to the pumpkin patch to take down the covers over the mains I had up because of the heat and something had ate a side vine from the first plant and two side vines from another plant. Looked around and there was some dear tracks, it must have been a dear that ate the 1790 main a week ago. I was very lucky it was real hot and I had to have the mains covered or I'm sure the dear would have ate the Mains instead of the side vines. hopefully the dear walked over the ends I only have a foot and a half of fence up and didn't jump the four foot high fence. now the fence is all four foot high and there is country cranked up on high playing in the patch and I will keep the mains coverd for now. The side vine I trained into a new main on the 1790 is four foot long and has a baby pumpkin that will open in the next week.   Monday, June 20 View Page From front right to left 1775.5 Sperry, 1461 Werner, 1585.5 Werner, and 1692.5 Werner, all four plants will be 900 square feet. Back from right to left 1558.5 Werner, 1790 Wallace, 1756 Howell, 1662 DeBacco, and my second 1585.5 Werner, the second 1585.5 was a back up to a back up. All five plants are going to be my normal 700 square feet.   Saturday, August 6 View Page Day 44 for 1558.5 Werner 148.5 circumference, very tall pumpkin.   Monday, August 8 View Page 1692.5 Werner day 44, 152.75 circumference   Tuesday, August 9 View Page 1756 Jolivette day 44, 153 circ. Like the shape on this one.   Tuesday, August 9 View Page 1662 DaBacco day 44, 153.25 Circ.   Tuesday, August 9 View Page 1585.5 Werner #2 day 44, 166.5 Circ.   Tuesday, August 9 View Page East side of patch, in foreground added Sudan grass to 2018 patch and chicken manure to 2017 patch. I'm about three to four weeks behind, just not enough time to get every thing done. I got to say I'm not sure we're some people that post all the time on the none topic board get all the time to post to fight with everyone, amazing.   Friday, August 12 View Page 1775.5 Sperry day 44 139.5 cir.   Friday, August 12 View Page 1585.5 Werner day 46 pop goes the blossom end, this one could have ended up very big. The weather has realy turned here, heat index of upper 90's went from a few plant problems to a lot of problems. Can't wait till Oct. Quinn   Friday, August 12 View Page 1461 Werner day 37, 134.5 Cir. They can't all be good looking.   Friday, August 12 View Page 1585.5 Werner # 1 day 44, 173.25 Cir.   Saturday, August 13 View Page 1558.5 Werner day 51, 160.25 Cir.   Monday, August 15 View Page 1692.5 Werner day 51, 166 Cir. The humidity is just causing all kinds of leaf and vine issues on the four bigger plants on the low side of patch. the high side were there was five plants before I lost the one pumpkin there seems to be no problems.   Tuesday, August 16 View Page 1756 Jolivette day 51, 170 Cir. I realy love the shape on this one.   Tuesday, August 16 View Page 1662 DaBacco day 51, 166 Cir.   Thursday, August 18 View Page 1775.5 Sperry day 51, 152 Cir.   Friday, August 19 View Page 1461 Werner day 44, 151.5 Cir. It was a toss up a few weeks ago on the ugly pumpkin in the patch. it was between the 1461 and 1775.5 Sperry, the 1461 wins hands down.   Friday, August 19 View Page 1585.5 Werner # 1 day 51, 188.5 Cir. The shape sure is changing on this one.   Saturday, August 20 View Page 1558.5 Werner day 58, Cir. 170.25   Wednesday, November 2 View Page 1662 Werner, cross 1692.5 Werner x 1585.5 Werner # 2, est weight 1458 LB 14.1 % over chart. Pollinater was the 1585.5 that blossom end split and was my biggest pumpkin when it split.   Wednesday, November 2 View Page 1746.5 Werner, cross 1558.5 Werner x 1775.5 Sperry, est weight 1632 LB, 7% over chart. No seeds from this one, pumpkin was carved along with two other pumpkins and some how the seeds got all thrown away. The person that normally gets the seeds was out of town and there helper said he didn't now to keep them.   Wednesday, November 2 View Page 1746.5 Werner, cross 1558.5 Werner x 1775.5 Sperry, est weight 1632 LB, 7% over chart. No seeds from this one, pumpkin was carved along with two other pumpkins and some how the seeds got all thrown away. The person that normally gets the seeds was out of town and there helper said he didn't now to keep them.   Wednesday, November 2 View Page 1448.5 Werner, cross 1461 Werner X 1662 DeBacco, est weight 1317 LB 10% over chart.   Wednesday, November 2 View Page 1810 Werner, cross 1756 howell/jalivatte x 1558.5 Werner, est weight 1484 LB 22%over chart. I'm growing this one for sure next year.   Wednesday, November 2 View Page 1843.5 Werner, cross 1662 DeBacco x 1585.5 Werner pollinator grew my 1948.5, est weight 1614 LB 14.2% over chart. Growing this one also next year.   Wednesday, November 2 View Page 1948.5 Werner,cross 1585.5 Werner x 1461 Werner, est weight 1800 LB 8.2% over chart.   Wednesday, November 2 View Page 1810 werner   Wednesday, November 2 View Page 1810 werner   Wednesday, November 2 View Page 1810 werner, Gus did a great job carving.