Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 126 Entries. Saturday, January 2 View Page Happy New Year to all and I wish everyone a new personal best in 2016! I put the patch to bed earlier this year. I brought in a backhoe and dug the whole patch down to 4 feet to loosen up that hard soil down below. I also expanded all the sides. I love Sue's advice of being able to move around in the patch and not being so confined. 1500 sq ft per plant should give me plenty of room to get around without crowding secondaries and stepping on vines as work through the patch. Mustard was planted so now we wait. If this el nino hits the weather guys are talking about, the cover crop will really help keeping my soil in place.   Saturday, January 2 View Page Here's the giant carrot that I planted last February. She's almost a year old and looking ok still so I'll give her a few more weeks. Its so hard to tell whats going on below the soil but she feels firm and healthy.   Saturday, January 2 View Page Giant carrot.   Saturday, January 2 View Page I'll pull her soon and we'll see what was going on down below.   Sunday, January 31 View Page After a year in a pot, a move to the new house and a painfully tedious fertilizing schedule we have a carrot. I don't have the best patience when it comes to watching things grow at this pace. After we cut the top she weighed in a 4.96 pounds. The next batch of carrots are already started. lol   Saturday, March 12 View Page After a little chat with MacCoy this morning I'm trying to post from my phone. Let's see how this works out.   Saturday, March 12 View Page Wow! It worked Dan, thanks for the tip! Tech stuff isn't my thing but not that was easy. The last post was my final pick for the carrot I'll be growing until 12-31-16. This entry is some tomato trails I'm doing. These were all started indoors on January 15th and moved out a couple weeks ago. We'll call these the early, early tomatoes. 5 feet of mustard has been cut and tilled under at the patch. Soil tests are just around the corner. Looks like here we go again!!!!!   Saturday, March 12 View Page Where's the edit button,,, ugh   Monday, March 21 View Page The first couple plants are close. 4.57 MacCoy.   Monday, March 21 View Page This posting from your phone makes life easy. Thanks Ken!   Monday, March 28 View Page 5 feet of mustard came and went this winter. Just about time for the final till. The calm before the storm...   Saturday, April 2 View Page We maybe ahead now Q Tip but I have a feeling that MacCoy guy will blow right past us in a few months! I'm headed south to Guatemala for the next 9 days so I don't have to stress about this carrot and how fast it's growing.   Wednesday, April 13 View Page All the early tomatoes are set. I only got one monster bloom, the rest were normal but I have hope. Pumpkin seeds are picked and just waiting to get started. Both patches are just about ready!!   Monday, April 18 View Page The choices have been made for the 2016 season. I'll start them all then pick the best for each spot. I only have 1 2009 so there will be a little extra attention to make sure she spouts. Master P. Thanks so much for one of the best Christmas presents a grower could ever ask for! I'll do the best I can with it.;)   Monday, April 18 View Page Sprouts, couldn't find the edit button Ken:)   Wednesday, April 20 View Page 3 days! Thanks North Shore Glenn and the card is so cute! I didn't know I was " the masterpiece of nature " to you? Lol   Saturday, April 23 View Page Another sun up to sun down day in the patch.   Sunday, April 24 View Page 7 more truck loads, just a hair under 90 yards and things are coming together! Another year of excitement, fun, hopefully sleepless nights and early mornings in the patch to listen to giants Grow!!!   Sunday, April 24 View Page Here's my biggest at this point. It's off the world famous 5.30 MacCoy. 18" and day 25.   Sunday, May 1 View Page All plants doing well. Leaves are curling but all looks healthy.   Sunday, May 1 View Page As you can tell, I'm still trying to figure out loading pics from my phone. Where's that edit button? lol Much, much easier then loading from my camera:)   Friday, May 6 View Page All seeds are up, 1744, 2032, ricks 1756, 1676 Daletas and this one in the photo. This was the best Christmas present a pumpkin grower could ever want! A nice card, some chocolates to die for and a 2009 Wallace! You know who you are!! Thanks a million brother!! I'll do my best with it.   Sunday, May 8 View Page Tomatoes are a lot like pumpkins. You have your perfect plant, huge blooms, amazingly healthy leaves, all things look great for a huge one. The next thing you know, the clear winner has slowed and the fruit you haven't even been paying attention to blows right by all your other fruit. Here's the 5.30 MacCoy coming from behind to pass up all other contenders. Just over 20" for day 30.   Sunday, May 8 View Page Top view, 5.30 MacCoy.   Friday, May 13 View Page So my wife and I went up to Napa Valley for the weekend for some rest and relaxation. On our way home we decided to go for a walk through this nice little neighborhood. I noticed a bunch of these nice pumpkin plants sitting on a driveway. There seemed to be plenty so I just grabbed 4. How could a guy pass up four 2032's! Who ever started these did a darn good job. Healthy as I've ever seen. We tried to get the attention of the owners but nobody came to the door. Nice but crazy area. As my wife and I were driving away we saw this guy with a huge blow torch burning the ground. It even looked like this person caught part of the grass field on fire. Glad smoky the bear wasn't around!   Tuesday, May 24 View Page Pumpkins are still small but moving along. Here's the 8.41 master p. It's just over 22" and moving very slow now. Still dark green so we'll see where she ends up. I've already picked a couple that ended up just under 4 pounds so I didn't waste the time taking any pictures.   Tuesday, May 24 View Page Here's the biggest from the early plants. It's off the 5.30 MacCoy. She's a hair over 23" and dark green. I have hopes of 5 pounds still,,,,,, not likely though. A personal best is a strong possibility,,,, we'll know I'm another 10 days.   Tuesday, May 24 View Page Here's Faith after loosing her two front teeth!;) Mr. Carrot is doing very well, I just wish that I planted her in a bigger box! She's hit the bottom and pushing out the top and there's still 8 or 9 months to go. With all pumpkin plants and their backups just about on the ground the excitement and stress is just around the corner! I can't wait!!!   Sunday, May 29 View Page Well, here's the biggest. I really thought she'd go over 5 pounds but I didn't quit make it. This one is off the 5.30 MacCoy. She is now the 4.69 Dunn for a new personal best.   Sunday, May 29 View Page Here's the other fruit that made it to the end of the early season. She comes from the 8.41 MacCoy. She weighed 4.19   Sunday, May 29 View Page Did some organic drenches today. Did some of these,,, And....   Sunday, May 29 View Page A few of these! Plants are looking great!   Sunday, June 5 View Page Finally on the ground. This is the 2009 Wallace about to take off.   Sunday, June 5 View Page Here's Ricks 1756. By far the best plant I have at the moment. Both plants in the greenhouse are three times as big as the outdoor plants. It's been cool and cloudy for the past 4 weeks. I'm able to get the greenhouse to 88 on those 68 degree cloudy days and the growth shows how much they like it. I'm also watering two to three times more in the house as the soil drys out much quicker. I'll get some pics of the 1676 Daletas and Tims 2032 as soon as there're running.   Friday, June 10 View Page I have nothing on Bob ( bnot ) but I'll take it ;)   Friday, June 10 View Page She's been getting tanners bigstem every 30 days. She's starting to push dirt! Lol   Friday, June 17 View Page Not much to show here. It's been cool and cloudy for the past 6 weeks. This is the first day the sun was out when I got up this morning and it looks like it may finally be here to stay! All backups all culled and we now have the final plants. Here's the 1676 Daletas and Tims 2032. Things should start to really move with the weather turning nice.   Friday, June 17 View Page Here's the picture for the last post.   Friday, June 17 View Page The greenhouse plants are another story. Even with the cool weather I've been able to keep things around 85 every day. There're growing so fast I'll be adjusting things over the weekend so they can start to grow into the next greenhouse. This is Ricks 1756 on the right and the 2009 on the left. I'll have 6 fans blowing this weekend as the temps are suppose to rise into the mid 90's. This will be a good test to see how well I did my homework during the winter keeping the heat down.   Monday, June 27 View Page Things are happening early this year on at least one of my plants.   Monday, June 27 View Page Here she is, " The 2009 Wallace " 48 hours after pollination. She's out 18 feet and right about where I want. Let's hope she took!   Monday, June 27 View Page Here's a couple more I pollinated early at 12' and 14' on the 2009. Ricks wonder, the 1756 isn't far behind. Everything has been on high speed in the greenhouse. Everything grows much faster in this environment. Both the 2032 from that guy that goes fishing and leaves his plants behind and the 1676 from that other guy that takes whole years off just so he can fish all summer are outdoors and growing more like what I use to. Both about 2 weeks out from pollination.   Monday, June 27 View Page Here's the picture from two posts ago.   Saturday, July 2 View Page Here's Ricks 1756. Almost time to start changing modes from growing leaves to growing fruit   Saturday, July 2 View Page Another shot of the 1756 as she begins to take up all her space.   Saturday, July 2 View Page Here's the 2009. This plant has the lion share of the greenhouse. There's still a few weeks of filling to do. I've already pollinated a couple on this one and may even have my chosen fruit. Tissue tests were back last week and adjustments have been made. Now if I could just do what that Pingery guy does up north I may get a good fruit to the end.   Saturday, July 2 View Page Here's the picture for the last post. I must be having smartphone difficulties.   Sunday, July 10 View Page The food factory for Ricks 1756 plant. I still have some room on the sides and up from but most of the house is filled up.   Sunday, July 10 View Page Under the canopy of the 1756. It may not be as nice as LL's but Im happy.   Sunday, July 10 View Page Day 9 for the Howell/Jolivette.   Sunday, July 10 View Page Here's the 2009. We had an early one pollinated that ran into the side of a piece of plywood... I'm meetimg with a psychiatrist now to work through anger and disappointment but I'm doing much better now. Praise God for backups.   Sunday, July 10 View Page Both the 1756 and 2009 have reached as far as they can grow in the middle of the house. The plants really grow well not getting blown around by the wind and staying in the mid 80's most of the time. I can only hope the fruit does the same.   Thursday, July 14 View Page Well,,,, I think I have 2 pumpkins in for the long haul. I've placed both up on the plywood and mill fabric. This is the 1756 at the very end of the tunnel. I had to brace up the plywood with 2X4's under the front in hopes of her growing to the end of her platform. It's not fun or easy to try and do this once the pumpkin is to heavy to slide. I'll posts fruit pictures once I hit day 20.   Saturday, July 23 View Page Day 15 for my 1756 Jolivette was already out doing everything I have. I had a feeling this fruit was going to be my best after my plywood collision with my 2009.   Saturday, July 23 View Page Day 23 for the 1756 and it hasn't disappointed. Numbers are smoking anything my patch has ever seen! cc was 107" on that day!   Saturday, July 23 View Page Now for today,,,,, day number 25 for the 1756 Ricks rock maker- cc-116" ee-74" ss-80" for an OTT of 270" and a weight of 442 pounds. Again, thanks for the seed Rick and thanks Steve for helping me keep things balanced as things kick into high gear. Now I can just hope and pray she keeps it up and I can get her to a scale in one piece. There's a long, long, long way to go until weigh off day.   Saturday, July 23 View Page The stump on this plant is just a beast! Sprayed and cleaned every week. I've had many stem and stump rots and spraying with fungicide and wiping down once a week seems to really help.   Monday, July 25 View Page Taking samples again. I've taken them from a couple different areas of the plant. Taking them this way in hopes of getting everything out of this plant while things are good. 59 pounds for gains in last 24 hours. I must of taped it wrong! Lol   Thursday, July 28 View Page What a ride!! The morning of day 30 today and she's 314ott and just a hair under 700 pounds!! She's done 45 to 60 pounds a day for 10 days now. Just incredible to see the changes from day to day!! I sure hope she's stays together,,,, My track record says she's blowing any day so we'll see where this ends up. We've cut back on everything from heat, Ferts and water in hopes of getting her to weigh off day.   Friday, July 29 View Page Tomato land is moving right along. This is Dans 4.57 on day 25.   Friday, July 29 View Page If I've learned anything about growing tomatoes it's been,,,, " it's all about the big mega blooms " first you need to get one, second you need to make sure the whole flower pollinates and third you need to slammer them with everything you got!! Here's Dans 8.41 on day 25 just over 21".   Saturday, July 30 View Page Dang kids! I walked out to the patch last night and Kingston is standing on the main vine and sticking tape all over my best fruit! Says he was making some kind of craft,,,, kids...   Saturday, July 30 View Page On a serious note,,, a wise grower saw how my main was positioned to my fruit last year and said I needed a lot of work. He taught me how to keep the stem straight with a very gradual slop aiming right down the main vine. It keeps the fluids flowing to the fruit and takes almost all the presume off the stem. A peice each week as she grows did the job well this year.   Saturday, July 30 View Page Here's my 2009 at about day 28. With the disease I'm dealing with and after the plywood poked a nice hole in the chosen fruit I just haven't been able to get her going. She does look like she's turned up the growth a little and I'm looking forward to taping her on day 30.   Saturday, July 30 View Page 2009 Wallace.   Monday, August 1 View Page I found this pretty interesting. This is the soil test for the 90 yards of dirt I filled the greenhouse with. I'm not use to such low numbers but this is what I'll be aiming for from now on. My 1756 is day 35 today and taping 338 OTT and 859 pounds. Light years ahead of anything I've ever grown!! She's been well above 40 pounds a day for 15 days now and averaged 49 a day over the past 5 days.   Monday, August 1 View Page After a little confusion taping my 2009 this morning I thought today was day 35 for my 1756 Jolivette. Today was day 34 so I'll report back tomorrow her true day 35 measurements.;) I think the excitement is getting the best of me! lol   Tuesday, August 2 View Page Day 35 for the 1756 Sir Rick- cc 153, ee 91, ss 99 for a total of 888 pounds. It seems she maybe on her way down which is perfectly fine with me. Anything over a personal best is a great year!   Tuesday, August 2 View Page Side shot of the 1756.   Saturday, August 6 View Page Day 35 for the 2009. Just crawling along at 21 pounds a day over the past 5 days. Plants struggling with a leaf disease. I've been using copper to control it from spreading and it's slowed the spreading but you can see it moving through the plant. She's just a touch over 500 today.   Saturday, August 6 View Page I'm calling her the Vince gourdzilla for now. She looks just like a baby version of Vince's fruit from last year. The photos don't really show how low and wide she's becoming. I'm just happy at this point to have a fruit going on this plant.   Sunday, August 7 View Page Early morning day 40 taping. Ricks 1756 bolder producer is 165cc, 96ee, 104ss for an estimated weight of 1065 pounds. After the taping I sprayed her down with my weekly fungicide, covered all but the stem area now I'll be taping every 7 days from here on out. She's slowing down but not much. Averaged 42.8 pounds over the past 5 days. My pumpkins always gain well early but drop off really quick this time of year. I've learned a few things the past couple years and let's see if we can bring her weights down slowly this year.;) Stay together my sweet thing, stay together!!   Tuesday, August 9 View Page Rumors were flying around that I was sandbagging the past couple days. Well,, here she is all taped out and with a lose tape. Lol I have stumps much bigger then this!!!   Wednesday, August 10 View Page Had a patch visit from KC Kevin on here yesterday. Him and I will be putting a new weigh off together for us southern growers. After 16 years Stuart Shim is taking a break and stepping down from pumpkinmania. As soon as he told me this I called Kevin and we now have a site and all is slowly coming together. Pulling in sponsors has probably been the hardest part but even that's working out. The weigh off date is Saturday September 24th at 11:00am. The location is about a 15 minute drive east of tanaka farms where we use to have the weigh off. The address is- Irvine Park Railroad 1 Irvine Park Road Orange, Ca. 92869 If anyone has any questions please email me at medunn16@yahoo.com I'll update as prize money and new info becomes available.   Thursday, August 11 View Page Q,,,, you may have me...... I just gave her a secrete feeding with hopes of giving her an extra push!!! She's much more red then your so we'll see!! She's taping,, **.5! Lol   Thursday, August 11 View Page side view of the 8.41 MacCoy. She's just about there.   Sunday, August 14 View Page Weekend update. Here's the 2009 about half way through the season. Slow and steady is all she's got. Just over 700 and I think she may squeeze her way to a 1000. The leaf disease isn't progressing fast and the copper sprays seem to be helping with that.   Sunday, August 14 View Page Stem side of the 2009.   Sunday, August 14 View Page Here's the 1756 Jolivette and once again she hasn't disappointed,,,,! Day 47 and averaged 29.2 pounds over the past 7 days. cc- 178" ee- 101" ss- 111" OTT is 390" and she's just a hair under 1300!! Hey Rick,,,, she feels like a rock!! If I can some how get around pulling a Chris Dunn or Joe I'll be one happy grower! Lol   Sunday, August 14 View Page Still running and burying the 3 secondaries directly behind the fruit. I may have a couple more weeks of this then I'm out of room. I'm doing this in hopes of some later season growth that I normally don't get.   Monday, August 15 View Page So some how some way my fruit was still doing a 1/4 inch a day. I guess it was those secrete Ameleo feedings I was doing. I was going to let her grow another day or two then this morning when I went out to check I noticed this,,, a bear claw mark!! Well,,, maybe a raccoon but man,,,, I was just happy that's all they did. Of all my fruit,,,,, they had to bite and scratch this one. Lol   Monday, August 15 View Page There's she is!! I may not have won the Master P. Q-Tip challage but I'll take it!! It's now the 5.11 Dunn grown from the 8.41 MacCoy! And a California state record!! If I'm a 1000 pounds under the state record pumpkin I guess this will have to do. Lol   Friday, August 19 View Page Kingston with the 5.11 Dunn on the plant. She's been in the fridge for a couple days but wanted to show the size of the plant. 18" plant max. By far my smallest plant with the biggest fruit!! Thanks for showing us this growing style Master P.!!   Friday, August 19 View Page 2009 just under 800 but I'll take it! Just to have a fruit on this plant is a good thing. With the disease issues and still doing 22 pounds a day is a treat.   Friday, August 19 View Page She's still in one piece! I finally had someone to take a picture of me with the baby. Sorry for the early morning glare.   Friday, August 19 View Page Day 52 today for the 1756 - cc- 184", ee- 104", ss- 114" for a total OTT of 402"! I honestly never thought 400" was possible down here but I guess I was wrong. She's still doing mid 20's a day. We'll see how long I can keep this up. Disease starting to show in this plant now. I'm giving her everything I can to push it back.   Saturday, August 27 View Page Filled the 55 gallon drum, set the dosatron,,, added a week of nutrients and gave my pumpkin assistant a little run down on things to look for while I took a little break.;)   Saturday, August 27 View Page It's cruise control time now. Staying on the stem, watching the vines for soft spots, spraying/drenching for disease management and feeding just what she wants for the next 4 weeks. I'll get some day 60 pics up once I get there.;) I'm rested now and ready for the final push!!   Wednesday, August 31 View Page Never in my wildest dreams would I of thought this was possible here! She still has a pulse!   Wednesday, August 31 View Page My 2009 may be smaller but starting to look mean!!   Saturday, September 3 View Page 1756 Mr. Rick weekly update. She's safely in the 1500's. I've been told this seeds been known to go heavy so all I can do is hope and pray she goes heavy also. Anything from here on out is just icing on the cake. The goal now is just keeping her sound and making a weigh off.   Saturday, September 3 View Page 1756 stem side.   Saturday, September 3 View Page 1756 side shot. Looking prettier and prettier each week! I like orange and there're amazing to look at but big and blobish is what I like to see.;)   Saturday, September 3 View Page side shot of the 1756 from the last post.   Sunday, September 4 View Page At the beginning of the season my wife wanted to play a guessing game about the final weight of our biggest fruit. Looks like she didn't have much faith in me. Lol I think I'm winning.;)   Saturday, September 10 View Page 2009,,, 14 days to weigh off time! She never really did much in the way of big daily numbers but she did those low numbers for a long time. I'll take it!! She feels like a rock and I'm excited to see if she goes heavy. Getting new cracks, tares, rips and ozzing sap daily. I love this time of year!   Saturday, September 10 View Page 2009,,,,, GRRRRRRR!!!!   Sunday, September 11 View Page Just thought I'd post a picture for you Vince ( gourdzilla). I uncovered her for a picture with Faith. Getting more and more grey and green,,,,! Still not sure where I'm bringing her but with all the sports we have going with the kids and a tuna trip planned for the second week in September, it's looking more and more like I'll be weighing her at our weigh off.   Wednesday, September 21 View Page Porkchops not the only one enjoying these NPK products. Between the RAW line and Rons myco, I've had a pretty good year! I've fed these products with each watering throughout the whole season. Some call it spoon feeding, others call it trickle feeding,,, what ever it is the plants really like it! I use to do all my feedings for the week in one day then wouldn't feed until the following week. I will be sticking to this feeding program from now on. 3 days and a wake up until weigh day!!   Friday, September 23 View Page Today was loading day and all went very well!! I've always wanted to grow a pumpkin big enough to force me to take my toolbox out of the back of my truck. Well it finally happen!! With the toolbox out, she fit snug as a bug in a rug!!! 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600,,,,,, what will she weigh!! Off to the weigh off at 5:00am. I can't wait!!!!!   Saturday, September 24 View Page A little beat down from the last couple days but thought I'd share a picture or two from today. This is the cheering team for old Goliath today!   Saturday, September 24 View Page She when lite but how can I complain with a first place and a personal best!! What a great day for our new weigh off!!   Saturday, September 24 View Page I've never weighed at a gpc event and always wanted one of these for the pumpkin room! We decided last minute to make the new site a gpc event and im sure glad we did! Andy Wolf,,, thanks for the professionalism and the quick turn around! You te man!! I'll post more weigh off pictures tomorrow after a good nights rest.;)   Sunday, September 25 View Page So our first weigh off at Irvine park railroad was a success! I can only see bigger and better things to come in the upcoming years! I see Vince ( gourdzilla ) posted some pictures so I'll try and post a few he didn't.   Sunday, September 25 View Page Here's John Brinkley with his 566 pound fruit and new personal best! After talking with him I suspect much bigger fruit from him next year!!   Sunday, September 25 View Page Here's Mae Powell and one of the most famous growers in our area. She made national news a few years back after a bunch of kids cut up and destroyed all her pumpkins. That was a sad year for her but she still showed to the weigh off!!   Sunday, September 25 View Page Here's Kevin Donahue with a beautiful orange fruit!! Kevin and I have spent the last few months doing everything we can to get this weigh off up and running. Thanks for all the amazing help my friend!   Sunday, September 25 View Page We even had watermelon show up. Here's Gaven Raasch with a nice 145 pound entry!!   Sunday, September 25 View Page Old school squash grower Kevin smith with a nice pear gourd!   Sunday, September 25 View Page Sorry Vince but this is the only picture I took of your fruit. I was to busy using your camera when we weighed your fruit.;) Great job again buddy and 1082 is a great day!!   Sunday, September 25 View Page The band and sponsors we had for the day.   Sunday, September 25 View Page Well, Kevin, Vince, tom, John and all the other growers,,,, it's time to hunker down and get a game plan together for the 2017 weigh off and growing season!! Thanks again for everything guys!!   Wednesday, October 12 View Page Half Moon Bay winner Cindy Tobeck! 1910 pound beast and let me tell you,,, this girl really knew how to work the crowd!! Great job Cindy!   Wednesday, October 12 View Page Another shot, man was she excited! Again,, great job getting a pumpkin like that to the end!   Wednesday, October 12 View Page Second place Russ Pingrey! I know you don't like the cameras and all that attention but killer job throwing the hands in the air!! Very impressive pumpkin and great job going heavy! That fruit just grew and grew and grew!! I thought there was no way you were going to pass me and you flew right by me and there was nothing I could do!   Wednesday, October 12 View Page Jim Sherwood took third! I'm not sure if this was even the fruit. He had 2 huge pumpkins in his trailer. His winner at half moon bay was 1699! Great job Jim and what a year you've had!   Wednesday, October 12 View Page Here's the picture for the last post. I still can't find that edit button you talk about Cecil??   Wednesday, October 12 View Page I couldn't find a picture of Rob Globus fruit but it was a solid piece of cement and went a good couple hundred pounds heavy and landed at 1681!   Wednesday, October 12 View Page This guy took third at 1496 pounds. I was told by someone at the weigh off he feeds his pumpkins cats and that he knows that guy in the Midwest, dinky beer drinker Don Young. Lol Funny guy on the stage!   Wednesday, October 12 View Page Very impressive crowd half moon bay gets. Wether I grow a small one or get lucky and get something worthy I'll definelty be bringing a fruit up there next year! Just a great set up and a very fun couple days!   Wednesday, October 12 View Page I meant to say Gary Miller too 4th., not third.   Wednesday, October 12 View Page Still can't find that edit button, ughhhhhh! 5th place for Gary. Cecil, give me a call and walk me through this edit bottom you talk about. lol   Sunday, October 16 View Page Here's the last pumpkin of the year. She made the rounds at my kids school now she will be at a local water treatment facility for the remainder of her life. I hade issues with this plant from the very beginning. There was a leaf disease that was controllable with copper but slowly took her out. Bummer because it was a 2009 I received as a gift from a good friend. I tried but could never get her to do more then 20ish pounds a day. She taped at 910 and went 1003 so a nice amount heavy. The cross is 2009 X 1756 Howell. I already have the greenhouse cleared out, I may add a thing or two then I'll till next week and get a cover crop planted for the winter. 2017 here we come!!!   Sunday, October 16 View Page Picture for last post.   Friday, December 30 View Page Winter has been treating Southern California nice this year with more rain then we've seen in over 5 years! We're all just hoping it keeps up. This drought has been rough on all our water supplies. The mustard crop is about 6 weeks now and looking to flower in the next couple weeks. We're expanding the greenhouse to 60' X 45' this winter. The plants were really tight last season and need to be spread out. This should help with the powdery mildew,,,, the overlapping leaves last year was tough. Happy New Years to all and wishing everyone a monster or two in 2017!!!!   Friday, December 30 View Page Here's the picture for the post before this one.