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Thursday, January 7 View Page PUMPKIN STATS TO COMPAIR YOURSELF TO !!!   Thursday, January 7 View Page Congratulations to Fabrice for this 8.36 lb. tomato ! hope to see a 10 pounder from someone thia year !!! good luck to everyone !!!   Friday, January 8 View Page tomato project has not done anything !!! one mistake after another. biggest problem ia that i couldn't get a sodium light bulb untill this week. all i had was a halide bulb witch has a blue spectrum which is made for plant growth only. the sodium by bulb has a red,orange spectrum wich is designed for the flowering stage. needles to say i have to much plant and no flowers.so im going to gamble and start over by cutting the plantsway back and let them start over and see if i can get the branches to flower proporly ??? if this doesn't work then my project will be a bust !!!   Friday, January 8 View Page here is peter Glazbrooks giant carrot that we have to beat this year ! its only 20 lbs. lol..:o) you only need 12 more pound dan !!!   Tuesday, January 19 View Page here is a general tomato estimate chart whitch you can find in marv meisners book called Giant Tomatoes.   Wednesday, January 27 View Page getting ready to start my carrots this week, just cut these 4" pipes to 20" long. im going to try 3 different soil types to see witch one does best. one will be in pro mix only, one will be in compost only and the third one will be a 50-50 mix of compost and pro mix. also i plan to plant the seeds directly into these pots instead of transplanting them like last year. i hope to start my seeds by February 1. i still need to buy a separate light for these carrots   Wednesday, January 27 View Page ok, i changed my mind. i decided to plant my carrots today ! i just couldn't wait. !!!   Friday, January 29 View Page here is my first attempt at a cross pollination !!! my flowers are nor developing since i changed my halide bulb to a sodium bulb !!! hope it takes. this was the only cross available right now, but i do have a Domingo and big zac plant i still hope to cross ???   Friday, January 29 View Page this is a slankard tomato. i believe it is the largest round tomato available. as you can see mine was 3 lbs. i grew mine from marv Meissner 4.6 lbs slankard. i like to take a flat tomato and see if i can make it thicker ?   Friday, January 29 View Page this is a slankard tomato. i believe it is the largest round tomato available. as you can see mine was 3 lbs. i grew mine from marv Meissner 4.6 lbs slankard. i like to take a flat tomato and see if i can make it thicker ?   Friday, January 29 View Page here is my first attempt at a cross pollination !!! my flowers are nor developing since i changed my halide bulb to a sodium bulb !!! hope it takes. this was the only cross available right now, but i do have a Domingo and big zac plant i still hope to cross ???   Monday, February 1 View Page new problems with this years winter project ? now i get good flowering and pollination seems fine, but my tomatoes just wont grow after that ? they aren't falling off, they just sit their ? any ideas ?   Tuesday, February 2 View Page my carrots are starting to pop up !!! (o;   Tuesday, February 2 View Page hah ... just dreaming about the day of picking !!! LOL... (o:   Tuesday, February 2 View Page i will make sure that you never see your shadow again you little varmit !!!   Tuesday, February 2 View Page hah ... just dreaming about the day of picking !!! LOL... (o:   Monday, February 8 View Page carrots are looking good so far. as they grow, i will be thinning them out but their is no hurry in doing that.   Tuesday, February 9 View Page these are Paczki's its a polish style or a bakery style jelly filled donut. only comes once a year and the lines outside of a bakery will be over 100 feet long and you my be in line for an hour waiting just to get a paczki !!! all the local news stations here remind everyone every year not to forget to get their gaint glorified bakery style donut. its become a polish holiday over here.   Thursday, February 11 View Page here are some of my oldest seeds with great old orange genetics. kirk mombert was one of the best at the time. if anyone is interested at trying some of these send me a request   Friday, February 12 View Page here is a nice old orange seed ! paul Mcintyre use to have some of the best in the 90's i believe this was a 1999 seed that i bought at the gulph seed sale and seminar back when michigan didn't have their own .   Monday, February 15 View Page mr carrots are coming along, they tend to get top heavy at this stage and like to flop over ! to early for me to see witch ones i will keep and witch ones i will pull ? i still have plenty oftime to decide.   Monday, February 15 View Page FINALLY !!! i got one to take and grow !!! a 7.05 porkchop (big zac)x 5.75 porkchop (Domingo)   Monday, February 15 View Page im thinking that the reason it's taking so long for pollination to take is that the plants are acclimating to the new sodium light bulb i put in.   Thursday, February 18 View Page i think that carrots grow fast enough ? some people say they grow to slow, but so do tomatoes and peppers at the start.   Thursday, February 18 View Page BABY SLAMMER !!! she looks like a keeper, i have a second tomato taking on the same plant with the same cross. a 7.05 porkchop. (big zac) x 5.75 porkchop (Domingo)   Saturday, February 20 View Page my 2 carter seeds from the WGW auction came yesterday, i noticed that the 1750 martin grew some white pumpkins to ? i hope that the carter pumpkin offspring stay orange ?   Saturday, February 20 View Page i see bnot's carrots are looking real good, looks like we have some good competition this year ! i now see two plants that are developing a little thicker root or stem on them so its time to do some thinning.   Saturday, February 20 View Page it becomes harder to pull when they get this big !   Saturday, February 20 View Page here are the two keepers ! i notice that they tend to get top heavy at this stage and wont to fall over, so i take some sandwich bag ties and use them for support.   Thursday, February 25 View Page here are 2 tomatoes with the same cross of big zac x Domingo   Thursday, February 25 View Page here is a mega marv x Domingo   Thursday, February 25 View Page here is a mega marv x big zac that i picked in mid November and planted two seeds from it that did germinate. if anyone is interested in trying these and any others that i cross give me an email and i will send them to you. bad part is that they may notbe ready till mid april ? i will keep everyone poated. but my mega marv x big zac is available now if interested.   Friday, March 4 View Page carrots are doing ok for now. planting peppers today, one week earlier than last year ? hope i don't regret it, i think that it will be a little earlier spring this year.   Saturday, March 12 View Page believe it or not, all these carrots were planted at the same time ? the smallest ones on the left were planted in straight compost. the one in the middle was planted in plain pro mix and thined down to one plant. and the biggest group on the right was half pro mix and half compost and left five plants in one pot. the root on the middle plant is the same size as the roots one the right plants, but the leaves are just taller one the multiple plants. i figured that i would try several methods to see what would work the best.   Saturday, March 12 View Page the carrot is starting to develop now and the plants now can suport themselves without any suports. but im in no hurry to remove the suports yet.   Friday, April 1 View Page carrot update ? i thought that i was doing ok, but i think bnot is starting to run away with it right now. great job bnot !!!   Friday, April 1 View Page little slammers are still as green as apples ? and small, only about 1/2 pound ? didn't expect much in size but hope the seeds show some potential ? and hope they will be ready in time ?   Saturday, April 2 View Page Easter and Christmas at the same time   Saturday, April 2 View Page No April fools joke ! snow on my sping flowers today !   Monday, April 4 View Page here is my giant onion with my giant carrot. i wasn't to excited about the onion earlyer because it looks so sloppy, but now its getting bigger and when it is outside i should be able to do a better job with it.   Tuesday, April 5 View Page bnot these are the only squash seeds i have pluss a 1817 McConkie and one of eddies cross 322   Tuesday, April 5 View Page also i have these cantalope and watermelon if your interested.   Friday, April 8 View Page Good news !!! all at once all 3 of my crossed tomatoes are showing color !!! the two slammers porkchops bigzac x porkchops Domingo and the other one is a mega marv x Domigo. hope they will be fully red in 5-7 days and then about 5-7 days for them to dry ? so aproximently 10-14 more days ?   Sunday, April 10 View Page carrot update !!! what can i say, they are comming along just fine !!! :-)   Wednesday, April 13 View Page well my big zac x Domingo cross is finally ready, nothing to brag about in size at 9.6 oz, but this was for the seeds anyway not the size of the tomato !   Wednesday, April 13 View Page good seed count on my first SLAMMER, have another one to do tomorrow. i will take seed request now if anyone would like to try this cross. 7.05porkchop big zac x 5.75 porkchop Domingo   Thursday, April 21 View Page carrot update !!! my carrot plant doesn't look as nice as many others out their, but i think its rhe size of the carrot that counts not the plant ???   Thursday, April 21 View Page transplanting this one into a bigger pot ! now with the tube open that you can see the size it really is now !!!   Thursday, April 21 View Page the plant doesn't look like much, but the carrot is as big as a golf ball now !!! now it can start growing out side in the real sun !!! let the Carrot growing begin !!!   Friday, April 22 View Page I like to grow ORANGE.!!! so now im trying a seedless orange !!! this is supposed to grow full size seedless oranges so hope that these take (0:   Sunday, April 24 View Page springtime in michigan !   Sunday, April 24 View Page more spring flowers that i planted last fall   Sunday, April 24 View Page another view of my back yard !   Wednesday, May 4 View Page the deer ate only the flowers on these tulips i guess the leaves don't taste as good !!!   Wednesday, May 4 View Page this years wild life at the garden, a robins nest in my peach tree.   Wednesday, May 4 View Page and a ducks nest in the bushes at the house !!!   Friday, June 10 View Page mark clementz was kind enough to give me one of his spare 1734 plants when i could not germinate my own this spring. thanks mark.   Friday, June 10 View Page put my gaint carrot into a 25 gallon pot. i think chris qually and robert borgers had bigger plants over a month ago ? but it is the carrot that counts, not the plant. i guess that we will find out in the fall ?   Friday, June 10 View Page this giant onion is about the size of a tennice ball !!! lets see how it does this summer.   Friday, June 10 View Page here is my slammer plant ! all my competition tomatoes are about this size. it should be a few more weeks before the flowers appear.?   Wednesday, June 15 View Page my eating tomatoes are doing good this year, some of them already have some tomatoes on them.   Wednesday, June 15 View Page a rabbit has pruned about 12 of my competition tomatoes ? lucky he only ate the leaves and not the tips !!!   Friday, June 17 View Page a nice 5 lob flower on the 1374 clementz, but way to early to keep only 6 feet out !!!   Friday, June 17 View Page carrot roots already branching out into multiple roots !!!   Friday, June 17 View Page my eating tomatoes doing good so far ?   Friday, June 17 View Page ok i though that i would try Matt's anthesis on this one so lets see how it looks tomorrow ???   Saturday, June 18 View Page WOW !!! that anthesis stuff really works !!! LOL....(O:   Sunday, June 19 View Page picked swiss chard today, the first thing to harvest from the garden !!! having it with the fish dinner today.   Sunday, June 19 View Page weeded the squash patch today, now you can see everything.   Sunday, June 19 View Page eating tomatoes are as tall as a garbage can already, about 30" tall !!! counted about 30 tomatoes on them too !!!   Sunday, June 19 View Page competition tomatoes are about 8" tall and looking good so far !!!   Wednesday, June 22 View Page Competition Tomatoes are starting to come along now, i am now starting to see alot of nice mega blooms starting up to !!! right now the buds are about a week away from blooming, but i will start posting some pictures when they get big enough to see.   Friday, June 24 View Page here is one of my first mega blooms comming, on a megadom plant. all my plants are comming along good now and today i picked off all of the suckers (branches) on all my competition plants !   Sunday, June 26 View Page my first pollination a 1734 Clementz selfed.   Monday, June 27 View Page now that's a mega bud !!! the entire trunk turned into one bud ! hope it takes.   Monday, June 27 View Page nice mega bud on my Domingo plant to . my bigest mega bud is on a megazac plant but it's to small to show right now.   Thursday, June 30 View Page Here is a mega bud on my Megazac plant !!! it still has several days to go before it even starts to bloom ? starting to get excited about this one !!!   Thursday, June 30 View Page here is the stem for that mega bud !!! (0:   Friday, July 1 View Page if this megabud turns into a gaint mater, i may have to call it Godzilla !!! (o:   Saturday, July 2 View Page here is a nice one on my MEGADOM !!!   Sunday, July 3 View Page DAP 8 This one is on a side vine trying to decide if i will keep it or not.1734 clementz selfed.   Sunday, July 3 View Page can't get over the size of this thing !!! i supose this is like a ribon vine , but the entire thing turns into this one bud !!! (o:   Monday, July 4 View Page i really crossed this one with a Gaint Sunflower, so i should call it Sun-Mato !!! (o:   Monday, July 4 View Page I think that i should call it Seymour from the movie Little Shop of horrors !!! when i cut my finger yesterday i swear that it turned toward my finger ???   Monday, July 4 View Page I caught this guy looking at my pumpkin today !!! this is as close as he will ever get to it. he joined the relocation program.!!! (0:   Monday, July 4 View Page i tell you this little tomato seems to like blood !!! LOL....(O:   Tuesday, July 5 View Page Here is how tall my tomato plants are 24"-30" the second plant in is the one with the Gaint bud on it !!!   Tuesday, July 5 View Page Here is one of my Gaint onions, not bad for my first time. !!!   Tuesday, July 5 View Page it's hard to tell, but this carrot is as big as this baceball !!!   Wednesday, July 6 View Page lost all my current pumpkins to racoons !!! plants are fine just need to start a new pollination.   Wednesday, July 6 View Page pollinated this one yesterday and had it covered with this tea strainer and they pulled it off and still got at it !!! starting over again !!!!   Wednesday, July 6 View Page THE MONSTER IS BEGINING TO OPEN !!!   Wednesday, July 6 View Page DAP 2 this is my MEGAZAC looking good !!!   Thursday, July 7 View Page Once i collect this guys paw prints and DNA from the bit marks on this pumpkin, he will be going on trial for the murder of this 1734 clementz.!!!   Thursday, July 7 View Page racoons are having their way with the leftovers !!!   Thursday, July 7 View Page eating tomatoes are looking good, won't be long now !!! (o:   Thursday, July 7 View Page this is my 150 sq. ft challenge ! i have 7 plants 3 feet apart. i plan on pruning off all the branches and growing only the main stem untill they get a fruit and then cut the main vine. im only expecting pumpkins to reach 200-300 lbs but i wont to sell these !!! we will see, i sold my 500 lbs pumpkin last year for $300 so i figure what the Heck !!! (o:   Friday, July 8 View Page 4th Racoon this week and also caught 5 Groundhogs earlyer this month !!! sometimes i wonder how i even have a garden ???   Friday, July 8 View Page This is the MONSTER from the back side !!! the flower seems to be a survivor !!! (o: i swear if any criters touch this baby, it will be a DEATH SENTENCE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Friday, July 8 View Page DAP 4 it looks like a fully complete successful polination !!! (o:   Saturday, July 9 View Page First SLAMMER ? to early to tell if it is one complete tomato or not ?   Saturday, July 9 View Page Porkchop i haven't left out your Domingo's, this is the first one on the 5.55   Saturday, July 9 View Page Here is the 5,75 Domingo flower ! maybe biger than the one on the 5.55 Domingo ?   Saturday, July 9 View Page Megadom DAP 5 this thing is massive for only 5 days,   Saturday, July 9 View Page And finally THE MONSTER !!! how many tomatoes is this ? it seems to have taken and it seems to all be ONE TOMATO !!! (o:   Saturday, July 9 View Page Last year i exposed this one root on my tomato plant and could not beleive how long and fat it was. it was as thick as a pencil even at 6 feet out !!! and i have no idea how far the roots go out ???   Sunday, July 10 View Page THE MONSTER Day 1 After flower came off !!! the tomato itself is 2" long or 4" circumstance !!!   Sunday, July 10 View Page This megadom is DAP 6 and already has an 8" circumference !!!   Monday, July 11 View Page here is my nice size megabloom on the 5.55 Domingo DAP 3 then compair it to the MEGAZAC MONSTER !!!   Monday, July 11 View Page Now the MEGAZAC MONSTER !!! DAP 2   Monday, July 11 View Page this MEGADOM DAP 7 Now at 8.75" grew .75" last night   Monday, July 11 View Page this is the back side of the Monster.   Monday, July 11 View Page here is something new !!! something gets into my garden every night and has been eating all my squash and pumpkins and now all the flowers ??? thought that it was racoons at first, but now i think its the squirrels ? this product claims to scare away all these criters so i figure that i will give it a try while still try to catch it !!! hope this works, just pollinated 5 new pumpkins in rhe last two days, its getting kind of late !!!   Monday, July 11 View Page YES the MONSTER TOMATO had a talk with me today and told me that i better not F@#K. this up !!!!!!!!   Tuesday, July 12 View Page i love these all female cucumber plants ! the never have a male flower unless the plant is under a lot of stress. i have 6 nice cucumbers on these 2 plants that i grow in a 10 gallon POT !!!   Tuesday, July 12 View Page DAP 8 now at 10" grew 1.25 last night !!! i will not be measuring it that much from now on, i need to stop touching these things too !!!   Tuesday, July 12 View Page i made the finnal pruning to my MEGAZAC plant, looks like a sunflower plant now !!!   Tuesday, July 12 View Page finally caught my first squirrel today. as i drove up a second squirrel whent running so i have more to catch. it also tells me that the critter ridder did not stop them !!! didn't expect it to stop squirrels, but maybe it can stop racoons and Groundhogs   Wednesday, July 13 View Page Love this Hydrangea !!! last year i planted 4 of these plants and they came with only 5 blooms each !!! i was just hoping that they would just rebloom this year, needless to say they surpassed my expectations !!!   Wednesday, July 13 View Page i had high hopes for this 5.75 Domingo megabloom but it clearly is two separate tomatoes and junk to me, had to go !!!   Wednesday, July 13 View Page caught squirrel #2 today !!! yea (o: now i hope that i can start growing some pumpkins now !!! i pollinated 6 pumpkins on the 1734 clementz in the last 3days and 3 on my 1514 knochel   Thursday, July 14 View Page hmm.... maybe growing carrots is not my thing !!!!   Thursday, July 14 View Page suckers growing on the leaf stems now !!! i like to see that !!!   Thursday, July 14 View Page i do have a nice little guy on my 4.57 MacCoy plant !!!   Thursday, July 14 View Page at DAP 7 This 5.55 porkchop Domingo is at 10.5" already. (o :   Thursday, July 14 View Page at DAP 10 the megadom is now at 12.25" still growing 1" a day (o:   Thursday, July 14 View Page At DAP 5 The Megazac is at 9.5" the stem is like a tree branch !!!   Friday, July 15 View Page getting concerned about this blossom end rot !!! i have had 3 tomatoes get tis so far and my MEGAZAC has a tiny spot now ???   Friday, July 15 View Page the stem on this tomato is at 4" I hope that i don't get blossom end rot now ???   Saturday, July 16 View Page this trespasser was able to get away only because their was one already in the cage !!! i should open up a petting zoo !!! this year i caught 5 racoons 5 Groundhogs 2 squirrel and 2 skunks from last year !!! who wouldn't want to pet these cute little critters.? LOL..... (o:   Saturday, July 16 View Page picked 6 nice cucumbers like this yesterday of my 2 plant growing in a pot ! i gave. of them away bofore this picture .   Saturday, July 16 View Page picked a grocery bag of beans yesterday too. took 3 hours to clean them !!!   Saturday, July 16 View Page i have 4 cabbage like this ready to pick at any time. they are bigger than they look in this picture.   Saturday, July 16 View Page Just for fun, i wonted to compair the stem from this 30" pumpkin to the stem on my tomato and they are about the same size. is this why tanner called his product BIG STEM !!!   Saturday, July 16 View Page here is the problem sometimes with big megablooms. one half is already a tomato and the other end still needs pollinating !!!   Saturday, July 16 View Page this tomato is on my other megazac plant !!! both plants put out very big megablooms !!!   Saturday, July 16 View Page here is the problem sometimes with big megablooms. one half is already a tomato and the other end still needs pollinating !!!   Sunday, July 17 View Page i picked this tomato today because it didn't meet my standards !!!   Sunday, July 17 View Page it turned out to be two tomatoes ! im finding it much harder to find a nice mega bloom to work with after the first set !!! the plants are bigger but the flowers are smaller ??? i guess i will find out whitch meathod works best at the end of the year.   Monday, July 18 View Page a new critter for my petting zoo !!! i swear i have more animals out here than the DETROIT ZOO !!! i also saw two turkeys and a deer this morning.   Monday, July 18 View Page Im thinking about crossing one of these with an Atlantic Gaint to see what i can get next year ??? LOL.... (o:   Monday, July 18 View Page just for practice i have been treating this tomato to see if they can be saved, and to my surprise, it seems to be healing !!!   Monday, July 18 View Page im waiting for some megabloom to start on this Domingo Leaf ? suckers are growing prety fast now !   Monday, July 18 View Page I put on my first ever sling ever on a tomato today, i like this idea !   Monday, July 18 View Page not sure how to put a sling on this guy, this stem is like wood and wont bend ??? I will need to do something when it starts to get over 4 lbs. ???   Wednesday, July 20 View Page Crossed this Yugoslavia gourd with the 1734 clementz.!!! (o: thats all i need is a 500 lbs Yugoslavian gourd !!!   Wednesday, July 20 View Page now that i have caught 2 squirrels a rabbit ,Groundhog and 5 racoons i am starting to grow some squash now !!!   Wednesday, July 20 View Page this is the 5.55 porkchop Domingo   Wednesday, July 20 View Page This is the MEGAZAC MONSTER !!!   Wednesday, July 20 View Page This is the Megadom tomato !!!   Thursday, July 21 View Page finnaly keeping the critters off the pumpkins !!! i have 3 nice little pumpkins #1 at 44.5" #2 at 30" #3 at 29.5" not sure of pollination dates due to the critters eating them every day, i was just trying to find a way to save them.   Friday, July 22 View Page first the oldest tomato the megadom DAP 18 is at 18.25" last year my 4.14 lbs tomato. took 21 days to reach 18"   Friday, July 22 View Page The 5.55 Domingo DAP 15 is at 17.5"   Friday, July 22 View Page The MEGAZAC MONSTER the DAP 13 is also at 17.5" so far everything is still looking good, keeping my fingers crossed !!!   Friday, July 22 View Page Feeding time again for the MEGAZAC MONSTER !!!   Friday, July 22 View Page i do protect the tomatoes from the sun so they don't get sun scorched.   Friday, July 22 View Page chris dunn inspired me to do this, to grow a tomato in a pot ! i though it could be a good way to show everyone at our dundee weighoff in October how to grow and prune them !!! i hope i can have a 4 lbs tomato on it come October ???   Saturday, July 23 View Page Say Cheeze !!! they sent in another scout, in another failed attempt !!! (o:   Saturday, July 23 View Page veggies are comming in good even with all the critters around !!!   Sunday, July 24 View Page first time at growing cabbages, and turning out great !   Sunday, July 24 View Page What are parents teaching their kids today !!! bringing their children along to commit crimes !!! LOL.... bad parenting only leads to a life in the CAGE !!! (O:   Sunday, July 24 View Page the 5.55 domingo is still doing 3/4" a day now at 19" at Dap. 17   Sunday, July 24 View Page here is the top side of the 5.55 domingo.   Sunday, July 24 View Page And now i finnaly have a sling on the 5.55 domingo. now for the next 20 + days it will be harder to see or measure this tomato ?   Sunday, July 24 View Page looks like the MEGAZAC is now starting to pass the domingo. at day 15 she is now at 19" also growing about 3/4" a day.   Sunday, July 24 View Page here is the top side of the MEGAZAC. its 2 lbs now and that stem may never bend !!!   Sunday, July 24 View Page another angle of the MEGAZAC. its only 2 weeks old and more than 20 days to go !   Sunday, July 24 View Page Here is my SLAMMER ROW !!! most plants have later sets, like porkchop says at nipple high !!! (0:   Wednesday, July 27 View Page now that i have been keeping the critters out, the squash is comming in like grapes !!!   Wednesday, July 27 View Page Day 20 on the 5.55 porkchop Domingo now 21"   Wednesday, July 27 View Page Day 18 MEGAZAC is almost 21" i think this megazac has a lot of bigzac in it. more than my other plant.   Wednesday, July 27 View Page red and white eating tomatoes are comming in nicely now !!!   Friday, July 29 View Page Day 20 the MEGAZAC is 21.75" still growing at a nice pace. hope to get another 25 days of growing.   Friday, July 29 View Page The Domingo is at 22" at day 22 and i think that it is the largest and fullest tomato right now.   Friday, July 29 View Page here is the megadom 22" at day 25 this is the entire plant !!! i now have 5 tomatoes at 21"-22" and all about the same age.   Saturday, July 30 View Page Here is my 1734 clementz now at 101 lbs. i think that these clementz pumpkins are the best shaped orange pumpkins out their. i have 4 pumpkins on this plant and 2 on the other. not growing for competition but to sell. hope to get 300-500 lbs out of them.   Saturday, July 30 View Page green pepper row !!! ready for stuffing now !!! (o:   Saturday, July 30 View Page green pepper row !!! ready for stuffing now !!! (o:   Saturday, July 30 View Page still growing 1/2" a day. now at 22.5"   Monday, August 1 View Page added a new critter to my petting zoo yesterday a possum !!!   Monday, August 1 View Page trying to catch the rabbits roaming around my garden and i catch another possum ???   Monday, August 1 View Page i was in my garden picking squash and then i hear a clink !!! i walked to the other side of my garden and to my suprize this guy was in the cage. i only had the cage set for 5 minutes after releasing the possum. boy that was fast !!!   Monday, August 1 View Page these are my 2 MEGAZAC tomatoes. the first one is at 22" and the second called the monster is at 23.5"   Monday, August 1 View Page this is the 5.55 Domingo also at 23.5" and still growing 1/2" a day. i think this Domingo may become the biggest tomato because it is fuller and more balanced all around.   Tuesday, August 2 View Page on day 26 the 5.55 Domingo is at 24"or 2' foot circumstance.(o: also by chart it weighs 5 lbs. and that would be a new state of Michigan record. the old record is 4.44 lbs by bubba (mark clementz)   Wednesday, August 3 View Page time for a new prop !!! yes that is my old Bowling Ball !!! its Hammer Time !!! LOL... (o:   Wednesday, August 3 View Page Now at 24.5" still doing 1/2" or a 1/4 pound a day !!!   Wednesday, August 3 View Page porkchop is worning me that Domingo's go light i say that he must have helium gass in his soil, im feeding mine Lead Nitrate !!! i think mine will go Heavy !!! LOL... (o:   Thursday, August 4 View Page here is a potential problem. on 3 of my bigest tomatoes the stems are splitting at the conection spot at the tomatoes possibly opening up the tomato to rot ??? i may loose my megadom to this i got a soft spot on it and i will know in a few days if i have saved it or not ?   Thursday, August 4 View Page not only am i covering to protect against the sun and giving suport, i also have a layer of plastic under the cloth to keep the tomato dry.   Friday, August 5 View Page this is the MEGAZAC monster !!! still growing but not keeping up with the Domingo. that is sometimes the problem with a 7 fused tomato, it's hard to keep it all growing equal !!! the top half has slowed down alot while the bottom is doing most of the growing !!! it still has more than 2 weeks to grow so she will still be a big tomato.   Friday, August 5 View Page this is my other megazac and it to may pass up the monster !!! nice to have some back up tomatoes. (o:   Friday, August 5 View Page at day 29 the 5.55 porkchop Domingo is at 25.5" and still doing 1/2" a day. hoping to have 16-20 more days ???   Friday, August 5 View Page porkchop here is a tomato 1 lb 11 oz. and i removed it for a more promising tomato the size of a marble !!! so its time for you to grow some b#lz go to your garden and do the right thing !!! (o:   Friday, August 5 View Page at day 29 the 5.55 porkchop Domingo is at 25.5" and still doing 1/2" a day. hoping to have 16-20 more days ???   Saturday, August 6 View Page Well i cut open that green Domingo that i culled to see if their would be any reason that a domingo may go light ??? well their is the answer, air pockets in the seed cavity !!! Hmmmm ?????? i supose that i will have to have an extra inch or so to get that record wont I ???   Sunday, August 7 View Page white ,red, and marbled tomatoes all comming in nicely.   Sunday, August 7 View Page picked 22 large green peppers today and gave 3 of them to my neighbor !!! plan on using 12 of them for stuffed peppers this week . (o:   Sunday, August 7 View Page still chugging allong at 26.5"   Sunday, August 7 View Page the MEGAZAC is at 25" and still growing   Sunday, August 7 View Page megazac #2 is at 24" and solid !!!   Tuesday, August 9 View Page The GOOD !!! still growing now at 27.25"   Tuesday, August 9 View Page The BAD !!! it's showing color ?   Tuesday, August 9 View Page The UGLY !!! cut out about a spoonfull of rot !!!   Tuesday, August 9 View Page this is my megadom also a Dmg. not the Domingo !!!! weight 4lbs 10.5 oz. or 4.66 lbs. also turned two weeks early ! i hope the this is the last one i loose ???   Tuesday, August 9 View Page this is my megadom also a Dmg. not the Domingo !!!! weight 4lbs 10.5 oz. or 4.66 lbs. also turned two weeks early ! i hope the this is the last one i loose ???   Tuesday, August 9 View Page here is the megadom picture for the last post !   Thursday, August 11 View Page Here it is my 5.95 Domingo   Thursday, August 11 View Page here is the bottom side !!!   Thursday, August 11 View Page i weighed it first at home on my postal scale, 5 lbs 15.2 oz.   Thursday, August 11 View Page the first store i took it to it weighed 5.96 lbs. but i couldn't find a certificate on the scale and i couldn't get anyone to give a witness signature ??? Lame !   Thursday, August 11 View Page second place i took it to the weight was down to 5.95 lbs. the hard part was to get the tomato and readout in the same picture !!! the screen and scale was about 3 feet apart !!!   Thursday, August 11 View Page here is the readout on the Domingo tomato.   Thursday, August 11 View Page so the size of the rot spot was about the size of 3 golf balls !!!   Thursday, August 11 View Page SO i fixed the problem !!! i did some sergery and grafted a small tomato into the damaged area and now it weighs 6.48 lbs. LOL....(O:   Sunday, August 14 View Page here is a Megadom tomato. it measured 24.5" estimated at 5.25 lbs so it went heavy at 5.61   Sunday, August 14 View Page its official, a good tomato no DMG this time. A new Michigan state RECORD !!! 5.61 lbs. (o:   Sunday, August 14 View Page This is my DREAM TOMATO !!! 9.1 lbs LOL....(O: Its actually two tomatoes, but dont tell anyone !!!   Tuesday, August 16 View Page Here are my two Megazac's that are turning color and will be picking them sometime this week ? last night we had 2"-3" of rain so im watching very closely for any rot !!! also have have a critter invasion this week too !!!   Tuesday, August 16 View Page the critters have gotten 10-12 eating tomatoes so far and a fer summer squash !!! i hope that i have my gaints wrapped up enough to protect them from the critters.   Tuesday, August 16 View Page these two megablooms are on my megadom plant that i just picked the 5.61 lbs.from. my megadom and megazac plants seem to grow a lot of megablooms.   Wednesday, August 17 View Page now that is a tomato !!! time to go get it weighed !!!   Wednesday, August 17 View Page could it really be 12.36 lbs ??   Wednesday, August 17 View Page unfortunately it's two tomatoes each over 6 lbs. its unbelievable that atem can hold up that one tomato like that at 6.23 lbs.   Wednesday, August 17 View Page this one at 6.13 lbs a new state Record.!!!   Wednesday, August 17 View Page here is another state Record 6.23 lbs. that is the fourth time this year i beat the state Record.! kind of fun !!!??   Wednesday, August 17 View Page Here are 4 products that i believe are the major contributors to my success this year !!! BIG STEM DUNKELS TOMATO TURBO ROOT KEEPER LITHOVIT with 5% boron and 31% calcium   Wednesday, August 17 View Page here are the last 3 tomatoes !!!   Wednesday, August 17 View Page now that is one big tomato stem. thanks tanner !!!   Saturday, August 20 View Page PUMPKIN ROW !!! I have 6 pumpkins on these 2 plants, their weights are from 150-250 lbs.   Saturday, August 20 View Page i have a nice field pumpkin going, it's about 60 lbs.   Saturday, August 20 View Page i get a lot of these blosom end rots after heavy rains. mostly on my big zac tomatoes   Saturday, August 20 View Page look familiar ??? these 2 mega buds are on my Megadom plant that i picked my 5.61 from. these megadom plants seem to put out a lot of good megablooms. hope these are ready for the October weigh off.   Saturday, August 20 View Page here is a 5.30 MacCoy growing in a pot ! i had dorgot about this thig about 3 weeks ago. gave up on it abandoning it giving it nothing and today i looked at it and looks like a 3 lbs tomato on it !!! Crazy !!!   Saturday, August 20 View Page here is a 5.30 MacCoy that i have neglected for more than 2 weeks now and i looked at it today to find that its tomato is around 3 lbs now ? crazy !!! wish i took better care of it ?   Saturday, August 20 View Page Final pictures before they go under yhe knife !   Saturday, August 20 View Page Here is a list of tomatoes that i have picked so far !!!   Saturday, August 20 View Page tomatoes that i have picked in the last week ! the weights to the 4 big ones are correct, but i forgot to convert the others from oz. to decimals ???   Sunday, August 28 View Page well this is my best from the slammer seed !!! 4.80 lbs or 4 lbs 12.7 oz.measurements were 23.5" so a little over chart !!!   Wednesday, August 31 View Page new contest !!! guess the weight of this big zac and win 5 seeds from my 4 bigest tomatoes this year !!!   Wednesday, August 31 View Page CONTEST will be in the in the tomato form and win 5 seeds from each of these tomatoes..i will pick and wiegh it on sunday.   Saturday, September 3 View Page she is almost ready, i will probably pick it today, don't think that i can wait till tomorrow, the suspence is killing me !!! can't get the plant much smaller than this !!! (o:   Saturday, September 3 View Page my article in the Southern New England Gaint Pumpkin Growers news letter came out this week ! you will have to get their news letter to find out my secrets ! LOL.. (o :   Saturday, September 3 View Page the CONTEST will end at 3pm today ! good luck everyone.   Saturday, September 3 View Page Here it is 3 lbs 12.4 oz OR 3.77 lbs   Sunday, September 4 View Page so it measures 21.75" and to the chart it was supposed to be 3.75 lbs !!! cant get any better than that, right to chart !!!   Wednesday, September 7 View Page well i guess that this will have to do for my gaint onion entery ! i picked this one last month and had 3 bigger ones growing in the garden still. but i ended up loosing all 3 of them to rot !   Wednesday, September 7 View Page here is my feild pumpkin, it came in at 58 lbs. not bad considering i never did anything for it.   Wednesday, September 7 View Page pretty looking grass with purple flowers. i wish i knew what it's name was !   Wednesday, September 7 View Page i like this butterfly weed. it has been blooming all summer since early june !!! in the wild thay seem to bloom only about 2-3 weeks.   Wednesday, September 14 View Page well i wont to bring a tomato to the st. John's weight off in 10 days and also have one for the Dundee weight off in 17 days. so i hope that i can make these last that long ? i have them in the refrigerator to slow them down ? just hope they make it !!!   Wednesday, September 14 View Page here is another one i hope that will make it !!! this one is from my slammer plant and the other one was a Domingo. i have one left on the plants and could be near 4 lbs may have to pick early today if i wont it to make it for 17 more days ???   Wednesday, September 14 View Page well this is my 9 th tomato at 4 lbs or bigger this year last year i had only one !!! now how can i get this to last 17 more days till the Dundee weighoff ??? don't think it will last that long, i see a real tiny soft spot on it .it may last 10 days, but not likely 17 days ???   Thursday, October 27 View Page bnot has one light for each seedling that he has !!! i have ONE LIGHT for an entire jungle !!! can you help me find some room for me winter tomatoes ??? LOL.....(o:   Thursday, October 27 View Page trying to turn this pointsetia plant red under my grow light !!! looking good so far. once this completely turns, i should have some room for my tomatoes.   Thursday, October 27 View Page my Christmas catus is also budding up pretty good right now !!!   Thursday, October 27 View Page And my Jade plant is also getting ready to flower !!!   Friday, November 11 View Page looks like my pointsettia is comming along prety good now ! I pruned off 3 of the biggest flowers because they were becoming to dominate and the smaller ones weren't growing much. now the plant seems to be more balanced with its flowering.   Friday, November 11 View Page my Christmas cactus is beginning to bloom now, should be ready for thanksgiving.   Friday, November 11 View Page and my jade plant is also beginning to bloom.   Saturday, November 12 View Page well i did start some winter tomatoes and again my main goal is to cross them again. the 4 plants that im working with are 6.23 megazac 5.95 Domingo 5.61 megadom 3.78 big zac. (from my 5.30 MacCoy poted plant) I'm really interested at seeing if the 6.23 megazac can consistently grow ribbon vine like megablooms like i got last year, but i can't expect the indoor winter challenge to tell me to much but you never know. im rooting for you bnot, i hope that you can grow a big one with your set up !!! looks promising.   Sunday, November 20 View Page this is the third year in a row that i have gotten this Christmas cactus to flower like this !!! (0:   Sunday, November 20 View Page this is only the second time that i have tried to get a pointsettia to flower. can't complain, i think that it is turning out pretty good so far !!! (o:   Sunday, November 20 View Page here is my Jade plant in bloom now !!! this plant is over 20 years old !!!   Sunday, November 20 View Page Here is a close up of the flowers. i clearly need a NEW CELL PHONE , my camera lense is so scuffed up that i just can't take a clear picture with it !!!   Wednesday, November 23 View Page well i still don't have room for my tomatoes yet, should have room for them in about two weeks when my pointsettia is ready to go upstairs. they started turning yellow do to giving them light 24 hours a day to long !!! i now have the a timer set on them for 15 hours a day and they are starting to recover now !!! bnot how many hours of light are you giving your tomatoes ???   Thursday, November 24 View Page My POINTSETTIA turned just in time for thanksgiving !!! (o:   Friday, November 25 View Page transplanted 4 tomatoes into a 10 gallon pot !!! olny getting 10 hours of light untill i move my pointsettia up stairs. that is what the pointsettia plant needs to turn red. 10 hours of daylight 14 hours of dark !!! all my other plants have to tolerate that untill i move the pointsettia plant out !!!   Monday, December 5 View Page well my not much to say about my winter tomatoes this year ? first i had no room for them, then they are only getting 10 hours of light at a distance of over 2 feet away from light, they never realy had a chance !!! those leggy skinny things are the tomato plants ! but my pointsettia turned out nice !!! (o : maybe i will replant them again ? i really haven't had the passion this winter for it ???   Monday, December 26 View Page first flower buds on the megadom ! looks prety good for the scrawny plants that i have. I need a new cell phone, camera lense is so scuffed up that i cant get a clear picture no matter what i do !!!