Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 14 Entries. Wednesday, May 17 View Page 3 days after fillowing Advanced Seed Starting by Joe Ailts. Ready to plant in small pots. These seeds are from a very large pumpkin that my 3-year-old son and I got from Irvine Park RR pumpkin patch last year (2016)   Thursday, May 18 View Page We got our seedling at Irvine Park RR punk in grower's forum on 5/6/17. We planted it in the ground a week later. Here it is in its 2nd week with us. Daletas 1689.5 #2014 Female: 1495# Stelts Male: 1495# Stelts/Sibb   Wednesday, May 31 View Page The other seedlings just transplanted to gallon containers.   Thursday, June 1 View Page Leaves are getting huge!   Thursday, June 29 View Page Had to cut off old, possibly diseased leaves with pruning shears. Sterilized shears by running them over a lighter flame after each cut. My son took several male flowers and tickled the one female flower.   Thursday, June 29 View Page Our one female flower. Leaves wilting in daytime when weather is hot but perk right back up in evening. Deep watering in morning every 2-3 days   Wednesday, July 5 View Page Our Deletas 1689.5 #2014 Size of softball. Another female flower growing at tip about 5 feet away   Friday, July 7 View Page Deletas earliest pumpkin bigger than a softball   Friday, July 14 View Page Daletas only pumpkin (1st bloom) still getting bigger. Leaves wilt during day. Birds are pecking holes in the large leaves when they are upright in the early morning or late evening.   Wednesday, August 9 View Page Newer and older leaves dying. Pumpkin is hardly growing. Unable to find any pests, probably overwatering (1/2 " to 1" every morning when temps above 95F) in attempt to reduce heat stress and wilting.   Wednesday, August 9 View Page Deletas, week 9. Hardly growing now. Leaves all over wilting and slowly dying. Had applied EB Stone tomato & vegetable food fertilizer 4-5-3 twice (about once a month). Noticed leaves wilting more after fruit set. Later, another fruit did not set. Lots ants interfering with that second fruit's flower and on other plants' female flowers, which did not set.   Thursday, September 7 View Page This is it, pumpkin ready to be picked. My 4-year-old son's first pumpkin from seedling received from KCKevin (thanks, again) at Irvine Park Railroad Big Grower's Forum back in early-May. All vines have died off, growing since May so about 100 days.   Saturday, September 23 View Page My 4-year-old son won Youngest Grower at Irvine Park Railroad's Great Weigh-In.   Saturday, September 23 View Page My 4-year-old son with his first pumpkin at Irvine Park Railroad's Great Pumpkin Weigh-In