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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 47 Entries.
Wednesday, January 10 View Page
2 bigs and 4 orange to choose from for the spring contest in the desert. Wasn’t going to grow this spring but what the hell. Got rid of the $10 Home Depot lights, 6 t5’s of glowing goodness...lol
 
Wednesday, January 10 View Page
Got some Beaufort rootstock and brandy wines to give grafting a try. A couple Oregon Spring, fourth of july’s ,Kimberleys , Waratahs , and Rutgers to round out the eating maters. We get BLT’s In May in the desert!
 
Wednesday, January 24 View Page
“Fire in the hole!” 2363 Holland planted tonight in the Phoenix garden. 70’s day temps 40’s night temps
 
Wednesday, January 24 View Page
#2 plant with killer orange genetics, the 618 ‘15 young (811 Gerhardt x x993 Vincent-McGill)....”Bazinga”
 
Wednesday, January 24 View Page
#3 plant, always gotta have Team Pumpkin represented... 1030.5 ‘15 DeBacco (811 Gerhardt x1719.5 Daletas)....see a trend???
 
Thursday, February 1 View Page
Pair of 2363 Holland’s fighting it out in the big plot
 
Thursday, February 1 View Page
618 Young in middle plot, already running
 
Thursday, February 1 View Page
1030.5 DeBacco in plot 3...thinking about running
 
Thursday, February 1 View Page
My new invention, a metal candle holder upside down over the glass candle votive....It dissipates the heat so I can safely put frost cloth over the candle and plant. I put a wire hoop over the assembly to suspend the cloth over it. As I remind everyone every year, no electricity for heaters or cables at the community garden
 
Saturday, February 3 View Page
‘Yo, check out my new “crib”...got some free pallets and made a three section compost bin/crib
 
Saturday, February 3 View Page
Here’s the cold frame the 2363’s are in...put in an “orchid” temp greenhouse opener, starts to open at 80f
 
Saturday, February 3 View Page
Grown men playing with plants....here I was grafting Beaufort rootstock to Suddeth branywine scions (tops)...my first try at this...I was hopeful for 2-3 of 15 would survive....am pleased to say after 6 days in the incubator I may have 12 survivors....I see brandy wine tomato sauce in my future lol.
 
Sunday, February 11 View Page
Well, had a nice surprise this morning on the 618 Young plant. Most advanced plant with the first male bloom.
 
Sunday, February 11 View Page
618 Young side this morning. Mid 70's days to high 40's at night
 
Sunday, February 11 View Page
618 Front
 
Sunday, February 11 View Page
2363 Holland side shot. Culled to single
 
Sunday, February 11 View Page
Back of Holland
 
Sunday, February 11 View Page
Debacco side shot. This one is a bit behind the others
 
Sunday, February 11 View Page
Debacco front
 
Sunday, February 25 View Page
All you guys are living it up at the convention and I’m creeping around, in the dark, at the community garden. I realized I had forgot to cover / close one of my tunnels....it was 38f at 930pm...dodged a bullet...coyotes howling at me in the field 300ft away...who’s the craziest grower in the US right now?
 
Monday, February 26 View Page
Holland this afternoon
 
Monday, February 26 View Page
Young late this afternoon, secondaries starting
 
Monday, February 26 View Page
DeBacco this afternoon
 
Monday, February 26 View Page
Nice picture of new male flower for tomorrow, just before covering with frost cloth...
 
Monday, February 26 View Page
One of three tunnels closed for the night with frost cloth/ candles for each plant. Unfortunately we’ve been mid 30’s last few nights, 55-62f days.
 
Tuesday, March 13 View Page
Been cold for two weeks at night in the garden, so when the first Holland bloom finally opened last Thursday, I selfed it despite its unevenness. We only have two months until 100f. So 9ft out it is
 
Tuesday, March 13 View Page
4 DAP on Holland, stem looks nice and long, looks viable so far. 80f today, drenched all three plants, no female on Young yet. Picture of DeBacco is most aggressive grower of the three, small female starting, lots of side vines, bit of frost burn on a few leaves. All plastic removed from three plants on Saturday.
 
Tuesday, March 13 View Page
A little Arizona friend came out of the patch to say “Howdy!” (Team Pumpkin DeBacco plant comes with its own security.)
 
Tuesday, March 13 View Page
2363 Holland 6 DAP...looks great, but I only have 60 days. Small hoop houses and cold weather were a bad combo this year.
 
Sunday, March 25 View Page
Worked all Saturday burying vines...thought I’d post this to heighten everyone’s spring fever.
 
Sunday, March 25 View Page
The DeBacco, biggest plant, first bloom deformed, 2nd ready on side vine. 3rd ready on main tomorrow.
 
Sunday, March 25 View Page
DeBacco side shot
 
Sunday, March 25 View Page
618 Young, smallest of the three, pollinated 4 lobe in tip and 5 lobe on oldest secondary yesterday, Plant looks like the Star Trek insignia, lol
 
Sunday, March 25 View Page
Holland plant, slow in the side vines, we have had 2 separate weeks where the nite temps dipped into the 40’s, delaying growth in everything. This has a set about 2 weeks old and just pollinated another on the main yesterday.
 
Sunday, March 25 View Page
Here’s the Holland set, slow to grow, time for some juice.
 
Sunday, March 25 View Page
Time for Smith Farm Saturday morning coffee, cup for me sitting on tailgate, gallons of a different “brew” into the watering cans for the plants. Even gave some to my brandywine grafts, they are about 15” tall and looking great!
 
Sunday, March 25 View Page
Yup, at it again, limited time before heat sets in in May, pollinating some on the oldest secondaries
 
Sunday, March 25 View Page
DeBacco east secondary
 
Sunday, March 25 View Page
DeBacco east secondary
 
Sunday, March 25 View Page
Young, west, oldest secondary
 
Sunday, March 25 View Page
Couple better boy plants I shoved in one of my raised planters for an early tomato
 
Sunday, March 25 View Page
 
Sunday, March 25 View Page
Here’s the grafted brandywine tomatoes
 
Sunday, March 25 View Page
Brandywine closeup
 
Sunday, March 25 View Page
Took “Harry” down to the garden for inspection, I passed.
 
Friday, October 5 View Page
Well, here I am, back in 2010 in my first pumpkin patch attempt in the desert. Deanaz and I started AZGPG a couple years later, 2015, Dean upped the Arizona record, and Scott Culp just pushed it to 693 lb this fall! My wife and I have decided to move back to hometown Minnesota, A bit of back issues this year so we will see how that limits garden size. Farewell to my fellow Arizona growers, hello Minnesota black dirt! May have to hit the convention in Green Bay this year!
 
Saturday, December 1 View Page
Late greetings, Davidphx here, moved back to my hometown of Minneapolis December 1 to be close to fiends and family after 16 years in Phoenix. Deanaz and i started a spring weighoff in the Desert, I’m back in the midwest to grow some orange. I’ll merge this from “Davidphx” to “Davidmpls” clever, huh?
 

 

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