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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 16 Entries.
Sunday, June 24 View Page
Growing 2 this year. This is the 1862 wolf. Also growing my 864 from 2012, grew this one in 2016 for a perfect round deep orange 835.
 
Sunday, June 24 View Page
1862 roots are very aggressive. These were under some walking boards on the edge of the patch. Each node has 1-2 roots on the bottom and 1-2 on top.
 
Tuesday, July 10 View Page
dap 19
 
Monday, July 16 View Page
1862 wolf dap 25
 
Monday, July 16 View Page
Ugly pumpkin....started to get splitting and this surface "stuff" not cantaloping probably more a genetic thing...dap 15
 
Monday, July 16 View Page
Skin all around the stem started splitting dap 15 and it continues to spread. I think the gnomes are having knife fights around the pumpkin at night.
 
Thursday, August 9 View Page
1862 wolf...best grower ive had, its outpacing my 1427 from 2016 and the plant is much more healthy despite some PM and borer damage so Im expecting a stronger August finish and better sept weight.
 
Thursday, August 9 View Page
Looks like a copy of the 1862 with less color. Looks like it will go significantly heavy.
 
Thursday, August 9 View Page
Linus working cows!
 
Wednesday, September 12 View Page
1826 wolf dmg (2145 sib) This pumpkin has all the characteristics of being heavy to chart and is closing in on 1500 OTT. Healthiest plant i've grown this late in the season, its not great, there is disease and damage but the leaves are still mostly green and upright and still pushing 10#/day. The 1826 was 18% heavy and the sib pollinator grew the 1742 wolf at 12% heavy
 
Friday, September 14 View Page
Still going strong
 
Thursday, September 27 View Page
Linus on guard
 
Thursday, September 27 View Page
rooftop view, may have already posted earlier
 
Monday, October 1 View Page
4th place at Clarence...1579.5 This one was deceptive as it had all the hallmarks of going heavy but was only slightly over chart taping 416". Still a fun year watching this one grow and a decent jump in my PB up from 1427. I have to keep reminding myself that growing in the same small space year after year since 2011 is a limiting factor and that my results are pretty good for the situation.
 
Tuesday, October 30 View Page
Got a 3d pumpkin carving book and some quality tools and tried a carving on my 350 that's sitting in the front yard. Not bad for a 1st try!
 
Thursday, November 1 View Page
Picked up some carving tools and put a 3D face on the 350 in the front yard. Tried posting this a few days ago but its not showing
 

 

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