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Sunday, March 25
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It's been a few years since I kept a diary. Life got busy. I plan to work hard and get a PR this year. Since I've never gotten one to the scale my PR is going to be easy to beat. This is my pumpkin from 2014 around 580 pound
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Sunday, March 25
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2015 was a new home and unknown ground.
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Sunday, March 25
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2015 Sunflower
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Sunday, March 25
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2016 Sunflower
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Sunday, March 25
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2016 patch beauties. I am a lucky man
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Sunday, March 25
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2016 Big guy around 600-650 pound
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Sunday, March 25
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Rum. Enough said.
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Sunday, March 25
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Zero pumpkins in 2017. My patch got hit by a small torando in July. I spent the fall cleaning up critters
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Sunday, March 25
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2nd one for 2018
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Sunday, March 25
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2018 patch green and ready to go.. or should I say grow.
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Saturday, April 14
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I hit a large rock with my sub-soiler and broke part of my 3 point.
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Sunday, April 15
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Leaf compost to be added to my patch.
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Monday, April 16
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My 2018 seed are ready to for my germination station it's an egg incubator I bought on Ebay for around $25. Seeds started are 1587 Caspers, 1512 Parks, 1546 Shenoha, 1044 Gansert, 621 Gansert, 816 Gansert, and the 1374.5 Rea.
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Monday, April 16
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Running and warmed to 30c or 86F
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Thursday, April 19
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All seeds are in the pots.
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Sunday, April 29
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All the plants are looking good. It snowed today. I will keep them inside for a few more days.
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Monday, April 30
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My little helper
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Tuesday, May 1
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All plants are in the ground. Let the battle begin
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Tuesday, May 15
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Hoops and wind protection
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Friday, May 25
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I added an additional layer to my wind fencing. Hopefully it works. The wind did me in last season.
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Sunday, May 27
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621 Gansert is about 5 feet and growing strong
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Monday, May 28
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I removed the hoop houses and sprayed my plants. I found cucumber beetles today. Very hot 85 and humid
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Tuesday, May 29
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4 Sunflowers in the ground
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Tuesday, June 5
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1546 Shenoah at 10 feet. It took some wind damage but it's my most aggressive plant. The 621 Gansert is in the background
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Tuesday, June 5
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816 Gansert is lagging behind. Almost no side vine growth. The 1587 Caspers is in the back ground
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Tuesday, June 5
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1587 Caspers is sitting at 11 feet.
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Tuesday, June 5
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621 Gansert is looking good. The 1546 Shenoha is in the background. My best shots at big and orange
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Sunday, June 10
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265 yards nothing but head.
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Sunday, June 10
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Patch invader removed
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Tuesday, June 12
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621 Gansert Pollinated with the 1546 Shenoha today at 10 feet and 5 lobes
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Wednesday, June 13
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No mil fabric but I found this bag. I'll cut it up into a usable size.
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Friday, June 15
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6x4 this should work great. I love the handles. They could come in handy.
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Friday, June 22
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621.5 Gansert DAP 10 30 inches CC
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Monday, July 2
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621 Gansert Dap 20 183OTT
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Saturday, July 14
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1587 Caspers DAP 31 258 OTT 384 lbs
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Sunday, July 15
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621 Gansert DAP 32 265 OTT 414 lbs
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Sunday, July 22
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1587 Caspers split to bad
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Sunday, July 22
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I lost but could this be the one for 2019. It's a cross of 1587 Casper x 621 Gansert. I can feel the orange
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Wednesday, July 25
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Dap 55 lost the 621 Gansert to a split! We got far to much rain
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Thursday, August 16
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621 Gansert side vine.
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