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Friday, April 27
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The greenhouse is all ready for two plants! One will go outside!
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Friday, April 27
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All the seeds are up! 2363 Holland, 2-1927 Uhlmeyer, 2-1791 Werner’s, 1801 Berrens, and 1498.5 Bernstrom. I plan on having the 2363, 1927, and 1791 as my 3 plants, with the others as backups. The growing begins after a long winter!
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Monday, April 30
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2363 Holland went in the ground tonight, it was planted on Monday the 23rd. Doing good so far, hopefully it adjusts to the greenhouse good!
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Monday, April 30
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The 1801 Berrens and 1791 Werner were also put in the greenhouse tonight. The 1927 Uhlmeyer will go outside in the hoop house on Wednesday.
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Sunday, June 24
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1791 Werner. Pollinated one on the 18th at 12 feet and pollinated one this morning at 16 feet. Both are 1791 x self. Hoping to go with the one at 16 feet. The plant is in awesome shape and growing really good!
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Saturday, July 7
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1791 Werner plant, it’s twice as big as my 1498 plant from last year at this same time. Almost have the 900 sq ft filled in.
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Saturday, July 7
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1791 Werner, the pumpkin is doubling almost every day, it’s about 10 days ahead of my 1498 pumpkin from last year! Has a very good shape and a nice long stem! Fingers crossed for some luck!
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Tuesday, July 10
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My 1498 pound pumpkin last year on July 10th and my biggest today from the 1791 Werner, both are 16 days old. Hopefully we have some luck on our side!
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Tuesday, July 10
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My daughters first dress picture of the year! The 1791 Werner, 16dap!
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Sunday, July 15
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1791 Werner, 21dap, almost 200lbs
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Thursday, July 19
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Both the 2363 and 1791 plants secondaries are all terminated except the main vine that I’ll let grow. My 1498 will be all terminated by Sunday. The best feeling! All 3 pumpkins are ahead of my 1498 from last year, so going good.
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Saturday, July 28
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1791 Werner 34dap, doing good!
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Sunday, August 5
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1791 Werner, 43 days old!
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Sunday, August 5
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2363 Holland, 37 days old!
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Sunday, August 5
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1498 Bernstrom, 38 days old!
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Saturday, August 11
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My moms growing long gourds this year. This ones off the 122” Vanderwielen, currently at 113”. Was pollinated on July 16th. We have 15 inches till we have to start digging a hole. Great problem for her to have for the first year growing long gourds haha!
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Sunday, August 12
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1791 Werner x self. 48dap
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Sunday, August 12
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2363 Holland x 1791 Werner, 43dap
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Tuesday, August 14
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1498 Bernstrom x 1791 Werner. 47dap, growing good! Just winched it forward about 3 inches with the ranger to relieve some stem pressure.
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Sunday, August 19
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1791 Werner x self, 56dap 29#s per day last 7 days.
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Sunday, August 19
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2363 Holland x 1791 Werner, 51dap 38#s per day last 7.
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Sunday, August 19
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1498 Bernstrom x 1791 Werner, 52dap 35#s per day last 7.
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Sunday, August 26
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1791 Werner x self. 63dap, averaging 25 pounds a day last 7 days. Currently it’s measuring quite a bit bigger then last years end of year weight of my 1498!
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Sunday, August 26
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2363 Holland x 1791 Werner. 58dap, averaging 24 pounds per day last 7 days. It’s also currently measuring bigger then my last years 1498 end of year weight!
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Sunday, August 26
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1498 Bernstrom x 1791 Werner. 59dap averaging 23 pounds per day last 7 days. Only a few inches behind the biggest two!
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Monday, September 3
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1791 Werner x self. Dap 70, averaging around 20lbs a day.
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Monday, September 3
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2363 Holland x 1791 Werner. 65dap, averaging 20 pounds a day.
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Monday, September 3
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1498 Bernstrom x 1791 Werner. 66dap, averaging 20pounds a day.
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Sunday, September 9
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1791 Werner, dap77 Looking mean!
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Sunday, September 9
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2363 Holland, dap 72. Closing in on the 1791 Werner.
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Friday, September 14
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2363 Holland x 1791 Werner (Front dap77)
1791 Werner x self (Back dap82)
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Wednesday, September 19
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Briars going to be getting a little pumpkin helper and be a big sister in March!
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Friday, September 21
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Fresh stretch marks on the 1791 Werner, not bad for the end of September!
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Sunday, September 23
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1791 Werner x self. 91dap
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Sunday, September 23
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2363 Holland x 1791 Werner 86 dap
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Sunday, September 30
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1498 Bernstrom x 1791 Werner. Dap94. It has a 202 inch waist band is quite a bit smaller then the other two pumpkins, but still really big haha! Weighoffs start next weekend!
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Tuesday, October 2
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All three are loaded up due to the weather forecast! They are all really big! Weighoffs are starting this weekend! Hopefully the MN state record is in trouble!
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Saturday, October 6
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Winner of the Roland Pumpkin Fair, 1753.5 pounds!
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Monday, October 8
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Won 1st place at Anoka MNs Giant Pumpkin Festival, they put on a great show! 1606 pounds, grown off my 1498.5 seed from last year. I need 1740 pounds from my Stillwater pumpkin coming up to reach 5000 pounds for the year. So far so good!
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Wednesday, October 10
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The pumpkin is inside where it’s warm, sucking up water getting ready for Stillwater this weekend!
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Wednesday, October 10
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The pumpkin patch is covered in a few inches of snow, so it’s a good thing the pumpkin is inside the garage! Gotta Love Northern Minnesota!
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Sunday, October 14
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1810 pounds, 10th place! The Stillwater HarvestFest weighoff set the world record for the highest top 10 average ever for a weighoff spot at 1912 pounds! The total for my 3 pumpkins this year was 5169.5 pounds! Had some luck and had a great year this, all three of my pumpkins beat my personal best: 1810, 1753.5, and 1606. A little patch prep for the spring and then relax for winter!
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Sunday, October 21
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The patch is all ready for the spring, added gypsum, humic acid, and maple leaves before I tilled. I’ll only be growing two next year. I’m happy to have gotten all three I grew this year to the scale and totaled 5169.5 pounds, getting my GPC jacket for over 5000 pounds is a good feeling. Now to get ready for curling season haha!
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Wednesday, October 31
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Dropped the 1810 and 1753.5 from 80 feet! This is the 1810 right before splash down! We raised over $1000 for the local County Literacy Council, which provides books for kids! Our 5th year doing it, always a great way to end the year haha!
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Wednesday, October 31
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Here’s what the two cars looked like after the 1753 landed on them from 80 feet!
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Monday, November 12
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Briar was helping package up the seeds from this years pumpkins, she wants to be a pumpkin grower!
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