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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 46 Entries.
Friday, April 27 View Page
The greenhouse is all ready for two plants! One will go outside!
 
Friday, April 27 View Page
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!
 
Monday, April 30 View Page
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!
 
Monday, April 30 View Page
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.
 
Sunday, June 24 View Page
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!
 
Saturday, July 7 View Page
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.
 
Saturday, July 7 View Page
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!
 
Tuesday, July 10 View Page
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!
 
Tuesday, July 10 View Page
My daughters first dress picture of the year! The 1791 Werner, 16dap!
 
Sunday, July 15 View Page
1791 Werner, 21dap, almost 200lbs
 
Thursday, July 19 View Page
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.
 
Saturday, July 28 View Page
1791 Werner 34dap, doing good!
 
Sunday, August 5 View Page
1791 Werner, 43 days old!
 
Sunday, August 5 View Page
2363 Holland, 37 days old!
 
Sunday, August 5 View Page
1498 Bernstrom, 38 days old!
 
Saturday, August 11 View Page
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!
 
Sunday, August 12 View Page
1791 Werner x self. 48dap
 
Sunday, August 12 View Page
2363 Holland x 1791 Werner, 43dap
 
Tuesday, August 14 View Page
1498 Bernstrom x 1791 Werner. 47dap, growing good! Just winched it forward about 3 inches with the ranger to relieve some stem pressure.
 
Sunday, August 19 View Page
1791 Werner x self, 56dap 29#s per day last 7 days.
 
Sunday, August 19 View Page
2363 Holland x 1791 Werner, 51dap 38#s per day last 7.
 
Sunday, August 19 View Page
1498 Bernstrom x 1791 Werner, 52dap 35#s per day last 7.
 
Sunday, August 26 View Page
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!
 
Sunday, August 26 View Page
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!
 
Sunday, August 26 View Page
1498 Bernstrom x 1791 Werner. 59dap averaging 23 pounds per day last 7 days. Only a few inches behind the biggest two!
 
Monday, September 3 View Page
1791 Werner x self. Dap 70, averaging around 20lbs a day.
 
Monday, September 3 View Page
2363 Holland x 1791 Werner. 65dap, averaging 20 pounds a day.
 
Monday, September 3 View Page
1498 Bernstrom x 1791 Werner. 66dap, averaging 20pounds a day.
 
Sunday, September 9 View Page
1791 Werner, dap77 Looking mean!
 
Sunday, September 9 View Page
2363 Holland, dap 72. Closing in on the 1791 Werner.
 
Friday, September 14 View Page
2363 Holland x 1791 Werner (Front dap77) 1791 Werner x self (Back dap82)
 
Wednesday, September 19 View Page
Briars going to be getting a little pumpkin helper and be a big sister in March!
 
Friday, September 21 View Page
Fresh stretch marks on the 1791 Werner, not bad for the end of September!
 
Sunday, September 23 View Page
1791 Werner x self. 91dap
 
Sunday, September 23 View Page
2363 Holland x 1791 Werner 86 dap
 
Sunday, September 30 View Page
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!
 
Tuesday, October 2 View Page
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!
 
Saturday, October 6 View Page
Winner of the Roland Pumpkin Fair, 1753.5 pounds!
 
Monday, October 8 View Page
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!
 
Wednesday, October 10 View Page
The pumpkin is inside where it’s warm, sucking up water getting ready for Stillwater this weekend!
 
Wednesday, October 10 View Page
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!
 
Sunday, October 14 View Page
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!
 
Sunday, October 21 View Page
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!
 
Wednesday, October 31 View Page
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!
 
Wednesday, October 31 View Page
Here’s what the two cars looked like after the 1753 landed on them from 80 feet!
 
Monday, November 12 View Page
Briar was helping package up the seeds from this years pumpkins, she wants to be a pumpkin grower!
 

 

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