Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 12 Entries. Saturday, January 13 View Page Ben Franklin's 2018 Blossom-Down Competition. Run by and sponsored by donations & Glenomkins & Annakins... Everyone who enters will receive a prize. 1st ... $100 or 2150 Skinner & choice 1 seed 2nd ... $50 and choice of 2 seed 3rd ... $30 and choice of 3 seeds 4th ... $20 and choice of 4 seeds 5th. ... choice of five seeds 6th etc... free seeds from the winning pumpkins will be mailed to you. 1912 Carter, 1533 Haist, 1044, 900 Gansert, 1297.5 Young, 1561 Reeb, many seeds House - Gantner - Rea - Engel orange seeds and other great seeds. Donations to the seed pick welcome just send us an email. To enter please: Grow one or more of your 2018 pumpkins blossom down, intentionally. Post some pictures in your diary (or email them, possibly, but diary entries would be preferred). Be willing to share 20-30 seeds from your pumpkin with the other participants... And... have fun:). Oh, and please try to get it to a weigh-off for an official weight... Glenomkin's (yeah, that's me) blossom-down strategy for 2018 is in my 2018 Glenomkins diary. Also check the diary entry following this one for a links to some 2017 "blossom down" efforts by various growers. Ps this competition is 150 sq ft friendly. A temporary structure to get pumpkin to grow blossom down is permitted in the 150 sq ft contest !!   Saturday, January 13 View Page http://www.bigpumpkins.com/MsgBoard/ViewThread.asp?b=3&p=622685 This is to the original blossom-down thread. It contains links to some past efforts at growing blossom down...   Friday, February 2 View Page Happy G Hogs Day !!! Six more weeks. Ben says “if you take your advice from a groundhog... you are definitely not as smart as me!” (That possibly might be a real quote.)   Saturday, February 3 View Page We now have 100+ seeds to choose from... including 3 monsters... all self pollinated: The 2150 & 2112 Skinner and the 2118 WR Jutras Squash... Very excited about this lineup! We are hoping to have a huge selection of seeds!!!! We will have a seed pick at the end of the competition, and we’re hoping it will be a fun part of the challenge.   Thursday, March 1 View Page Uh... Ben we had this discussion, & you know I asked you to keep politics off our pumpkin diary. Well there he goes... What are you Mr. Franklin.... some kind of Libertarian..?? This must be fake news. (Ben... why is the president responsible for Civil War and the personal income tax more popular than you...?) We want to know how to grow blossom-down right everyone..?! Frankly, Ben, maybe you don't have enough pumpkin growing experience to be our mascot. We want pumpkin-growing tips not poli-tips !!!   Saturday, March 17 View Page How about some more temptation to try blossom-down this year?!? How about... (perhaps?) the best large orange producer ever... 1317 Clementz added to the prize list!!!! How about one more great seed. Hopefully we can obtain one more. Please let us know if you have one you would like to donate... Thanks!   Monday, April 23 View Page 1916 Barron and 2002 Tobeck and 1812.5 Sherwood... sorry we could not put together a better prize pool with a 2145 or 2624.6 in it. Maybe next year! Grow one blossom-down this year because maybe we’ll replace the Benjamin with a bitcoin! (Yeah right... lol) but who knows... If you don’t give it a try this year you won’t be ready for next year!!!   Tuesday, September 11 View Page We are getting towards Halloween so here’s a special guest to pay political tribute to this horrible day. Please welcome... uh I don’t know my Star Wars characters. But I can feel his hand around my throat... he is lifting me up. Aaagggggck. But actually I’m not paying attention... I’m busy posting a reminder that the blossom-down growing competition ends (shall we say the day prior to???) Halloween! We may not get many entries but oh well. Results will be up hopefully just prior to Halloween... Please put the tag 2018bdc with your diary picture displaying the official or unofficial weight so I can find and compile the results? Please email Glenomkins (me) rather than Blossomdownster(s) if you have questions about your entry. I will be more likely to see your email if it goes to that address. Thanks & Happy growing! Now if only I knew this dark guy’s name I could ask him to let go! Dude!!! I look like a tomato—you can let go now!   Tuesday, October 9 View Page Tribute to a big beauty.   Tuesday, October 9 View Page Awesome. 2152. Nicest & largest orange pumpkin ever? I was losing faith that a pumpkin like this was possible.   Tuesday, October 9 View Page Could it have been grown blossom-down? Maybe? Nice bottom... it might have sat and grown OUR WAY too, me thinks!!! Hope you enjoyed the show... It ain't over yet.   Wednesday, October 31 View Page Happy Halloween! Blossom-Down 2018 Results: 1) 795.5 Glenomkins “Peggy” 2) 558.5 Wetzel, Monty “Cinderella’s Boat” 2) 555 anaid_tecuod “Baby SweetRoll” http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=298637 Honorable mentions (4th 5th and 6th place???) http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=298122 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=298108 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=297840 Yes, last one is not a pumpkin but I don’t care... I love it!!! I know I’ve omitted a couple of other excellent efforts simply having lost track of which diary they were posted in... If you would like the awesome recognition you deserve please let me know & my apologies! Great efforts everyone! The small cash prizes and great selection of seeds to pick from will be available soon. Happy growing in 2019!