Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 39 Entries. Monday, July 1 View Page Looks like yvd but i have no bugs pulled this plant today. Other plants doing well.   Monday, July 1 View Page 5 dap tommorow. 13' out on main. Kine vine self pollinated. Un proven seed. Only 150 sf of amended soil. Over lawn after that. Need to expand more   Wednesday, July 3 View Page Test spray on a few marked leaves with bordo copper fungicide spray. Didnt show up for four days but it has taxed the leaves.   Wednesday, July 3 View Page Bordo test spray 4 days later   Monday, July 8 View Page Hi again guys. This kin is around 11dap. See diary. It is looking good. The stem on kin has grown thicker than the main vine and has a shallow split in its stem. Is this a problem? Its my best sizen kin this early in season so far.. I just polinated a 6 loabe further our on same main   Monday, July 8 View Page My best kin has stem split   Sunday, July 14 View Page Fruit size is good for my standards. I got some spare fruit set further out on main.   Sunday, July 14 View Page Kline seed vine. Unproven   Sunday, July 14 View Page Kline seed vine. Unproven   Tuesday, July 16 View Page 19 dap. Vine is in good shape apart from some early pm. Hope this one makes it.   Wednesday, July 17 View Page Wind is gusting pretty good tonight. Hope my leaves hold up   Wednesday, July 17 View Page 15 plants like this one. Lots of canning coming up   Friday, July 19 View Page Last backup gone on this vine. All in now. Growing over lawn yes. Saddens me to.   Saturday, July 20 View Page Try this pic again.   Saturday, July 20 View Page Not much growth last day or so. Cloudy cool rain crap   Thursday, July 25 View Page Around 27 dap. Not as big as most but its all in on this plant   Sunday, July 28 View Page Put on 50lb in 60 hours. Ott at 250lb. 31dap_   Tuesday, July 30 View Page Got pm treatment on today. Some cantaloupe texture showing already. Hope its not a sign of slowing down. Hot dry weather all week. Guessing 300lb   Wednesday, July 31 View Page About 33dap. Estimate ott weight is 316lb. Kin is showing some colour change before i wanted it. Hope to hit 500 for a pb but not getting my hopes up   Monday, August 5 View Page 39 dap for this kline vine. Ott estimates at 428lb.. up about 110lbs in the last 3 days. Im happy with daily gains this far in. Good weather and i have pm held at bay for now.   Wednesday, August 7 View Page Never thought I would post a tomato pick but. Wtf? Its only on one plant. Super fantastic from seed. I have 16 plants for canning.   Thursday, August 8 View Page Strange tomatoes   Thursday, August 8 View Page Around 42dap. Slowing down some ott chart est 507lb. If i keep it on its my pb. Thats what growing over lawn gets you i guess.   Friday, August 9 View Page Found a few fruit flies sitting on my biggest kin thismorning. Cant find a split or any rot but who knows what could be uder its base.   Saturday, August 10 View Page Future's giant pumpkin cultivator perhaps.   Saturday, August 10 View Page Future's giant pumpkin cultivator perhaps.   Wednesday, August 14 View Page Kline seed i selfed in 2017. 48dap. Ott estamate at 630lb. No sign of fruit flies or splitting. Showing signs of maturing already and slowed gains. Long way untill Halloween. Not sure if i should be pollinating later than the start of july next year. I plan on avoiding growing over lawn next year and asking around on hear for some proven seed. I believe i can grow much bigger with what i am learning from other growers diaries.   Wednesday, August 14 View Page Thought i would share my 2018 Halloween oddity. This kin started out normal shape but once i culled back to one kin she puffed out at the stalk. Looks like a panda   Wednesday, August 14 View Page Thought i would share my 2018 Halloween oddity. This kin started out normal shape but once i culled back to one kin she puffed out at the stalk. Looks like a panda   Wednesday, August 14 View Page Hear is the panda kin getting a tow job   Sunday, August 18 View Page Second round of canning today. From 13 plants we have so far harvested 180lbs. Still more on the way but plants are looking pretty haggard   Friday, August 23 View Page oh well. split happens. guess im prepping for next year. so much for my pb. she was thin at the blossom end and i knew this could happen.   Friday, August 23 View Page try this pic again. she didn't see 60dap   Friday, August 23 View Page try this pic again. she didn't see 60dap   Wednesday, September 11 View Page to busy hooking big chinook so not much pumpkin time or diary posts lately. have been expanding patch and have big piles of composted organic mater to dig in.have a back up vine half in shade and no love holding a 400+lber.   Saturday, September 14 View Page non pumpkin related. you know its fall when   Tuesday, September 24 View Page its only 1200 sf but i have lots of organic matter to inject. this is my attempt to not grow over lawn as much in 2020. now   Tuesday, September 24 View Page its only 1200 sf but i have lots of organic matter to inject. this is my attempt to not grow over lawn as much in 2020. now   Wednesday, September 25 View Page only 600 sf for my last post. not 1200. bad math .