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Saturday, March 21 View Page Time to kick of the 2020 season...check out our lineup! 2 of these beauties will be featured in our videos this year. https://youtu.be/a803z4hn_SY   Sunday, April 5 View Page Time to build a Cecil W. mini greenhouse https://youtu.be/-EUq10Zrpss   Saturday, April 18 View Page Decision day time for us to pick which pumpkins get planted into the greenhouse! https://youtu.be/i3nIaoDcwUw   Saturday, April 18 View Page Kade and I planting the 2416.5 Haist and the 1989.5 Daletas https://youtu.be/Ii4AaTCSfuM   Sunday, April 26 View Page These might be sideways 1989.5 daletas   Sunday, April 26 View Page 2416.5 haist https://youtu.be/yShy2PI56_w   Tuesday, May 5 View Page Plants are moving now time to have them kick into gear https://youtu.be/_6QrxFd9fIw 1989.5 daletas   Tuesday, May 5 View Page 2416.5 haist   Wednesday, June 3 View Page First pollination of the year on the 1989.5 Daletas x 2416.5 Haist this will be my backup but we are starting to grow pumpkins now! https://youtu.be/S6x7iHRlKXo   Saturday, June 6 View Page Dirt blanket setup under the 1989.5 Daletas https://youtu.be/vjCOuihv5zc   Tuesday, June 9 View Page Pollinated a real nice 5 lober 1989.5 deletas x 2416.5 haist   Friday, June 12 View Page This is exactly what you love to see on pollination day a perfect five lober Pollinating the 2416.5 haist x 1989.5 daletas   Friday, June 19 View Page Day 10 on the 1989 Daletas right at 22 inches. Plant looks great and pumpkin is growing I can't complain! https://youtu.be/IfEj0oK1GMo   Wednesday, June 24 View Page Here's a quick update on my slow side vines. April and May was very cool and cloudy but the last 3 weeks has been very sunny and warm. 1989.5 Daletas is starting to kick it into gear! https://youtu.be/lWDSDCfCUG0   Thursday, June 25 View Page We're starting to get most of the plant terminated so the pumpkins are really picking up the pace. https://youtu.be/UWh63YVyra4   Friday, June 26 View Page Lets find out how much the deletas has grown in a day! https://youtu.be/wamMUxvvnLg   Monday, June 29 View Page Dap 20 on the 1989.5 Daletas. Lookin' real sweet! Kade and I have decided that this year we would like to have people guess the weight of the pumpkin as it grows. The closest person to the pumpkins ott weight will win a seed out of the pumpkin at the end of the year. (Assuming that they make it to the end of the year!)   Wednesday, July 1 View Page Winner has been announced. Thanks all for the guesses! Dap 20 was 108.6 pounds and we are now pushing 20+ pounds per day! https://youtu.be/YsyAtAs2LaM   Sunday, July 5 View Page 1989.5 Daletas on dap 26 still cruising. https://youtu.be/-qT4SC6PAXo   Thursday, July 9 View Page 1989.5 Daletas Looking sweet on day 30 https://youtu.be/lXz_eoCA_58   Tuesday, July 14 View Page Dap 35 on the 1989.5 daletas https://youtu.be/wcRMtD1wN40   Thursday, July 16 View Page Well this is the first time I had to do this. Not something I enjoyed doing! But the 1989.5 Daletas has a different shape so you gotta do what ya gotta do!   Thursday, July 16 View Page forgot the link https://youtu.be/HcT5nK0sFSM   Sunday, July 19 View Page The 1989.5 Daletas turned 40 days old so just like promised we made a youtube guess the ott weight competition. Good luck to all you have 3 days to put your guesses in! https://youtu.be/BEcKlQXp_K0   Thursday, July 23 View Page 40 Dap video winner has been announced! Are we at 1000 pounds in Kansas in July? 1989.5 Daletas is doing great   Thursday, July 30 View Page Kade Hanging out with the 1989.5 Daletas on dap 50. https://youtu.be/SFfWq_NB5l0   Saturday, August 1 View Page Kade was really proud of his tomatoes this year. Probably have a Kansas record in among them somewhere. Maybe next year we'll try our had at setting the Kansas record. https://youtu.be/BlpJD9OehXU   Saturday, August 1 View Page And this year we are trying to beat Tony P. the long time Kansas Watermellon champ! https://youtu.be/JVOFqBEr_J0   Sunday, August 9 View Page 1989.5 Daletas we are on day 61 and the pumpkin continues to grow in Kansas. What a ride this thing has been for us! Let's hope we can keep it going for a few more days! Now head to youtube and give us your guess so you can win some seeds out of this little lady at the end of the year! https://youtu.be/QLlnn7GDLmo   Monday, August 17 View Page 1989.5 Daletas continues to move slowly but surely! https://youtu.be/YN-Ygv0sz3w   Friday, August 28 View Page 1989.5 daletas x 2416.5 haist day 80 she seems to be growing! Time to give her a name https://youtu.be/xdKecbDqJd4   Monday, September 7 View Page The 1989.5 Daletas gets named. https://youtu.be/LnfBs04O8Ww   Saturday, September 19 View Page It is time for you to guess the weight 3 closest guesses win a seed from the 2416.5 Haist x 1989.5 Daletas   Saturday, September 19 View Page Here's the video link https://youtu.be/X2r955Wt9TQ   Friday, September 25 View Page Better look at the 2416.5 haist before I pick it. If you haven’t guessed a weight yet you better hurry up and guess https://youtu.be/X2r955Wt9TQ   Saturday, September 26 View Page 2416.5 haist x 1989.5 daletas went 20+ percent heavy!!!!! It is now the new Kansas record at 1612 Marintzer   Sunday, September 27 View Page One weigh off in the books and already looking forward to the next one. Will this one go heavy??? Will it go light??? We'll know soon! This one looks much...much bigger but will it weigh more that is the question. 1989.5 Daletas x 2416.5 Haist Now head on over and try to win you a seed https://youtu.be/Z75N6LyJMa8   Tuesday, September 29 View Page Here's the 1612 Marintzer 2416.5 Haist x 1989.5 Daletas at an unreal 26% heavy! Dang never thought I would grow one 10% heavy much less 20%+ heavy! This should be one Hell of a cross...DEPENDING on what the 1989.5 Daletas does! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8p5xaeX-18&t=2s   Wednesday, September 30 View Page My wife is amazing at taking photos look at the courthouse in the back ground...pretty sweet.   Wednesday, September 30 View Page another one   Friday, October 2 View Page One more look at the huge healthy plant going to be sad to rip this one out unreal how healthy all the leaves still are the seed was started back in March 1989.5 daletas   Friday, October 2 View Page Almost time to get her out of here snowballs about ready to get cut from the Vine   Tuesday, October 6 View Page Moving the pumpkin out of the greenhouse was much easier this year. Hopefully the pumpkin move will continue to be this easy in future years. 1612 Marintzer 26% heavy https://youtu.be/ViqdDzgatZ0   Tuesday, November 17 View Page Well this was how our 26% heavy 1612 marintzer ended it's life. I may be a bit biased but I think my pumpkin beat the bomb! Check out how thick the bottom of the pumpkin was and then how amazingly thick the side walls were! https://youtu.be/pwWDlNfTXIk   Thursday, November 19 View Page Labels are Made and seeds are being shipped! The 1612 marintzer seed count was fairly low so they are going fast.   Thursday, November 19 View Page The 1990 Marintzer seed count was awesome plenty of them to go around! If any more clubs are wanting seeds just shoot me an email and I'll get you hooked up j369marintzer@yahoo.com   Tuesday, November 24 View Page Guess how many seeds were in our 1990 marintzer and you can win a seed! https://youtu.be/zhqYGCuc9pU   Tuesday, November 24 View Page Here's a look at the 1990 marintzer side wall