Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 31 Entries. Sunday, June 21 View Page Whats going on? Help is appreciated.   Sunday, June 21 View Page Another angle...   Sunday, June 21 View Page And finally   Thursday, July 2 View Page First Svb killed june 21st via Holland trap. This picture is today's kill, July 2nd. I emtpy it out each day to monitor fluctuations. Yesterday was close to 50. Yikes.   Thursday, July 23 View Page July 19th. Starting to show some growth this week. Dumped 80lbs of homemade worm castings on my tomatoes to stimulate some flowers...   Friday, July 24 View Page Tomato plants are 7 to 8' tall. Plenty of produce.   Sunday, July 26 View Page Took down the new raised bed...   Monday, July 27 View Page 6!!. But it goes very light.   Friday, July 31 View Page Then single weighs more than the 6 pack. Whatever.   Saturday, August 1 View Page Dap unknown...its going well at one watering a day with the dripworks small crops driptape kit. I pushed it to 1 hr 15 min the pumpkin showed a small crack on the stem. So dialed back to 45 minutes. Also moved it to the morning so I don't have another year of rotting. My soil holds water very well.   Saturday, August 1 View Page July 18th. It's come along nicely in two weeks. 1. Had some stump foam so i stopped watering back half of plant and that's helps a ton. No foam. 2. Small crack on stem from too much watering. Sulphur. Next morning crack was not any bigger and drier...last year the rotting stem started this way so less watering.   Saturday, August 8 View Page After vacation in grand marais all week...still holding together!   Sunday, August 9 View Page well...ef....picked an svb grub that holed its way through the kins stem. It seems to have done very little damage at least. I've done systemic recently which may have pushed him out, and knock on wood its been the only one so far.   Wednesday, August 12 View Page Took the picture with the Nest video camera that is keeping watch over the 1143 engel.   Saturday, August 15 View Page Dap maybe 35 ish. Measured yesterday. Will be best yet, as long as it doesn't grow over its stem. Lessons for next year: adjusting kin when young, no drinking and scratching the heck out of it with the foliar wand...haha and keeping up on svb battle. I'm still catching svb in Holland trap.   Saturday, August 15 View Page Turning red?   Saturday, August 22 View Page 1143 engel   Sunday, August 30 View Page 8 ft maters and first kin over 300 ott! And some sunflowers   Sunday, August 30 View Page Lumberjack....   Sunday, August 30 View Page 14 without sepals   Sunday, August 30 View Page Beauty queen   Sunday, August 30 View Page He won't remember this   Thursday, September 3 View Page Story time in the perfect spot   Saturday, September 5 View Page Leaves dying in the back. Only morning light with shorter days and the house blocking it. But foliar with humus, seaweed, cal, mag, recharge and it looks good. Growing over its own stem....maybe 2 weeks before its done   Saturday, September 12 View Page Still growing somewhere over 300"   Sunday, September 20 View Page Only the cc is growing. Soft spot on stem so maybe time to cut it it gets worse. I won't get to a weigh off with 3 kids and a shed to build...no time and money to hoist and destroy my yard moving it. Its the burbs so I get to talk to people everyday about the pumpkin as they stop their car to take a picture...you would think its the biggest pumpkin ever by the sheer number of gawkers...lol   Sunday, September 27 View Page All done for the year. More adjustments for next year to keep getting bigger   Sunday, September 27 View Page Purty   Sunday, November 1 View Page Harvested seeds   Sunday, November 1 View Page A quick carve   Sunday, November 1 View Page Nice surprise under the snow! Supposed to be small variety but there's such a thing as ag pumpkin effect