Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 36 Entries. Thursday, March 4 View Page Picked up some starter paks, mycorrhizal, companion Maxx and the 1459 Wallace seed from www.Wallacewow.com. I am excited to get this year going.   Thursday, March 4 View Page Picked up some starter paks, mycorrhizal, companion Maxx and the 1459 Wallace seed from www.Wallacewow.com. I am excited to get this year going.   Tuesday, April 13 View Page Let’s do it   Friday, April 16 View Page 60 hours after soaking we have ignition. 2-2 on germination.   Thursday, April 29 View Page Transplanting day is this Saturday. Plants are looking great.   Saturday, May 1 View Page Where dreams or nightmares will be made. Here we go.   Thursday, May 6 View Page 5 days in the hoop house. Seeing some growth. Looking ok   Sunday, May 16 View Page Plant is looking good. Few days ago I have it a soil drench of companion fungicide.   Friday, May 28 View Page Almost on the ground and running   Saturday, May 29 View Page Picking up the pace. Need to weed and take the hoop house down soon. Cold and rain around 45 degrees. Heater going in the hoop   Friday, June 4 View Page Hoop house off. I put up a shade cloth for the plan since it’s going to be 90+ for the next 3-4 days. I did not want the young plant to get sun scorched.   Tuesday, June 8 View Page Doing ok. Shade cloth up. Main vine lives to reach for the sky   Tuesday, June 8 View Page Doing ok. Shade cloth up. Main vine lives to reach for the sky   Tuesday, June 8 View Page Forgot to attach the photo for the previous entry   Sunday, June 13 View Page No side vines. Plant is doing ok though.   Thursday, June 17 View Page Getting bigger. Wish the plant had side vines   Wednesday, June 23 View Page Female spotted in the growth tip tonight.   Saturday, June 26 View Page First wife vine. Finally   Saturday, June 26 View Page Wife vine. More like side vine lol   Sunday, June 27 View Page Finally some side vines   Thursday, July 1 View Page Main vine is over I would say 15 feet long. Only 1 female so far that I am not even sure it will open. Not sure what’s going on   Thursday, July 1 View Page Main vine is over I would say 15 feet long. Only 1 female so far that I am not even sure it will open. Not sure what’s going on   Monday, July 5 View Page Plant over 15 feet long. Side vines finally growing. Only One female on the main so far that I don’t think is going to mature and open.   Sunday, July 11 View Page I can’t give up. I have 2 shots. I see a female out on a side vine that may open in a week or so. Also I have one female on the main vine. It will be opening maybe in 7-10 days. Pray for me   Tuesday, July 20 View Page Went on vacation. Came home. Missed the pollination. Open pollination. Cross our fingers   Sunday, July 25 View Page Pollinated this female this morning at 7:30AM with 3 males. I have the female under a homemade tent to protect her from rain. She is about idk 18-20 feet out   Sunday, July 25 View Page Pumpkin 1 open pollination. Outside of patch area. Day 7. I believe it’s still growing. But at a snails pace   Sunday, July 25 View Page Pumpkin 1 open pollination. Outside of patch area. Day 7. I believe it’s still growing. But at a snails pace   Sunday, August 1 View Page Day 7. Still growing   Sunday, August 8 View Page Nooooooooooooooooo. How does this happen   Sunday, August 8 View Page Nooooooooooooooooo. How does this happen   Sunday, August 8 View Page Ouch   Friday, August 13 View Page Day 18 41CC. Averaging little over 3 inches a day in circumference last 2 days   Saturday, August 14 View Page Side vine fruit day 19 44.5 inches. It is about 12 feet up the main and 8 feet on the side vine. I have a main vine fruit going after the one that exploded on me. It’s probably out 25+ feet. Day 10 22 inches. I might let them both ride. Will I break 1000lbs. No. Will I break 500 lbs? No. 200lbs? I am going to try   Sunday, August 15 View Page Day 20 for the side vine fruit. 46 inches in circumference. Hopefully in the next 7 days or so we will be estimating at a 100lbs   Sunday, August 22 View Page Side vine fruit 67lbs 58 inches in circumference. Hurricane rolling in today. Here goes nothing