Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 70 Entries. Sunday, February 27 View Page I got carried away with the idea of growing a huge pumpkin. I've been growing pumpkins for a long time. Last year, for the first time, I planted a pumpkin of the Atlantic Giant variety, the seeds of which I found on one of the Moscow sites selling seeds of rare plants. Despite all my efforts, the result was modest: two pumpkins of 90 and 100 kilograms. It was not without difficulty that we managed to buy seeds in the USA for this season. Especially grateful to Benjamin Macmillan. Let's see what result can be achieved in the conditions of Western Siberia, if the weather does not fail.   Sunday, March 13 View Page The place of the future landing. Drifts of about 33 inches of packed snow. March 13. We still have winter. The temperature drops to -9.4° at night.   Monday, April 4 View Page McMillin 1691,5.   Monday, April 4 View Page Wallace 2050 barely climbs out of the ground.   Monday, April 11 View Page The snow will come off soon. It's still cool. I plan to sow seeds in two weeks.   Monday, April 25 View Page Today I soaked the seeds for germination: 2 Wallace 2050; 2 Macmillan 1691.5; 1 Wallace 1641.   Monday, April 25 View Page Today I soaked the seeds for germination: 2 Wallace 2050; 2 Macmillan 1691.5; 1 Wallace 1641.   Wednesday, April 27 View Page The seeds germinated on the second day. McMillin 1691.5   Wednesday, April 27 View Page The seeds germinated on the second day. McMillin 1691.5   Wednesday, April 27 View Page Wallace 2050   Wednesday, May 4 View Page Incorrectly indicated the date in the last two posts with pumpkin seedlings. Instead of May 4, I specified April 4.   Sunday, May 8 View Page I drove humus to the garden for several days.   Monday, May 9 View Page For two pumpkins, as an experiment, I dug a hole about one meter deep.   Monday, May 9 View Page He filled the bottom of the pit with humus and buried it with earth.   Wednesday, May 11 View Page One of the two "Wallace 2050" never got off the ground. The second one turned out to have defects in cotyledon leaves, and it lags behind in development.   Wednesday, May 11 View Page Wallace 1641 looks good.   Wednesday, May 11 View Page Both Mcmillin 1691.5 plants look great.   Sunday, May 15 View Page The garden is plowed.   Sunday, May 15 View Page The pumpkin is ready to be planted.   Sunday, May 15 View Page McMillin 1691.5   Sunday, May 15 View Page Wallace 1641   Tuesday, June 14 View Page May was 10 degrees warmer than normal. And the beginning of June began with frosts. One leaf froze even under cover. At the end of May, the leaves of McMillin 1691.5 began to turn yellow. Fertilizing with organic infusion corrected the situation. McMillin 1691.5 turned out to be a compact plant. The leaves are close to each other.   Tuesday, June 14 View Page On another McMillin 1691.5 plant, a defect of the main vine was formed in the form of a double thickening.   Tuesday, June 14 View Page The fastest growing plant at the moment is Wallace 1641 EST. Huge leaves on long legs. A female flower appeared on the main vine.   Tuesday, June 21 View Page Unfortunately the main vine on Wallace 1641 EST. cracked. But it has not affected the development yet.   Monday, June 27 View Page Wallace 1641 EST.   Monday, June 27 View Page Wallace 1641 EST. At a distance of 13 pounds, a female flower appeared, which will be pollinated. Unfortunately, the June pollination will not work. The mistakes made will be taken into account next season.   Monday, June 27 View Page McMillin 1691.5 is gaining momentum. There is a female flower, but from too close to the base. We'll have to wait for another one.   Monday, June 27 View Page Wallace 2054 has just started to grow.   Thursday, July 7 View Page Finally managed to pollinate Wallace 1641 EST.   Thursday, July 7 View Page A huge flower Wallace 1641 EST.   Thursday, July 7 View Page A huge flower Wallace 1641 EST. pollination McMillin 1691.5.   Friday, July 8 View Page This week, four temperature records have been set for the entire history of meteorological observations. The heat in the shade is 37 C (98.6 F). The pumpkin looks terrible. But by night it looks fine. Only the first sheets were burned.   Wednesday, July 13 View Page Pollination of McMillin 1991.5 by a flower from Wallace 11641 EST.   Wednesday, July 13 View Page I made a mistake in the previous post. Pollination McMillin 1691.5   Wednesday, July 13 View Page And this is the second plant McMillin 1691.5, which has a thickened main vine. Three flowers bloomed at the same time. Two on the main line and one on the side. While I'm thinking which one to leave, but I'm leaning towards the side, since the vine looks normal.   Saturday, July 16 View Page Sheet on Wallace 1641 EST. Ruler in centimeters.   Sunday, July 17 View Page Flower on Wallace 2054.   Sunday, July 17 View Page Side view of Wallace 2054.   Sunday, July 17 View Page Male flower, which will be self-pollination Wallace 2054.   Sunday, July 17 View Page Pollination has been performed. Wallace 2054.   Sunday, July 17 View Page This is what Wallace 1641 looks like on day 10.   Sunday, July 17 View Page This is what Wallace 1641 looks like on the 10th day. But with a ruler in centimeters.   Wednesday, July 27 View Page McMillin 1691.5. The first 20 days. The weight is about 77 pounds. I don't know if it's a lot or a little. I grow such pumpkins for the first time.   Thursday, July 28 View Page ? ?????????? ????? ???????? ??????. ??? ??? Wallace 1641 EST. ???? ???????? ???????-???????? ?????.   Thursday, July 28 View Page Here is McMillin 1691.5. This is the first plant. There are some problems. The fruit grows very slowly.   Thursday, July 28 View Page The second plant is McMillin 1691.5, on which the main vine is thickened. The fruit is on a side vine.   Thursday, July 28 View Page Wallace 2054. Despite the initial problems, the plant develops very quickly. The plant has an ideal arrangement of lateral vines and leaves. In order to preserve the genetics for the next year, the plant was self-pollinated.   Thursday, July 28 View Page An error was made in the post from 07.27.2022. There is a pumpkin Wallace 1641 EST.   Sunday, July 31 View Page Wallace 1641 EST. 24 days. Estimated weight is 146 lbs. 183 inches. Plus 69 pounds in four days.   Wednesday, August 3 View Page Wallace 1641 EST. 27 days 209 inches, 209 pounds.   Saturday, August 6 View Page Wallace 1641 EST. 30 days 231 inches, 279 pounds.   Saturday, August 6 View Page Wallace 2054.   Monday, August 8 View Page And this is a thickening of the main vine. The width of the stem reaches up to 6 inches. I've never seen anything like it.   Monday, August 15 View Page Wallace 1641 EST. Day 39. Weight 514 pounds. I've been gaining 25 - 26 pounds a day for the last 10 days. It was very hot weather. But a strong cold snap is expected for the next week and pumpkin growth is likely to stop. I hope that after the growth will resume.   Thursday, August 18 View Page The weather was very cool from 41 to 53 F. Some young leaves even froze tonight. But despite all this, Wallace 1641 EST has increased in height to 28.5 pounds per day. The weight reached 600 pounds. This is something incredible.   Friday, August 19 View Page McMillin 1691.5. The shape of the pumpkin is kind of strange. Unfortunately, it grows too slowly.   Friday, August 19 View Page The second plant is McMillin 1691.5.   Sunday, August 21 View Page Wallace 1641 EST. 45 day. 672 pounds. The shape resembles a barrel flattened from below. Despite the cold weather, the growth continues. It should get warmer next week.   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Wallace 2054. Reached 340 pounds. During the cold weather, growth slowed down three times. There are problems about which in the following posts.   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Wallace 2054. Rotting began on the stem near the pumpkin. I noticed it in time, scraped it out and smeared it with garden pitch. Let's see what happens.   Tuesday, August 23 View Page Wallace 2054. And the cold snap led to the release of some slimy liquid from the pumpkin. And this concerned almost all pumpkins. But this one showed up especially. I don't know what this will lead to, but now it has warmed up and the pumpkin growth rate has recovered. Maybe someone had such a thing?   Saturday, August 27 View Page Wallace 1641 EST. 51 days. Sizes 93/90/146. The estimated weight is 794.5 pounds. Adds about 20 pounds a day.   Sunday, August 28 View Page Unfortunately, there were frosts tonight. In most plants, the main part of the leaves is frozen. Wallace is doing best 1641 EST. Slightly more than 1/3 of the leaves have frozen. Last year it happened more than a month later. It's a pity, especially since very hot weather is expected ahead.   Tuesday, August 30 View Page Today I made the next measurements. Wallace 1641 EST. it still shows growth no matter what. The gain decreased to 13.5 pounds. But after what happened, I expected that to be all. Perhaps the growth is still going by inertia. Time will show. The estimated weight reached 837 pounds.   Sunday, September 11 View Page Wallace 1641 EST. reaches 994 pounds. FROM 356 inches. The season is almost over. Cold weather is coming, frosts are expected.   Tuesday, September 13 View Page Wallace 1641 EST. That's it - the season is over. Frosts finally finished off the green mass. A total of 68 days.   Thursday, September 15 View Page Wallace 1641 EST. Weighed the pumpkin. Total 959 pounds. A little over 3 percent less than the estimated weight. Well, for the first time, I think it's not bad.   Thursday, September 15 View Page Wallace 2054. The weight was 472 pounds. I hope that it will be possible to grow a giant from the seeds of this pumpkin next season. It turned out to be slightly heavier than the estimated weight.   Tuesday, September 27 View Page McMillin 1691.5. The weight was 320 pounds. The color is gorgeous. Opened the pumpkin. There were very few seeds. Most likely there were problems with pollination. The weather was overcast that day. I believe that this is the reason why the fetus grew slowly. And both plants and these seeds were pollinated on the same day, as it turned out not the most successful.