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Tuesday, March 8
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Germination Day is about 3 weeks away now, typical march weather.... I am really starting to dislike snow..
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Tuesday, March 8
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Doing some gh maintenance, a wooden gh is like a old wooden boat, every few years you got repairs or remodels to do
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Thursday, March 31
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My seed line up for the coming year , a big thanks to Ruben, Andy and Brian for helping me out !
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Thursday, March 31
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Less than 72 hours the 2191 Uhlmeyer and 2365 wolf broke thru , this pic is at 72 hr mark and both mendi seeds are showing and should be up tommorow , so off to a good start
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Friday, April 1
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Day 4 of the germination process , everything is up and out of the soil, what a difference in 24 hours on the mendi seeds, 2183 looks good , the 2356 only has 1 cot leaf, but not worried
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Friday, April 1
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Current patch conditions, which are pretty typical for this time of year, I am still in the middle of the remodel project as both gh roofs have to come off and things changed around, hoping to be done in the next 8 days or so , we have about 13 hours of daylight now which helps to get things done after work
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Monday, April 25
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This is day 21 for the plants, in the front is the 2183 mendi, i really need to get these in the ground
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Monday, April 25
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I finally got every thing buttoned up and some partial tilling done
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Monday, April 25
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The 2183 is finally in the ground, the breakaway box , really helps with the transplant process as its past the 4 leaf stage
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Monday, April 25
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2183 in the mini gh inside the gh , which is needed because the over nite low is 34 F
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Monday, April 25
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2365 Wolf ready to bury, this plant is about 23 days old
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Monday, April 25
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2365 wolf is in the game
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Monday, April 25
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Both are ready to rock ! Hoping for good things.. time will tell
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Thursday, May 5
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I finally got the last soil prep work done , in both greenhouses, now time to hook up drip tape
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Thursday, May 5
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2365 wolf at about day 34 above ground
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Thursday, May 5
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2183 mendi at day 34
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Friday, May 13
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2365 wolf , growing good
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Friday, May 13
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Another angle of the 2365
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Friday, May 13
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2183 mendi, also moving along nicely
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Friday, May 13
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2183 potential prospect, about 10 ft out
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Saturday, May 21
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1 st female opened on the 2183 s couple days ago
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Saturday, May 21
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But no male flowers, were ready at the time , so had to pass,
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Monday, May 30
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I decided I needed to do a little pruning , so I rented this baby, to get a little extra sun
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Monday, May 30
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It was s lot of fun to operate, it went up 45 ft and out 22 ft
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Monday, May 30
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Overhead patch view!!
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Saturday, June 4
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Pollenated the 1st female off the 2365 Wolf a couple days ago, on june 1 st
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Saturday, June 4
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A nice 5 lober, it was crossed with the 2183 Mendi
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Saturday, June 4
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All bagged up
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Saturday, June 4
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I pollenated the 2 nd female off the 2183 mendi yesterday on june 2 nd
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Saturday, June 4
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The blossom has some issues , but crossed it with the 2365 anyways, if anybody has grown a pumpkin off a blossom like this let me know how it worked out, no other viable options are showing at this time , and with a early season weigh off , i want all the growing days i can get, do might have to go with it
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Monday, June 13
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2365 Wolf day10
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Tuesday, June 14
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2183 mendi cross at day 10 , so far pumpkin looks fine shape wise
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Tuesday, June 14
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2183 mendi plant , its been a great plant to grow, probably one of my better ones
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Wednesday, June 22
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2365 Wolf at day 20
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Wednesday, June 22
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Top view of 2365
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Thursday, June 23
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2183 mendi at dap 20
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Thursday, June 23
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Top view of 2183,
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Thursday, June 23
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Overall patch glimpse the fruit to me isnt looking to bad , considering what the blossom looked like, it will be interesting to see how things work out
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Wednesday, June 29
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I had to slide the 2365 wolf , ahead 4 inches today , to relive some vine stress on Dap 26, went well
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Sunday, July 3
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2183 mendi at dap 30 , you can see some strange lines developing , as the blossom was pretty irregular
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Sunday, July 3
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Side angle of the 2183
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Sunday, July 3
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2365 wolf at dap 31, over 500 lbs now , should be a nice one,
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Sunday, July 3
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Front view of the 2365
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Monday, July 11
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Patch view , wolf on left mendi on right
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Saturday, July 16
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2365 wolf , now taping 1020 lbs , at day 44, no sun for the next week or so , things will probably slow down
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Saturday, July 16
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2183 mendi aka " cookie monster"now taping 1135 lbs at day 43 , and is the patch leader, blossom end is a bit concerning, I have never had a pumpkin shaped like this before... 44 days till weigh-off , hope it holds up
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Sunday, July 24
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Japanese TV visited the patch on Wed, station NHK I believe, Kenshi Fukahara, I hope, I spelled that right, it was a great visit, kinda of a crappy pic , but the only one I took...
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Sunday, July 24
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2183 mendi , now well-over 1300 lbs, still doing 30 lbs s day despite no sun for over a week or so, I have no idea what happens if the blossom end gets totally covered ....July is supposed to be our warmest month... not this year
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Sunday, July 24
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2365 now over 1200
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Friday, July 29
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Cookie monster now taping 1573 lbs, at day 56 , 31 days to grow till weigh off, still not sure what happens if blossom end totally disappears , plant is in good shape snd the pumpkin skin id smooth snd shiny, thumps solid
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Thursday, August 4
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2365 wolf still growing , taping over 1400 lbs at day 60
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Thursday, August 4
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I was working out of town today and took a few scenery shots, for those looking to beat the heat
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Thursday, August 4
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And another glacier pic
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Thursday, August 4
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Last one
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Thursday, August 4
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Cookie monster over 1650 lbs at day 60
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Sunday, August 14
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Overall patch pic , 2365 wolf on the left snd 2183 mendi on the right, weigh off is on Aug 29 th , so only 2 weeks yo grow
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Sunday, August 14
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2183 cookie monster , taping 1828 at day 71, our lousy weather is nothing to get excited about, but still moving forward
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Sunday, August 14
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2365 wolf , at day 72 just under 1600 lbs , still doing 16 lbs a day for last 12 days
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Sunday, August 14
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A long gourd that broke its vine , a first for me , dont know if that is good or bad...
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Sunday, August 21
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2183 mendi, ska cookie monster, now taping 1928 lbs at day 79, 7 more days to grow as weigh off is monday the 29 th
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Sunday, August 21
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2365 wolf now closing in at over 1650 lbs,
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Monday, August 29
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All loaded up , heading to weigh off
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Monday, August 29
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Ok time for some weigh off pics, my normal lift guy couldn't make it this year , so i was really scrambling to figure things out, but ken owner of loken cranes , stepped up to help me out... this thing is awesome, the real deal
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Tuesday, August 30
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2365 wolf getting rigged up for lifting
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Tuesday, August 30
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2183 cookie monster getting ready
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Tuesday, August 30
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2183 airborne, always a nervous moment for me , as I did tie the final knot , that holds the whole thing together...
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Tuesday, August 30
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Another look, thats when a few minutes feels like a 1/2 hr
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Tuesday, August 30
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Close look
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Tuesday, August 30
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Safely on the pallets ..whew
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Tuesday, August 30
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2365 wolf .. now the 1819 marshall, i was fighting a kink main vine issue for most of the season , I really think I could have gotten more out of it , it was a real healthy plant thru out
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Tuesday, August 30
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2183 now the 2147
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Tuesday, August 30
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2147 marshall
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Thursday, September 8
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All decked out at the fair
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Thursday, September 8
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Back from the fair , now trying to figure out how to get them off ... since my neighbor sold his heavy duty forklift , always... something lol
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Thursday, September 8
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400 lb counter weight was definitely wad needed . as my skid steer was at the max
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Thursday, September 8
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Heading up hill , with grandson helping steer ... yikes
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Thursday, September 8
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Con display, 1829 on left , 2147 on right
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Saturday, September 10
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Sun hitting on the 1819
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Monday, September 26
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2365 x 2183 now the 1819 , opened up
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Monday, September 26
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Closer look, pretty big cavity would have made a nice boat
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Monday, September 26
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2183 x 2365 now the 2147, a look from one side and out the other
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Monday, September 26
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From the other side , the pumpkin flesh was really wet, probably why it went 10% heavy
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Saturday, October 29
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Saturday, December 17
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Looks like its going to be a white Christmas ...
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