Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 38 Entries. Thursday, March 2 View Page In Boston with an eye on Danvers   Monday, April 3 View Page Seed Selection Youtube video. YouTube   Friday, April 14 View Page YouTube   Sunday, April 16 View Page Huts are up and listed on Airbnb. Looks like they may rent out to the Caspers and Rodebaughs.   Sunday, April 23 View Page Plants in the ground. YouTube   Tuesday, May 2 View Page Video Update #3 YouTube   Monday, May 8 View Page New video and patch update. Worth a watch if you're a pumpkin or melon nerd.....others need not apply. YouTube   Wednesday, May 17 View Page Patch Update: YouTube   Monday, May 22 View Page YouTube   Wednesday, May 31 View Page YouTube New patch tour video is up. I speak a good bit on EC monitoring and how I use it in my grow.   Wednesday, June 14 View Page Patch Tour Video: YouTube   Friday, June 30 View Page 150 patch -1526 Burchette plant   Monday, July 10 View Page New patch tour video. I have a scale under a fruit this season. Link: YouTube   Monday, July 10 View Page 1526 Rowdy Robert Burchette   Thursday, July 13 View Page 150 patch progress. 10sqft left to fill.   Tuesday, July 18 View Page Dap-23 on the 150 fruit. Patch is all filled in.   Saturday, July 22 View Page DAP27 on the 150 fruit.   Saturday, July 22 View Page 1965.5 Rodebaugh fruit is healthy and happy so far. Should end up with a good color as well.   Sunday, July 23 View Page New Patch Tour Video: YouTube   Saturday, July 29 View Page DAP mid 30's 150 fruit   Thursday, August 3 View Page Dap40 tomorrow on the 150   Tuesday, August 8 View Page Patch Video: YouTube   Sunday, August 20 View Page 1965.5 Rodebaugh Scale fruit is still doing work.   Tuesday, August 22 View Page 150 fruit is getting a touch fatter every day.   Sunday, September 3 View Page I weighed a new PB tomato. She had a small circumference of 25.25" given her scale weight.   Sunday, September 3 View Page Estimated at 5.62 but scaled out at 6.545. 16.5% over chart estimation and my first 6lber.   Friday, September 8 View Page Dap75 on the 1526 Burchette 150 patch fruit. I hope to see her trickle on another 100lbs before scale time.   Friday, September 22 View Page 150sqft 1526 Burchette over 1000# on the tape.   Sunday, September 24 View Page Stella with our 1965.5 Rodebaugh growing on a scale.   Tuesday, October 3 View Page Dap100 on 150sqft fruit. Going to take a miracle to pass by Steve's WR but I think she will put up a respectable number on the scale.   Saturday, October 7 View Page 150 Patch Fruit: 1526 Burchette X 1965.5 Rodebaugh finally hit the scale today in Spring Hope, NC. Dap104 1229.7 (17% heavy)   Tuesday, October 10 View Page 2025.7 at the North Carolina State Fair. 1707.5 Caspers x 1965.5 Rodebaugh. 435ott...... (16% Heavy). Good easy grow that gave inches up until harvest. Dap-108 at Harvest.   Friday, October 13 View Page Friday Harvest for Saturday's Canfield. Nice easy lift with help from Pops and Ethan.   Saturday, October 14 View Page Setting safely on site at Canfield. I really enjoy her all opened up on full display. It was nice change from being always covered with sheets and tarp tents.   Saturday, October 14 View Page Fruit grown on a scale: 1965.5 Rodebaugh x 1707.5 Caspers. Canfield, OH. Dap120 -434ott - 2144.5lbs (23% HEAVY). She was a fun clean grow.   Tuesday, October 31 View Page Final patch update video for 2023: YouTube   Friday, November 3 View Page 2144.5 Rodebaugh (23% heavy) germination 5 for 5.   Wednesday, November 8 View Page Seeds from the 6.55 Rodebaugh tomato have been harvested, germination tested, and are now available. The fruit weighed in at 16.5% heavy to chart estimation and contained a seed count far far greater than average for a Domingo variety. The 6.55 Rodebaugh (8.48 Sutherland x Open) will be sent to clubs and sold online at megapumpkins.com All proceeds from sales on MegaPumpkins will go to fund the Mountain State Giant Growers Club and the Wild & Wonderful Weigh Off. Now, the exciting part! The largest tomato grown and listed with the GPC registry in 2024 from the 6.55 Rodebaugh will be awarded a $500 bounty. That's right, $500 to the top fruit no matter how you acquired the seeds. So, support your local Club at auction and the MSGG through MegaPumpkins.com and grow a $500 monster!