BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'Tempe Will' http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2024&grower=100177&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'Tempe Will'. en-us Copyright © 1999-2024 BigPumpkins.com. All rights reserved. info@bigpumpkins.com BP RSS FeedGen http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss BigPumpkins.com http://www.bigpumpkins.com/images/newlogo_232x70.jpg http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/ 06/13/2021 - with photo North pumpkin finished at 58" circ. and 56lbs. South Pumpkin needed up at 71" circ. and 85 lbs. Both went light of the charts probably due to the extreme late season heat. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324907 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324907 Sun, 13 Jun 2021 23:30:53 GMT 06/13/2021 - with photo Some of the uglier more lopsided pumpkins I've grown and didn't color up at all. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324906 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324906 Sun, 13 Jun 2021 23:28:36 GMT 06/13/2021 - with photo Came back from a 10 day vacation to the Midwest and the patch is done and the highs for the next 7 days are supposed to range from 115-118 so pulled up the patch before the pumpkins rot. Wasn't the mo... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324905 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324905 Sun, 13 Jun 2021 23:27:21 GMT 06/03/2021 - with photo South plant 70" circ. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324592 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324592 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 22:11:01 GMT 06/03/2021 - with photo North plant 54" cc http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324591 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324591 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 22:10:22 GMT 06/03/2021 - with photo The patch. Temps have been running about 105 this week and growth has slowed to a crawl. Lessons learned for next time is to get plants in the ground earlier with some sort of frost protection and to ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324590 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324590 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 22:09:25 GMT 05/29/2021 - with photo Plants that aren't under the shade cloth are looking pretty rough during the middle of the day now. Pumpkin on the North plant has only grown 2" in the last 2 days and is getting more lopsided so I th... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324411 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324411 Sat, 29 May 2021 14:49:27 GMT 05/27/2021 - with photo North plant day 28, 61" circ. The blossom end wall feels really thin so not sure this one is going to hold together much longer. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324355 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324355 Thu, 27 May 2021 19:01:20 GMT 05/27/2021 - with photo South plant. Day 21, 47" cc. Pumpkins on both plants are sort of ugly and getting lopsided. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324354 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324354 Thu, 27 May 2021 18:59:01 GMT 05/23/2021 - with photo North plant 36" on day 17. The sun angle is changing and it no longer gets morning shade from the shade cloth so I need to add a shade structure in the next few days. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324200 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324200 Sun, 23 May 2021 12:21:45 GMT 05/23/2021 - with photo South plant 52" on day 24. Had to cut the roots to several leaf axis this morning near the pumpkin as the vine was getting tight. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324199 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324199 Sun, 23 May 2021 12:19:43 GMT 05/23/2021 - with photo Temps have been in the high 80's the last few days and the plants have been loving it. Headed back towards 100 by early in the week. Pinched out growth at the end of all the vines yesterday to try and... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324198 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324198 Sun, 23 May 2021 12:18:04 GMT 05/20/2021 - with photo South plant pumpkin. 43" cc on day 21. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324128 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324128 Thu, 20 May 2021 18:47:02 GMT 05/20/2021 - with photo North plant pumpkin on secondary( the only survivor on this plant) 28" on day 14. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324127 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324127 Thu, 20 May 2021 18:45:57 GMT 05/20/2021 - with photo The patch. Temps have been in the high 90's. Plants are showing alot more heat stress during the day with wilting leaves than they were in the same temps a month ago. I'm not sure if it's because the ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324126 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324126 Thu, 20 May 2021 18:44:16 GMT 05/17/2021 - with photo Pumpkin on the South plant. 35" circ. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324077 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324077 Mon, 17 May 2021 15:08:57 GMT 05/17/2021 - with photo Pumpkin on a secondary in the North plant. Day 11, 20" circumference. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324076 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324076 Mon, 17 May 2021 15:07:59 GMT 05/17/2021 - with photo Pumpkin on the North plant 26". Has basically stopped growing so I think this one is aborting but it still looks good for the moment. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324074 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=324074 Mon, 17 May 2021 15:06:43 GMT 05/14/2021 - with photo South plant day 15, 28". Growth is starting to pick up. Hottest day in the 10 day forecast is only 102 so I'm starting to get optimistic this one could get decent sized before it gets too hot. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=323982 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=323982 Fri, 14 May 2021 10:55:49 GMT 05/14/2021 - with photo North plant day 14, 24.5" http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=323981 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=323981 Fri, 14 May 2021 10:05:15 GMT