BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'Maurice'

09/09/2026

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:58:38 GMT

I think the reason my field pumpkin was slowing down was because it was hanging so the vine was pressed against the trellis restricting nutrient flow so I removed the trellis and lowered the pumpkin. ...

09/08/2026 - with photo

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:33:54 GMT

I've removed the trellis the vine was growing along as the pumpkin got too heavy. Dap 16 14" circ FP. The 1319 is dap 11 and is 13 inches side to side

09/08/2026 - with photo

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:11:36 GMT

Any comments on my blossom down theory? YouTube

09/07/2026 - with photo

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:31:07 GMT

Hers my latest video finally out: YouTube

09/05/2026 - with photo

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 16:33:54 GMT

County fair winner yesterday 119 lbs

09/05/2026 - with photo

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 16:33:15 GMT

1319 8 dap side to side 9"

09/05/2026 - with photo

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 16:32:43 GMT

Giant field pumpkin 13 dap circ 12 inches

09/05/2026 - with photo

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 16:32:07 GMT

Giant tomato approx 7 dap

09/04/2026 - with photo

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:41:08 GMT

I realized the plant was N deficient because of the cardboard I put on this spring the microbes used the N so I just watered with 80l of diluted 12-6-6 then watered so the N would go down deep. Now it...

09/04/2026

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:18:55 GMT

FP dap 12 11 inch circumference growing 2 a day. 1319 dap 7 7 inch side to side growing 1.5 a day

09/01/2026 - with photo

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:43:52 GMT

Let's just hope for a warm September now either this dap 4 pumpkin on a board with sand and cayenne pepper to prevent rodents from eating it like last year

08/30/2026 - with photo

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:19:22 GMT

There's another plant elsewhere in the compost that grows white pumpkins and so a female appeared for Halloween

08/30/2026 - with photo

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:18:29 GMT

The compost pumpkin

08/30/2026 - with photo

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:18:05 GMT

Tgat dtump.

08/30/2026 - with photo

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:17:38 GMT

Dap 2 one the main we'll see

08/30/2026 - with photo

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:16:53 GMT

Dap 3 on the side vine i think is aborting

08/30/2026 - with photo

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:16:13 GMT

Remember when I did the germination experiment earlier in the season? Well one of the FPs used actually survived and is thriving after been thrown in the forest

08/30/2026 - with photo

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:14:48 GMT

The second youngest giant tomato

08/30/2026 - with photo

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:14:10 GMT

Blossom down FP day 7 coming along it's probably around 3.5 inches long. Normally I think it would be bigger but the recent 8 degree nights are slowing it down

08/28/2026

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:58:31 GMT

I just figured out why my 1319 was nitrogen deficient when I gave enough: I put cardboard and wood chips on the soil to supess weeds but for the bacteria to compost it they took the nitrogen from the ...