http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2026&grower=24022&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'Gourdzilla'. en-us Copyright © 1999-2026 BigPumpkins.com. All rights reserved. info@bigpumpkins.com BP RSS FeedGen http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.bigpumpkins.com/images/newlogo_232x70.jpg http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/ This never gets old!!! The 2077 takes one last flight back into the yard to go on display for all to enjoy. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363378 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363378 Sun, 20 Sep 2026 20:09:56 GMT Oops! wrong way. I'll try again. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363377 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363377 Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:52:07 GMT 1st place, the new Southern California record, and Howard Dill Award. Blessed! What more can I say? http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363376 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363376 Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:21:08 GMT The question has been for some years if it was actually possible to grow a 2000 pound pumpkin in our hot dry climate this far south with shorter daylight hours through the summer. The question has ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363375 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363375 Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:17:15 GMT Our Southern California weigh off was a great success yesterday. I want to give Chris Dunn a huge congratulations on weighing in a new PB after fighting terrible disease in his greenhouse for so many... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363374 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363374 Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:32:39 GMT Today was harvest day in preparation for our weigh off tomorrow. Things took an unexpected turn when getting ready to load the pumpkin on the trailer. My tripod could have easily lifted the pumpkin bu... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363349 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363349 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:09:43 GMT I must have one picture of the salad too. Imagine walking through this forest. ;-) http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363213 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363213 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 21:21:43 GMT I must have one picture of the salad too. Imagine walking through this forest. ;-) http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363212 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363212 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 21:21:32 GMT Here we are today less than a week away from the weigh off and she is a true Gourdzilla and a giant beauty! This should be the first 2000 lb pumpkin to be grown in the southern half of California! Tha... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363211 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363211 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 20:39:08 GMT Day 20 and I wasn't too impressed with the growth so far as it was a couple days behind my best pumpkin I have grown (the 1601). But around day 20 it turned out to be the turning point of my take it e... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363210 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363210 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 20:36:25 GMT Pollination took place on 6/18 with the 4th pumpkin down the main as the other three weren't in the best place and a raccoon also decided two of them were toys to play with and scratched them all up. ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363209 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363209 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 20:32:05 GMT My pollinator plant for the 1619 would be my own 1421 (2024) which looked like this. They both had that similar shape in the back end and great color and of course great genes too. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363208 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363208 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 20:30:31 GMT One week until our Southern California weigh off and I'm finally getting around to posting my first diary entry as the season is winding down. Here's a rundown of how the season has gone. Sorry if som... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363207 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=363207 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 20:21:27 GMT My new PB, weighing in at 1601. Super happy to be in the 1600's! The cross is (F) 1977 Rea X (M) 2006 Wolf. Thanks again Glenna for the seed! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342017 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342017 Sun, 24 Sep 2023 20:08:36 GMT Here are this years results. Congrats to Kevin Donahue at 1708 winning it all, with the top spot, the Howard Dill Award, and growing the new Southern California record pumpkin! Oh, and a new PB too. ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342016 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342016 Sun, 24 Sep 2023 19:58:49 GMT Hats off to Chris and Kevin and all the good folks at Irvine Park Railroad that did such a great job organizing and putting together a great weigh off! We had the largest Southern California weigh of... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342015 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342015 Sun, 24 Sep 2023 19:34:59 GMT I have a feeling the last picture may have come out sideways. Try again. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342013 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342013 Sun, 24 Sep 2023 18:04:24 GMT Weigh off day has finally arrived. It's a no doubter that this pumpkin will be a new PB for us this year. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342012 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342012 Sun, 24 Sep 2023 17:56:24 GMT Its been quite a season and here are the results. In an earlier post I said the pumpkin on the right estimated just under 1100...well, that was based off measurements taken several weeks earlier and... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342011 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342011 Sun, 24 Sep 2023 17:46:09 GMT Our Southern California weigh off is less than a week away and I cant wait! We have the greatest group of guys that support each other and we share information with each other for the betterment of al... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=341844 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=341844 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 01:09:43 GMT