BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'Orangeneck (Team HAMMER)' http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2024&grower=32488&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'Orangeneck (Team HAMMER)'. 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/ 09/08/2021 - with photo Translates to 4.68 pounds, another PB by mere hundredths of a pound. We were getting ready to travel and I didn’t like the ripening on the little tiny lumps underneath so it had to be weighed. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327801 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327801 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 08:49:35 GMT 09/08/2021 - with photo Bottom http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327800 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327800 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 08:47:47 GMT 09/08/2021 - with photo Tomato off the 6.44 young http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327799 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327799 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 08:47:12 GMT 08/30/2021 - with photo 4.59 pounds on the scale, an unexpected surprise! If my singles are weighing this much it makes me very excited because I actually have some Megas going for once. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327544 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327544 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:09:43 GMT 08/30/2021 - with photo Bottom of the entry from the 5.55 Snyder http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327543 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327543 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:07:51 GMT 08/30/2021 - with photo Next entry is this 23 inch single from the 5.55 Snyder plant. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327542 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327542 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:07:31 GMT 08/30/2021 - with photo 3.93 pounds, not too bad http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327541 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327541 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:06:35 GMT 08/30/2021 - with photo Bottom of this entry from the 6.17 Snyder http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327540 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327540 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:05:59 GMT 08/30/2021 - with photo I picked this 22 inch single on the 6.17 Snyder plants for my first try at the team competition this year. Hopefully I can replace this weight with a larger one in a few weeks. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327539 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327539 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:05:24 GMT 08/30/2021 - with photo Calibration weight http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327538 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=327538 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:04:18 GMT 04/11/2021 - with photo Improvements to hoop houses are as follows. Built the jig you can see here, 6 x 8‘ for exact placement of the structures. Dug holes for soil cables to the full 6 x 8‘ inside the hoop houses, which I n... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=323159 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=323159 Sun, 11 Apr 2021 09:55:47 GMT 03/24/2021 - with photo Here is what will likely be my final spring soil test for this patch. I will be growing in a new spot next year! I consider this test to be pretty good overall so we are well positioned for a big fi... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322961 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322961 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 11:09:21 GMT 03/07/2021 - with photo The contender could not get a mega bloom so I’ve thrown in the towel and pulled him out of the ring. Learned a lot as always though. It’s finally March and, well, pumpkins. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322791 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322791 Sun, 07 Mar 2021 20:53:00 GMT 02/16/2021 - with photo I’ve got the temperature on lockdown now! I think this is so important. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322639 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322639 Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:27:02 GMT 02/16/2021 - with photo The kid is in the ring , it’s showtime. There is a single bloom pollinated and you can zoom to see the young tomato. On the upper truss, there are flowers impacted by the P-K flooding. there may be a ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322638 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322638 Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:24:18 GMT 02/10/2021 - with photo There is now a consistent 15° F gap between the nine hours of dark and 15 hours of light. I did go through a period of many days without a heat lamp because I got water on the two bulbs that I did hav... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322609 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322609 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:19:00 GMT 02/10/2021 - with photo The young contender has almost completed his training. He has turned a healthy shade of pink. Jokes aside the 50-17-5 has created some monster singles and possibly a mega but I may not wait for it. Bu... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322608 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322608 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:14:57 GMT 02/01/2021 - with photo The young up and comer is really packing on some lean muscle. He is ready to lace up the sparring gloves. The plant is producing flowers now. I do not see any mega blooms. The plant looks great with t... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322557 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322557 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 17:47:23 GMT 01/27/2021 - with photo Here is the temperature and humidity profile for the week. These thermometers are really cool. They Bluetooth to your phone and give you this data, and they only cost like $12 on Amazon. One is defini... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322521 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322521 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:22:28 GMT 01/25/2021 - with photo Well it is the dead of winter and everyone is probably jonesing for some actual grow talk about now so I will try to give as much information as I can. The young contender has been training hard and ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322511 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322511 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:05:20 GMT