http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2013&grower=59593&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'Farmer Ben'. en-us Copyright © 1999-2013 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/ 100 degrees today. watering heavily every afternoon. plants are finally growing great, but I doubt any pollinations will take this week. everything will be open polinations this year. I just don't ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=182788 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=182788 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 22:01:07 GMT I got busy planting Strawberries and forgot to pot the pumpkins up to 7 gallon grow bags. I started the seeds April 21st and my 1404, 1419, 1495, 1488, 1464 and 1544 stayed in their 5 inch pots till M... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=178882 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=178882 Wed, 23 May 2012 10:42:59 GMT bad picture, but 2 fair plants and some watermelons are up. I forgot to move the watermelons out of the incubator after they sprouted and they got leggy. I'll bury them deep when I pot them into gall... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=176310 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=176310 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:01:31 GMT picture of patch looking west. 45 x 100ft. needs a discing to bresk clods then ammend with lime, wood ashes, fish meal, and kelp meal before final tilling. the edges will get additional compost as t... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=176309 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=176309 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:56:21 GMT Frost is out of the ground. I might try to plow the patch tomorrow morning. I'll plow a foot deep and bring up more clay to ammend. lots of lime, gypsum, and wood ashes, plus manure, compost, and use... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=175245 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=175245 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:31:45 GMT This years line up is set (I think): 1677.5 Hunt, 1676 Checkon, 1674 Marsh, 1662 Stelts, 1548 Marsh, 1531 Haist. I plan to cross 1677 x 1548, 1676 x 1662, and 1674 x 1531. The Goal is to cross lon... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=174342 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=174342 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:58:57 GMT To start off a new pumpkin season I did some germination tests. unfiled seeds in pots on heat mats had zero germination after 5 days. filed seeds in pots on heatmat had 80% germination in 5 days. F... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=173405 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=173405 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:27:06 GMT I was told I needed to "complete " my diary for 2011 My results... the 1579 Reveir grew a 908 DMG. It split Labor Day weekend, but I kept it growing til weigh off in October. it was used ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=173278 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=173278 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:19:09 GMT 3 nice pumpkins growing. one was 201" OTT at day 30. another was 148" at day 20 but foams once in a while and doesn't have much plant behind it. One was 159" at day 20 an 192" th... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=165843 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=165843 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:01:57 GMT Plants are growing well. I am growing under double row cover tunnels. 10ft EMT bent into a wide V with the ends slipped over rebar stakes. I use logs to hold down the edges. our highs have been st... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=160039 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=160039 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:51:17 GMT this is my first year growing Atlantic giants for competition. here is my timeline: April 25 filed seeds and soaked overnight. April 26 dusted seeds wth captan and planted in 5 inch cowpots with... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=156691 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=156691 Mon, 23 May 2011 12:35:26 GMT