http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2026&grower=23692&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'Sweden-Gustavsson'. 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/ The stump. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=184139 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=184139 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:49:15 GMT The damaged vine. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=184138 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=184138 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:47:37 GMT Here’s this year’s ”giant” pumpkin from Sweden. Today, 54 days old, the est. weight is 354 kg/ 780 lbs. The seed is 1658 Young and the pumpkin was pollinated on May 22. Pity, b... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=184136 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=184136 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:44:40 GMT Here you can see the (probably) tallest giant amaranth ever grown in Europe: 7,7m / 25,9 feet. Perhaps it’s also the tallest amaranth ever grown outside of USA? At the top, to the right, you can... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=124461 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=124461 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:26:51 GMT When I noticed that the big pumpkin was decreasing in growing speed, I decided to let almost all the pumpkins on the plant grow. I wanted to see how much they would weigh altogether. Here you can see ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=123174 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=123174 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:46:34 GMT Here is the pumpkin at the Swedish weigh off. It came second, weighing 313,5 kg/ 690,5 lbs. One may wonder why it didn't grow heavier when it was growing so well when it was ”young”? Well,... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=123173 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=123173 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:37:27 GMT Here you can see the circ; 104 cm/ 41” when the pumpkin was 10 days old. This is the greatest 10-days-circ I have ever heard about. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=123171 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=123171 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:33:27 GMT This year I started my growing season on March 15. This day I filed and soaked a 985 Werner seed. In the pic you can see the pumpkin when it was 10 days old. It's growing on a side vine because the ma... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=123170 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=123170 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:31:08 GMT Me and the stem / root. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=99144 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=99144 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:59:16 GMT October 28 I drill and dug the plant loose. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=99143 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=99143 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:55:55 GMT October 23 I measured the the circ for the last time. It was 119 cm. If it would have been half an inch more, it would have been 4 feet. As most the circ gained 2,5 cm/1" a day. Not bad for being... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=99142 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=99142 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:48:44 GMT The broken stem. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=99141 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=99141 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:43:24 GMT On July 12th (the same day as the stem broke) the circ of the stem was 54 cm. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=99140 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=99140 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:36:06 GMT July 12th my cat was climbing up the stem of the amaranth. When I tried to take him down, he clinged on to the stem, and unfortunately we managed to break the stem.... The stem was 3 m/ 10 feet high. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=99139 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=99139 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:34:03 GMT This year I also grew a giant amaranth (thanks for the seeds, Brian!). April 1st I planted the seed which was only 1,5 mm long. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=99138 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=99138 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:31:33 GMT A couple of weeks ago my cat and I checking out why the 903 Gustavsson was growing so slow most of the time. And the answer was: inside the pumpkin nothing wrong, but between the stump and the pumpkin... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=99100 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=99100 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:03:21 GMT 125 days old, I cut the 1502 off. Thanks to the fact that I grew it on a weing board, I could easily move the pumpkin out of the patch with the help of an iron-bar lever and two long steel tubes. In a... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=75466 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=75466 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:25:31 GMT The 1502 is today 120 days old and I won't weigh the pumpkin anymore until the Swedish weigh-off on Saturday (Sept 29). It will be interesting to see if it weighs more or less than 500 kg/ 1100 lbs. I... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=75181 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=75181 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:32:37 GMT The pic from yesterday when my competitor Anders Lilja (Lilja sweden) visit me and my pumkin. The weight today, 115 days old, 494 kg/ 1088 lbs. Circ 161,6” OTT 369”. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=74864 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=74864 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:21:04 GMT 110 days old the weight is 484 kg/ 1066 lbs. Circ 160,6" OTT 366,5". http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=74526 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=74526 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:13:10 GMT