BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'Gourdzilla' http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2024&grower=24022&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'Gourdzilla'. 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/ 09/24/2023 - with photo 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 09/24/2023 - with photo 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 09/24/2023 - with photo 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 09/24/2023 - with photo 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 09/24/2023 - with photo 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 09/24/2023 - with photo 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 09/17/2023 - with photo 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 09/17/2023 - with photo At the beginning of the season I increased the size of my main patch by nearly doubling it's size to 600 sqft. Something I had been wanting to do for some time. The 1977 Rea made itself right at home... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=341843 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=341843 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 01:00:26 GMT 09/17/2023 - with photo For pollination purposes I grew the 2006 Wolf in the smaller patch. I wasn't really planning to grow a second plant this year but Jim (Duster) had started too many plants to grow in his patch so he ga... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=341842 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=341842 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 00:18:05 GMT 09/17/2023 - with photo It's time to make a few diary entries before the season is completely over! I haven't done a diary in 2 or 3 years but I have been growing each year. I just got a little lazy with the diary entries. ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=341841 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=341841 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 23:56:14 GMT 12/28/2020 - with photo Another shot of the 877 George prior to unloading at the weigh off. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322317 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322317 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:51:04 GMT 12/28/2020 - with photo I set out this year to try and capture a Howard Dill Award and this was the pumpkin that achieved the goal for me. It is the 877 George HDA (477 Buglio X 666.5 Gansert). She was a crowd pleaser in my ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322316 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322316 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:49:59 GMT 12/28/2020 - with photo Time to wrap up this years diary. This is the 900 Est. George. (666.5 Gansert X 907 Young) One of the most beautiful pumpkins I have grown and was very symmetrical. It would have easily been a HDA win... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322315 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=322315 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:39:31 GMT 09/21/2020 - with photo The 666.5 Gansert now known as the 900 Est. George was crossed with the 907 Young. The 907 was grown with a main vine only due to space limitations but did produce this pumpkin pictured above. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=320783 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=320783 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 21:12:58 GMT 09/19/2020 - with photo ...And then the picture that makes me sick. She would have easily been a Howard Dill Award winner if she could have held on for 2 more weeks. We had back to back days of 115° and 112° and then an ext... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=320730 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=320730 Sun, 20 Sep 2020 02:23:51 GMT 09/19/2020 - with photo Color and shape are perfect! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=320729 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=320729 Sun, 20 Sep 2020 01:57:29 GMT 09/19/2020 - with photo The 666.5 Gansert is one of the most beautiful pumpkins that I have ever grown. She measures 144 circ. 101 SS 95 EE 340 OTT 900 Lbs on the chart. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=320728 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=320728 Sun, 20 Sep 2020 01:56:03 GMT 08/15/2020 - with photo The pictures look almost the same each time I post a picture but the 477 Buglio is getting more orange all the time. This pumpkin has exceeded my expectations for this year. We are over 1000 lbs on th... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=319178 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=319178 Sat, 15 Aug 2020 18:57:39 GMT 08/15/2020 - with photo The battle for survival is on. The pest control service says this is a bad year for rats and my patch is no exception. The rats took down a smaller pumpkin I had going on a side vine a few days ago an... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=319177 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=319177 Sat, 15 Aug 2020 18:49:50 GMT 08/06/2020 - with photo The 666.5 Gansert sitting pretty in the patch. Nice smooth skin and getting more orange by the day. This one is sitting at 750 lbs. Not growing as fast as I would like to see but so happy with the way... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=318667 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=318667 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 23:42:04 GMT