http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2026&grower=32830&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'Dutch Brad'. 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/ Had the Dutch Giant Vegetable Championship today. Pumpkin (2641 Paton) ended up a disappointing 8% light and finished at 1492 lbs which was still the heaviest pumpkin grown in The Netherlands this ye... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356361 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356361 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:16:12 GMT 2641 Paton, day 87. Doing about 9 lbs a day. Next year hoping for some warmer night temperatures and some better wind protection and better pruning on my part. Found way too many rogue pumpkins on the... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356249 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356249 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:13:10 GMT Lunga di Napoli squash. Also too many on one plant. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356248 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356248 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:09:12 GMT Lunga di Napoli squash. Also too many on one plant. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356247 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356247 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:09:06 GMT Some of the butternut squash. Too many on one plant. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356246 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356246 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:07:49 GMT 109 Wursten field pumpkin. Just a few days to go. Nothing special. About 35 days old. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356245 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356245 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:06:19 GMT 2461 Paton day 60 down to 22 lbs per day for the last 5. Frost on the ground nearby, fortunately a few degrees above here. One month to go before the weigh-off. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355665 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355665 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 05:36:11 GMT 2641 Paton day 51. Doing about 30lbs a day inspite of cold nights down to as low as 45F. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355422 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355422 Mon, 18 Aug 2025 06:36:40 GMT 2641 Paton, day 40. Had a storm come through early on and twist most of the vines. Then a short heat wave that toasted quite a few leaves and growing tips. The rest of the season up till now we have ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355129 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355129 Thu, 07 Aug 2025 06:26:38 GMT Tunnel 2. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353579 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353579 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:17:39 GMT I grow about 120-140 different varieties of strawberries. The heaviest this year was 113 grams (4 ounces), but it was fused. The heaviest normal one was 98 grams. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353572 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353572 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 07:52:17 GMT Tunnel 2 is also home to the long gourds. We have 2 Eatons and 2 Klines going, all in 1000 litre cubes as there is a brick floor in this tunnel. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353571 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353571 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 07:50:14 GMT Tunnel one is home to the giant tomatoes, aubergine, cucumbers, field pumpkin (218 Baggs), lunga di napoli, butternut and AG (2641 Paton). Outside are the giant runner beans, beets, carrot, leek, pars... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353570 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353570 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 07:48:30 GMT Tunnel two is the sheep and goat tunnel. We kicked them out in May and covered the floor with 2 feet of compost and manure. Started the 2158 Paton, 2020 Paton and a local pumpkin. The 2020 didn't germ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353569 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353569 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 07:45:59 GMT Hoping to grow at the farm again where I do volunteer work. In my polytunnel at the farm: 2020 Paton AG, lungi di napoli squash, butternut squash, eggplants, tomatoes, cucumbers, FP (Baggs). Togethe... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350898 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350898 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 08:13:21 GMT New Dutch record squash. Old one was from 2007 when it was a world record. I stopped growing 7 years ago, but decided to start again when I got use of quite a bit of land at a local farm. Now 1454 W... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349567 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349567 Sun, 29 Sep 2024 06:43:34 GMT Broke my old Dutch record table beet. This one weighed 26.15 lbs and was grown off store bought seed. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349566 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349566 Sun, 29 Sep 2024 04:20:07 GMT Coming out of AG retirement paid off. Broke my old Dutch squash record from 2007 (1234 lbs) with one weighing 1454 lbs. Also broke the Dutch records for table beet, zucchini/courgette and butternut s... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349556 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349556 Sat, 28 Sep 2024 14:33:34 GMT Decided to come out of AG and squash retirement. It's already been 17 years since I grew a WR squash and ER pumpkin and 15 years since a WR marrow. Time flies. Moved the garden from a community allotm... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=344261 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=344261 Thu, 02 May 2024 13:39:34 GMT Almost all giant seeds started for this year. Field pumpkin: 268 Baggs and 116 Wursten Marrow: 235 Baggs and 201 Baggs Runnerbeans Radish (in a few weeks time) Beets Cucumbers: 36" Barratt, 26.2... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338211 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338211 Wed, 31 May 2023 05:35:52 GMT