BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'So.Cal.Grower' http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2024&grower=47188&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'So.Cal.Grower'. 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/ 02/24/2024 - with photo I finally made my decisions for 2024. I want a couple pumpkins that can be pushed and I feel especially strong about the 2183 and the 1953 the amazing 1977 Glenna may also make the cut.:) Good luck... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=343130 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=343130 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:28:43 GMT 02/24/2024 - with photo I finally made my decisions for 2024. I want a couple pumpkins that can be pushed and I feel especially strong about the 2183 and the 1953 the amazing 1977 Glenna may also make the cut.:) Good luck... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=343129 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=343129 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:27:49 GMT 02/24/2024 - with photo I finally made my decisions for 2024. I want a couple pumpkins that can be pushed and I feel especially strong about the 2183 and the 1953 the amazing 1977 Glenna may also make the cut.:) Good luck... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=343096 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=343096 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 15:04:35 GMT 02/24/2024 - with photo I finally made my decisions for 2024. I want a couple pumpkins that can be pushed and I feel especially strong about the 2183 and the 1953 the amazing 1977 Glenna may also make the cut.:) Good luck... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=343095 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=343095 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 14:11:40 GMT 01/10/2024 A couple more disease fighting things to do, then a couple months before grow time billions and billions of good guys will be added to the Soil when I lightly till in my Compost. Seeds get started ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342915 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342915 Fri, 12 Jan 2024 12:49:55 GMT 01/10/2024 A couple more disease fighting things to do, then a couple months before grow time billions and billions of good guys will be added to the Soil when I lightly till in my Compost. Seeds get started ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342901 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342901 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:01:53 GMT 01/10/2024 - with photo A couple gallons of water to seep deep into the soil and build a nice crust! No plastic on this one! lol http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342900 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342900 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:56:26 GMT 01/10/2024 - with photo To start out the 2024 season it was time to cut down the fourth mustard crop I’ve grown over the last year. Happy new year to all! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342899 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342899 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:54:31 GMT 12/23/2023 - with photo From the other side of the patch, where I have boards down all the way across from one side to the other. Aphids, moths, worms, you name it. They will come in here and destroy your cover crop just as ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342810 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342810 Sat, 23 Dec 2023 20:18:41 GMT 12/23/2023 - with photo Getting close to Trimming another cover crop. It’s been a year of cover cropping. Now to trim this down, till it under and water heavy. In about 4 to 6 weeks I’ll start incorporating the good guys.... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342809 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342809 Sat, 23 Dec 2023 20:13:02 GMT 10/06/2023 - with photo Someone was talking about bringing the orange back. I would say a good percentage of our bigger pumpkins were orange this year! I have a feeling Andy Wolf, and a few others have something to do with t... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342246 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342246 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 10:02:34 GMT 10/06/2023 - with photo Mike Prager and well over 1000! With his little kids, sports and busy family life he still finds time for his big pumpkins! Great job this year and I feel it figured out a few new tricks, and will ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342245 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342245 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 09:53:49 GMT 10/06/2023 - with photo And we can’t leave out Vince George and his new personal best of 1601! Another amazing man of God and one more person to run ideas past. He also loves the science of growing these monsters and I have... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342244 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342244 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 09:47:35 GMT 10/06/2023 - with photo My close friend and very first mentor almost 16 years ago went really heavy with his 1953 Daletas! She measured in the mid 1500’s and went 1695! We still run ideas past each other trying to figure out... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342243 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342243 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 09:38:00 GMT 09/24/2023 - with photo Here’s the leader board of the top 12. there’s great stories from many of the pumpkins that were weighed this year and I’ll do my best to post later this week if someone doesn’t beat me to it Kevin... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342006 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342006 Sun, 24 Sep 2023 15:16:00 GMT 09/24/2023 - with photo The Southern California weigh off yesterday went as smooth as it could have! Here’s all 32 entries! Just 8 years ago we had 6 or 7 pumpkins and about 50 people watching the event. It’s Turing out to... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342005 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=342005 Sun, 24 Sep 2023 15:11:51 GMT 06/08/2023 - with photo I’ll be the guinea pig this year and see how far back we can push disease in a patch riddled with disease. I’ll try to post as much as possible just incase it works out well. Side note- if it doesn... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338471 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338471 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 10:31:29 GMT 06/08/2023 - with photo I’ll be the guinea pig this year and see how far back we can push disease in a patch riddled with disease. I’ll try to post as much as possible just incase it works out well. Side note- if it doesn... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338470 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338470 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 09:35:31 GMT 06/08/2023 - with photo Mustard is one of my favorite cover crops to turn under! 2 more to go and the good guys will be reintroduced into the patch just before planting in every form I can think of.:) I’ve done a few othe... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338467 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338467 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 09:30:19 GMT 06/08/2023 - with photo Second round of disease fighting mustard. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338465 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338465 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 09:25:32 GMT