BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'C2k' http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2024&grower=49888&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'C2k'. 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/ 04/20/2022 - with photo Meanwhile, looky what I got in the mail today!!! 2021 Team Tomato World Champions! Thanks to Porkchop and Wallace Organic Wonder for sponsoring this fun contest! Jack, Scott and I are teaming back up... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=330013 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=330013 Wed, 20 Apr 2022 19:52:38 GMT 04/19/2022 - with photo Some of the runty ones from batch 1, and the young ones from batch 2. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=330012 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=330012 Wed, 20 Apr 2022 19:48:21 GMT 04/19/2022 - with photo A few more babies... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=330011 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=330011 Wed, 20 Apr 2022 19:47:04 GMT 04/19/2022 - with photo Some of the babies.... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=330010 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=330010 Wed, 20 Apr 2022 19:46:07 GMT 04/14/2022 - with photo It's go time! I started batch #1 on the 8th and batch #2 went into the dirt this morning. I started 24 seeds for 7 spots in the patch. I'll likely end up with 2 squash and 5 giant pumpkins this year. ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=329871 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=329871 Fri, 15 Apr 2022 13:11:51 GMT 03/07/2022 - with photo Bring on 2022! I have BIG goals for this year. Here is my tentative tomato line up. I have 12 spots, and will have 15 plants to choose from, provided they all germinate. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=329361 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=329361 Mon, 07 Mar 2022 23:05:01 GMT 10/16/2021 - with photo Look at that fatty! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328768 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328768 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:17:46 GMT 10/16/2021 - with photo Guess what!? I broke my own USA record AGAIN! Here's the Tobeck 152.5 marrow! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328767 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328767 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:16:47 GMT 10/20/2021 - with photo The top 5 fruits from the 2021 Tobeck haul: 2030 pound squash, 152.5 pound marrow, 7.19 pound tomato, 1738 pound pumpkin, and 129.75 inch long gourd. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328766 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328766 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:14:13 GMT 10/20/2021 - with photo I set a big goal in 2021 to be the #1 Master Gardener in the world. To be the Champion Master gardener, a grower must get official weights on 5 or more of the recognized 8 giant varieties. I worked ha... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328765 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328765 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:12:35 GMT 10/20/2021 - with photo Thanks team (and myself too)! You had a great year! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328764 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328764 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:02:47 GMT 10/20/2021 - with photo Scott Holub and I declared our annual Fantasy Pumpkin picks early in the season, and as usual, I beat him soundly! We go with our top 4 growers, and my team grew an astounding 8502 pounds!!! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328763 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328763 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:59:46 GMT 08/07/2021 - with photo Another big horse show weekend! Region 4 championships in Oregon. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328762 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328762 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:51:26 GMT 10/13/2021 - with photo The two California pumpkins are sold and on display looking lovely! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328761 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328761 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:49:28 GMT 10/11/2021 - with photo Half Moon Bay! I got 4th place and it weighed 1738 pounds, and went 16% heavy!!! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328760 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328760 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:43:56 GMT 10/09/2021 - with photo My long gourd won at Nut Tree! 129.75 inches! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328759 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328759 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:20:54 GMT 10/09/2021 - with photo 1393 pounds at Nut Tree got me into the Top 10 and it was 6% heavy. It isn't listed right on BP, but you can see from the photo it's 1393 pounds. Too bad it didn't stay green! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328758 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328758 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:19:19 GMT 10/03/2021 - with photo The darn 1935 Jutras squash lost its green! It's my smallest and youngest, and I should take it to Terminator in Oregon, but I want to attend a new CA weighoff: Nut Tree. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328757 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328757 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:13:48 GMT 10/03/2021 - with photo 2114 Wallace is going to Half Moon Bay in CA. My biggest one, the 1930 Jutras went down, so this is my next biggest. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328756 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328756 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:10:13 GMT 10/03/2021 - with photo Ughhhhhh...measuring my massive bushel gourd and my hand got wet. I peeked behind it, and the stupid mice gnawed right into it! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328755 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=328755 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:05:54 GMT