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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/ 03/07/2023 - with photo 124 Young grew my 236 Young '21 traditional. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=336576 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=336576 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:35:16 GMT 03/07/2023 - with photo 124 Young grew my 236 Young '21 traditional. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=336575 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=336575 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:35:10 GMT 03/07/2023 124 Young grew my 236 Young '21 traditional. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=336574 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=336574 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:33:29 GMT 03/07/2023 - with photo 3rd plant pic of my124 Young watermelon grafted over White Cushaw. My 124 grew my 236 traditional 10% heavy in 2021. Any one who is setting out plants in a green house with extra room & your reasonab... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=336573 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=336573 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:29:21 GMT 03/07/2023 - with photo 124 Young watermelon grafted over White Cushaw. My 124 grew my 236 traditional 10% heavy in 2021. Any one who is setting out plants in a green house with extra room & your reasonably close to me here... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=336572 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=336572 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:28:35 GMT 03/07/2023 - with photo 124 Young watermelon grafted over White Cushaw. My 124 grew my 236 traditional 10% heavy in 2021. Any one who is setting out plants in a green house with extra room & your reasonably close to me here... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=336571 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=336571 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:27:39 GMT 03/01/2022 - with photo Domingo grafted over Big Zak. Nice Mega developing! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=329339 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=329339 Tue, 01 Mar 2022 17:43:56 GMT 08/08/2021 - with photo Sofia is my own 300.5 2018. Fiona's daughter. Sofia is way ahead of Fiona's numbers. She's still doing 6-8 pounds/day. I have 8 melons going 3 of which are 5, 8 & 10 lbs behind Sofia http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=326890 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=326890 Sun, 08 Aug 2021 20:45:35 GMT 08/08/2021 - with photo This is Sofia. 43 dap. I am testing late to see if I can post on my diary! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=326873 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=326873 Sun, 08 Aug 2021 18:49:57 GMT 05/31/2019 2019 season has ended due to too much rain. The patches have had rain standing in them for weeks now and just cannot dry out with the continuing rains. A lot of planning for a 35'x91' polycarbonate gr... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=303359 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=303359 Fri, 31 May 2019 05:16:21 GMT 05/09/2019 - with photo Wanted to make a note of my 132 Young'15 melons genes: Female - 177.5 Berry(239Leonard x 316Edwards) X Male - 117.5 J.Young(297Kent x 291Kent. I'm going to cross one of my 146.5's and one of my 300.5'... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=302372 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=302372 Thu, 09 May 2019 09:35:50 GMT 05/07/2019 - with photo Thanks to Sheriff Dave Davis I'll be growing his 867 this season in the hot patch I grew Scar Face back in 2011-2012. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=302283 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=302283 Tue, 07 May 2019 09:44:07 GMT 05/07/2019 - with photo 1st set of grafted melon plants hit the ground yesterday! I have a whole other patch with 4 more traditional melon plants and 1 grafted cantaloupe plant. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=302282 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=302282 Tue, 07 May 2019 09:38:08 GMT 04/18/2019 Grafted more melon plants yesterday as well as Grafted cantaloupe plants to both bushel gourd, Cushaw and AG rootstock. I've big hopes with the cushaw grafted cantaloupes. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301506 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301506 Thu, 18 Apr 2019 12:49:55 GMT 04/13/2019 I'm Concerned the 867 Davis seeds have not germed yet but the other kins I had in same germ chamber @ 90 degrees w/ about 80% humidity popped in 3 days. Checked on the seeds this morning by removing t... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301349 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301349 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 12:38:50 GMT 04/09/2019 All 6 melon patches & the 867 Davis '17 Patch are amended and tilled to a wonderful fluff! Still amazed how this soil smells & feels! We got a couple of freezing nights coming at the end of this week ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301228 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301228 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:27:08 GMT 10/09/2019 Oops...867 Davis '17 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301227 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301227 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:23:57 GMT 04/08/2019 I also started today the 897 Davis '17(1756 Howell/Jolivette X 1625.5 Gantner). http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301143 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301143 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:52:45 GMT 04/08/2019 Started my new round of Traditional melon seeds this morning. I'm also grafting Cantaloupe to bushel gourds this season. I probably start my gourd seeds different than most by use large nail trimmers ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301142 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301142 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:48:38 GMT 03/31/2019 One day can make or break your melon season and its hardly got going. lol Just went to the basement to check on the grafts and mist.... for some reason the breaker tripped and all the grafted plants a... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=300953 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=300953 Sun, 31 Mar 2019 15:50:10 GMT