BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'Mike F.' http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2024&grower=64291&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'Mike F.'. 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/ 04/20/2019 - with photo Here’s the line up for this year. Lost a 2230 Wallace. Didn’t germinate right had a weird club radical. Might be getting a Jacobus /Barlow bushel gourd from a friend later too. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301586 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301586 Sat, 20 Apr 2019 06:19:55 GMT 04/13/2019 I really thought the seedling was just happy to see me. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301361 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301361 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 19:24:53 GMT 04/13/2019 - with photo Interesting seedling. So I thought the seed had sent the root upward. Turns out the seedling ripped itself off of the cot leaves. I think it was that I packed the potting mix to tight. First time I... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301360 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301360 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 19:24:18 GMT 03/31/2019 - with photo here to the start of a new season. Pretty happy with this soil test and I did nothing to the patch in the fall. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=300944 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=300944 Sun, 31 Mar 2019 07:49:10 GMT 07/04/2018 - with photo These are the 1297.5 young. Have a side vine pollination that I like too. Not sure what is going to get culled yet http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=292849 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=292849 Wed, 04 Jul 2018 08:13:55 GMT 07/04/2018 - with photo 1944 Connolly pollinated on June 18. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=292848 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=292848 Wed, 04 Jul 2018 08:12:48 GMT 07/04/2018 - with photo This is the 561.5 pollinated on June 16 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=292847 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=292847 Wed, 04 Jul 2018 08:12:10 GMT 07/04/2018 - with photo Patch update. Really filling in nicely. 1912 is the slowest growing plant. With 2 pollinations s on it. The 1297.5 young is growing like a beast. 4 pollinations. Will be culling soon. The 1944 Connoll... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=292846 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=292846 Wed, 04 Jul 2018 08:11:30 GMT 06/27/2018 - with photo Looking good 9 pollinations s as of today. A couple more by the end of the months and I think I’ll be done and down to choosing. Bushel gourd is a bust this year but I have a small plant at the back o... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=292307 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=292307 Wed, 27 Jun 2018 18:41:49 GMT 05/28/2018 - with photo Weeding experiment and nitrogen source. 29 chickens will work for food. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=290166 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=290166 Mon, 28 May 2018 08:11:38 GMT 05/06/2018 - with photo So here’s to 2 productive weekends. Still behind but feeling real good now. Heat cables in plants in final till. Walking boards for the first time for real. Now to relax. Oh but I need to do that and ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=288943 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=288943 Sun, 06 May 2018 18:52:08 GMT 04/29/2018 Had a bad start. 1 of 10 seeds came up on the first try. 6 out of 7 on the next try. About 3 weeks behind on plants. Feeling better about where I’m at now. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=288455 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=288455 Sun, 29 Apr 2018 15:05:08 GMT 04/29/2018 - with photo In the whole. I left 3’ for connecting to the thermostat control. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=288454 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=288454 Sun, 29 Apr 2018 15:02:56 GMT 04/29/2018 - with photo Here is the photo. Oops. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=288453 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=288453 Sun, 29 Apr 2018 15:02:01 GMT 04/29/2018 With all the talk about snow fence and heat cables. This what I had been planning when I bought the cables. These are 5’8” long by 4’ wide. The cables are spaced 4” apart. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=288452 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=288452 Sun, 29 Apr 2018 15:01:30 GMT 04/29/2018 - with photo So far behind last year. Had a good weekend to get stuff done. Three till passed all the amendments in. Four hat cable pits dug. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=288451 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=288451 Sun, 29 Apr 2018 14:59:09 GMT 04/19/2018 - with photo Hey Mr. Charlie. Look what’s sprouting http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=287918 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=287918 Thu, 19 Apr 2018 14:42:59 GMT 03/06/2018 - with photo These are the cables I got from Mor Electric on line and thermostats I got from another site. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=286675 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=286675 Tue, 06 Mar 2018 20:09:41 GMT 02/06/2018 - with photo Are there 2 types of bushel gourds we are growing? The 2 seeds on the left are my 189.5 and the 2 on the right are from a 175est. Ciesielski (177 Westfall x open. They look very different. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=286256 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=286256 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 15:19:01 GMT 01/27/2018 - with photo The other thing I will be planting is my 189.5 bushel gourd and another one for pollination. I just don't know which it will be yet. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=286065 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=286065 Sat, 27 Jan 2018 18:59:02 GMT