BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'jimp' http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2024&grower=73087&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'jimp'. 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/ 03/17/2024 - with photo Yeh – this sport breeds sick people – couldn’t not have a vine to care for, so started these 2 in the house Jan 26 and 28. So far 6 ½ feet up the curtain pulls, starting across the curtain rod, and al... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=343327 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=343327 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 20:38:40 GMT 03/15/2024 - with photo Oops - goes with above 3/15 entry http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=343326 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=343326 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 20:37:12 GMT 03/15/2024 Great success at the auction this year. 9 seeds from >2000 pounders, several from both sides >2000 pounds. 3 in the high teens. Plan starting a pair in 2 weeks and then another pair each week x 2 to g... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=343325 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=343325 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 20:31:03 GMT 09/13/2023 - with photo HOLD YOUR HORSES! Not so fast!! Take the last post back. AN IPIPHANY HAS OCCURRED!! This guy has been quietly growing and no sign of rot yet. Gaining about 2-4” circumference/day – wt about 75 lbs. 2 ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=341768 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=341768 Wed, 13 Sep 2023 18:06:20 GMT 09/06/2023 - with photo Last fruit – got up to about 60 lbs and turned to mush – as have all the others all summer. Many start, all are lost. Suspect yellow vine, but this vine looks pretty good and growing voraciously in al... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=341573 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=341573 Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:15:38 GMT 07/14/2023 - with photo Trimmed back - no female flowers left - have 2 fruits. Nervous http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339643 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339643 Fri, 14 Jul 2023 12:42:03 GMT 07/14/2023 - with photo Entire terminal end of 1953 yellowed out – will remove. Today Heritage, Merit, Deconil http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339642 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339642 Fri, 14 Jul 2023 12:41:03 GMT 07/13/2023 - with photo End of 1953 vine yellowing and wilting – lost the pumpkin on the main 2 days ago, maybe because I had it shaded with that little table and all this rain we had, despite regular application of several ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339611 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339611 Thu, 13 Jul 2023 08:34:02 GMT 07/07/2023 This is the lady I’ve been waiting for. 2052 at 25 ft with 24 secondaries behind. 3 weeks later than the first pollinated, but a nice big factory behind her. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339413 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339413 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 22:07:45 GMT 07/07/2023 - with photo Goes with 7/4 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339412 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339412 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 22:06:39 GMT 07/04/2023 2’x2’ leaves on the 1953 are enormous. roots bigger than I’ve seen before. Loads of female flowers pollinated self and from the 2052; growing consistently. Vine measures 25 W (limit of fence and cutt... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339330 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339330 Tue, 04 Jul 2023 17:25:16 GMT 06/27/2023 Foliar spray: Heritage fungicide (1st), RidomilGold SL fungicide (1st), Merit 75WP insecticide (1st), Jack’s 20-20-20. Prior Daconil and Triazide 10 days ago. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339095 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339095 Tue, 27 Jun 2023 09:41:40 GMT 06/26/2023 - with photo 1953 today – looks like the pollination a couple of days ago took. Got the S working with good position of the kin. Another young female 4 nodes out - about as far as the fence with allow. I'll get th... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339059 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339059 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 17:09:36 GMT 06/23/2023 - with photo 1st pollinated – the 1953 Daletas by 2192 Ulmeyer – admittedly, the pistil appears rather anemic and only 16 2nd behind it, but it’s a start and on the main. ALWAYS need an insurance fruit – high mort... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338926 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338926 Fri, 23 Jun 2023 09:52:07 GMT 06/19/2023 - with photo Couldn’t resist showing off my potatoes growing out of the sides of a rubber trash can. With a tomato on top. Investment in the can, spuds, 3 bags topsoil, some fertilizer etc – about $28. Expected va... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338831 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338831 Mon, 19 Jun 2023 21:35:11 GMT 06/18/2023 - with photo New idea - instead of backbreaking sweaty burying secondaries instead of supper all season, got a bag of composted manure and mixed in mycorrhiza, 10-10-10, Soluble MAXX and Jack’s 20-20-20. Will cove... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338750 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338750 Sun, 18 Jun 2023 09:10:37 GMT 06/17/2023 - with photo Final fencing installed. The lump of leaves on the left by the bench is potatoes growing out of the sides of a plastic garbage can, with a tomato growing on the top. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338746 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338746 Sat, 17 Jun 2023 22:28:35 GMT 06/15/2023 - with photo Daletas1953 Amazing what 2 out of 3 days of rain can do! Remember Rain? http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338693 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338693 Thu, 15 Jun 2023 11:37:36 GMT 06/13/2023 - with photo Pulled the small 2261Schmit growing eastward, leaving a robust 1953 Daletas (4/17). Hmmm – that’s both Schmits culled. Sorry Schmit. Now committed for the season. Hope for the best. Awesome rain yeste... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338654 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338654 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 21:52:48 GMT 06/13/2023 - with photo 2192 (4/23) all alone – a bit ragged being the younger brother to 2520 since kids – but should fill out. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338653 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338653 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 21:49:57 GMT