http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2026&grower=75853&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'Gerald UK'. en-us Copyright © 1999-2026 BigPumpkins.com. All rights reserved. info@bigpumpkins.com BP RSS FeedGen http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.bigpumpkins.com/images/newlogo_232x70.jpg http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/ The 1894 Short (2183 Mendi selfed) now available on ebay UK. It can be an expensive hobby so a few extra £ will never go amiss. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357016 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=357016 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:33:40 GMT Seed harvesting today http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356880 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356880 Sat, 01 Nov 2025 08:57:11 GMT On display at Britwell Farm Shop. It'll be there until Halloween, after that I'll harvest the seeds, and the pumpkin will enter the food chain - pigs & cows love munching through giant pumpkin. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356708 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356708 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 03:53:00 GMT Unloading at Britwell Farm where the 1894 Short will be put on display. Thanks to Curtis for the loan of the trailer and John for the Landrover. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356707 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356707 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 03:50:00 GMT Wow what a day, not only did my 2183 go 11% heavy resulting in a personal best of 1894lbs, but I was honoured to witness the Patons finally achieve the goal of a lifetime, the World Record 2819 !!! Bi... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356559 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356559 Sun, 05 Oct 2025 15:42:25 GMT The 2183 harvested today. It was grown on a pallet so no need for a sling, just a telehandler which slides right underneath. Looking forward to seeing everyone at Wargrave tomorrow! Good luck all! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356507 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356507 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:26:56 GMT There's just a few days to go before the weigh-in at Wargrave and the pumpkin is taping a shade over 1700lb. My PB is 1769 so I'm hoping it'll go heavy. We will see! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356462 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356462 Wed, 01 Oct 2025 06:29:03 GMT Today is DAP 80 and the estimate is 1651 lbs. Autumn is here for sure and slow gains as expected like 5-10lb per day. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356065 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356065 Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:08:05 GMT Grey skies and rain for the past 10 days have slowed growth to 10-15lb a day so at DAP 70 we're at 1538lb http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355859 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355859 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 05:25:13 GMT It turns out I've been using the old charts so with the 2025 charts we have 1304lb at DAP 55 which is of course much better and well on course for a PB this year. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355503 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355503 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 07:52:07 GMT This is DAP50 and taping 1135lb, a considerable slowdown in gains since last week despite favourable weather. Maybe I should up the watering after all. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355360 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355360 Sat, 16 Aug 2025 06:53:34 GMT This is DAP45 and measuring 1035lb. Irrigation starts at 6.30am and the last one is now 3pm so the plant only gets water when it needs it, it also means a longer dryback period and this has caused the... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355228 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355228 Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:56:39 GMT There is a fair bit of guttation coming from the pumpkin suggesting there's more going sap into the fruit than it can accommodate - which might lead to a split - so I will gradually reduce watering ov... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355124 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355124 Thu, 07 Aug 2025 04:27:40 GMT DAP40 and taping 878lb, putting on 35lb per day despite weeks of grey skies but it looks like that's about to change for the better. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355106 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355106 Wed, 06 Aug 2025 08:06:58 GMT We've had 3 weeks of cloudy weather now but despite that we're taping exactly 700lb at DAP35 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354955 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354955 Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:27:09 GMT DAP 30 taping 529lb and gaining about 35lb per day. Not bad really but I am sure it would be more if we had some sun, it's been cloudy every day for 2 weeks and more forecast to come. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354816 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354816 Sun, 27 Jul 2025 12:30:04 GMT The 2183 Mendi at DAP20 taping 189lbs, everything looking good and a 70% increase on my previous best at this stage... just got to keep it up now although dull and dreary weather forecast for the next... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354518 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354518 Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:54:58 GMT This is DAP16, good growing weather and it shows, will probably start taping soon. I still need to get it into a better position, slowly but surely, while it's still moveable. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354386 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354386 Sun, 13 Jul 2025 07:43:48 GMT This was pollinated 5 days ago at 18ft, it was perpendicular to the vine and in a perfect position... now it's decided to head 90 degrees left...!?! I foresee some tricky maneuvering to do in the comi... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354089 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354089 Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:16:16 GMT A typical leaf and looking much better now, HCl at pH 6.0 seems to be doing its job, for the time being at least http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354088 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354088 Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:13:06 GMT