BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'Gerald UK' http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2024&grower=75853&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'Gerald UK'. 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/ 02/16/2024 - with photo Shed is up, water main is connected. Now to level the ground - work starts on Monday - so the polytunnel can go up. I really hope I can get all this sorted asap as I don't want to have to wait another... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=343053 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=343053 Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:43:39 GMT 09/12/2023 - with photo Some action at last. This is the site of the new tunnel and a shed which will house irrigation pumps & controllers etc. Next job is to get power and water installed. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=341724 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=341724 Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:56:37 GMT 07/02/2023 - with photo ... a few weeks turns to a few months.... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339240 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339240 Sun, 02 Jul 2023 17:21:52 GMT 03/12/2023 - with photo How wrong I was! I've done a bit of ground clearance and that's it. Due to council regulations most of the past 12 months have been spent doing ecological surveys, arboricultural surveys, highway & tr... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=336647 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=336647 Sun, 12 Mar 2023 18:36:19 GMT 03/12/2023 - with photo New patch of land this time last year. I thought it would take the rest of 2022 and early 2023 to get it ready for this year. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=336646 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=336646 Sun, 12 Mar 2023 18:25:16 GMT 10/12/2022 - with photo Plant removed, that's it for this patch - no more pumpkins. I'll dig it over and cover with polythene to heat it up and kill the pathogens. Then in a couple of years I'll grow something else here, not... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335655 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335655 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 08:36:10 GMT 10/12/2022 - with photo Even the stump was intact and although showing signs of rot was in decent enough shape considering its age. I can only guess the newly thought out fungicide programme was working a lot better than las... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335654 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335654 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 08:30:58 GMT 10/12/2022 - with photo Leaving everything intact was the correct decision. It seems like the older the roots, the more they had succumbed. Newer roots were pretty much intact, and unlike last year there was no rot progressi... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335653 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335653 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 08:28:53 GMT 10/12/2022 - with photo Post mortem in the patch and some roots had gone completely. I was concerned about this and a couple of weeks ago considered removing the plant, but advice from the Patons was to leave as is. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335652 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335652 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 08:26:09 GMT 10/08/2022 - with photo And I'm absolutely super happy to get a new PB with 1769lbs! That's 8% heavy compared to the 1640 it taped yesterday, and second in the UK only to the Patons. I can't really ask much more than that! T... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335551 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335551 Sat, 08 Oct 2022 16:05:36 GMT 10/08/2022 - with photo Oliver waiting patiently by our pumpkin at the Sunnyfields weigh off today. Weather was perfect and great to see everybody there. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335550 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335550 Sat, 08 Oct 2022 16:01:09 GMT 10/07/2022 - with photo And strapped on securely. That was easy. Last year the slings and winch etc took us well over an hour. This took 5 mins. Job done! See you tomorrow http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335529 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335529 Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:33:11 GMT 10/07/2022 - with photo Over to the flatbed it goes http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335528 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335528 Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:31:12 GMT 10/07/2022 - with photo And we have lift off! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335527 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335527 Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:30:00 GMT 10/07/2022 - with photo Forks sliding along under the pallet http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335526 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335526 Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:29:20 GMT 10/07/2022 - with photo Getting the tractor ready and lined up. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335525 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335525 Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:27:49 GMT 10/07/2022 - with photo Pumpkin harvest day today ready for the weigh off tomorrow. This year it was grown on a pallet in the hope that it would make things easier for lifting day. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335524 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335524 Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:26:53 GMT 10/05/2022 - with photo Hopefully Sebastian will livestream the weigh in on Saturday again and with a bit of luck the Patons will have a new world record - let's wait and see! In the meantime I showed the local primary schoo... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335495 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335495 Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:42:45 GMT 09/30/2022 - with photo One week to go before the show and pumpkin is taping 1640lb. I'll be more than happy with that if we get there. The roots of some of the older vines have started to rot but as far as I can tell the st... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335373 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335373 Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:06:45 GMT 09/16/2022 - with photo Things have slowed down a lot this week with just a 10lb gain. I don't expect much more over the coming weeks as the plant ages and weather becomes cooler and cloudier. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335001 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=335001 Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:09:06 GMT