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/ Fruit tissue analysis shows low boron. It was OK in the leaves but next year I'll add a bit more. Too much B is not good at all so getting the balance right might be tricky. The N is high too, so I'l... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361248 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361248 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:58:41 GMT Here's a cross-section of the pumpkin stem, healthy and with no splits. What's interesting is that it shows the plant's massive vascular network, the main reason why the fruit can grow so huge. All... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360969 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360969 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:00:57 GMT My son Oliver having fun much earlier than usual this year! I sent some tissue off for analysis, the rest is being eaten by pigs & cows as I type this. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360928 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360928 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:54:16 GMT Game over for me this year. It was putting on 55lb a day for the last few days ending up at 1123lb DAP43 which was obviously too much for the internal architecture to handle. Oh well. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360881 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360881 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:43:13 GMT DAP 40 and we have 956lbs. The good weather and warm nights certainly help! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360730 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360730 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 05:22:49 GMT The latest leaf tissue analysis is much better and the leaves are looking spot on. The low Cu is no big deal nor is the high Mo, both can be easily compensated. This 2641 is the most ferocious pumpkin... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360708 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360708 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:16:03 GMT This plant is a beast, harnessing its immense growing power and trying to get it to concentrate on growing fruit and not leaves and vines is a real problem. Here's a pic of some mutated leaves, vines,... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360399 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360399 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:15:34 GMT This is DAP 30 and taping 538lb. The heatwave has been a challenge and I am told there is more to come. The shade netting should mitigate some of that, and as the leaves get older they're better able ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360390 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360390 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:18:43 GMT It's always a great sight to witness prolific rooting at the nodes. All are treated the same, buried after spraying with Clonex, but not all of them take for some reason. Timing is important, too earl... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360237 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360237 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:55:11 GMT One of the biggest challenges at the moment is 1) spotting and locating rogue tertiaries in the dense canopy and 2) removing them without smashing up vines and leaves. If this one wasn't found and rem... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360205 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360205 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:03:03 GMT Leaf showing chlorosis and necrosis due to light and heat damage. For the first time ever I'll have to put up some shade netting due to the heatwave we're currently experiencing. Lucky it's only affec... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360118 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360118 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:39:21 GMT DAP20 taping 202lb quite pleased with that, a 7% increase on last year and geometrically solid with smooth skin. Plant is looking happy and healthy too, lots of female buds I must have picked off 20-3... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360048 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360048 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 15:29:34 GMT Ouch! Looks like I was too late! I think this pumpkin will have to be named Scarface http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=359886 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=359886 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:22:12 GMT DAP15 and things are going well, so well it looks like I will have to remove the chair at this early stage http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=359885 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=359885 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:21:20 GMT DAP 8 and things are looking good. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=359703 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=359703 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:34:05 GMT This is the first leaf analysis of the season. Mn deficiency usually shows as yellow patches on the leaves, but they look ok to me, and even though it's 'low' it's not super low so a touch of foliar s... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=359702 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=359702 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:31:33 GMT Not the prettiest flower but beggars can't be choosers. This will be the back up as it seems the first pollination will fail. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=359545 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=359545 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:20:26 GMT WIth pretty much no growth after 7 days the first fruit was zapped. So this is the new pumpkin, hopefully the keeper, a Paton 2020 cross at DAP 5 and looking so much better. It's growing parallel to t... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=359544 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=359544 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:48:16 GMT DAP 5 and still not much of a change. There is another female due to open tomorrow, but because of the S bend created for the earlier pollination it's in a really bad position... some major vine repos... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=359394 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=359394 Sun, 31 May 2026 16:51:15 GMT This is DAP 3 and there is some swelling but not much. It's been very hot so I am not sure if the pollination was successful. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=359393 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=359393 Sun, 31 May 2026 16:48:42 GMT