BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'Wildcat83' http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2024&grower=78703&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'Wildcat83'. 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 Year 2 The robin picture was last week, and that's pretty much all melted now. Last year was my first year growing. I tried to grow 2 for size and 2 orange, along with about an acre of decora... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301609 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301609 Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:41:28 GMT 04/20/2019 - with photo Everyone is posting things about planting and tilling, and I'm over here like... "Hey, the robins are back"! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301606 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=301606 Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:16:37 GMT 10/20/2018 - with photo Year 1 goal 500 Year 1 weight 557 This is from early October. Beat my coworker who was also growing for the first time. The 557 was off my 1904 which took crazy wind damage twice. The nic... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=299162 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=299162 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 14:28:23 GMT 08/16/2018 - with photo Never grew Bule gourds before, turned out pretty cool. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=296309 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=296309 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 18:22:10 GMT 08/16/2018 - with photo 1904.5 Odd shape but still slowly gaining. Up to 229 inches. Mutant plant to start eventually straightened out the took a bunch of wind damage, and grown in extremely dry conditions. This is alr... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=296308 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=296308 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 18:20:27 GMT 08/13/2018 - with photo The Hamilton still chugging along. 227 inches OTT so about 265 pounds. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=296153 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=296153 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 22:04:16 GMT 08/10/2018 - with photo Thin wall from the 1666. Like I said above, only a spot about the size of a baseball, everywhere else the walls were normal thickness. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=295846 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=295846 Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:05:36 GMT 08/10/2018 - with photo Lost the 1666 today to a soft spot forming on the blossom end. Broke it open and the walls were very thick except for a baseball size spot. There the wall was less than a half inch thick. It’s like... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=295845 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=295845 Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:02:24 GMT 08/06/2018 - with photo The 1666 is really growing in an odd shape. It’s my biggest plant by far, but so far growth hasn’t matched. Rain and warm weather might kick it into gear. I’m hoping it doesn’t sit down on it’s blo... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=295522 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=295522 Mon, 06 Aug 2018 20:06:46 GMT 08/06/2018 - with photo My Hamilton is now my biggest pumpkin. Pollinated on July 15th it now measures 187” OTT. It has an almost perfect shape and a pretty dark shade already. I’m almost positive it will go orange. We f... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=295521 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=295521 Mon, 06 Aug 2018 20:01:22 GMT 07/30/2018 - with photo Came back to the shed to find this. The jack is too heavy for him to move, so he had to drive the tractor onto it. Routine maintenance, bang on it with a spark plug wrench for a while and good to go... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=295025 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=295025 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 23:28:01 GMT 07/30/2018 - with photo Hamilton My healthiest plant. Still crazy dry here, this one is actually slowly catching my 1904 in size. Really nice shape and lots of orange genetics. Can’t wait to see how it turns out. Chan... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=295022 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=295022 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 23:22:11 GMT 07/30/2018 - with photo 1904 Growing slow but steady. Still the biggest right now but I think will be passed up. Nice shape and looks like it will go orange. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=295021 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=295021 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 23:18:40 GMT 07/27/2018 - with photo Treece FP - 88 inches OTT right now. Was a beautiful pumpkin, but a leaf scraped it up a little during our last storm. I’m sure it will heal fine but will mark up an otherwise perfect pumpkin. Both... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=294755 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=294755 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 19:30:00 GMT 07/27/2018 - with photo 1904.5 Steil - small wind damaged plant set on a side vine, and still the biggest I have right now at 124 inches OTT. The 1666 is twice the size plant and set 17 feet on the main. Guessing it will p... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=294754 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=294754 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 19:24:23 GMT 07/27/2018 - with photo 1666 Steil - 83 inches OTT Almost on the chart, lol. Starting out very pear shaped, I will be curious to see how it develops. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=294753 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=294753 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 19:19:41 GMT 07/20/2018 - with photo Cut it in half, let these guys pick away at it. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=294224 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=294224 Fri, 20 Jul 2018 21:20:01 GMT 07/20/2018 - with photo Found this guy growing about a foot from the stump. I had long stopped checking vines there, but it had new growth some how. That stem is crazy! I have pretty big hands, impressive stems on the T... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=294223 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=294223 Fri, 20 Jul 2018 21:17:59 GMT 07/20/2018 - with photo Rain floating all over WI today and this is what we got. I kicked the ground and still dust under the top layer of wet soil. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=294206 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=294206 Fri, 20 Jul 2018 18:48:53 GMT 07/20/2018 - with photo This is on a hill, so not all is this bad, but this gives you a little idea of the level of drought in my area. 20 miles away is a lot better, seems like every thing just misses us. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=294205 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=294205 Fri, 20 Jul 2018 18:44:10 GMT