BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'SleepyHollowPumpkinFarm' http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2024&grower=84694&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'SleepyHollowPumpkinFarm'. 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/ 08/02/2022 - with photo 50 Days after pollination. Estimated 661 Pounds. Lets get it to 1000! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=333511 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=333511 Tue, 02 Aug 2022 15:25:21 GMT 07/25/2022 - with photo Tarp Burn Damage. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=333205 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=333205 Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:06:56 GMT 07/24/2022 - with photo Pumpkin at 43 DAP and 485 Pounds with Tarp Burn Damage. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=333204 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=333204 Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:06:37 GMT 08/29/2020 - with photo Patch looking a little rough. I believe downy mildew. I have certainly seen come downy mildew. Treating with Eagle. Next year, i hope to get a mistblower so i can better get under the leaves. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=319959 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=319959 Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:58:09 GMT 08/29/2020 - with photo Patch 29 AUG - Downy Mildew? http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=319958 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=319958 Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:56:08 GMT 08/02/2020 - with photo Patch August 2nd. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=319957 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=319957 Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:47:07 GMT 08/04/2020 - with photo Its been a year of rot in the patch. Today i found this one. Its 150 total inches. So a bit larger than a beach ball but not by much. Can aborts be this large? The three previous aborts rotted when... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=318539 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=318539 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 11:32:48 GMT 07/19/2020 - with photo I,Found this today. The pumpkin is a bit larger than a beach ball.....Do you think its blossom end rot, another type of rot or an abort. I feel like i have had a number of pumpkins get to about basket... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=317546 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=317546 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 11:12:07 GMT 06/15/2020 Fertilized the Backup Plant today. I also noticed Cucumber beetles on the male flowers. I'm going to spray Sevin tonight and put down the Grub Ex granular. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315544 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315544 Mon, 15 Jun 2020 16:13:21 GMT 06/10/2020 - with photo The primary vine is certainly slowing down. Maybe growing 3-4 inches a day. The secondaries are growing much faster. Probably twice as fast. The primary vine is about 11 feet long. I also noticed ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315403 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315403 Fri, 12 Jun 2020 11:42:13 GMT 05/31/2020 - with photo I thought the stem color and sepals were looking a bit off but after consultaion with the great folks on this page, i believe they are fine. I guess some AG's have a yellow vines and sepals. The more ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315052 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315052 Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:21:42 GMT 06/02/2020 - with photo View of the two pumpkins from the kitchen. They were about the same size at planting. The one on the right has had a light on it often and has soil heating cables (which i need to remember to unplug) http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315051 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315051 Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:17:33 GMT 05/31/2020 - with photo Plants are moving. Not a lot of flowers so i am backing off the N. I am putting more PK down with a 18-21-21 and using the Captains Neptune and Dr. Earth spray. I think i will be putting down a m... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315050 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315050 Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:16:21 GMT 05/12/2020 - with photo The girls are growing. They are taking on size fast. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315049 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315049 Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:13:16 GMT 05/25/2020 - with photo Letting the girls breathe. I have fed the lots of N. They have recieved 21-0-0- granular and 13-0-1 liquid drench. I figure i am planting early so lets push them with N until about mid-June. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315048 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315048 Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:12:32 GMT 05/19/2020 - with photo Little fella in the advanced agricultural and aquatic resource center. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315047 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315047 Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:11:04 GMT 05/14/2020 - with photo Loving to look inside at night. Plants are moving. I have a small heater, pink growlight and regular growlight pointing down. The hoop house stays about 10 degree warmer without the heater. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315046 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315046 Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:10:23 GMT 05/06/2020 - with photo Loving the Glow of the new lights. The first step towards spooky season..... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315045 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315045 Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:08:55 GMT 05/05/2020 - with photo Planting Day. Its a hot one. A good 80 degrees today. Planting a Wallace 2017 and a Gedes 2018. Mixed in Happy frog, Oceans Alive and bagged compost and watered in. Go Get'em! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315044 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315044 Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:08:09 GMT 04/19/2020 - with photo Planted Seeds April 7th after a 24 hour soaking. They are grown in Happy Frog. No additional fertilizer. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315043 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=315043 Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:06:14 GMT