Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 48 Entries. Sunday, February 21 View Page Lets get started. Here is my soil going to the lab Sunday, February 21 View Page Here are the basically toxic results. I have my plan which I will show once I have my additives gathered Sunday, February 21 View Page opps here is the pic for last post Friday, February 26 View Page Well my last seeds I was expecting have arrived. So here is my seed inventory which was thinned by mice (only got old unproven seeds so no real lose) I wish I could give each one a plot this year but they all will see dirt eventually. I will be planting 20 in total for only 2 positions in my Garden. 4 great seeds and 6 of mine then 10 days latter another great 4 with another 6 of mine. I have learned through hard knocks BACK UP, BACK UP, BACK UP. (1048 cox will be in a breeding program else were). Here is what I have. 1 - 1048 Cox 00 1 - 993.6 Cavanagh 08 1 - 1307 Connolly 08 1 - 1568 Connolly 08 1 - 1088 Glasier 09 1 - 1105 Glasier 09 1 - 1128 Glasier 09 1 - 1174 Glasier 09 1 - 1378 Glasier 09 1 - 1535.5 Glasier 09 1 - 1019 Grande 09 2 - 1283 Grande 09 3 - 963 Jarvis 08 9 - 1217.5 Jarvis 09 5 - 1234.5 Jarvis 09 1 - 1103 liggett 09 1 - 1217 liggett 09 1 - 1636 liggett 09 2 - 1432 Northrup 09 1 - 1202 Reid 07 1 - 1211 Reid 08 1 - 1047 Timm 08 307 - 841 Turner 09 1 - 1135 Van Kooten 09 1 - 1142 Van Kooten 04 1 - 1255 Van Kooten 08 1 - 1536.5 Van Kooten 08 1 - 900 Wallace 09 1 - 919 Wallace 09 1 - 1007 Wallace 09 1 - 1258 Wallace 09 1 - 1341 Wallace 09 1 - 1395 Wallace 09 1 - 1596 Wallace 09 1 - 1199 Werner 09 1 - 1281 Werner 09 1 - 1430 Werner 09 1 - 1445.5 Werner 09 1 - 1556.5 Werner 07 Thursday, April 8 View Page germinations test complete 6 of 6 481 turners came up. Good enough for me. These are the 2 best after 4 days. Friday, April 16 View Page here we go Thursday, May 6 View Page Lost my first line up yesterday. Started out cold and rainy so I left the green house shut and it turned sunny and hot. made a nice pumpkin plant soup. This has took a little joy out of this season but i do have backup's but not my first choice for pumpkin 841 turner but squash still looks good with a back up 1217 jarvis. but still a week now behind what I was hoping for. Wednesday, May 12 View Page Well I have been looking at my old diaries and I think I'm about 2 day's behind my average years in this garden. Disappointing as I wanted to be a week ahead so as to get a set on by july 1st. But on the plus side this is the best looking pumpkin plant I have ever had at this point in the garden. the first true leaf is large and sound with second leaf looking good so far and the plant is not leggy at all. My squash though are leggy with some leaf damage but sound. Unfortunaly my camera was put through the wash so I may not have any picks this year. :( Friday, May 14 View Page For my records I planted backups on april 24th and transplanted on may 2nd Tuesday, May 18 View Page My pumpkins are still looking good but still a few day's behind last year. Today is the hottest so far and the plants are looking great without a sign of heat stress, which is a first as all previouse plants all showed heat stress in this kind of heat (a candle beside them is in a liquid state right now) As for my squash are all double vined. JARVIIISSSSS!!!!!!! Monday, May 24 View Page 30 days old now. plant layed down today in the extrem heat perfectly. vine only 1' and working on it's 5th true leaf. behind last year still by a week:( Tuesday, June 1 View Page day 67. I really need a temprature controlled green house here by the ocean. The day's are cold but sunny if I don't open it up to the cold they cook. Well enough excuse from me if I lose I lose. Right now my 841 turner is 2'. I need 13' more in this month to set by the 1st. Monday, June 14 View Page Day 80 and nothing to brag about. 5' main with juvinial leaves burning when the sun comes out also signs of powder mildew wanting to get in. with aphid is the jarvis 2'. But he alway's has had a shorter vine than me. Friday, June 18 View Page DAY 83 now 6'6". when it's not cold my leaves are burning up. I put cheese cloth over as was going to be hot today and it is 30 degree c. I can't beleive how well the cheese cloth is completly protecting my leaves. Monday, June 21 View Page day 86. I'm at 8'. Now I predict with out even seeing a female on this plant yet, that I will set one on the 7th. @ 10'8". Let's see how close I am Monday, June 28 View Page This is my apprentice's shared garden with me, out in the country, were the weather is warmer. here is the pumpkin at day 10 Monday, June 28 View Page And here is one of our squash at day 10 Monday, June 28 View Page Day 93 10' and starting to grow. first male opened yesterday. I can now see a female and it's green Monday, June 28 View Page Day 93 10' and starting to grow. first male opened yesterday. I can now see a female and it's green Wednesday, June 30 View Page 841 Turner is the most intersting Pumpkin/Squash plant in the world. As you can see when it thinks it wants to start growing it Likes to rev up to 16" tall. And when he's thirsty he Doesn't always drink beer, but when he does he perfers Dos equis. Thursday, July 1 View Page Like any good trophy wife,it's good to get them young so you can start to train them they way you want them. She's a little young for me now but when she get's older she'll be just the way i like'm. As you can see she's also exotic not quit sure what color she is or will be. She's just 1" out of the growth head and will fall close to 12' and hopefully we will wed on the 8th. Friday, July 2 View Page maybe a little over kill in the training dept. Friday, July 2 View Page here's my ultra sound pic. looks like it's mommy but it has it's fathers eyes. Tuesday, July 6 View Page 2 maybe 3 days away? Thursday, July 8 View Page when will he open. I lost the main vine about 2' and 3 side vines past this guy. it simply exploded. So I only have this one kick at the can and not a lot of males. Saturday, July 10 View Page Finally, I thought this day would never come. It's sitting at 12' main. 2 day's before it opened I was worried as I could tell that something was not quit right with the bulges at the base of the flower. But fortunatly no seeds are present. Saturday, July 10 View Page 5 Lobes? never the less wow. Sunday, July 11 View Page day 1 Monday, July 12 View Page day 2 for this selfed abnormalty. not 100% she's taken yet. Tuesday, July 13 View Page day 3 not sure she's set yet. I pollunated a 1217.5 jarvis today at 7' with my 841 and it had 5 lobes Wednesday, July 14 View Page well any chance for the top 3 at windsor is out for me now (not that I had much of a chance) As my pumpkin is aborting. and since my main vine exploided 2' after I will have to settle for a side vine fruit. Thankfully I did set one on the 12th at 10' main 3' side (selfed). It started out as a smaller fruit when in bloom than my main vine fruit but it has an even longer stock and much better shape. again though it has 5.5 lobes but more uniform with only the 1/2 lobe being right in the middle of the well formed blossum. Monday, July 19 View Page this was pollinated today but it is on a side vine that snapped in half just before this what a shame Tuesday, July 20 View Page well a late kick at the can. finally a well formed 5 lobes. Tuesday, July 20 View Page well we have ignition but will I have take off this time? I also pullunated 2 others today. One good 4 lober and another 4 lober but it's stock blew out which is a commen trate of the 800 neily. Wednesday, July 21 View Page day 1 take 2 (selfed) Thursday, July 22 View Page day 2 come on you peice of crap TAKE. Sunday, July 25 View Page day 3 Sunday, July 25 View Page day 4 Sunday, July 25 View Page day 5 Sunday, July 25 View Page here is a back up day 5. It's vine is slightly larger than main pumpkin but it is up hill on unlevel ground and not nearly as much pollen was used Sunday, July 25 View Page here is another back up day 6 but it is up hill on a vine that broke a 1/3 of the way through and very little pollen was used to pollenate. I'm torn but will give them 1 more week before I start dropping axes Monday, July 26 View Page day 6 finally some noticable growth how ever slight it is Tuesday, July 27 View Page What is this Cucumber Mosaic or Calcium Deficiency or Manganese Deficiency or Molybdenum Deficiency? Thursday, July 29 View Page day 9 for these peices of useless crap. No growth for 2 day's. So now I'm Left with old crack vine. Well I'm so far behind now I pulled out all the stops I've deadheaded all vines but one Just behind crack head. Also I've pulled The Jarvis Squash as either it was deseied or Defficient in something and since bothe plants were back to back I hope to gain a little momentuim. I was playing it safe till now. But the time for playing safe is long past for me now. aaahhhhahahhhahhahhahaahhahah Thursday, July 29 View Page day 10 for old crack head. 24.5"c 16.5"ee 13.5"ss = 54.5"ott. not bad # for day 10 but horrible #s for july 29th. Wednesday, August 4 View Page Done she blew up 3 day's ago. will be pulling plant latter this week. little tear. Thursday, August 12 View Page well this is nothing but thought I would record it anyway. I set a 5 lobe 1' main 10' side 6' side side. The amount of splits in this vine would make a triage doctor sick to his stomack to look at it. But this is the last thing I could possibly set. Hopefully the split vines will stop this pumpkin from splitting. Wednesday, August 18 View Page want to see something gross. look at this yuuuuk!!!