Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 76 Entries. Friday, April 8 View Page Going to use the strongest three out of these and will plant on Sunday.   Thursday, April 14 View Page Super excited that six of the ten seeds are already up and the first 4 included 3 that I really wanted to grow this year. First to last 1940 2218 2365 1940 2365 and 2218. The 2218 surprised me the most because both seeds sounded empty and were very thin at the end of the seed. Three of the others are moving dirt so hopefully they will be under the light tomorrow morning.   Thursday, April 14 View Page Ugh. Already had to do a little surgery to save my 2365   Friday, April 15 View Page All 10 are finally up   Thursday, April 21 View Page These are my best six.   Thursday, April 21 View Page Hoop houses are up and heating cables are in. Now if the weather would just improve. Looks like my pumpkin plants will go in the ground on the 28th   Saturday, April 23 View Page First nice day so the year here so the plants went outside for 5 hours today. Followed by a seaweed spray   Saturday, April 23 View Page Pic of hoop house   Sunday, May 1 View Page Finally got my plants in the ground today. 2021.5 Sperry and 2169.3 Daho   Sunday, May 1 View Page 2365 Wolf and 2218 Cardenas   Sunday, May 1 View Page Double planted the 1940 Urena. Hopefully the one on the right is not a double vine   Saturday, May 7 View Page Decided to try a few giant tomatoes this year. Planted five 7.19 Tobeck on 05/02/22 and all are up this morning.   Thursday, May 19 View Page This 1940 didn’t double vine so I cut the other plant out today. The 2169 has a kinked vine and wants to grow straight up but I’m still hoping it will lay down soon. The 2365 and 2218 are almost down and very similar in size. Guess I’ll wait a few more days to make my choice   Thursday, May 19 View Page This 1940 didn’t double vine so I cut the other plant out today. The 2169 has a kinked vine and wants to grow straight up but I’m still hoping it will lay down soon. The 2365 and 2218 are almost down and very similar in size. Guess I’ll wait a few more days to make my choice   Thursday, May 19 View Page I put a light out to hopefully help my 2169 lay down   Thursday, May 19 View Page Pic   Friday, May 20 View Page One more try. 1940   Saturday, May 21 View Page 2169.3 is finally down but has a kink in the main. Looks like this is one will still win over the 2021.5 which is 3 leaves smaller   Thursday, May 26 View Page Removed all the hoop house today and cut down to one plant. This is 2169.3 Daho   Thursday, May 26 View Page 2365 Wolf   Thursday, May 26 View Page Last is the 1940 Urena This plant likes to wilt even on cloudy days but is my best plant   Sunday, June 5 View Page 1940 urena with 6 inch nodes starting to run   Sunday, June 5 View Page 2365 finally starting to throw a few secondaries   Sunday, June 5 View Page 2169 is planted in the spot with the least amount of sun but it is growing great   Thursday, June 16 View Page Pollinated my 1940 x self at 11 1/2 feet. This plant has very short nodes and actually has 19 secondaries behind it. There is another flower with 25 secondaries behind it that will be pollinated next week. Hopefully that will be my keeper   Saturday, June 18 View Page 2365 wolf has a pumpkin under the chair and 16 secondaries behind it.   Saturday, June 18 View Page 2169.3 is growing great with 19 secondaries behind the future pumpkin   Saturday, June 18 View Page 1940 urena has one pumpkin pollinated and another hopefully early next week   Tuesday, June 21 View Page Pollinated my second pumpkin on the 1940 this morning with three 2365 wolf flowers. Hopefully it takes because it was a mild 94 degrees today   Tuesday, June 21 View Page Do you think I have enough flowers for my 2169.3 pollination tomorrow Btw these are from my 1940 urena   Wednesday, June 22 View Page Pollinated the 2169.3 Daho today with the 1940 Urena   Friday, June 24 View Page Last pic of my plants. 1940 with 23 secondaries   Friday, June 24 View Page 2365 wolf with 16 secondaries   Friday, June 24 View Page 2169.3 Daho with 18 secondaries and a perfectly round pumpkin   Friday, June 24 View Page Pollinated my nice looking four lobe 2365 wolf with the 2169.3 Daho   Friday, July 1 View Page 1940 urena 10 dap   Saturday, July 2 View Page 2169.3 Daho x 1940 urena at 10 dap. Wow is this one small but it is definitely still growing. Pollinated another one today with a 2365 so that may end up a as my keeper   Monday, July 4 View Page This is my very slow growing 2169 (12 dap) with the split vine and I'm thinking it is going to be culled soon. Pollinated another pumpkin on July 2nd with the 2365 that will hopefully be my keeper.   Monday, July 11 View Page This is my 1940 urena at 20 dap and measuring at 155 ott that will be named Matilda. Unfortunately she has a couple of nasty scars on her from the leaf stem. Ugh The good thing is that it looks like she might end up a decent shade of orange and is starting to put on a few pounds.   Thursday, July 14 View Page 2365 Wolf x 2169.3 Daho 20 dap 146 inches   Thursday, July 14 View Page 2365 Wolf x 2169.3 Daho 20 dap 146 inches   Sunday, July 17 View Page This is tony a 2365 wolf x self that is growing in a 200 sq ft area that gets maybe 4 hours of sun a day. Today is 20 dap with an ott of 104 and approximately 32 pounds. Hopefully this will end up as a 5-600 pound porch pumpkin with great genetics   Thursday, July 21 View Page 1940 urena dap 30 and approximately 325 lbs   Friday, July 22 View Page 1940 urena dap 30 241 ott and 323 lbs   Friday, July 22 View Page This is Marjorie my 2169.3 Daho at 20 dap with an ott of 130 inches and 57 lbs   Sunday, July 24 View Page Wow 2 1/2 inches of rain last night and everything is doing great this morning. This is jean my 2365 wolf at 30 dap coming in with an ott of 241 and weighs 323 pounds. This is the exact weight of 1940 at 30 dap.   Sunday, July 31 View Page I moved my first pumpkin (1940 urena) This is before   Sunday, July 31 View Page This is after the move   Sunday, July 31 View Page This is after the move   Sunday, July 31 View Page Looks like my 2169.3 is done. Ugh. One should open tomorrow and hopefully that one will take   Sunday, July 31 View Page Looks like my 2169.3 is done. Ugh. One should open tomorrow and hopefully that one will take   Sunday, July 31 View Page 1940 urena 40 dap 298 ott and 611 lbs. average 26 lbs per day for the last five   Wednesday, August 3 View Page Jean (2365) is 40 dap today with a 306 ott and 661 lbs. She is doing great and has averaged 37.2 lbs/day for the last five   Wednesday, August 3 View Page I do have one decent tomato growing on the 7.19 Tobeck   Friday, August 5 View Page 1940 urena is dap 45 314 ott and 714 lbs with average of 20.6 per day   Monday, August 8 View Page 2365 wolf dap 45 327 ott and 804 lbs Average of 28.6 lbs per day x5   Wednesday, August 10 View Page 1940 urena dap 50 330 ott 826 lbs 22.4 lbs day x5   Sunday, August 14 View Page 2365 is at 51 dap with an ott of 357 inches and estimated at 1035. My first every over the 1000 pound mark.   Saturday, August 20 View Page 1940 urena is still growing with an ott of 355 and a weight of 1019 pounds at 60 dap. It has averaged 19 pounds a day for the last 10 but is definitely slowing down the last few days   Sunday, August 21 View Page My first giant tomato from 7.19 Tobeck came in at just over three pounds.   Tuesday, August 23 View Page This is jean my 2365 wolf at 60 dap coming in with an ott of 379 and approximately 1222 pounds. She has done 25.8 lbs per day for the last 5 and should double my pb of 688 very soon.   Wednesday, August 24 View Page My acorn pumpkin split into the cavity this morning so I caulked her up and going to display her by the road for the next week or so.   Wednesday, August 24 View Page This was a 2365 wolf that I was trying to grow in between some trees. Might be a good spot for a porch pumpkin next year   Tuesday, August 30 View Page Matilda is taking the slow and steady growth curve this year. She is 70 dap with an ott of 378 inches and an estimated weight of 1213 lbs for an average of 19 pounds per day.   Tuesday, August 30 View Page This tomato is from the 7.19 Tobeck weighed in at just under 3 lbs and part of it was eaten by birds. Ugh   Friday, September 2 View Page My 2365 wolf is still growing and has now doubled my pumpkin from last year. Just have to keep her alive for 3-4 more weeks   Friday, September 2 View Page My 2365 wolf is still growing and has now doubled my pumpkin from last year. Just have to keep her alive for 3-4 more weeks   Friday, September 2 View Page My 2365 wolf is still growing and has now doubled my pumpkin from last year. Just have to keep her alive for 3-4 more weeks   Sunday, September 4 View Page My last tomato for the year from a 7.19 tobeck came in at 3.66 pounds. Unfortunately I found four good sized tomato’s in the middle of this plant today.   Monday, September 12 View Page My 2365 is really starting to cantelope and hasn’t grown very much over the last five days. Hopefully that means she is gaining weight on the inside and will go heavy.   Friday, September 23 View Page Loaded up the 1940 and heading to ST Johns in the morning   Saturday, September 24 View Page Had a great day at the Central Great Lakes Weigh-Off with my 7.19 Tobeck coming in 1st with a weight of 3.35 lbs   Saturday, September 24 View Page I also finished 3rd at Central Great Lakes Weigh-Off with my 1940 Urena weighing in at 1499 pounds.   Friday, September 30 View Page Loaded up and heading to Dundee in the morning   Saturday, October 1 View Page Unfortunately the axel brace on my buddies trailer snapped so this is how my pumpkin arrived in Dundee   Saturday, October 1 View Page My 2365 wolf went a little light but still managed fourth place and this ended being a great day with all the growers that I got to meet today. Btw a special thanks to Cecil Weston for helping me change the blown trailer tire before I realized the axel bracket was snapped.