Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 84 Entries. Tuesday, March 8 View Page Germination Day is about 3 weeks away now, typical march weather.... I am really starting to dislike snow..   Tuesday, March 8 View Page Doing some gh maintenance, a wooden gh is like a old wooden boat, every few years you got repairs or remodels to do   Thursday, March 31 View Page My seed line up for the coming year , a big thanks to Ruben, Andy and Brian for helping me out !   Thursday, March 31 View Page Less than 72 hours the 2191 Uhlmeyer and 2365 wolf broke thru , this pic is at 72 hr mark and both mendi seeds are showing and should be up tommorow , so off to a good start   Friday, April 1 View Page Day 4 of the germination process , everything is up and out of the soil, what a difference in 24 hours on the mendi seeds, 2183 looks good , the 2356 only has 1 cot leaf, but not worried   Friday, April 1 View Page Current patch conditions, which are pretty typical for this time of year, I am still in the middle of the remodel project as both gh roofs have to come off and things changed around, hoping to be done in the next 8 days or so , we have about 13 hours of daylight now which helps to get things done after work   Monday, April 25 View Page This is day 21 for the plants, in the front is the 2183 mendi, i really need to get these in the ground   Monday, April 25 View Page I finally got every thing buttoned up and some partial tilling done   Monday, April 25 View Page The 2183 is finally in the ground, the breakaway box , really helps with the transplant process as its past the 4 leaf stage   Monday, April 25 View Page 2183 in the mini gh inside the gh , which is needed because the over nite low is 34 F   Monday, April 25 View Page 2365 Wolf ready to bury, this plant is about 23 days old   Monday, April 25 View Page 2365 wolf is in the game   Monday, April 25 View Page Both are ready to rock ! Hoping for good things.. time will tell   Thursday, May 5 View Page I finally got the last soil prep work done , in both greenhouses, now time to hook up drip tape   Thursday, May 5 View Page 2365 wolf at about day 34 above ground   Thursday, May 5 View Page 2183 mendi at day 34   Friday, May 13 View Page 2365 wolf , growing good   Friday, May 13 View Page Another angle of the 2365   Friday, May 13 View Page 2183 mendi, also moving along nicely   Friday, May 13 View Page 2183 potential prospect, about 10 ft out   Saturday, May 21 View Page 1 st female opened on the 2183 s couple days ago   Saturday, May 21 View Page But no male flowers, were ready at the time , so had to pass,   Monday, May 30 View Page I decided I needed to do a little pruning , so I rented this baby, to get a little extra sun   Monday, May 30 View Page It was s lot of fun to operate, it went up 45 ft and out 22 ft   Monday, May 30 View Page Overhead patch view!!   Saturday, June 4 View Page Pollenated the 1st female off the 2365 Wolf a couple days ago, on june 1 st   Saturday, June 4 View Page A nice 5 lober, it was crossed with the 2183 Mendi   Saturday, June 4 View Page All bagged up   Saturday, June 4 View Page I pollenated the 2 nd female off the 2183 mendi yesterday on june 2 nd   Saturday, June 4 View Page The blossom has some issues , but crossed it with the 2365 anyways, if anybody has grown a pumpkin off a blossom like this let me know how it worked out, no other viable options are showing at this time , and with a early season weigh off , i want all the growing days i can get, do might have to go with it   Monday, June 13 View Page 2365 Wolf day10   Tuesday, June 14 View Page 2183 mendi cross at day 10 , so far pumpkin looks fine shape wise   Tuesday, June 14 View Page 2183 mendi plant , its been a great plant to grow, probably one of my better ones   Wednesday, June 22 View Page 2365 Wolf at day 20   Wednesday, June 22 View Page Top view of 2365   Thursday, June 23 View Page 2183 mendi at dap 20   Thursday, June 23 View Page Top view of 2183,   Thursday, June 23 View Page Overall patch glimpse the fruit to me isnt looking to bad , considering what the blossom looked like, it will be interesting to see how things work out   Wednesday, June 29 View Page I had to slide the 2365 wolf , ahead 4 inches today , to relive some vine stress on Dap 26, went well   Sunday, July 3 View Page 2183 mendi at dap 30 , you can see some strange lines developing , as the blossom was pretty irregular   Sunday, July 3 View Page Side angle of the 2183   Sunday, July 3 View Page 2365 wolf at dap 31, over 500 lbs now , should be a nice one,   Sunday, July 3 View Page Front view of the 2365   Monday, July 11 View Page Patch view , wolf on left mendi on right   Saturday, July 16 View Page 2365 wolf , now taping 1020 lbs , at day 44, no sun for the next week or so , things will probably slow down   Saturday, July 16 View Page 2183 mendi aka " cookie monster"now taping 1135 lbs at day 43 , and is the patch leader, blossom end is a bit concerning, I have never had a pumpkin shaped like this before... 44 days till weigh-off , hope it holds up   Sunday, July 24 View Page Japanese TV visited the patch on Wed, station NHK I believe, Kenshi Fukahara, I hope, I spelled that right, it was a great visit, kinda of a crappy pic , but the only one I took...   Sunday, July 24 View Page 2183 mendi , now well-over 1300 lbs, still doing 30 lbs s day despite no sun for over a week or so, I have no idea what happens if the blossom end gets totally covered ....July is supposed to be our warmest month... not this year   Sunday, July 24 View Page 2365 now over 1200   Friday, July 29 View Page Cookie monster now taping 1573 lbs, at day 56 , 31 days to grow till weigh off, still not sure what happens if blossom end totally disappears , plant is in good shape snd the pumpkin skin id smooth snd shiny, thumps solid   Thursday, August 4 View Page 2365 wolf still growing , taping over 1400 lbs at day 60   Thursday, August 4 View Page I was working out of town today and took a few scenery shots, for those looking to beat the heat   Thursday, August 4 View Page And another glacier pic   Thursday, August 4 View Page Last one   Thursday, August 4 View Page Cookie monster over 1650 lbs at day 60   Sunday, August 14 View Page Overall patch pic , 2365 wolf on the left snd 2183 mendi on the right, weigh off is on Aug 29 th , so only 2 weeks yo grow   Sunday, August 14 View Page 2183 cookie monster , taping 1828 at day 71, our lousy weather is nothing to get excited about, but still moving forward   Sunday, August 14 View Page 2365 wolf , at day 72 just under 1600 lbs , still doing 16 lbs a day for last 12 days   Sunday, August 14 View Page A long gourd that broke its vine , a first for me , dont know if that is good or bad...   Sunday, August 21 View Page 2183 mendi, ska cookie monster, now taping 1928 lbs at day 79, 7 more days to grow as weigh off is monday the 29 th   Sunday, August 21 View Page 2365 wolf now closing in at over 1650 lbs,   Monday, August 29 View Page All loaded up , heading to weigh off   Monday, August 29 View Page Ok time for some weigh off pics, my normal lift guy couldn't make it this year , so i was really scrambling to figure things out, but ken owner of loken cranes , stepped up to help me out... this thing is awesome, the real deal   Tuesday, August 30 View Page 2365 wolf getting rigged up for lifting   Tuesday, August 30 View Page 2183 cookie monster getting ready   Tuesday, August 30 View Page 2183 airborne, always a nervous moment for me , as I did tie the final knot , that holds the whole thing together...   Tuesday, August 30 View Page Another look, thats when a few minutes feels like a 1/2 hr   Tuesday, August 30 View Page Close look   Tuesday, August 30 View Page Safely on the pallets ..whew   Tuesday, August 30 View Page 2365 wolf .. now the 1819 marshall, i was fighting a kink main vine issue for most of the season , I really think I could have gotten more out of it , it was a real healthy plant thru out   Tuesday, August 30 View Page 2183 now the 2147   Tuesday, August 30 View Page 2147 marshall   Thursday, September 8 View Page All decked out at the fair   Thursday, September 8 View Page Back from the fair , now trying to figure out how to get them off ... since my neighbor sold his heavy duty forklift , always... something lol   Thursday, September 8 View Page 400 lb counter weight was definitely wad needed . as my skid steer was at the max   Thursday, September 8 View Page Heading up hill , with grandson helping steer ... yikes   Thursday, September 8 View Page Con display, 1829 on left , 2147 on right   Saturday, September 10 View Page Sun hitting on the 1819   Monday, September 26 View Page 2365 x 2183 now the 1819 , opened up   Monday, September 26 View Page Closer look, pretty big cavity would have made a nice boat   Monday, September 26 View Page 2183 x 2365 now the 2147, a look from one side and out the other   Monday, September 26 View Page From the other side , the pumpkin flesh was really wet, probably why it went 10% heavy   Saturday, October 29 View Page   Saturday, December 17 View Page Looks like its going to be a white Christmas ...