BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'Maurice'

05/12/2026

Wed, 13 May 2026 20:41:03 GMT

O was wondering is a Cinderella grown pumpkin less likely to go down to BES than a normally positioned pumpkin because there is not as much pressure on it

05/12/2026

Tue, 12 May 2026 19:37:09 GMT

O was wondering is a Cinderella grown pumpkin less likely to go down to BES than a normally positioned pumpkin because there is not as much pressure on it

05/12/2026 - with photo

Tue, 12 May 2026 11:34:34 GMT

i have to warm my soil it is currenly around 16 C. my initial plan was to dig a 2' deep hole and put leaves in it then cover with soil and as they decompose the heat the soil but when i started to d...

05/12/2026 - with photo

Tue, 12 May 2026 11:34:33 GMT

05/11/2026 - with photo

Mon, 11 May 2026 17:24:18 GMT

Here is my griw room update the 1504's just started taking off the 1310 is coming along not as fast I assume because it is 9 days younger the second last pumpkin looks like it's growing fastest I plan...

05/08/2026 - with photo

Fri, 08 May 2026 10:44:09 GMT

Just today I was checking my young giant pumpkin plants and noticed this yellowing on the leaf edges I am assuming overwatering what's your take on it?

05/07/2026 - with photo

Thu, 07 May 2026 20:11:04 GMT

As I said yesterday sadly most of my AGs expect for 2 rotted in the cold temps so I went to another grower who gave me seeds from his and his friends' pumpkins 7 x 1319 MacDonald (1966.5 Warner '24 x ...

05/05/2026

Tue, 05 May 2026 14:30:50 GMT

Arghh I checked one of my 2097s and it was rotten the others haven't sprouted yet buy 2 of my backups have

05/03/2026

Sun, 03 May 2026 17:36:52 GMT

I have a plan for my irrigation thus year this is a first doing this last year I was doing soaker hoses but my plan is to set up 225 ft2 of roof (out of greenhouse fabric) on an angle the rain hits it...

05/01/2026

Fri, 01 May 2026 09:00:53 GMT

My giant pumpkin seeds have been in soil for 8 days the first five the soil and room was 18 Celsius I raised the temperature and added a heat mat 3 days ago they didn't rot but the seed coat was softe...

04/28/2026

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:22:14 GMT

here my seed starting video: YouTube

04/24/2026 - with photo

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:42:17 GMT

I decided 8 would build a hoop house for my 1504 so I planted them today and they were huge 35 percen5 bigger than m6 1776s or 2097s.

04/23/2026 - with photo

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:51:17 GMT

I got back from Croatia yesterday and today I started the seeds 3 x 1776 2 x 2097 and I waited on the 1504 because I don't got no hoop house for 'em. I failed to get a picture so I'll post one from th...

04/20/2026 - with photo

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:41:43 GMT

Today is the day of the big order! Hoop house things, molasses, humic & fulvic acids, irrigation things. It'll be there by the 23rd so I can prepare everything the second 8 ge5 home.

04/19/2026 - with photo

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:27:45 GMT

Finished my latest video today on vine patterns! Here it is: YouTube

04/18/2026 - with photo

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:54:40 GMT

Who knew this existed! It's a copper coin that I go5 for my birthday today.

04/15/2026 - with photo

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:29:05 GMT

Here is my new idea for a vine pattern with the first secondaries after the ones forming a U shape are extended to 18 feet and then have tertiaries coming out on one side this one was also disigned to...

04/11/2026 - with photo

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:37:38 GMT

I was now thinking about, since I have a 20 x 33 foot patch wether to have the main vine run along the 33 feet and the secondaries 10 on each side or the mail 20 feet and the secondaries 15 on each si...

04/09/2026

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:23:24 GMT

i am also doing a video diary this year, here's my first, seed selection: YouTube

04/06/2026 - with photo

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:31:53 GMT

I finished my 2026 pumpkin 59 day time-lapse video here it is: YouTube