http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2026&grower=73087&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'jimp'. en-us Copyright © 1999-2026 BigPumpkins.com. All rights reserved. info@bigpumpkins.com BP RSS FeedGen http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.bigpumpkins.com/images/newlogo_232x70.jpg http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/ Day 3 post-emergence 2004 Bernstrom by 2749 Gienger X 2501 Bernstrom and an 1844 Caspers by 2025 Rodenbaugh X 2501 Bernstrom. Never had seedlings grow this fast. Great genetics here. Now if I only don... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=358811 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=358811 Thu, 07 May 2026 22:15:26 GMT Goes with 4/12 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=358175 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=358175 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:26:22 GMT First Post - decided to go minimalist adamants this season - can't justify the outcomes with the time and energy. 900 sq ft patch. Just tilled in 20 lbs of 10-10-10, some aluminum sulfate for acid and... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=358135 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=358135 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:58:00 GMT The lone survivor - 2080 Bernstrom - est 454 turned out to be a beautiful specimen that wound up on our club's front entry as the center piece to the fall display. It ain't big but it is beautiful and... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356592 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356592 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 22:14:26 GMT Pumpkin by Moonlight (sounds like it should be a ballad sung by Andy Williams) http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356550 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356550 Sun, 05 Oct 2025 11:27:43 GMT Pumpkin by Moonlight (sounds like it should be a ballad sung by Andy Williams) http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356548 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356548 Sun, 05 Oct 2025 08:47:04 GMT The 2084 kin has stopped growing at 420lbs - why? Maybe the sun making it orange without shade cover - heard that could happen. Stem lost 50% of its width with the split but what's left seems good eno... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355934 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355934 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:39:28 GMT 350 lbs - gained 19/lbs day for last 3 days; only 6%/day - not so good. Worried about the stem - again grunge. Again dilute Clorox, fungicide and insecticide. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355487 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355487 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:19:01 GMT Classic mistake - did not free up the vine adjacent to the kin as it lifted due to exuberant growth - split the vine at the stem. Both stem and split section of vine still firmly attached, but the st... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355486 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355486 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:17:29 GMT 36" circ 2 days ago, 42" yesterday morning; 44" yesterday afternoon; 46" this afternoon despite a 25 degree drop in temperature. Name another vegetable on the planet that can do that! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354956 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354956 Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:51:56 GMT FINALLY a candidate big enough to measure on the 2084. DAP 6 - 36", everything growing very fast. 94 today AND more rain tonight! CalVantage #2. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354893 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354893 Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:37:31 GMT No more room. 9 grapefruits on 2 vines. Late this year but everything is far healthier than this date last year. Big expectations for something BIG this year. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354846 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354846 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:15:08 GMT These 2070 and 2084 have by FAR the thickest mains out 20' and biggest nodal roots I've ever seen. Female pistils lobes large and not symmetric with >6 segments. 9 pollinated between 2 vines. Nothing ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354740 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354740 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 22:40:16 GMT Only WE can know the pleasure of these marvelous flowers at the breakfast table. (Lunch table - not so much) http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354598 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354598 Sun, 20 Jul 2025 09:46:24 GMT FINALLY COOKIN' !! Wound up with the 2070 Bernstrom, 17' with 3 young female flowers on the main and 2 on secondaries and 2084 Bassett with an 8" ribbon in the main starting a foot from the ground, t... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354342 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354342 Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:46:17 GMT What a Difference a Week Makes. (Dina Washington, 1959, Mercury label). It's 130 deg in the 3:00 sun, 96 in the shade - roughly 50 deg warmer in the shade than night temperatures last week. No reason ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353736 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353736 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:25:33 GMT Final Team: 1st set - 2046 Montsma (2520 Schmit x 1189 Wild); 2080 Bernstrom- (2365 Wolf 2501 Bernstrom) seeds started today 1 week later - 2nd set 2070 Bernstrom (2501Bernstrom x 2749 Gienger) and 2... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353452 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353452 Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:28:55 GMT Final Team: 1st set - 2046 Montsma (2520 Schmit x 1189 Wild); 2080 Bernstrom- (2365 Wolf 2501 Bernstrom) seeds started today 1 week later - 2nd set 2070 Bernstrom (2501Bernstrom x 2749 Gienger) and 2... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353334 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353334 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 14:43:49 GMT Final Team: 1st set - 2046 Montsma (2520 Schmit x 1189 Wild); 2080 Bernstrom- (2365 Wolf 2501 Bernstrom) seeds started today 1 week later - 2nd set 2070 Bernstrom (2501Bernstrom x 2749 Gienger) and 2... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=352918 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=352918 Sun, 01 Jun 2025 16:47:49 GMT Final Team: 1st set - 2046 Montsma (2520 Schmit x 1189 Wild); 2080 Bernstrom- (2365 Wolf 2501 Bernstrom) seeds started today 1 week later - 2nd set 2070 Bernstrom (2501Bernstrom x 2749 Gienger) and 2... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=352339 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=352339 Sun, 11 May 2025 21:26:34 GMT