BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'Little Ketchup'

05/15/2026 - with photo

Fri, 15 May 2026 04:09:19 GMT

Final starting lineup, in case the tags get lost this is a map. A good mix I think. We'll see.

05/15/2026 - with photo

Fri, 15 May 2026 03:24:12 GMT

Tomato plants in the ground, yesterday. Most barely have their first leaf out, so there's not much to see. It went as well as it could have and I'm proud of myself! The only unfortunate thing was...

05/14/2026 - with photo

Thu, 14 May 2026 16:25:20 GMT

After being declared dead, after about 5 hours at the morgue, a heartbeat was detected. 2.04 on Fortamino rootstock, alive once again.

05/13/2026 - with photo

Thu, 14 May 2026 01:22:00 GMT

Another pic. The soil ph was 7.0. I wonder if the sodium is acting as a buffer against high or low ph. Its apparent that this base soil isnt so great but it may have the potential to become really ...

05/13/2026 - with photo

Thu, 14 May 2026 00:57:41 GMT

Pumpkins and a tomato planted into the native soil which I soil tested. To show the results of the unamended native soil these were not given any fertilizer or amendment. They look "ok" but will fail...

05/12/2026 - with photo

Wed, 13 May 2026 01:10:18 GMT

This was all the digging my hands could do without getting blisters. I guess I should have worn gloves. Anyhow I threw amendments in... I didn't measure so there will be a component of dumb luck if ...

05/12/2026 - with photo

Tue, 12 May 2026 13:31:39 GMT

It wasn't zinc... I have seen both leaf hoppers and spider mites nearby so either could be a culprit. Likely a potato pt tomato virus, maybe something in some old potting mix or a dirty seed tray. ...

05/11/2026 - with photo

Mon, 11 May 2026 17:00:57 GMT

Rescued kiwi. This plant was a sad & neglected at the store it dried out, wilted, and lost most of its leaves. I figured no one would buy it. A week of being in the ground has done wonders. Covere...

05/10/2026 - with photo

Mon, 11 May 2026 02:50:53 GMT

10.20 Jolivettes came up finally after 2-3 weeks. I thought they were all duds. Now 3/5 are up. They were supposed to roughly match the size of the grafting stock (its the very large seedling in th...

05/10/2026 - with photo

Mon, 11 May 2026 02:45:04 GMT

Fuzzy tomato. Not sure if this is a fungus or mites or bigfoot peepee. Not greatly worried, but still I have no idea what's happening this year.

05/10/2026 - with photo

Mon, 11 May 2026 02:40:46 GMT

Watermelon. Ciesielski cross I think. Surrounded by zinneas, etc...

05/10/2026 - with photo

Mon, 11 May 2026 02:37:34 GMT

I can join the cucumber forum.

05/10/2026 - with photo

Sun, 10 May 2026 22:13:16 GMT

Obsidian. It was easy to find different types. The first obsudian grafted tomato has already failed. Maybe the humidity wasn't high enough, maybe none of the vascular bundles lined up. I am...

05/10/2026 - with photo

Sun, 10 May 2026 14:05:51 GMT

Donut peaches are growing well.

05/10/2026 - with photo

Sun, 10 May 2026 14:01:13 GMT

2.04 Clayton grafted onto fortamino rootstock. This is my first attempt with the obsidian. It will be a few days before I know if it heals.

05/10/2026 - with photo

Sun, 10 May 2026 13:57:34 GMT

Obsidian blade I used to graft. I'm not much of a knapper but it only took a couple hits to get that little razor blade. Natural obsidian blades are supposed to be 10x sharper than anything you can ...

05/06/2026 - with photo

Thu, 07 May 2026 00:01:59 GMT

These 3 were a triple pack of sun gold cherry tomatoes from the store. The bottom and upper right were planted in the ground. The upper left is the plant that got fertilizer and potting mix. Shows me ...

05/06/2026 - with photo

Wed, 06 May 2026 23:37:38 GMT

Not sure what went wrong here, this one is the worst. I'm trying some mag sulfate hopium on it. I know it looks like a disease. I sure hope not.

05/06/2026 - with photo

Wed, 06 May 2026 07:11:22 GMT

YouTube Video Part 1. If you have 1 minute :09 seconds to spare. I hope you enjoy it! Later, in additional video...

05/04/2026 - with photo

Mon, 04 May 2026 05:34:05 GMT

Norfolk GMO cross breed. The juice is purple. That last grafting stock seed took 20 days to sprout. In all fairness I think the package said they might take 3 weeks which is the truth .