http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2026&grower=24589&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'Vineman'. 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/ Jim Ford has been at my house for the past five days. I took him to the airport early this morning. Now I'm removing my plant with the dead pumpkin so I can get a cover plant going. Jim may have lef... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361963 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361963 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:15:54 GMT Here's one last pic of my 2145 Sperry fruit. DAP50 - 402.5" OTT. 1473 lbs estimated. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361936 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361936 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:34:07 GMT On a sad note, I lost my 2145 Sperry over the weekend. That's just big pumpkin growing. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361912 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361912 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:32:52 GMT This is a side view of the Knickerbocker. Not a lot of length, but it is wide and tall. Its skin is still perfectly smooth and it has a lot of growing left in it. Based on the Jim Ford standard devia... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361911 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361911 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:25:30 GMT The Knickerbocker, my 2551 Ford fruit, also is celebrating dap60 today. He has pulled a few inches ahead of the Fat Luka. Which ever one goes heavier will most likely be a new personal best for me. ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361910 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361910 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:23:49 GMT Fat Luka hit day 60 in my patch. Here's a pic of him without a Russian eating cheeseburgers. I think he has a shot at a new Oregon state record. He probably won't still hold it at the end of the sea... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361908 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361908 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:16:43 GMT Cindy is going to give Travis a run for his money with this one. It is wide and long. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361907 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361907 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:14:44 GMT The PGVG patch tour was this past weekend. There are going to be some real monsters on the west coast this year. Just look at the monsters in this pic! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361906 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361906 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:08:19 GMT This is my buddy, Sam Felten, with his 48 day old 2428 Persinger pumpkin. It is gigantic! It makes my 400 inch pumpkins look tiny. There are going to be some really big pumpkins on the west coast t... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361634 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361634 Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:57:13 GMT My 2145 Sperry fruit, Nikola Jokic or "the Joker", had its dap40 measurement & it taped within an inch of his greenhouse mates, Fat Luca & the Knickerbocker. They all have been basically 900 pounds o... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361519 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361519 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:34:20 GMT This is what the PM looks like on the back of a leaf. This will also be sprayed with the copper fungicide. Tonight I plan to spray everything with Eagle20 using my backpack sprayer. Eagle20 is syste... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361378 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361378 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:47:14 GMT This is a good example of a leaf that where PM is starting to present itself. You can see how the white spots are a brighter white & have a little bit of dimension. A liberal dosing of this copper l... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361377 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361377 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:38:43 GMT I sprayed this leaf last night and the white spots are noticeably knocked back. I just re-sprayed it before taking this pic. I literally have been walking through my patch in the areas where there a... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361376 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361376 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:34:56 GMT 'Tis the season for powdery mildew. I recently made fun of a grower friend, let's just call him "The Train Wreck" because he simply has too much going on in his life (several young kids & unreliable ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361375 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361375 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:24:31 GMT Wemby continues to spread out and muscle up a bit too. Looks like he will end up as the #3 or #4 in the Vineman MVP voting for the year assuming they all make it through training camp. I can live with... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361335 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361335 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:21:52 GMT And at the other end of the training facility Fat Luka just keeps getting fatter. He's the same dap and size as the Knickerbocker. It makes me wonder what weighs more: a ton of blubber or a ton of mu... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361333 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361333 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:36:58 GMT Jalen really didn't want me to take this picture this morning of The Knickerbocker on dap45. He kept yelling something like "add two zeros". I guess he meant to add two zeros to his number to get its... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361332 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361332 Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:20:24 GMT I discovered this when checking my 150 square foot fruit today. Why is it that when you think something is going to be easy and not take a lot of extra work, that is it always much harder than you ev... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361314 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361314 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:50:25 GMT This is Luka's business-end strapped into the pulling harness. I moved him about 4 inches and I'm not going to lie: it was a heck of a lot harder to move Luka than it was to slide Victor Wenbanyama.... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361185 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361185 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:42:51 GMT Fat Luka just had one heck of a 24 hour training session. He put up 58 last night which not only put him over the 1000 mark for this training camp, but also made it necessary to pull him out away from... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361184 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361184 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:30:49 GMT