BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'Little Ketchup'

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 .

05/04/2026 - with photo

Mon, 04 May 2026 05:01:31 GMT

I somehow messed up the size relationship between the grafting stock and the tomatoes. My original plan was to start the tomatoes a week after the grafting stock. This wasn't a terrible plan but onl...

05/04/2026 - with photo

Mon, 04 May 2026 03:31:19 GMT

This is the progeny of my norfolk GMO purple x giant tomato. Large size is recessive. So it's not large. But it is as "purple" as the pollinator was. The flavor was odd. It was not delicious.

05/02/2026 - with photo

Sun, 03 May 2026 01:14:51 GMT

Its go time! I have 4/4 on 10.46 LaRue's. A 6 lb. Elaine is up... All the others are taking their sweet time. In no hurry apparently.

05/01/2026 - with photo

Fri, 01 May 2026 05:28:26 GMT

The description below the graph is peculiar. Everything is framed within the context of a single nutrient deficiency. I'm not sure if this narrow stipulation creates meaningful or usable real world ...

04/30/2026 - with photo

Fri, 01 May 2026 01:50:29 GMT

The publication that goes with this chart is posted on the discussion of scientific literature board. If someday it solves some esoteric nutrient problem you're having, then great.

04/29/2026 - with photo

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:08:15 GMT

When a bag of fertilizer gets wet and clumps together you can resell it for 4x as much. Will it work better or worse than something sifted out of the litter box. I'm making fun of this product b...

04/28/2026 - with photo

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:41:38 GMT

Want mega dandelions? I took soil samples from the rootzone of the mega dandelions. This is a re- creation of my soil test results for that area. (The soil report didn't include graphics so I did my...

04/28/2026 - with photo

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:34:47 GMT

Cucumbers are the way to go if you want to have fun. Mixed seed tray. Giant cucumber (pic) sprouts fastest of all. If you dont want to have any fun then try grafting tomatoes. 2/3 of the final t...

04/27/2026 - with photo

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:57:33 GMT

2.04 Clayton tomatoes x 2. Just emerging. Spread anti slug pellets. If it grows as vigorously as the hollyhock behins it, then maybe I've got a chance at a new pb. I might put the 8.64 Sherwood ne...

04/27/2026 - with photo

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:41:04 GMT

The purpose of this lettuce, besides eating salad, was to test the soil. It's giving me info but not charging me $$ for it. It would be difficult to get good info about this location from a soil...

04/27/2026 - with photo

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:34:54 GMT

Fasciated asparagus. Catfaced vs fasciated... Looking back at an old thread, it says catfacing of tomatoes is maximized at 18C/8C so 64.4/46.4 farenheit. I am not jumping into the assumption tha...

04/27/2026 - with photo

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:40:59 GMT

I counted about 80 flowers, buds, and spent flowers on this plant, three of which were large megas. So, why do these megas form? Is it from malnutrition, or excess nutrition, or a combination of b...

04/27/2026 - with photo

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:29:12 GMT

Found another ridiculous dandelion plant when mowing. Yeah this is my dandelion diary now. Sorry if you came here for tomatoes or pumpkins :(