Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 11 Entries. Thursday, March 20 View Page Hello, My name is Matic, im from slovenia and this is my first entry on bigpukpkins.com but its my fourth year growing.   Monday, March 31 View Page Final test plant before season: 9 days after germination   Friday, April 4 View Page Ive ammended my soil today. i used some nutrient rich soil, cow manure pellets,sand,perlite and firewood ashes. I Will probably add more but for now i will keep it this way. Update : i added some compost   Friday, April 4 View Page This is my seed lineup. 963 fifolt 2022 : 1885.5 werner x self 1035.1 Haase : 2350 gienger x 1911.4 grafe (150 sqft. Challenge seed) Watermelons : 141.1 fifolt 2022 (321 vial x self) I will put them in the germunation chamber tommorow.   Friday, April 4 View Page All seeds have been sanded down and soaked for 2 hours and are now in my homemade germination chamber. Its been tested with all succsesful germinations in less than 2 days.   Sunday, April 6 View Page Today i made a better fertilizing system. Its a 300 liter tank and a submersible gardena water pump that pumps 8200 liters an hour and it works like a charm. I will only be using it to fertilize every week or two my main watering sytem is attached to a sprinkler   Sunday, April 6 View Page Today i prepared my soil for the seedlings.   Sunday, April 6 View Page Giant watermelons emergen 28 hours after i placed them in the germ chamber and the pumpkins took 34!   Friday, April 11 View Page 963.4 fifolt in bottom left corner is looking amazing and is ahead of all plants   Monday, April 14 View Page Plants are looking amazing especially 963.4 fifolt "A" and 1035.1 haase "b". The closest to me in this picture is 963.4 fifolt "A" on the left and on the right ahead of my 963.4 fifolt "B" is the 1035 haase "B" Today i also added calcium sulfat, calcium nitrtare, magnesium and urea to my soil and maybe underdid on some because i dont want to risk my season since its going so well for now.   Wednesday, April 16 View Page Started on april 5 and planted in soil on april 7th so 11 day old plants and now is their first time outside Today is 19 degrees celcius (66.2 farenheit) Since its quite nice outside ive let them harden off and get ready for their greenhouses which i Will build today.