Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 5 Entries. Monday, January 20 View Page Welcome to the 2025 Vineman pumpkin diary! I plan to chronicle the activities in my patch again this year. I hope to make it interesting & more importantly share some things which growers can actually learn from. Of course I have high hopes for the year. I appreciate your feedback too; please share your thoughts in the comments!   Monday, January 20 View Page Yesterday I plowed in my mustard cover crop. It was a little over knee high & just starting to put out blossom pods. I planted this cover crop around October 15 and watered it twice. The greenhouse did the rest!   Monday, January 20 View Page This morning I took advantage of 24 degree temperatures to cover the starting area for my outdoor patch. It is much more enjoyable to walk on top of frozen soil than to slog around in 6 inch deep muck, which is what it would have been if I had tried to do this when it was not frozen. Covering it now will help it become dry for when it comes time to amend & build hoop houses.   Monday, January 20 View Page I plan to grow three plants in my greenhouse: 2560 Gienger, 2465 Sperry & 2144 Barron. These will all be widely planted this year. I’m glad to have the opportunity to grow these three seeds in my greenhouse.   Monday, January 20 View Page In my outdoor patch I am planning to grow the 1865 Werner & the 2177 Ford. They both have grown big, super-heavy, orange fruit. I am planning to build a 16’x40’ greenhouse to get these babies up & running! Each plant will have 45’x45’ to fill out…that is 2025 square feet per plant. They may not completely fill the space, but I do plan to grow big plants. Time will tell how this strategy works!