Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 5 Entries. Thursday, February 20 View Page 2025 season begins! Looking back on my first attempt at a giant pumpkin in 2022… My 808 Grubbs 19 seed was doing great, growing about 25 lbs a day by the chart when mice ate a hole on the bottom of the pumpkin on about day 50 after pollination. This ended the season in mid August, pumpkin was just under 1,000 lbs by the crane scale. Tried again in 2023 with both plants lost to bacterial disease in late July.   Friday, February 21 View Page 2023 before things went south. Drone view of both plants growing from the center of the garden, one growing to the left, and one to the right. This was taken just before pollination.   Saturday, February 22 View Page 2023s season ended here, rot setting in at the blossom end, not sure where this came from, best guess is that it was in the soil from last year.   Saturday, February 22 View Page A closer look at 2023s dead pumpkin. Plan analysis was sent to the lab...   Saturday, February 22 View Page Western Laboratory analysis showed high pseudomonas, I am assuming this was the culprit, but not sure why, plan was dry and little rain, using drip irrigation. Has anyone else delt with something like this?