Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 23 Entries. Thursday, April 18 View Page Seed planted   Thursday, April 25 View Page Fastest growing pumpkin we had. In an old prescription vial and the seed went through the washer and dryer. Had little hopes it would take. Starting to think it is mutant.   Saturday, May 18 View Page Patch   Saturday, May 25 View Page Length   Saturday, May 25 View Page Length   Saturday, May 25 View Page Width   Saturday, May 25 View Page Planting   Friday, June 14 View Page Growing pretty good! 28 days in the ground no soil testing or fertilizer yet   Friday, June 14 View Page Pretty big crack right at the base   Friday, June 14 View Page Growing good! 28 days after planting   Sunday, June 16 View Page Plant with my patch :)   Sunday, June 16 View Page My pumpkin is powered by Herkimer diamonds which are a double terminated quartz only found in Herkimer county NY. Pulled from the earth myself   Tuesday, June 18 View Page Had my first big bug scare this morning! The devil beetles. No sign of them last night and this morning must have crushed 20. Wasn’t prepared and sprinkled some eliminator insect powder on the leaves it was all I had, main ingredient permethrin   Saturday, June 22 View Page First female   Saturday, June 22 View Page Getting huge   Wednesday, June 26 View Page Large split   Wednesday, June 26 View Page Pumpkin took a lot of damage in a wind storm few days ago. Lost about ten leaves and now I’m dealing with four pretty big splits about this size. What do you recommend I do ??   Monday, July 8 View Page ITS POLINATION DAY   Monday, July 8 View Page Growth update   Monday, July 8 View Page Growth update   Friday, July 12 View Page Dap 4   Friday, July 12 View Page Dap 4   Monday, July 15 View Page Dap 7 installed a soaker hose last night to help with watering