Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 38 Entries. Monday, May 19 View Page Here is a shot of my garden. I have 5 plants growing. I have the 1041 McKie, the 985 Werner, the 719 Tanner, and two of my own seeds, the 948 Israelsen. The 719 Tanner and one of my 948s are backups. Monday, June 9 View Page Here is my 948 Israelsen plant. It seems to be my biggest plant so far. It doesn't seem to do well in the heat and is beginning to show some heat damage on some of the smaller leaves. Monday, June 9 View Page Here is my 1041 McKie plant. It also seems to have a hard time with the heat. I think I will need to use some shade cloth over both the 941 Israelsen and the 1041 McKie plants until the leaves are mature enough to handle the full Utah sun. Monday, June 9 View Page My 985 Werner turned out to be a flat vine so I got rid of it and transplanted the 719 Tanner in its place. Hopefully it can survive the transplant shock. It has not grown much since I transplanted it, but it still looks good. I also have a 500 Northrup planted next to it as a backup, just in case it doesn't make it. Monday, June 23 View Page Well, here is the 2nd pumpkin on the main vine of the 948 Israelsen. This one I will keep. It is about 14 feet out on the vine and should blossom in several days. Monday, June 23 View Page This is the Israelsen plant. I use shade cloth as a wind barrier and also for shade over the plant until the leaves are mature enough they can take the direct sun. Monday, June 23 View Page One more shot of the Israelsen plant. Monday, June 23 View Page This is the 1041 McKie plant. This plant is also shaded by the shade cloth and seems to be growing well. Monday, June 23 View Page This is the 719 Tanner plant. This plant is not shaded because it seems to handle the direct sun just fine. It's a bit smaller than the other plants because of the transplant shock, but it's growing well now. Sunday, July 6 View Page Well, it looks like it took. Here is the pumpkin on the 948 Israelsen. At day 9 its circumference is 14. Sunday, July 6 View Page This is the McKie pumpkin two days after pollination. Sunday, July 6 View Page Here is the pumpkin on the 719 Tanner also two days after pollination. This one has a very long stem. Sunday, July 13 View Page Here is the pumpkin on the 948 Israelsen at day 16. It is measuring cir-33, ss-25, tb-25, ott-83. Sunday, July 13 View Page This is the Mckie 1041 at day 9. It is measuring cir-17.5, ss-13, tb- 14, ott-44.5". Sunday, July 13 View Page This is the Tanner pumpkin at day 9. It is measuring cir-25, ss-17, tb-18.5, ott-60.5". Sunday, July 20 View Page This is day 23 for the 948 Israelsen pumpkin. It is measuring cc-62.5, ss-44.5, tb-43, OTT-150" for an estimated weight of 81 pounds. Sunday, July 20 View Page This is day 16 for the 1041 McKie pumpkin. It is measuring cc-42.5, ss-28.5, tb-31, OTT-102" for an estimated weight of 30 pounds. Sunday, July 20 View Page This is also day 16 for the 719 Tanner pumpkin. It is measuring cc-48, ss-31, tb-32.5, OTT-111.5" for an estimated weight of 38 pounds. Sunday, July 27 View Page The measurements for the Israelsen on day 30 are cc-97.5, ss-64, tb-61.5, OTT-223" for an estimated weight of 243. The measurement for the McKie on day 23 are cc-76.5, ss-49, tb-49.5, OTT-175" for an estimated weight of 124. The measurement for the Tanner on day 23 are cc-76.5, ss-46, tb-48, OTT-170.5" for an estimated weight of 115. Sunday, August 3 View Page The Israelsen has really taken off this past week. On day 37 it is measuring cc-125.5, ss-79, tb-75.5, OTT-280" for an estimated weight of 467. Sunday, August 3 View Page The McKie, on day 30, is measuring cc-103.5, ss-64, tb-63, OTT-230.5" for an estimated weight of 267. Sunday, August 3 View Page The Tanner on day 30 is measuring cc-101, ss-60, tb-60.5, OTT-221.5" for an estimated weight of 238. Sunday, August 10 View Page We had our Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers patch tour yesterday. This is a picture of Kevin Cards patch. He uses both shade cloth and a suspended misting system. Sunday, August 10 View Page This is Kenny Blairs patch. He's growing 2 pumpkins in this patch: A 988 Blair and a 1247 Handy. This is part of our group here in the background. We all had a great time. Sunday, August 10 View Page Here is my 948 Israelsen. At day 44 it is measuring cc-145.5, ss-91, tb-85, OTT=321.5 for an estimated weight of 700 lbs. Sunday, August 10 View Page This is the 1041 McKie at day 37. It measures cc-122, ss-75, tb-73.5, OTT=270.5 for an estimated weight of 423. Sunday, August 10 View Page This is the 719 Tanner at day 37. It measures cc-121, ss-72.5, tb-71.5, OTT=265 for an estimated weight of 398 lbs. Thursday, August 14 View Page We took the family on vacation for 8 days this past week. I didn't even think about the pumpkins :) Here we are in Disney's Magic Kingdom at DisneyWorld. Thanks to my buddy, Scott, for keeping an eye on my pumpkins while I was gone. Friday, August 15 View Page This is the fam at Disney's Hollywood Studios in DisneyWorld. We spent 4 days in Florida, just before the big tropical storm Fay hit, and the rest of the time in Georgia. Sunday, August 24 View Page The McKie pumpkin looks good, but it has almost entirely stopped growing. I've checked the stump, the stem, the blossom end, the vine. Everything seems to looks good, so I have no explanation why it just quit growing. Sunday, August 24 View Page Here's the Israelsen pumpkin at day 58. Sunday, August 24 View Page Another shot of the 948 Israelsen pumpkin. Monday, August 25 View Page Here's the Tanner pumpkin today at day 51. Saturday, August 30 View Page The Mckie pumpkin went down this week. It has been slowing down for the last 2 weeks and didn't grow at all the past five days. We noticed a big soft spot on the front of the pumpkin right where the vine was sitting on it. I was afraid that the inside of the pumpkin was starting to rot, so I cut it open to save the seeds. The inside looked fine and I was able to harvest quite a few seeds. The amazing thing was how think the pumpkin was. This picture shows that the pumpkin was 9 1/2 inches thick. It was only estimating about 480 lbs., but I bet it would have gone well over that being so thick. Saturday, August 30 View Page Here is a cross section of the McKie. You can see how thick this pumpkin really was. 9 1/2 inches! Sunday, September 7 View Page Here is the 719 Tanner at 65 days. It continues to grow well, although it has slowed down some, with the cooler weather. It is measuring ss-90.25", tb-88", cir-159", OTT-337.25" for an estimated weight of 805 lbs. Sunday, September 7 View Page Here is a side view of my 948 Israelsen pumpkin at 72 days. It's continuing to grow well, although the cooler weather has slowed it some also. Sunday, September 7 View Page This is a view of the blossom end of the 948 Israelsen pumpkin. This is a very wide pumpkin. The measurement are ss-107.5", tb-103.5", cir-180.5", OTT-391.5 for an estimated weight of 1254 lbs.