Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 70 Entries. Friday, April 17 View Page Well here I go!, started some Giant tomato seeds today and a few Giant Watermelons. Pumpkins will be started around April 27th. Will also try growing a greenie!!! for the first time this year, "1486 Jarvis"   Monday, April 27 View Page Decided to plant a squash this year, here are the two I chose!   Monday, April 27 View Page My line up for 2015, started today   Monday, April 27 View Page My orange line up,   Monday, April 27 View Page Also put a few 937 Johnson seeds in damp paper towel   Monday, April 27 View Page And a few 1367 Johnson seeds from 2013   Monday, April 27 View Page Stared 2 150 Hunt Watermelon seed today the others are my own seeds from my 112 ponder.   Monday, April 27 View Page Trying a few Field pumpkins this year and they are 159 Butler and the 124 Lyons. Also Giant sunflowers 242.5 " Bryson   Thursday, April 30 View Page The two Field pumpkins have emerged from the soil last night:)   Thursday, April 30 View Page First seeds to Poke there heads out of the soil this morning is the 1625.5 Gantner! Awesome! Almost 3 days and there up!   Thursday, April 30 View Page 1625 Gantner   Saturday, May 2 View Page Up this morning and Under the grow lights is the 1059 V/M for my Orange line up.   Saturday, May 2 View Page 1245 Jarvis* is up also!   Saturday, May 2 View Page The 1378 Hain is also up this morning.   Saturday, May 2 View Page And here is the Steil!   Sunday, May 3 View Page And the 1666.5 Steil is up and looking amazing! look at that stem!   Sunday, May 3 View Page The 1374 Engel is up but sure took awaile to get up!, was put in soil on the 27th of April!now under the lights with hopes it will take off.   Tuesday, May 5 View Page Here is a shot of my best looking plants so far,to the Right is the 1059 Vincent/McGill, To the Left are 2-1625.5 Gantners and in the front is the 1666.5 Steil   Wednesday, May 6 View Page The 1625.5 Gantner was put out in the patch this afternnon, May 6th. 5 days earlier then last year!   Wednesday, May 6 View Page Put the 1059 Vincent/McGill in the patch on May the 6th, 5 days earlier then last year.   Sunday, May 10 View Page After some very hard decisions I have chosen to grow the 1378 Hain seed the gvgo club seed pack. Put in the garden today May 10th   Wednesday, May 13 View Page This is the 1059 V/M at 1 week in the garden, it was a tough week but we made it, just one more real cold night tonight.   Wednesday, May 13 View Page Here is the 1625.5 Gantner after 1 week, needs a shot of N!   Thursday, May 14 View Page Sunflowers seeds from the Monsterdog   Thursday, May 14 View Page The new home for the 1245 Jarvis* Thanks for the influence Monster dog:)   Thursday, May 14 View Page 1245 Jarvis Sq. put in the soil on May 14   Friday, May 15 View Page Well this will not do! Cable was working when I put it in! Looks like the 1378 Hain is gonna be way behind:(   Friday, May 22 View Page This is the 1059 Vincent/McGill At day16   Friday, May 22 View Page 1625.5 Gantner day 16   Saturday, May 23 View Page Another shot of the 1378 Hain Doing something weird !   Sunday, June 7 View Page 1245 Jarvis* my first squash! About 2 feet   Sunday, June 7 View Page Right is the 1378 Hain, looking pretty said, cold soil, touched by frost:( on the left is a back up and it's my 1367 from 2013   Sunday, June 7 View Page 1059 Vincent/McGill doing pretty good also:) about 3.5 feet starting to run   Sunday, June 7 View Page 1625.5 Gantner is my best so far! It's going onto 5 feet long and 1.5 foot side vines   Sunday, June 7 View Page 1625.5 Gantner, looking Awesome!!   Saturday, June 13 View Page First female on the 1625.5 Gantner It's about 7 feet out   Friday, June 26 View Page This one is at 9 feet on the main but it has been damaged!, so much for a early pollination:( on the 1625 Gantner!   Friday, June 26 View Page 1245 Jarvis is coming along nicely   Saturday, July 4 View Page Set a pumpkin on the 1625 Gantner this morning crossed with the 1059 Vincent/McGill at about 11 feet on the main.   Sunday, July 5 View Page Pollinated a nice 5 lobe on the 1625.5 Gantner this morning. It was crossed with the 1059 Vincent/McGill at 12 feet out on the main.   Sunday, July 5 View Page 1625.5 Gantner Kin crossed with 1059 V/M   Monday, July 6 View Page Here is the 1059 V/M that was pollinated by the 1625.5 Gantner on July 6th. About 9 feet on the main   Monday, July 6 View Page 1059 V/M kin set on July 6 th X with 1625.5Gantner   Tuesday, July 7 View Page Selfed the1245 Jarvis* on July 7th It's at 12 feet out on the main   Tuesday, July 7 View Page So this is what you greenies look like inside.....weird!   Saturday, July 11 View Page Pollinated the 1378 Hain on July 11 5 lobe at about 7 feet in the main and crossed it with the 1059 Vincent/McGill   Wednesday, July 15 View Page Day 10 for the 1625 Gantner kin 19 inch CC   Wednesday, July 15 View Page Having problems with my squash, oozing from the Blossom end! Day 8   Thursday, July 16 View Page Day 10 for the 1059 Vincent/McGill and measuring in at 18 inches CC Crossed with 1625.5 Gantner   Thursday, July 16 View Page Set another female on the 1245 Jarvis* its way out at the end of my plant 18 feet! Great looking flower with 6 segments by the looks of it!   Thursday, July 16 View Page Selfed the 1245 Jarvis*   Thursday, July 16 View Page Set another on the 1378 Hain at 10 feet and crossed it with the 1059 V/M   Saturday, July 18 View Page Day 10for the 1245 Jarvis* kin and it's at 21 inches cc still leaking around the blossom! Day 11 measurement is 24 inches cc   Sunday, July 19 View Page Roof shot! Patch is filling up   Sunday, July 19 View Page Room shot of the squash patch   Tuesday, July 21 View Page Day 10 numbers are pretty sad on the 1378 Hain, 14.5 inches. I hope the second pollination measurement looks better!   Saturday, July 25 View Page Day 20 for the 1625.5 Gantner and its sitting at 58 inches in circumference. Best numbers yet!   Sunday, July 26 View Page Day 20 for the 1059V/M 55.5 inches cc   Monday, July 27 View Page Lost the 1245 Jarvis kin to BIS At day 20, but man she taped out at 63 inches in cc WOW what a ride!   Monday, July 27 View Page   Tuesday, July 28 View Page 1625.5 Gantner kin at 23 days and it's at 70.5 inches in cc   Tuesday, July 28 View Page Day 22 for the V/M and the cc is 65 inches   Tuesday, July 28 View Page Root structure under the squash that I lost to BES, man that's pumpkin pro for you!   Thursday, July 30 View Page Pollinated a female with seeds in it on my back up plant that I put in after I lost my field pumpkin. It is the 1873 Steil and I crossed the 1625 Gantner into it. The kin is out about 8 feet on the main.   Tuesday, August 4 View Page Day 30 for the 1625.5 Gantner 95+63+64 =222" ott   Wednesday, August 5 View Page Day 30 for the 1059 V/M kin and its has the same measurement as the 1625 Gantner at day 30 222" ott 250lbs   Monday, August 10 View Page Looking good!!!   Friday, August 14 View Page Day 40 for the 1625 Gantner and the ott numbers are...... 272" a little behind my best grower from 2013 which was the 2009 Wallace. The Gantner is growing at a steady pace, nothing great but it's looking to be a great shape pumpkin. Looks heavy also:)   Sunday, September 13 View Page Day 70 for the 1625.5 Gantner Kin and we are sitting at 340" 12 more days to go!   Wednesday, October 14 View Page 386 Johnson/15 unofficial. This one was put in real late and grew in a 100sq. Foot part of the garden. The seed was a 1873 Steil and was crossed with the1625.5 Gantner. Very little care was given to this plant, basically grew in its own.