Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 41 Entries. Sunday, March 2 View Page This weekend I tilled in all the leaves, horsemanure/peatmoss, kelp and magnedol in my two competitionpatches that will hold three plants, the soil has never looked so good and i have never before added so much organics to the soil,I also have done a total over 90 holes one meter deep and filled them with organics. I hope all the hard work will pay back in autumn. My plan is to start the seeds the 10-15 april for the competitionpatches and the seeds for the outsideplants one week later.I have also added a section more to the big greenhouse so i can get a little more space between the back to back plants and make sure the pumpkins will be inside greenhouse. The small greenhouse I also will do some more sections too, so i make sure the pumpkin on that plant also got the best opportunities to grow big. Next step will be too dig down the heatingcables. Saturday, March 15 View Page This year i changed growing direction of my small greenhouse and digged up all soil in it and replaced it with new soil and some other nice stuff. The reason why i changed growing direction is that i wanted to get more sun on the pumpkin this year, it has always been in the shadow and do not really warm up cause of the lack of sun. Saturday, March 15 View Page Some nice stuff i never used before that i will try this year to get bigger pumpkins. Humic Acid, bone meal, and bio grow endo plus myccorizzal fungi. Thursday, March 20 View Page Soil heating cables for the starting zone at small greenhouse.I been putting them down 45 cm, my hope is to get a soiltemp at 25-30 degrees Celcius at the starting zone. normal soiltemp outside is now 5-10 celcius. Thursday, March 20 View Page Soil heating cables also put down at big greenhouse startingzone. Thursday, March 20 View Page This year i done an investment in new soilheatingcables for big greenhouse.(34 meters long for two plants back to back) Here you see the termostat that i can controll the temp with, I am very pleased with it and how it works. Friday, April 25 View Page First plant to set out this year is the 1502 Wallace in big greenhouse. On this picture it is 2 weeks since I started the seed and it has been in the greenhouse for a week. the soiltemp is somewhere between 22- 25 degrees celcius now in the heated area. I also have a 200w frostguard on for the nights and a nightcover over it this time a year. Saturday, May 10 View Page The planned line-up this year will be 1502 wallace small greenhouse. 664 Liggett and 1093 Hunt in big greenhouse and 985 Werner and 1007 Brown -00 are my outsideplants Unfortunatly I had to pull both my top plants (664 and 1093)in big greenhouse cause they were mutantplants. the only backups I had going was the 1191,5 northrup and the 243 Beachy -01 (both orange ones) so this two seeds did get my topspots this year, maybee not the best choose for going big but i will do my best to get as big orange one i can get out of this two ones instead. I have never growed a orange one before, only ugly ones, so this will be a challange. a good goal i set up is to get a 1000 lbs from each of this two seeds.Here you see my 985 werner plant with only one cot leaf for outside patch. Friday, May 23 View Page This is my new toy (Stihl mistblower),that i will use to spray leaves over and under to treat Powdery mildew and try to get rid of the aphidproblems I use to have, I also will use it to fertilice with. Friday, July 4 View Page This is probarbly my keeper on my 1502 plant. Saturday, July 5 View Page Today i pollinated this 5 lober on my 1191,5 plant. It will probarbly be the keeper on that plant. Saturday, July 5 View Page I have nothing to complain about on the 1191,5 plant. the fruit is looking like it will be a long one, long stem, good position, very healthy plant, I never felt so good about a plant this early. Sunday, July 6 View Page Picture of 985 Werner Outsideplant. Saturday, July 12 View Page Picture of the 1502 pumpkin. It has started slow, probarbly cause of the bad weather that been here for the last two weeks.I hope it will speed up its growing if the weather gets better. Sunday, July 13 View Page The 1191,5 Northrup look like it will be a very nice long pumpkin with long stem. I have pollinated it with the 243 Beachy-01 that is a orange nice shaped producer. This pumpkin grows very good for me and will be my best chance to grow a big one this year I think. Tuesday, July 15 View Page This is the pumpkin that probarbly will be my keeper on the 243 Beachy, that i will pollinate tomorrow. Wednesday, July 16 View Page This is a picture of the 1047 peters that was grown from the 243 Beachy-01 I hope my 243 also will produce such a good looking pumpkin for me. Thursday, July 17 View Page Picture of 985 Werner pumpkin I will pollinate tomorrow morning with the 1502. All pumpkins on this plant are very round ones with short stem. Friday, July 25 View Page The pumpkin on the 1191,5 Northrup is the far best this year, very nice healthy plant, good looking pumpkin with long stem, today 20 days old 70 inchies cc. Monday, July 28 View Page a sad day today my 243 beachy split/exploded today 10 days old, and my keeper on the 1007 brown was damaged of some animal so i had to pull that pumpkin. Monday, July 28 View Page The pumpkin on the 985 werner outsideplant 10 days old today 23,5 inchies cc Monday, August 4 View Page My pumpkin on the 1502 Wallaceplant day 42, 280 Ott est 467 lbs. The pumpkin is a slow grower, no real speed on the gains, dont really know why, Maybee its because of the Mosaic virus that have infected some of the leaves at an early stage. Monday, August 4 View Page This is my pumpkin on the 1191,5 Northrup plant. Today its 30 days old and 260 Ott est 377 lbs that is a litle bit over the 1200 benchmarks for day 30. Its the most perfect pumpkin I ever had. Nice shape and colour, long fat stem into pumpkin, very healthy plant. Everything looks a little bit to good to be true. I dont expect it to hold toghether if it will continue growing as fast as it does for the moment.But I keep my fingers crossed. Thursday, August 14 View Page Pumpkin on 1191,5 plant 40 days old est 666 lbs. Friday, August 15 View Page Late set on the 1007 brown, very nice looking pumpkin. Friday, August 15 View Page pumpkin on 1502 plant 53 days old est 729 lbs. Saturday, August 30 View Page Overhead picture of my pumpkinplants I got at home. In the front you see the 1007 Brown -00 plant growing with only the stump in soil, the rest is on the grass. Amazing to see how it can grow with only the stumproots to support the plant. In front in big greenhouse I pulled part of the 243 beachy plant cause i couldnt set anything on it. At the other direction grows the 1191,5 Northrup plant. And in small greenhouse grows the 1502 wallaceplant. Saturday, August 30 View Page Pumpkin on the 1502 Wallace plant est 970 lbs day 68. Saturday, August 30 View Page Pumpkin on the 1191,5 Wallace plant est 950 lbs day 56. Unfortunatly temps going down at night here now so growth has slowed down the last days. Sunday, August 31 View Page Pumpkin on 985 Wernerplant. Monday, September 8 View Page On day 77 1502 est 1050 lbs still doing 10 a day. The 1191,5 is 65 days old and do also est 1050 lbs and does 10 lbs a day. Late set on 1007 brown is doing really good to be so late and outside plant. Sunday, September 14 View Page 1191,5 today est 1100 lbs +++ Sunday, September 14 View Page 1502 today est 1075 lbs 83 days old Sunday, September 21 View Page Was picking my 985 Werner Today, It was 5,5 % Heavy cross is 985x1502. Sunday, September 21 View Page Pic of 1502 in small greenhouse, will be cut on friday for Swedish weighoff on saturday. Sunday, September 21 View Page Pic of 1502 plant today. Wednesday, September 24 View Page sideshot of 1180 Lilja just before harvest. Not that shape you expect from a 1502 Wallaceplant ?? Saturday, September 27 View Page Me and my youngest son with the pumpkin from my 1502 plant it was est 384 ott 160,117,107, 1184 Lbs and weighed in at first place at Swedish Weighoff at 1180,8 lbs almost on chart. Fortunatly I got one more biggie Left in Patch so I still have the Chance to get a new PB. Monday, October 6 View Page My 1191,5 just before Harvest, a real beuty!! Thursday, October 23 View Page The 1191,5 weighed 1155 lbs and was a little light to chart. But it was the best pumpkin i ever had seen, no defects to complain about. It had a long fat stem, perfect shape, no dill rings or sucked in blossom. nice skin and colour. The cross is 1191,5 Northrup x 243 Beachy . Thursday, October 23 View Page To do a summary of this season. 1502 Wallace plant 1180 lbs cross 1502 x self 1191,5 Northrup plant 1155 lbs cross 1191,5 x 243 Beachy 1007 Brown plant 655 lbs unfourtunatly open pollinated 985 Werner plant 641 lbs cross (5,5% heavy) 985 x 1502 243 beachy was not able to set anything on it. Two pumpkins in europe top ten this year but not that really big one i hoped for. I must grow some heavier genetics and water more next time i grow i think to have a chance for a real biggie.