Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 145 Entries. Thursday, April 3 View Page Today i open my diary for this Year. At this year i have so many good seed... thank you to all who sended me seeds. Dont be sad if i dont plant someones seeds i promised.. i finally get so damned good seeds, that my decision is very difficult. Ihis Year i will turn a special attention to the female flowers. For this i cut the floor of some coffebeakers and did plasticfilm over them, then i glewed them on the the side of the beakers. Now the closed female will see the sunlight and will maybe open much better, than a dark beaker. Well... my english is not good, but i think you understood me ;) I also started 20 giant Tomatoes a few weeks ago, will make pictures in some days. Thursday, April 3 View Page here is 1 more picture of the filmed beakers: Thursday, April 3 View Page and here a closer look, the film is very thinn, but i think the beans wont come in :) grow em big! Saturday, April 5 View Page And here are a pic of my giant Tomatoes, wich i have gotten from Roger Ruegger, thank you very much. The seeds germinated very well and the Tomatoes are growing very good. Saturday, April 5 View Page Here are the Tomatoes from the side, they are finally very tall :) Monday, April 7 View Page Holy **** !!!! Today i got the 1207 Young 07 !!!! i am so excited and i cant wait untill it goes into dirt. Thank you Brad for the 2 giant corn seeds :) Sunday, April 13 View Page Today the first giant corn is looking out of the mud, it takes 5 days/23 C° thx Brad :) Wednesday, April 23 View Page Here we go!! started my seeds at 14.04.08 on 19.04.08 they came out of the Dirt here is a Picture of the 1207 Young 07!!!! it looks so nice. I have started 1689 Jutras 1556 Werner 1385 Jutras 1354 Checkon 1306 Jutras 1256 Wursten 1207 Young 523 Olsen all germinated and are growing now!! i am glad thad i have done so many germination tests. Today I planted the 3 plants out: 1207 Young 07 1385 Jutras 07 1556 Werner 07 grow em big! Sunday, May 4 View Page This Year i have only 3 Plants: 1207 Young: looking good, 15 Days old Sunday, May 4 View Page 1385 Jutras: 15 Days old Sunday, May 4 View Page 1556 Werner: 15 days old special thanks to Jutras Joe and Werner Quinn, and all the others who sended me seeds. Tuesday, May 6 View Page Here is the giant finally growing very good. I planted it out 1 Week ago. Thank you so much Brad :) Grow em Big! Thursday, May 22 View Page Its time to Update! Here is the 1556 Werner, not so big because he is longer in the shadow than the others. But she looks nice. Thursday, May 22 View Page Here is the 1385 Jutras growing slow like the others, it was cold about a week or so. We had about 50-55 l rain in 2 days. Thursday, May 22 View Page here is the 1207 Young, my goal is a 1000 pumpkin from it. Thursday, May 22 View Page Here is a groundview from my 1207 Young If it will be warmer in the next days this beauty will become a beast! Friday, May 30 View Page Well today was a bad Pumpkin day.. a big storm was coming over our small village! here is a picture a few minutes before the storm: Friday, May 30 View Page Here you can see the rest of the hail on my hailnet. Only the 1207 Young has this hailnet.. so 1556 Werner and 1385 Jutras got haildamage.. sad day. Friday, May 30 View Page Here my parents coming out of the house to see what is damaged. Friday, May 30 View Page Here is the 1556 Werner Friday, May 30 View Page Here is 1385 Jutras Friday, May 30 View Page Here is the 1207 Young, its still healthy because of the hailnet. Also it is my best growing plant so far. Wednesday, June 11 View Page Update Time today! First my giant corn, its a slow but steady grower: Wednesday, June 11 View Page Here is the 1207 Young plant, it is growing very good! Wednesday, June 11 View Page The first female on the 1207 Young 07 Wednesday, June 11 View Page 1385 Jutras is doing great after the haildamage Wednesday, June 11 View Page 1556 Werner is smaller than the other 2 but it is growing good so far. Wednesday, June 11 View Page Here you can see the Patch with my 3 plants Wednesday, June 11 View Page here is a leave on the 1207 Young, very big Wednesday, June 11 View Page The LGs growing very aggressive Thursday, June 19 View Page Today the first female on the 1207 was pollinated by me. The cross is 1207 Young x 1385 Juras. It was a ugly 5 lobes Flower, because there were some seeds beside the stamp.. But the 2. flower will open in 4-6 days, so its still in time. Saturday, June 21 View Page Today the first female Flower on the 1385 Jutras was ready. after i removed the coffebeaker from the female, it opened in some seconds and was ready to pollination. The cross is 1385 Jutras 07 x 1207 Young 07 Saturday, June 21 View Page I am a little sad, because it was only a 4 lober. But it was a really nice flower, without a spot. Saturday, June 21 View Page And here are the next female flowers on the 1207 Young, i hope 1 of them will be the leader. They will open in the next 3-4 Days. Saturday, June 28 View Page small update: 21.06.08: 1385 Jutras x 1207 Young (mainvine) 24.06.08: 1385 Jutras x 1207 Young (sidevine) 1385 Jutras x 1207 Young (sidevine) 1385 Jutras x 1207 Young (sidevine) 1556 Werner x 1207 Young (mainvine) 25.06.08: 1385 Jutras x 1207 Young (sidevine) 1385 Jutras x 1207 Young (sidevine) 1207 Young x 1385 Jutras (sidevine) 26.06.08: 1207 Young x 1385 Jutras (sidevine) 1207 Young x 1385 Jutras (sidevine) 27.06.08: 1207 Young x 1385 Jutras (sidevine) 28.06.08 1385 Jutras x 1207 Young (sidevine) 1556 Werner x 1385 Jutras (sidevine) both of the 2 flowers on the 1207 young had seeds in the flowers.. slowly i freak out.. 3. flower on the main with seeds.. 4. flower will open in 3-6 days. Tuesday, July 1 View Page ok new pictures: my 3 Plants left side 1207 Young in the middle 1385 Jutras right side 1556 Werner. We have heavy heat here in Germany and many leaves got sunburn.. Tuesday, July 1 View Page Here is the last chance pumpkin on the 1207 young mainvine, after this the vine is too close to the fence.. Tuesday, July 1 View Page Here is a Pumpkin on the 1385 Jutras mainvine, today 10 days old. nice long stem. cross is 1385 Jutras x 1207 Young. Tuesday, July 1 View Page giant corn.. he is still alive after the root vole attack.. i did a catch in the ground do kill the vole! Sunday, July 6 View Page Here is the 1385 Jutras pollinated on 21.06.08 Today she is 15 Days old and 33.5 lbs heavy in the last 2-3 Days this fruit was growing like crazy!! Sunday, July 6 View Page Here is my patch, totally filled up with a green Jungle Sunday, July 6 View Page The LGs growng good! Monday, July 7 View Page Today i killed the 1256 Wursten Plant, it was a monster Mutant Plant.. with a big doublevine. My old backup plants: 1689 Jutras 07 ("maleflower groups" mutation) 1354 Checkon 04 1363 Werner 07 1306 Jutras 07 523 Olsen 05 Sunday, July 13 View Page giant corn 130708 Sunday, July 13 View Page giant tomatoes 130708 Sunday, July 13 View Page LG 130708 Sunday, July 13 View Page After a long time of heat we had a heavy Thunderstorm on Friday 11.07.08 All leaves of my plants are damaged.. but slowly they reclaim. For one Pumpkin on the 1556 Werner sidevine it was to much rain, and it exploded very heavy.. Sunday, July 13 View Page here are a video of the storm http://www.myvideo.de/watch/4640595/Gewitter and my patch after it.. http://www.myvideo.de/watch/4640306/Kuerbisfeld_nach_dem_Gewitter Tuesday, July 15 View Page Today i cut off the smallest of the 2 sidevine pumpkins on the 1385 Jutras the weight was 20.5 lbs. I love this plant, because the pumpkins are nice shaped and have so very long stems.. its crazy! thank you Joe!! Tuesday, July 15 View Page The keeper on the 1385 Jutras mainvine it is 24 days old today Wednesday, July 16 View Page Here is the 1385 Jutras mainvine day 25 with 116 lbs it is still growing since the heavy thunderstorm. Monday, July 21 View Page Update today is from Saturday 19.07.08 Here are Pumpkins on my 1207 Young: The ugly 22 Days old: Monday, July 21 View Page Here 2 Pumpkins on the 1207 Young sidevines, they are 16 and 17 days old. They really small, because off the cold temperatures, but they grow. In the Background you can see the only pumpkin who was pollinated effective on the mainvine. Monday, July 21 View Page And here is the big hope on the 1207 Young thes Pumpkin on the mainvine. It is 17 days old on the picture from saturday. On the beginning of the Stem there was a small crack, but i think it doesnt matter, it is still healthy Monday, July 21 View Page Here is a Sidevinepumpkin on the 1385 Jutras, not so nice like the Pumpkin on the main, but doing fine. Here is a Update from my crosses: pollinationtime: 1385 Jutras 07 (1068 Wallace x 998 Pukos) 21.06.08: 1385 Jutras x 1207 Young (mainvine) -->ca 70 kg 24.06.08: 1385 Jutras x 1207 Young (sidevine) -->ca 25 kg 17.07.08: 1385 Jutras x 523 Olsen (mainvine) -->ca 0.3 kg 1556 Werner 07 (1308 McKie x 985 Werner) pollinationtime: 28.06.08: 1556 Werner x 1385 Jutras (sidevine)-->ca 18kg 30.06.08: 1556 Werner x 1385 Jutras (mainvine)-->ca 15kg 14.07.08: 1556 Werner x open (sidevine) --> ca 1 kg 1207 Young 07 (1370 Rose x 1068 Wallace) pollinationtime: 27.06.08: 1207 Young x 1385 Jutras (sidevine) -->ca 14 kg 02.07.08: 1207 Young x 1385 Jutras (mainvine) --> ca 6 kg 02.07.08: 1207 Young x 1385 Jutras (sidevine) --> ca 6 kg 03.07.08: 1207 Young x 1385 Jutras (sidevine) --> ca 6 kg Thursday, July 24 View Page Here is a Picture of the 1385 Jutras on Day 33 it has 216 lbs Today. At the last Days it was very cold.. I think it will be my heaviest Pumpkin this year, but we will see.. Monday, July 28 View Page Yesterday i cut off 1 of the 4 Pumpkins on the 1207 Young. it was a sidevinepumpkin, 22.9 kg heavy. Tuesday, July 29 View Page Today i meassured the 1385 Jutras and the 2 keeper on the 1207 Young 1385 Jutras mainvine day 38: Ott / 297 lbs ~ 16.5 lbs / day 1207 Young mainvine day 27: Ott / 78 lbs 1207 Young sidevine day 27: Ott / 72 lbs Tuesday, July 29 View Page And here is the 1385 Jutras at day 38: Tuesday, July 29 View Page 1556 Werner day 29: Thursday, July 31 View Page 1556 Werner sidevine Day 33 / 117 lbs 1556 Werner mainvine Day 31 / 132 lbs picture is from the sidevine pumpkin Thursday, July 31 View Page 1385 Jutras sidevine day 37 / 117 lbs Thursday, July 31 View Page giant corn about 3m now Friday, August 1 View Page Today i made fotos of my 3 Pumpkins on the 1207 Young plant first i post the ugly one.. maybe wrong pollination. Friday, August 1 View Page Forgot to say the ugly pumpkin is 35 days old. Here is the Pumpkin on the mainvineending, it is 30 days old. Friday, August 1 View Page And 1 nice Pumpkin on a sidevine of the 1207 Young all Pumpkins are pollinated with the 1385 Jutras. Saturday, August 2 View Page Today i lost the pumpkin on the mainvine of the 1207 young.. I realized that the pumpkin on the sidevine has overtaken the mainvinepumpkin. I took a look at it and see that it was soft on the flowerending.. I cut him off and wight him it was 105 lbs. Saturday, August 2 View Page after waightoff i opened it and was looking after seeds.. But!!! there were only empty seeds with liquid in it. In some seeds i saw seed leaves.. but very small.. Hope the sidevinepumpkin on the 1207 Young is doing better, its is about 140 lbs today and looks very good. It has a little haildamage, but nothing mentionable Monday, August 4 View Page 1385 Jutras day 44 and 358 lb´s The pumpkin is slowing down to 10lbs/day. The Plant got heavy winds and most leaves are damaged.. maybe i should cut off the pumpkin on the sidevine. But maybe i take both pumpkins to get seeds. cross is 1385 Jutras x 1207 Young on both The sidevinepumpkin is about 140 lbs. Wednesday, August 6 View Page giant corn Pic of today Wednesday, August 6 View Page 1207 Young sidevine pumpkin at day 35 about 185 lbs Today i started to pollinate some more females on the 1207 Young sidevines. 04.08.08 1207 Young x 1385 jutras (sidevine) 05.08.08 1207 Young x 1385 jutras (sidevine) 06.08.08 1207 Young x 1385 jutras (sidevine) all pumpkins on the 1207 were pollinated with the 1385 Jutras, i think it will be a good seed, that i will definately plant next year. No matter how heavy this pumpkin will be. Thursday, August 7 View Page in the last days i pollinated some females on the 1207.. just as backup. 04.08.08 1207 Young x 1385 Jutras (sidevine) 05.08.08 1207 Young x 1385 Jutras (sidevine) 06.08.08 1207 Young x 1385 Jutras (sidevine) 07.08.08 1207 Young x 1385 Jutras (sidevine) Friday, August 8 View Page 1556 Werner Day 39 Ott 262 lbs Today Saturday, August 9 View Page 1385 Jutras day 49 Ott 420 lbs today :)It is growing about 12lbs a day. The pumpkin on the sidevine of the 1385 is about 150 lbs today. Both are pollinated with the 1207 Young Sunday, August 10 View Page 1207 Young 07 sidevine day Ott 252 lbs. It was growing 17 lbs a day, last 4 days. Sunday, August 10 View Page forgot to say it is day 39 Wednesday, August 13 View Page Hokkaidos doing fine, harvested many the last weeks, here are 2 at the fence. Saturday, August 30 View Page Today it is update time, after 2 weeks in holidays the pumpkins are very heavy and the giant corn ist very tall :) I think i will top my personal best of 528.7 lbs from last year. Here is the keeper on the 1385 Jutras ott: 526 lbs and yesterday it was 69 Days old, when i meassured it. Saturday, August 30 View Page 1556 Werner yesterday it was day 60 and 458 lbs heavy Saturday, August 30 View Page 1207 Young, yesterday it was day 58 and 466 lbs heavy I am happy to have 3 pumpkins over 200 kg! :) This year i had very good seeds, but the weather was not good and we had lots of hail and storm.. so i am glad to make maybe 600 lbs on the 1385 Jutwas Saturday, August 30 View Page here is the giant corn, today i meassured and it was 4.2 m high!!!! thank you brad for this one, maybe i can get seeds from it. Saturday, August 30 View Page On my holidays i was skin-diving beside a shipwreck, it was so nice Sunday, August 31 View Page Today i harvested 3 pumpkins. Tomorrow is waighting time. Here is the 2. Pumpkin on the 1207 Young Sidevine, today it is 65 days old. Sunday, August 31 View Page Here is the 2. Pumpkin on the 1385 Jutras plant. I hope the keeper will grow faster now. Sunday, August 31 View Page forgot to say the pumpkin on the 1385 Jutras sidevine is 68 days old. Ok here is the 2. Pumpkin on a sidevine of the 1556 Werner 64 days old. I hope the keeper on the plant will do better now. Tuesday, September 2 View Page Yesterday i weighed the 3 backuppumpkins. First i weighed the smaller one on the 1556 Werner plant, it was 64 days old as i cut it off. It weighed 313 lbs (142 kg) Tuesday, September 2 View Page It had a very thick stem: Tuesday, September 2 View Page I attempt opening it... and hell!! the knife was broken lol.. so i took a saw and it works. The pumpkin had thick walls, on the other side they were only half that thick, but it was about 10% heavy. Tuesday, September 2 View Page Seed count was good, much more than 600 seeds. Tuesday, September 2 View Page forgot to say It was pollinated with the 1385 Jutras 1556 Werner x 1385 Jutras on a sidevine Tuesday, September 2 View Page After this one i weighed the 1207 Young pumpkin, it was on a secondary vine and 206 lbs heavy. It was 65 days old as i cut it off. I think this pumpkin has no seeds, because it was growind very slow although the plant was very strong. Maybe it was to wet as i pollinated it. Tuesday, September 2 View Page ok cross was 1207 young x 1385 Jutras Tuesday, September 2 View Page The last one was the 1385 Jutras x 1207 young, it was 68 days old and 222 lbs heavy. Wednesday, September 3 View Page TOday i opened the other two pumpkins, seedcount in the 1207 young was low, but it was the bad pollination, as you can see the left pumpkin (1207 young) is very solide with heavy walls. I hope the big one on the 1207 young plant has the same big walls :) so it will be 20% heavy ;) The seeds from the small 1385 pumpkin were huge. also a better count as the 1207 pumpkin, but 1556 werner had the best count, maybe because it was the biggest of this 3 small ones. The 3 pumpkins with cross: 313 Rupf 08 UOW (1556 Werner x 1385 Jutras) 222 Rupf 08 UOW (1385 Jutras x 1207 Young) 206 Rupf 08 UOW (1207 Young x 1385 Jutras) Wednesday, September 3 View Page here the seeds: Thursday, September 4 View Page today i meassured the big ones a last time, because its to difficult now. its hard to say which one is the heaviest, because i think the 1207 young and 1556 Werner will go heavy. meassurements of today: 1385 Jutras day 75 ott 575 lbs 1207 Young day 64 ott 507 lbs 1556 Werner day 66 ott 500 lbs Thursday, September 4 View Page pic taken from the house, left is the 1207 Young on a sidevine, on the right the 1385 Jutras on the mainvine. Tuesday, September 9 View Page the giant corn got some winddamage, but the corncobs are growing slow and steady, maybe i can get some seeds from this plant. Tuesday, September 9 View Page Here is the 1385 Jutras on day 80 Tuesday, September 9 View Page 1207 Young on day 69 Tuesday, September 9 View Page Stemsplits on the 1207 Young Tuesday, September 9 View Page 1556 Werner day 71 Tuesday, September 9 View Page Stem on the 1556 Werner Monday, September 15 View Page 1556 Werner day 72 ott 537 lbs Monday, September 15 View Page 1207 Young day 70 ott 560 lbs Monday, September 15 View Page 1385 Jutras day 81 ott 600 lbs Thursday, September 18 View Page Here 2 more pumpkins, both had only 4-6 m² left is 1306 Jutras x open on the right 1354 Checkon x open Saturday, September 20 View Page Today i meassured the pumpkins a last time, the leaves are really down now.. the nights are very cold, many times close to 0°C 1385 Jutras day 86 ott 617 lbs Saturday, September 20 View Page 1207 Young day 75 ott 577 lbs Saturday, September 20 View Page 1556 Werner day 77 ott 548 lbs heavy Thursday, September 25 View Page 1207 Young day 80 and Ott 588 lbs heavy Thursday, September 25 View Page 1207 Young Stumb Friday, September 26 View Page Yesterday i removed the leaves of the 1556 Werner plant, an Sunday i will go to the 1. waightoff. Today i removes the leaves on all other plants, because all leaves were dead of temperatures about -1C° at night some days ago. here is the 2. pumpkin on the mainvine of the Wernerplant. In the Background are 1385 Jutras then 1207 Young on a sidevine and then a smaller one 1207 Young sidevine. Friday, September 26 View Page 1556 Werner stumb. Friday, September 26 View Page 1385 Jutras stumb, it grows 92 days with leaves. Friday, September 26 View Page 1207 Young stumb Friday, September 26 View Page another view, this pumokin grows 81 days with leaves. Friday, September 26 View Page 1207 young backside. In the middle u can see the 1385 Jutras, 1207 and 1385 are both close to the same waight, i think 1207 will go more % heavy than 1385. nice year, but i need better weather at 09 Saturday, September 27 View Page today i loaded the 1556 Werner Pumpkin Saturday, September 27 View Page i think it will go heavy Saturday, September 27 View Page seems like good :) Sunday, September 28 View Page Here is the 579 Rupf 08 (1556 Werner x 1385 Jutras) was waighed in Schönebach Germany Monday, September 29 View Page Today i waight my 1207 pumpkin, because the stem had many soft spots and i think 1385 Jutras is heavier. Monday, September 29 View Page Yeeeeeeeees!!! 682 lbs!!! it is 16 % heavy!! Monday, September 29 View Page my cousin helped me with the waighting Monday, September 29 View Page the dowinside is very hard and flat! Monday, September 29 View Page New personal best! 682 Rupf 08 UOW (1207 Young x 1385 Jutras) 16 % heavy Tuesday, September 30 View Page Today it was time to secure the "big" seeds of my 682 Rupf 08 Tuesday, September 30 View Page sideview, what a nice pumpkin!? Tuesday, September 30 View Page Opened it and wow!! thick walls, no wonder it goes heavy Tuesday, September 30 View Page I have 409 seeds, genetic is 1207x1385 think i will send 150 to EGVGA Tuesday, September 30 View Page forgot to say.. it was a 3 lober lol.. but i think it doesnt matter to the genetics. there were big and small seeds. Here is the rest of my 682 :D Saturday, October 4 View Page today my 1385 was get loaded Saturday, October 4 View Page looks good Saturday, October 4 View Page and cleaned, it is shining like the sun Saturday, October 4 View Page After this i waighed the 3. pumppkin of my 1207 Young plant it is now called 278 Rupf 08 UOW (1207 Young x 1385 Jutras) here are all my 08 Pumpkins: 682 Rupf 08 UOW (1207 Young x 1385 Jutras) ??? Rupf 08 (1385 Jutras x 1207 Young) Ludwigsburg tomorrow 579 Rupf 08 (1556 Werner x 1385 Jutras) 313 Rupf 08 UOW (1556 Werner x 1385 Jutras) 278 Rupf 08 UOW (1207 Young x 1385 Jutras) 222 Rupf 08 UOW (1385 Jutras x 1207 Young) 206 Rupf 08 UOW (1207 Young x 1385 Jutras) Tuesday, October 7 View Page Here is the 587 Rupf 07 (1385 Jutras x 1207 Young) It was waighed in Ludwigsburg.. goes little light. But 1207 goes heavy, so it will be a good cross. Thursday, October 9 View Page I opened the 278 on Wednesday, thick walls. This Pumpkin grows on the 1207 Young plant. Thursday, October 9 View Page Today i opened the 192 Rupf 08 EST it is a 1306 Jutras x open Thursday, October 9 View Page seeds of my 192, in the background the seeds of my 278 Monday, October 13 View Page giant corn 131008 I hope to get seeds Friday, October 17 View Page today i openes my 587 Pumpkin Friday, October 17 View Page i got 452 good seeds from it Friday, October 17 View Page sleeping giants :-D Sunday, October 19 View Page I opened the 579 i got 420 seeds