Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 56 Entries. Tuesday, January 1 View Page Today I added some gypsum directly to the area that has been selected as the furture site of my world record pumpkin. I plan on having enough space for at least four plants next year and have begun making an attempt at collecting what I think will be great genetic crosses. For SURE the patch will include the 1450 Wallace. Other seeds I am looking at right now: 1062 Ford = 1231 Pukos X 998.6 Pukos 662.6 Spearing = 998.6 Pukos X 1231 Pukos 522.4 Spearing = 1231 Pukos X 998.6 Pukos 1470 Wallace = 1502 Wallace X 998.6 Pukos 1566 Rodonis = 1450 Wallace X 1231 Pukos Of course the: Jutras 1689 = 998.6 Pukos X 1225 Jutras But I'd be happy with the: Jutras 1306 = 1450 Wallace X 1068 Wallace Richards 1468 = 998.6 Pukos X self Pukos 1180.5 = 1068 Wallace X 998.6 Pukos Leonzi 1107 = 998.6 Pukos X 1446.5 Werner Privitera 1096.5 = 1068 Wallace X 998.6 Pukos Privitera 893 = 998.6 Pukos X 1068 Wallace Tuesday, January 1 View Page 11-02-2007 My compost pile. This was about two dump loads, one leaf and grass, the other fresh manure. It's composted down to about one load and is about half finished. I have been turning it weekly and last week I mixed two gallon of molasses with 50 gallon of water and soaked it down with that. Tuesday, January 1 View Page 11-02-2007 The pits are located on top of a slight slope. The trenches are dug downhill which should help with drainage from the pit location. Tuesday, January 1 View Page HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!! Friday, July 11 View Page My 1306 Sunday, July 13 View Page 1207 Young 12' out on the main pollenated on 7-6 using 2 males from the 1306, 5 lobes. 16' out on the main, pollenated on 7-12 using 3 males from the 1450. First secondary, 10' from the main, left side of the plant, pollenated on 7-10 using 4 males from the 1450, 5 lobes 1096.5 Privitera 12' out on the "new" main, pollenated on 7-9 using 3 males from the 1450, 5 lobes. 15' out on the "new" main pollenated on 7-13 using 4 males from the 1306, 6 lobes. 3rd secondary 8' from the main, right side of the plant, pollenated on 7-8 using pollen from the 1450, 5 lobes 5th secondary 6' from the main, right side of the plant, pollenated on 7-8 using pollen from the 1450, 5 lobes 1450 Wallace 13' out on the main pollenated 7-2 using 3 males from the 1306 Jutras, the female had a seed blossom, 4 lobes. 17' out on the main pollenated on 7-8 using 4 males from the 1306, 5 lobes 1306 Jutras 17' out on the main pollenated on 7-4 with 3 males from the 1450, 6 lobes. 21' out on the main pollenated on 7-11 using 4 males from the 1450, 4 lobes. 5th secondary 6' out from the main, left side of the plant, pollenated on 7-6 using 3 males from the 1450, 4 lobes. Thursday, July 17 View Page 1207 Young Day 10. Monday, July 21 View Page 1207 Young---- 12' out on the main pollenated on 7-6 using 2 males from the 1306, 5 lobes.---- DAY 15-- 63", growing 6 inches per day in circumference..... SS=41-- FB=41-- Circ=63-- 146 inches est. @73 lbs. Monday, July 21 View Page Another view. Thank You Don Young, Tom Privitera and Monty Wallace for helping me get these vines trained. When I break the World Record this year I'll give props to you guys. LOL ;) Monday, July 21 View Page 1096.5 Privitera---- 5th secondary 6' from the main, right side of the plant, pollenated on 7-8 using pollen from the 1450, 5 lobes..... Day 13---- SS=33-- FB=33-- Circ=48-- 114 inches est. @38 lbs Monday, July 21 View Page 1450 Wallace ---- 17' out on the main pollenated on 7-8 using 4 males from the 1306, 5 lobes.... Day 13---- SS=30-- FB=29-- Circ=40-- 99 inches est. @26 lbs. Monday, July 21 View Page This pumpkin is the only one in the patch with stem stress already. Monday, July 21 View Page 1306 Jutras ---- 17' out on the main pollenated on 7-4 with 3 males from the 1450, 6 lobes.... Day 17---- SS=38 -- FB=36 -- Circ=61 -- 135 inches @59 lbs. Monday, July 21 View Page Another view . This plant is GIGANTIC. I am having problems with some rot near the basil crown. Today I poured a little peroxide on it and some Captan. If it doesn't look better tomorrow I'll try alchohol. If that doesn't work, I'll drown my sorrows in some Alchohol . Saturday, July 26 View Page 1207 Young 12' out on the main pollenated on 7-6 using 2 males from the 1306 Jutras, 5 lobes. Day 20 SS=52 FB=53 Circ=85 Monday, July 28 View Page 1207 Young 12' out on the main pollenated on 7-6 using 2 males from the 1306, 5 lobes. Day 22 SS=56 FB=57 Circ=92 205 inches est. @185 lbs. Monday, July 28 View Page 1096.5 Privitera 5th secondary 6' from the main, right side of the plant, pollenated on 7-8 using pollen from the 1450, 5 lobes Day 20 SS=48 FB=49 Circ=77 174 inches est. @117 lbs. Monday, July 28 View Page 1450 Wallace 17' out on the main pollenated on 7-8 using 4 males from the 1306, 5 lobes Day 20 SS=48 FB=46 Circ=67 161 inches est. @95 lbs. Monday, July 28 View Page 1306 Jutras 17' out on the main pollenated on 7-4 with 3 males from the 1450, 6 lobes. Day 24 SS=55 FB=55 Circ=92 202 inches est. @177 lbs. Monday, July 28 View Page I'll more than likely cut the main on the 1306 in a day or two. As hard as I have tried to stop this it's just not happening. I've used alchohol, hydrogen peroxide, bleach and captan over the past ten days or so and it just keeps getting worse. There is no rotting odor and the rot seems to be contained to this small area. I might be better off cutting it from the vine to keep the problem from spreading. This entry should have been submitted on 7-28. Tuesday, July 29 View Page 1207 Young 12' out on the main pollenated on 7-6 using 2 males from the 1306, 5 lobes. Day 23 SS=58 FB=58 Circ=96 212 inches est. @203 lbs. a gain of 27 pounds. 1096.5 Privitera 5th secondary 6' from the main, right side of the plant, pollenated on 7-8 using pollen from the 1450, 5 lobes Day 21 SS=51 FB=51 Circ=81 183 inches est. @135 lbs. a gain of 18 pounds. 1450 Wallace 17' out on the main pollenated on 7-8 using 4 males from the 1306, 5 lobes Day 21 SS=51 FB=49 Circ=71 171 inches est. @112 lbs. a gain of 17 pounds. 1306 Jutras 17' out on the main pollenated on 7-4 with 3 males from the 1450, 6 lobes. Day 25 SS=57 FB=57 Circ=96 210 inches est. @198 lbs. a gain of 21 pounds. Wednesday, July 30 View Page Major bummer . This morning there was another foaming spot on the main of the 1306 closer to the base. I was hopng I could remove the basil crown and leave the first two secondaries but once I made the cut the foam was up in the area of those vines. I removed the first two secondaries, the one on the left side of the plant was 20' long with tertiary vining so I'm probably gonna lose some growth due to it's removal. Once the vine was removed I loaded it up with Captan fungicide. After I removed the secondary I had a brain fart. Should have severed it and left it go, maybe got another small pumpkin off of it. It was very well rooted. Wednesday, July 30 View Page The main roots were large and long. The longest one went out about seven feet from the base before I broke it. Most of them were approximately three inches deep and ran along the top of the soil. It was still pencil size at the break so it could have went on a long way. The soil where this basil crown is located is very loose, well draining soil that is at least 18 inches deep. This is the only pit I dug and filled with compost in the fall, the pit was 24" deep minimum. Wednesday, July 30 View Page The secondaries which were pulled also had lots of nice rooting at each node. Wednesday, July 30 View Page nuther view Wednesday, July 30 View Page Put 50 gallon of "super tea" on the plants this morning. Hopefully we'll have some nice gains tomorrow morning because of it. This was my last recipe and allowed to brew for 48 hours. 55 gallon of water 12 handfulls of Bull Country Compost 4 handfulls Chicken compost 4 handfulls Garden Fert compost 32 ounces mollasses 16 ounces kelp concentrate 16 ounces humic acid concentrate 1/4 pound soluable Mycorrhizal fungi On this batch I also added half a bag of the new Epsoma product that Neo told us about, "Bio-Tone". This is what I was hoping to build by using that product; Started another batch of the same this morning as soon as I emptied out the current batch. Non-Plant Food Ingredients: Contains 5,678,688 colony forming units (CFU’s) per lb. (378,579 CFU’s per lb. each of the following 15 species): Bacillus subtilis Paenibacillus polymyxa Bacillus licheniformis Pseudomonas alcaligenes Bacillus megaterium Pseudomonas chlororaphis Bacillus marinus Pseudomonas putida Bacillus coagulans Acidovorax facilis Bacillus thuringiensis Arthrobacter agilis Bacillus pumilis Rhodococcus rhodochorus Bacillus lentimorbus Ectomycorrhizal Fungi: 44,200,000 propagules/lb. of the following 8 species: Pisiolithus tinctorius (40,000,000 propagules/lb.) Scleroderma Citrinni (1,000,000 propagules/lb.) Scleroderma Cepa (1,000,000 propagules/lb.) Laccaria Bicolor (200,000 propagules/lb.) Rhizopogon Roseolus (500,000 propagules/lb.) Rhizopogon Subscaerelescens (500,000 propagules/lb.) Rhizopogon villosuli (500,000 propagules/lb.) Endomycorrhizal Fungi: 1,200 propagules per lb. of the following 2 species: Glomus aggregatum (600 propagules/lb.) Glomus intraradices (600 propagules/lb.) Wednesday, July 30 View Page correction, not soluable mycorrhizal "micronized" is what I meant. Saturday, August 2 View Page 1207 Young 12' out on the main pollenated on 7-6 using 2 males from the 1306, 5 lobes. Day 27 SS=66 FB=65 Circ=106 Saturday, August 2 View Page 1096.5 Privitera 5th secondary 6' from the main, right side of the plant, pollenated on 7-8 using pollen from the 1450, 5 lobes Day 25 SS=61 FB=59 Circ=94 Saturday, August 2 View Page 1450 Wallace 17' out on the main pollenated on 7-8 using 4 males from the 1306, 5 lobes Day 25 SS=61 FB=58 Circ=87 Saturday, August 2 View Page 1306 Jutras 17' out on the main pollenated on 7-4 with 3 males from the 1450, 6 lobes. Day 29 SS=66 FB=63 Circ=110 Tuesday, August 5 View Page Greenhouse for sale Tuesday, August 5 View Page Lots of room for a Giant pumpkin garden! Tuesday, August 5 View Page Or anything else you wish to grow. Monday, August 25 View Page 1096.5 Privitera 5th secondary 6' from the main, right side of the plant, pollenated on 7-8 using pollen from the 1450, 5 lobes Day 47 SS=87 FB=83 Circ=135 305 inches est. @583 lbs. Monday, August 25 View Page same pumpkin, different angle. Monday, August 25 View Page 1450 Wallace 17' out on the main pollenated on 7-8 using 4 males from the 1306, 5 lobes Day 47 SS=83 FB=77 Circ=124 284 inches est. @473 lbs. a gain of 38 pounds in two days. I have now beat my second personal best on all three pumpkins this year. Monday, August 25 View Page 1450 different angle Monday, August 25 View Page 1306 Jutras 17' out on the main pollenated on 7-4 with 3 males from the 1450, 6 lobes. Day 51 SS=83 FB=81 Circ=149 313 inches est. @630 lbs. a gain of 24 pounds in two days and my new Personal Best! Monday, August 25 View Page The 1306 different angle Monday, September 15 View Page This is what I found on Saturday mornings walk through the patch: 1096.5 Privitera 5th secondary 6' from the main, right side of the plant, pollenated on 7-8 using pollen from the 1450, 5 lobes Day 62 SS=93 FB=90 Circ=145 328 inches est. @723 lbs. Monday, September 15 View Page This is what I found on Saturday mornings walk through the patch: 1096.5 Privitera 5th secondary 6' from the main, right side of the plant, pollenated on 7-8 using pollen from the 1450, 5 lobes Day 62 SS=93 FB=90 Circ=145 328 inches est. @723 lbs. Monday, September 15 View Page Closer Monday, September 15 View Page 1306 Jutras 17' out on the main pollenated on 7-4 with 3 males from the 1450, 6 lobes. Day 70 SS=86 FB=86 Circ=159 331 inches est. @743 lbs. Saturday, September 20 View Page Here yah go Bohica. LOL I have one that I expect to go heavier. Wednesday, September 24 View Page This should go over four pounds but I'm hoping for at least 4.5. Thursday, October 2 View Page End of season blessings for the 1306 Jutras from the pumpkin goddess. Friday, October 3 View Page Picked another small one this morning. This one came off of the same plant as the 3.17. 3.37 pounds. Friday, October 3 View Page Ready for the weigh-off!! Friday, October 3 View Page The "Secret Pumpkin Juice" should give me an extra hundred pounds at the scale. ;) LOL Sunday, November 2 View Page The scale settled on 823 pounds at the OVGPG weigh-off in Canfield, OH. The 1306 Jutras seed is now known as the 823 Perry = 1306 Jutras X 1450 Wallace. This pumpkin beat my personal best set last year at 608 pounds by 215 pounds. :) A Big Thanks to everyone at OVGPG who make it happen! Sunday, November 2 View Page I took the pumpkin to a local paumpkin farm for display Nick A Jack Farms. Nick A Jack is very interested in holding an annual weigh-off. The pumpkin made my home town paper "The Independent" in Massillon, OH. Sunday, November 2 View Page My tomatoes did very well at the weigh-off and not only took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, but also broke the previous Ohio state record by a mere .06 pounds. My largest tomato weighed in at 4.48 pounds and now holds the Ohio State record for the heaviest tomato ever grown in the Buckeye state. The 2nd place tomato weighed in at 3.36 pounds, the 3rd place tomato weighed in at 2.99 pounds. The 2.99 actually weighed 3.17 when it was picked. It was harvested over two weeks prior to the weigh off so it had lost some weight. Sunday, November 2 View Page I submitted an article to the "Farm and Dairy" and it was accepted: http://www.farmanddairy.com/news/new-record-set-tomato-tips-scale-at-448-pounds/ Sunday, November 2 View Page I sent the same article to The Independent, they had an interview over the phone with me then sent a photographer out to take some pictures. The had a nice article, made the Front Page!! :thumbsup: http://www.indeonline.com/news/x635418101/Holy-Tomato-Local-grower-sets-a-record Sunday, November 2 View Page Continuation of the article on page two.