Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 42 Entries. Sunday, March 2 View Page Start the 2008 season in Tuscany!, last week I made the holes for future pumpkins plants and yesterday I worked two pieces of the field on the will be planted. Saturday, March 15 View Page I sowed this morning my line-up: 1469 Checkon 05 - 1354 Checkon x 1104 Hester WR 1256 Wursten 07 - 1093 Hunt x 1446 Eaton 1180.5 Pukos 07 - 1068 Wallace x 998.6 Pukos 963 Paton 07 - 1502 Wallace x 998.6 Pukos 903 C.Swarts 05 - 895.5 Hester x 857 Platte 893 Privitera 07 - 998.6 Pukos x 1068 Wallace Particularly Thanks for Tom Privitera, Brad Wursten, Ian Paton and Sergio Moretti Sunday, April 6 View Page 1354 Checkon is still in a bed of humid cotton and is waiting for with the suspended breath that it is born. Sunday, April 6 View Page Some day 1317.5 Rose makes to germinated in the cotton bed and now we have executed the transfer in the vase Sunday, April 6 View Page 1256 Wursten has put us in order to germinate and moreover the first leaves are not increases very well, but now the main leaves are dulling although bed season. Sunday, April 6 View Page 963 Paton is the better in order now, has germinated in a hurry and the plant grows wonderfully! Sunday, April 6 View Page Also 903 Swarts has had germination problems and of increase, they dull the main leaves now... we hope well! Sunday, April 6 View Page The 893 of my beloved Tom friend grows to the large one and is in optimal health although these jolts of temperature that we have in Italy in these weeks Thursday, May 1 View Page The 963 Paton is now our favoured the plant is in good shape, we hope to not having made too grow potted but the time was not favourable so far. Thursday, May 1 View Page The 1317.5 Rose was born last but has grown quickly and is reaching the other, you see precisely which has an excellent genetics. Thursday, May 1 View Page The 893 of my dear friend Tom is a fable, beautiful great is in prime form bodes well for this season. Thursday, May 1 View Page The second European plant Wursten after some difficulties at birth is recovering at large and we are delighted that we cared to this plant. Thursday, May 1 View Page Our first squash has made us worry at the beginning but seems to have much desire to do good and we've given the opportunity into Tuscany ground. Thursday, May 1 View Page At the moment we decided to transplant our pride of last season the 575 Agnelli, will not be a VIP but deserved this opportunity to pass on genetic engineering of the place Wednesday, May 28 View Page A month after transplant the first steps have been and there were giant, we have already exceeded 2 meters branch and the vegetation is lush and green discreetly; you can see the first flowers and warm in these days has remained impassive strong His youth and especially of its genetic believe, if it continues in this way will the results we expect for years Wednesday, May 28 View Page Even for her the ground is very confortecole seen its trebling of volume, the vegetation is dense and strong, and the branch beyond the meter in length and are trying to reach the sisters. Wednesday, May 28 View Page Already I want to thank my dear friend Tom for the seeds as they are convinced that this plant has exceptional skills of the air or Tuscany he likes very much, apart from the fact that the primacy of being the larger plant at this time with almost 3 meters branch has dark green leaves huge shiny from what are vigorous and a low vegetation and full of strength, if it continues in this way will have legarla. Wednesday, May 28 View Page 1256 Wursten: the anxieties of transplantation have vanished in a few days after we saw the vegetation of the plant exploded in a lush green and beautiful in a branch of a meter that direction sisters thanks to recent rains. Wednesday, May 28 View Page 903 Swarts:After wavering during the growth transplantation has been very healthy because the vegetation has tripled and has formed a very strong branch is strong, unfortunate that not go in the direction that we want us, then we will have to make it run where we designed that develops with continued accortezze daily. Wednesday, May 28 View Page 575 Agnelli:Despite the italian origin is less known of her sisters has not left you too intimidated and grew quickly and luxuriant as the big, since that is ground on a new experimental results are very good and promises to give us a beautiful fruit. Tuesday, June 24 View Page 963 Paton 07:Grown a lot in recent weeks, too rain for many day and now the heat is stifling but its strength has given us two beautiful female flowers that we have to pollinated with flowers male 1317 Rose and 893 Privitera being very attentive to protect them from hot with various coverings. Tuesday, June 24 View Page 1317.5 Rose 07:In recent weeks the plant has grown so even if it has not yet reached sisters, even for her was durra with all the rain of recent days, but now with the ground fresh faces the heat with more courage and gave us the June 22 its first female flower that we pollinated with the nearby 963 Paton. Tuesday, June 24 View Page 893 Privitera 07: the strength of this plant amazes us every day, has formed an exemplary vegetation has been make dozens of female flowers in both the main branch in the secondary, even with her we have to perform the pollination on 19 June with 963 Paton and also a flower escaped our control is party polling as nature has taught Tuesday, June 24 View Page 256 Wursten 07: the initial problems are now a thing of the plant, although smaller of others, grows very career and has already received its first two pollen but with some disturbance on the part of nocturnal animals that have tried to damage the flowers, its crossings were made June 19, with 893 Privitera and 23 June, with 963 Paton. Tuesday, June 24 View Page 903 Swarts 05: this first experience with the squash is very crazy in the past week we witnessed during the days of rain fruitless growth of a very large main branch that we realised shortly after it was merged three branches between them, in fact after a few meters were separated in two and end the last separation, we amputee children with the knowledge that it was not suitable to create fruits and instead this week we have a pollen and in the coming days there is already a new fruit. Tuesday, June 24 View Page 575 Agnelli 07 :Tuscany’s plant has grown smoothly and is invading all its territory, the vegetation is good, in recent days has made us serios because he was not forming any flower but it seems that in the next few days something loose, fingers crossed! Monday, July 14 View Page 963Paton07:Even this year the heat has sent in malora most of the first fruits fortunately pollination made a month ago with Rose was successful and now pumpkin almost reached 100Kg, though for us is not a very good result hoped in something more view genetics, we are still not even halfway growth then we hope to improve returns over the next 20-30 days will be crucial for the final result. Monday, July 14 View Page 1317.5Rose07:Even for her the first flower impollinato with Paton on 22 June, was crucial because the next were aborted by the plant, a week less sisters but the feeling and that is growing better and faster, it might be on the light frescure the last day, but will be hard to recover the lost days but put the whole. final. Monday, July 14 View Page 893Privitera07:Despite the many female flowers cresti from this plant the heat was able to debellarli all including our impollinati fortunately the fruit impollinatosi by only a month ago before the others in the rectum and is growing very well despite a form not very aggraziata, but we hope that recoveries kilos in the next few days otherwise we will not be able to compete more tanto.pero lasts recover lost days but put the whole. final. Monday, July 14 View Page 1256Wursten07:The luck that we saw with the other three plants here is not arrived because all three of us impollinati flowers on the main branch were lost and are forced to raise a fruit born on a secondary branches of the first few weeks ago also is also in a critical position because rests on the ground with the stalk and the flower top creandoci many problems to check there are diseases. she put a whole. final. Monday, July 14 View Page 903Swarts05:The three fruits impollinati on this plant are all marciti, we do not know whether to blame the heat or the branch double fact is that when we have not yet identified fruits for our first squash, we hope that the last present on the main branch based, and now as big as a lemon. not occur diseases. she put a whole. final. Monday, July 14 View Page 575Agnelli07:We did suffer the pains of hell to see a female flower but by a couple of weeks we impollinata with Paton and it seems that it is growing well despite the torrid heat and the sun that beats all day, the vegetation has become staggering hope that the face to grow better. Friday, August 15 View Page 963 Paton 07:The plant is growing even though taken a strange form not very pretty puts on pounds, but without rain and with this heat are not the results we had hoped and unfortunately we are also below the previous years, still has the plant has good many leaves are still green and now have not submitted diseases, we hope to have a beautiful pulp compact that gives more kilos than expected. Friday, August 15 View Page 1317.5 Rose 07:we are taking seriously here because this fruit grows beneed has a splendid stalk worthy of a real big, will not be ready for the race on Lake Iseo early September but the store for the feast at home hoping that will take us some surprise final after a disappointing season. Friday, August 15 View Page 893 Privitera 07:We give you the sad news that a few days ago we noted from basa pumpkin arise mold, we inspected digging and we realized that had a zone of rotting 15 cm wide and that armai was spacciata obviously have stopped both treatments that dring and was left them as fertilizer for the coming years, we are sorry we cared much to this result but this season and too cruel with them and we do not know what to do. Friday, August 15 View Page 1256 Wursten 07:the fate not pleased that we had left on this plant only a fruit secondarioa done in a way that adversely affect the branch that fed this fruit so must rely only on its roots and not on those of the plant, we have another fruit secondary much smaller but in practice the plant and without a fruit in its normal growth, we will take what they give us in the end we were very unlucky with her right from sowing. Friday, August 15 View Page 903 Swarts 05:Again we had to resort to a fruit on a branch secondary, not for us now is giving satisfactions of discrete grows well even if not a giant but is always our first squash. unlucky with her right from sowing. Friday, August 15 View Page 575 Agnelli 07:Do not go in the annals of history but has recovered well and is taking this head-to warm steadily growing its fruit that has already discrete dimensions, we'll keep growing for the race because of Foiano still is young and can still give many kilos . Friday, August 15 View Page We have collected the zucchini perhaps some day we have waited too long and probably lost some kilo of liquids, the official weight is 13650 Kg, we're on the podium Europe but we are satisfied and we see how we classificheremo to be the first year and given the season we are very satisfied. Thursday, September 18 View Page We have also participated in the tender anus Salt Marasino from our friend Sergio Moretti, 963 Paton has totalled 410 libre, is not a big result but given the bad season we have. Thursday, September 18 View Page this is the Rose 1317.5 we have just seized, weighs 346 libre has a nice stalk and it shows that genetics is good but has suffered from the too hot this year. Monday, October 27 View Page Here are the podium of the Pesa Pumpkin! Foiano 2008 (GPC site) where I was ranked second with 423.7 Agnelli 08 (575 Agnelli 07 x 963 Paton 07)