Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 30 Entries. Wednesday, April 21 View Page test Wednesday, April 21 View Page Firstly the above post had nothing to do with me, i dont know what it is. Ive had trouble putting entries on here, im no computer expert so thats why im late starting my diary. Well i was hoping to grow these four seeds this year but they all failed! Two just rotted, one was all deformed and the other took a long time to germinate and was a weak plant which was never going to be any good. Wednesday, April 21 View Page So it looks likely that i will be going with these four as they are the best of the rest i planted. 1537 and 690* were planted on the 7th of april, and 753 and 1020* were planted on the 10th. All are now planted out now as are their back up plants. Wednesday, April 21 View Page Im growing four instead of three this year and growing from one side to the other. Yes my plants are considerably smaller this year, 500 sq ft per plant but i will have one extra chance to actually get something to the scales!!! Wednesday, April 21 View Page Best plant at the moment. Wednesday, April 21 View Page Finally a picture of my marrow patch for the season, ive not had a marrow over 100 lbs for the last 4 seasons so its time to do something about it! lol. Good luck to all my pumpkin friends! Mark. Sunday, May 16 View Page Pumpkin and squash plants are doing just fine, perhaps a little behind previous years but it has been colder than previous years. 1537 Stelts Sunday, May 16 View Page 753 Van Hook Sunday, May 16 View Page 690* Jager Sunday, May 16 View Page 976* Horde which was originally a back up for the Jutras squash which never really took off. Sunday, May 16 View Page Looking good so far Sunday, May 16 View Page Marrows, i started my seeds off on the 1st of may and planted them out on the 14th. Im growing four plants this year. I have some small plastic cold frames to give them a good start. Sunday, May 16 View Page This is one of my marrow plants, it is a 73.6 Wursten. Monday, June 14 View Page 1537 plant Monday, June 14 View Page female flower on the 1537 plant, the two flowers previous to this one have had seeds in the blossum Monday, June 14 View Page 753 plant Monday, June 14 View Page 753 pumpkin, pollenated on the 11th of june using 690* pollen. Only male flowers that were availiable! its between 14 - 15 ft out on the main. i cant be bothered to measure with a tape, just guessing. Monday, June 14 View Page 690* plant Monday, June 14 View Page 690* female flower, the one previous to this had seeds in the blossum Monday, June 14 View Page 976* plant Monday, June 14 View Page 976* female, nice long stem Monday, June 14 View Page fairly happy so far Monday, June 14 View Page My marrow plants on the other hand have really let me down, all four plants must be close to six feet long now and all four are not producing any secondary vines. Ive never had this happen before. they just seem to put out a cluster of male flowers and perhaps a leaf. Monday, June 14 View Page i cant understand why they are doing this. i cant see myself getting a marrow of any size this year if they keep growing like this. Thursday, July 15 View Page Sorry no pictures yet as someone lost part of the camera! just a quick update to let everyone know how things are progressing! Marrows, as far as getting a decent sized one then im down to one plant which i pollenated sunday. Squash have been a total disaster as the fruits keep aborting, i have one now which is about 50 lbs on the 690* on the end of the main, very slow starter. But the pumpkins are doing great! This evening i measured the 753 which measured 270 ott estimating at 421 lbs at day 34 and its a nice shape and nice orange, 1537 measured 191 ott or 157 lbs at day 22. Pictures to follow soon... hopefully Friday, August 20 View Page Sorry to everyone for my lack of diary this year, but better late than never. Baby squash on the 690* plant. Sadly i failed to get a fruit set on the 976* squash. Friday, August 20 View Page A reasonable pumpkin on the 753 van hook. but its not going to get near my pb. 1537 pumpkin split all around the stem at around day 30 Friday, August 27 View Page The squash split yesterday which was a bit of a surprise, It was not growing at much of a pace and was a good solid shape. The pumpkin is still ok, an area of rot on the stem but otherwise ok. for now anyway. Tuesday, August 31 View Page 753 van hook day 85, stem side. nice looking pumpkin. Saturday, September 11 View Page Took the pumpkin off the 753 Van Hook plant to the giant veg show at shepton mallet last weekend. It estimated 1095 lbs and weighed 1210 lbs. Here is a picture of jack with the 1210 Baggs 10