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Tuesday, May 12 View Page hi my name is mitch . this my first year growing atlantic giants.my only previous pumpkin growing experience was last year 2 burpee prize winner hybrid plants resulting in 3 small pumpkins...hope to do better this year. here is a pic from last year.   Tuesday, May 12 View Page my line up is 2 - 769 lombardi 1 - 1087 marsh 1 - 588 young the 2 most aggressive plants will get the lions share of my patch which is 36 x 36 .   Tuesday, May 12 View Page planted today. hope im not to late to get a big one   Tuesday, May 12 View Page lookin good   Tuesday, May 12 View Page kinda droopy   Tuesday, May 12 View Page yup   Tuesday, May 12 View Page nice   Tuesday, May 12 View Page i went to topsfield last year... that really set the hook on me.those guys put on a good show.   Tuesday, May 12 View Page the greatest place on earth. this was the series clincher vs. anaheim.   Tuesday, May 19 View Page yup , growth is pretty slow.   Tuesday, May 19 View Page best lookin plant so far.   Tuesday, May 19 View Page uh huh   Tuesday, May 19 View Page this one needs to step its game up.   Tuesday, May 19 View Page gut deer ?   Tuesday, May 19 View Page i grabbed the one on the left and choked her out.   Tuesday, May 19 View Page nah, i just fed em some cheez its.   Tuesday, May 19 View Page some back ups... 2- 1081 leonzi, 1- 616 bosworth, 1- 854 mongeon, 1- 143.3 frei. i really liked the color of that 616 pumpkin. all of the back-ups have homes so they wont be wasted.   Tuesday, May 26 View Page the maggots got my 588young and my 1087marsh.and then there were 2. i knew i was gonna take some lumps being a rook, but that left a cartoon knot on my head...im gonna plant a couple back ups,pray my 769's make it and watch for more lumps.   Tuesday, May 26 View Page after reading posts about the maggots i knew i was doomed. i added fresh horse manure in the spring ,didnt use any pest control or heat cables.i wont make that mistake again.   Tuesday, May 26 View Page this plant looks good to me but what do i know, if your reading this diary and you see or read something im doing that is stupid please e mail me at: mitch.adams730@gmail.com i would like to limit the lumps.   Tuesday, May 26 View Page that yellow leaf on the left makes me think this one aint long to the world.   Tuesday, June 2 View Page plants are looking better than last week...   Tuesday, June 2 View Page the filmy crap on the leaves is some daconil i sprayed a few days ago.   Tuesday, June 2 View Page pumpkins need to start growing...big papi needs to start hitting. i sat them both down and gave em a firm talking to. lookout detroit.   Thursday, June 4 View Page found this bugger about a foot from one of my plants today.looks like some kinda beetle ?   Thursday, June 11 View Page starting to pick up the pace a bit.   Thursday, June 11 View Page this is the biggest so far.   Thursday, June 11 View Page here is a back up i planted last sat.   Thursday, June 11 View Page this one i transplanted into a big rubber maid and put on my deck...gonna try for a porch pumpkin   Thursday, June 11 View Page i have started using neptunes fish on monday, seaweed on wednesday and fish and seaweed on friday. i also used mycor but cant tell if its workin. i will continue to use it when vine burying if that day ever comes. also i have been using daconil, sevin (spray an dust) i hope thats enough of a fung and pest plan.   Tuesday, June 16 View Page brewin up a batch   Tuesday, June 16 View Page 769lombardi-A. Ive been using forked sticks to help get the vine to sit down.   Tuesday, June 16 View Page 769lombardi-A , after some vine burying.   Tuesday, June 16 View Page 769lombardi-B. this one is the bigger of the 2. the 2 big leaves are aprox 16 inches. and the vine about 3ft.   Tuesday, June 16 View Page 769lombardi-B. after some vine burying...again any suggestions or tips would be much appreciated, email is mitch.adams730@gmail.com   Tuesday, June 16 View Page 616bosworth. trying to get it to lay down, had to cut a pretty big leaf off it...that seems to be helpin   Tuesday, June 23 View Page 769lombardi-b not much new to report ... need some sun   Tuesday, June 23 View Page 769lombardi-A. based on other diaries ive read im pretty far behind, however i will continue with my efforts. i have already learned how to make some improvements for next year and am looking forward to learning a few more   Tuesday, June 23 View Page 616bosworth. this one seems to like clouds an wind . also i have been going out at 4 am every morning and playing rick astley, im never gonna let you go,never gonna let you down,never gonna run around or desert you...i think we are getting some where,trust wise anyway.   Tuesday, June 23 View Page 143.3 frei - porch pumpkin.   Tuesday, June 30 View Page 769lombardi-b. we had a small 3 day splash of sun shine and the plant did really well... but the clouds are back . hopefully july has some sun in it.   Tuesday, June 30 View Page 769lombardi-a. the smaller of the 2. the secondaries are smaller and slower to get going,but the main is a bit longer than the b plant...need some sun man !   Tuesday, June 30 View Page 616bosworth. this plant is a mess around the stump,but im gonna let it get a bit bigger before i prune it up.   Tuesday, June 30 View Page 143.3frei. the porch pumpkin .   Saturday, July 4 View Page houston we have a female. its on the 616bosworth bout 6 feet out.however we have a problem say again houston we have a problem...   Saturday, July 4 View Page big ole split or crack or whatever you wanna call it...man... i could probably use some time in a padded room.   Saturday, July 4 View Page im hoping this will save my beloved 769lombardi-b.   Saturday, July 4 View Page i made the captan into a paste,and applied to the wound. i hope this will do the trick.   Thursday, July 9 View Page 769lombardi-b. im going on vacation for a week . 6 females have shown up on this plant. 1 on the main vine at 11 and a half ft. the rest are on secondaries.   Thursday, July 9 View Page 769lombardi-a. this ones still a good bit smaller. the main is right around 12 ft. so its only a couple inches behind in that department. i hope they both take off while im gone,weather is lookin good for the next 5 days or so.   Thursday, July 9 View Page 616bosworth this one hasnt gotten the attention the other 2 have but is still pretty good despite the late start.good luck to every one over the next week,i cant wait to get back and catch up on all the diaries and posts. fripp island south carolina here we come.   Monday, July 27 View Page i just got my camera back.. and theres alot to catch up on so here is the 616bosworth.   Monday, July 27 View Page i got home on the 18th and found this little chunk growing.i suspect the flower would have opened on the 14th or 15th. when i left on the 10th i had thought it might not open till i got home.   Monday, July 27 View Page so here she is the 616bosworth x open. birthday unknown .   Monday, July 27 View Page had a stem split on the 616 fruit. i put some captan on it and keeping a eye on it. its about 8ft. on the main vine and i got a self pollinated fruit at about 10ft. so if i have to cull it i will.   Monday, July 27 View Page this is a selfed fruit on the 616. it was pollinated on the 24th. it was a 4 lober   Monday, July 27 View Page this is an open pollinated "oh @#%$% pumpkin" on the 616. not sure of pol. date.   Monday, July 27 View Page here is the 769Lombardi-A. this plant has 3 pumpkins on rite now and is growing like crazy now.   Monday, July 27 View Page this is 769lombardi x 143.3 frei. pol. on the 21st   Monday, July 27 View Page this is 769lombardi x sibb. pol. on the 24th   Monday, July 27 View Page here is the 769 lombardi-b . my biggest plant. the secondaries are way bigger than the secondaries on my other 2 plants. i have 2 fruit pollinated on the main at 11ft and 13ft. and another fruit on a secondary(oh #$%@!^ pumpkin)   Monday, July 27 View Page this is a 769lombardi x sibb at 11ft. pol. on the 20th 4 lobes.   Monday, July 27 View Page 769lombardi x sibb pol. on the 24th . 13 feet out on main vine 4 lobes   Monday, July 27 View Page these are some culls off the 2 lombardi plants. there are still more coming.   Monday, July 27 View Page this is the 143.3 frei x open. birthday unknown.porch pumpkin   Monday, July 27 View Page another open pollinated porch pumpkin   Monday, July 27 View Page here is me and a cobia i caught in south carolina.   Monday, July 27 View Page this is my uncle fred and a cobia he caught. we got 7 cobia and kept 2. ummm bow bow they are tasty let me tell you.   Monday, July 27 View Page my dad got the big fish of the day thats him on the right and capt. george on the left. 38lb. cudda what a beauty... check them teeth, boy they will cut you   Wednesday, August 5 View Page my 769lombardi-b plant. it has 2 pumpkins on it. a main vine punkin and an oh crap punkin. nothing will grow on my other 2 plants.the porch punkin is chugging along. its got a funny lookin blossom end   Wednesday, August 5 View Page day 16 and a 44inch cir. first time measuring a pumpkin today. i read chapter 13 of giant pumpkins 2 like 3 times iam confident in the circumfrence method but found the ott to be a bit tricky   Wednesday, August 5 View Page stem side shot. i chopped the main today ... hope i did this right   Wednesday, August 5 View Page this is where i chopped the main.so the vine now goes directly to the punkin. hope this works. the reason for chopping it was stem stress and the vine was touching the "shoulder" of the punkin   Wednesday, August 5 View Page another shot. thats and empty neptunes bottle i used to help start getting that vine up to the height of the stem.   Wednesday, August 5 View Page this is the oh crap punkin   Wednesday, August 5 View Page here is the porch punkin.   Thursday, August 6 View Page my new shade deal. should help cut down on the rain spatter too. thats Bill to the left he is 14 years old and he bites.   Thursday, August 6 View Page i like the ground level shots.   Monday, August 17 View Page day 28 for 769 pumpskie   Monday, August 17 View Page another pic. i have 4 on my other 769 right now and 2 on my 616. they are all still growing which is a change , but i wont cull till 50 - 60 inches.   Monday, August 17 View Page grow baby grow ..   Monday, August 24 View Page this guy was going good until my green thumb turned into my black thumb of death.. i culled 2 smaller pumpkins too quick and we got a bunch of rain and a tornado and...   Monday, August 24 View Page its splitsville for this pumpskie. no need to ask alice i already know how far this rabbit hole goes. when i said i culled 2 pumpkins too quick i shoulda said i culled 1 smooth off and cut half way through the other and   Monday, August 24 View Page this is my final hope for a pumpkin off the 769 lombardi-a plant.   Monday, August 24 View Page pumpkin on 616 plant. this is the last hope for this plant as well.   Monday, August 24 View Page over head   Monday, August 24 View Page stem end. nice looking. i think all the milk im pumping into this one is paying off. its nice and white. im gonna switch to mountain dew and get this monkey to turn electric alien green like its momma   Monday, August 24 View Page my 769 lombardi -b pumpkin. 35 days old . starting to color up a bit   Monday, August 24 View Page over head   Monday, August 24 View Page stem side   Monday, August 24 View Page bit further back   Monday, August 24 View Page the other side   Sunday, August 30 View Page tough weekend in the patchskie. lost the last remaining hope for a pumpkin on this plant today due to my trigger happy culling practice witch caused it to split.   Sunday, August 30 View Page my biggest pumpskie went down friday.   Sunday, August 30 View Page the death hole... bummer.   Sunday, August 30 View Page her measurements 111 cc - 62 sb - 72 ss = 245 ott or 312 lbs. it grew 98 and 99 pounds the last 2 weeks. on wednesday i started getting worried about the dent, it was getting deeper and some wrinkleing skin and friday mornin there it was... gone. the hole of death got on my pumpkin. dont let it get on yours...   Sunday, August 30 View Page the bottom is ugly but solid   Sunday, August 30 View Page so happy wicked early halloween...   Sunday, August 30 View Page my last remaining pumpkin.   Sunday, August 30 View Page stem end