Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 103 Entries. Saturday, April 17 View Page I'm again growing at "Pumpkin Larry's" (as we like to call him, as opposed to my brother Larry). It is so great of him to let me grow there and use all his stuff. Sunday, April 18 View Page We worked in the cover crop and some fertilizer today. Here's the before picture. Monday, April 19 View Page Here is the whole patch after mowing and plowing. Monday, April 19 View Page Here is the whole patch after adding fertilizer and tilling (We actually finished on Sunday despite the diary date): Tuesday, April 20 View Page Started some seeds for Larry today. He's getting serious about it this year, so I gave him what I hope are some good ones from my stash: 1596 Wallace (1161 Rodonis x 1068 Wallace) 1466 Neptune (1521.5 Werner x 1556.5 Werner=1503) 1462 Starr (1528 Starr x 985 Werner=1301.5) 1169 Holub (1568.5 Connolly DMG x 1272 Brunst=898.5) 1059 Brunst (1104 Hester x 1407 Wolf) Also started a couple for myself - These are the "orange" candidates: 1059 Vincent (993 Vincent-McGill x 904 Stelts=1339.5) 265 Holub (741 Brunst x self) Saturday, April 24 View Page Here's a shot of the first round of seeds coming up Sunday, April 25 View Page Here are the same plants the next morning. They have grown overnight quite a bit. Sunday, April 25 View Page Started seeds for my patch today. I have 4 spots and will start 11 plants to be sure I have a good back up in every patch: 1725 Harp (1385 Jutras x self) 1725 Harp 1544.5 Revier (1385.5 Jutras x 1161 Rodonis=1579) 1544.5 Revier 1421.5 Stelts (1385.5 Jutras x 904 Stelts=1662) 1333 Young (1483 Werner x 1288 Wallace=1658) 1333 Young 1316 Harp (985 Werner x 1385.5 Jutras=1725) 1169 Holub x 3 as back-up back-ups. Wednesday, May 12 View Page Planted the last two spots today. The first ones went in last Thursday. A few seeds were slow to start or were blanks so here's what I ended up with in the patch (paired by primary and back-up in each plot). 1725 Harp 1316 Harp 1544.5 Revier 1333 Young 1544.5 Revier 1169 Holub 1421.5 Stelts 1059 Vincent-McGill I'm very happy with that line up. Thanks again to the growers who provided me these great seeds. I'm going with the "power-on-both-sides" theory in my seed selection. As an unintended side effect, my primaries are all "un-proven" 1385.5 Jutras offspring. I'm hoping that's a good bet. Monday, May 24 View Page 1725 Harp Monday, May 24 View Page 1316 Harp Monday, May 24 View Page 1169 Holub Monday, May 24 View Page 1544.5 Revier (plant A) Monday, May 24 View Page 1333 Young x2 Monday, May 24 View Page 1544.5 Revier (plant B) Monday, May 24 View Page 1059.6 Vincent-McGill Monday, May 24 View Page 1421.5 Stelts Sunday, May 30 View Page 1725 Harp Sunday, May 30 View Page 1725 Harp - That last one wasn't it Sunday, May 30 View Page 1544.5 Revier - one of them Sunday, May 30 View Page 1544.5 Revier - the other one Sunday, May 30 View Page 1421.5 Stelts Saturday, June 12 View Page 1421.5 Stelts Saturday, June 12 View Page 1544.5 Revier (B) Saturday, June 12 View Page 1544.5 Revier (A) Saturday, June 12 View Page 1725 Harp Saturday, June 12 View Page Whole Patch Wednesday, June 16 View Page Localized hail hit my patch today. Not my house a couple miles away, just the pumpkin patch. Saturday, June 19 View Page 1725 Harp - All the plants have recovered somewhat from the hail. Leaf tears are there, but the holes seemed to close up. Saturday, June 19 View Page 1544.5 Revier (North one) Saturday, June 19 View Page 1544.5 Revier (South one) Saturday, June 19 View Page 1421.5 Stelts (That's the 1059 Vincent-McGill in the back) Saturday, June 26 View Page 1725 Harp Saturday, June 26 View Page 1544.5 Revier (North one) Saturday, June 26 View Page 1544.5 Revier (South one) Saturday, June 26 View Page 1421.5 Stelts Friday, July 2 View Page 1725 Harp (1316 Harp in background) Friday, July 2 View Page 1544.5 Revier (North one) Friday, July 2 View Page 1544.5 Revier (South one) Friday, July 2 View Page 1421.5 Stelts Saturday, July 10 View Page 1725 Harp - Plant Saturday, July 10 View Page 1725 Harp - a promising fruit Saturday, July 10 View Page 1544.5 Revier (N) - Plant Saturday, July 10 View Page 1544.5 Revier (N) - a promising? fruit Saturday, July 10 View Page 1544.5 Revier (S) - plant Saturday, July 10 View Page 1544.5 Revier (S) - - a promising fruit Saturday, July 10 View Page 1421.5 Stelts - Plant Saturday, July 10 View Page 1421.5 Stelts - a promising fruit Saturday, July 10 View Page Whole patch - survived the heat this week...with only a few burnt leaves. Multiple main vine fruits set on most plants. Some good crosses too, I hope. So far so good. Saturday, July 17 View Page 1725 Harp - plant Saturday, July 17 View Page 1725 Harp - Fruit Saturday, July 17 View Page 1544.5 Revier (N) - Plant Saturday, July 17 View Page 1544.5 (N) - Fruit; No really vigorous fruit on this one. Tried a main vine termination at this fruit today. Saturday, July 17 View Page 1544.5 Revier (S) - Plant Saturday, July 17 View Page 1544.5 Revier (S) - Fruit Saturday, July 17 View Page 1421.5 Stelts - Plant Saturday, July 17 View Page 1421.5 Stelts - Fruit Saturday, July 17 View Page 1059 Vincent-McGill - Plant/Fruit Friday, July 23 View Page 1725 Harp - plant Friday, July 23 View Page 1725 Harp - plant (that last one was the fruit) Friday, July 23 View Page 1544.5 Revier (N) - Plant Friday, July 23 View Page 1544.5 Revier (N) - Fruit - July 10th Pollination Friday, July 23 View Page 1544.5 Revier (S) - Plant Friday, July 23 View Page 1544.5 Revier (S) - Fruit Friday, July 23 View Page 1421.5 Stelts - plant Friday, July 23 View Page 1421.5 Stelts - Fruit Friday, July 23 View Page 1316 Harp - Fruit - This one and the 1059 V-M are on compact plants. I was planning to keep them just for the crosses, but they are doing as well as my big plants, so we'll see if that holds up. Friday, July 23 View Page 1059.6 Vincent-McGill - Fruit on a compact plant - The father of this one is the 1421.5 Stelts. I thought I'd try for big and orange. Sunday, July 25 View Page I realized I'm over half way through the season already. 9 weeks until Seaside on 9/25 10 weeks until Baumans on 10/02 Sunday, July 25 View Page Powdery Mildew? - bottom of leaf Friday, July 30 View Page Whole patch Friday, July 30 View Page 1725 Harp - fruit Friday, July 30 View Page 1544.5 Revier (N) - Fruit Friday, July 30 View Page 1544.5 Revier (S) - Fruit Friday, July 30 View Page 1421.5 Stelts - Fruit Sunday, August 8 View Page 1725 Harp Sunday, August 8 View Page 1544.5 Revier (North) Sunday, August 8 View Page 1544.5 Revier (South) Sunday, August 8 View Page 1421.5 Stelts Sunday, August 8 View Page 1059 Vincent-McGill Sunday, August 8 View Page 1316 Harp - I broke the style off this week changing the sheet. Bleached it and it seems ok so far. Sunday, August 8 View Page 1316 Harp - Foaming stump repairs. Bleached this out good too. Sunday, August 22 View Page 1725 Harp Sunday, August 22 View Page 1544.5 Revier (N) Sunday, August 22 View Page 1544.5 Revier (S) - It split underneath Sunday, August 22 View Page 1421.5 Stelts Sunday, August 22 View Page 1316 Harp - still holding on after the style break. Sunday, August 22 View Page 1059 Vincent-McGill Sunday, August 29 View Page 1725 Harp Sunday, August 29 View Page 1544 Revier (N) Sunday, August 29 View Page 1421.5 Stelts Sunday, August 29 View Page 1316 Harp Sunday, August 29 View Page 1059 Vincent-McGill Friday, September 10 View Page 1725 Harp Friday, September 10 View Page 1544.5 Revier (N) Friday, September 10 View Page 1421.5 Stelts Friday, September 10 View Page 1316 Harp Friday, September 10 View Page 1059.6 Vincent-McGill Saturday, September 25 View Page 1028.5 Holub 2010 (1725 Harp x 1544.5 Revier) 358" OTT (7% Heavy) 4th Place at Seaside Saturday, October 2 View Page Giant Pear Gourd - 77.5 Holub 1st Place - Most Awesome Vegetable at Bauman's today Saturday, October 2 View Page 1307 Holub 2010 (1421.5 Stelts x 1544.5 Revier) 384" OTT (10% Heavy) 3rd Place at Bauman's Friday, October 8 View Page 1059 Vincent-McGill (x 1421.5 Stelts = 1307) - Still in the patch hanging on for Terminator Sunday, November 14 View Page Here's a summary of my crosses for the year: 1307 Holub 2010 (1421.5 Stelts x 1544.5 Revier=921 Holub 1028.5 Holub 2010 (1725 Harp x 1544.5 Revier=595 Holub-dmg) 932.5 Holub 2010 (1059.6 Vincent-McGill x 1421.5 Stelts=1307 Holub) Howard Dill Award Winner – Terminator 921 Holub 2010 (1544.5 Revier x 1725 Harp=1028.5 Holub) 22% Heavy-Low seed count 729 Holub est 2010 (1316 N. Harp x 1725 C. Harp=1028.5 Holub) DMG (I broke off the style and it rotted)