Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 68 Entries. Saturday, May 28 View Page Test   Wednesday, June 22 View Page 1st pollination on the 2195 Thiel. 5 lobe around 14 ft out. Selfed. Ice bottles out yesterday and today.   Saturday, June 25 View Page Pollinated 842 Barker squash x self on June 25th. 5 lobe around 15 ft out.   Sunday, June 26 View Page Open pollination on 2195 Thiel, #2 around 17 ft out. 5 lobe. This one surprised me and halfway opened the day before. The next day, today June 26th, it fully opened and I pollinated it . Prolly keep the 1st one anyway.   Tuesday, June 28 View Page Pollinated 1705 Zappa x 2195 Thiel, 5 lobe around 14 ft out. Nice cool morning.   Wednesday, June 29 View Page Pollinated 842 Barker squash x self at 18 ft out, #2. Messed up lobes and seeds in blossom. Will most likely keep #1 if no issues with it.   Wednesday, June 29 View Page Pollinated 2195 Thiel x 1705 Zappa, #3, looks nicer than #2. About 20 ft out.   Thursday, July 21 View Page Test. Camera tilted 90 degrees clockwise.   Thursday, July 21 View Page Test. Camera tilted 90 degrees clockwise.   Thursday, July 21 View Page Test. Camera tilted 90 degrees clockwise.   Thursday, July 21 View Page Test. Camera tilted 90 degrees clockwise.   Friday, July 22 View Page Test, landscape mode, tilted counter clockwise.   Friday, July 22 View Page Test, landscape mode, tilted counter clockwise.   Friday, July 22 View Page Day 30 for the 2195 Thiel, around 557#. The plant is nothing special, but pumpkin is doing very well.   Friday, July 22 View Page Day 30 for the 2195 Thiel, around 557#. The plant is nothing special, but pumpkin is doing very well.   Friday, July 22 View Page My 1705 plant is one of the best that I have ever grown. Pumpkin seems to be doing very good, and the plant is still growing fast and filling in its area. Weather has been fantastic the past 2 months.   Saturday, July 23 View Page My 1705 fruit, doing very good. Day 25 with an est of 407 #. Averaging about 42.2 # a day the past 5 days.   Saturday, July 23 View Page My 1705 fruit, doing very good. Day 25 with an est of 407 #. Averaging about 42.2 # a day the past 5 days.   Saturday, July 23 View Page 1705 plant, looking great at the moment.   Saturday, July 23 View Page 1705 plant, looking great at the moment.   Thursday, July 28 View Page Day 30 for 1705 Zappa, 647# est, averaging 47# a day last 5 days. Need to pull this one back a few inches really soon.   Thursday, July 28 View Page 1705 Zappa at day 30, 647# est. Doing about 47# average per day, last 5 days.   Friday, July 29 View Page Lets see if I tilted the right way.. Patch , around 4400 Sq ft.   Monday, August 1 View Page Day 40 for the 2195 Theil. A little drop with the past 5 days weather, still doing mid 30's. Est is 931#. Plant health us excellent.   Monday, August 1 View Page Day 40 for the 2195 Theil. A little drop with the past 5 days weather, still doing mid 30's. Est is 931#. Plant health us excellent.   Wednesday, August 3 View Page Overhead view. Got the extension stakes zip tied to the 10 ft conduit on the sunflowers this morning.   Wednesday, August 3 View Page Other side. Plants are doing pretty good.   Thursday, August 4 View Page Day 30 for the 1662.5 Zappa squash. Not doing well. Only est of 387#, doing about 29# a day average the past 10 days. This plant was in the wettest area this spring and was way behind. My squash are not doing good this year.   Thursday, August 4 View Page Day 30 for the 1662.5 Zappa squash. Not doing well. Only est of 387#, doing about 29# a day average the past 10 days. This plant was in the wettest area this spring and was way behind. My squash are not doing good this year.   Thursday, August 4 View Page 842 Barker squash at day 40. Nothing impressive here. Around 617#, averaging 24# a day the past 10 days. I did a tissue test on this plant because I suspected a deficiency. It was deficient, but not what I expected. Very deficient in iron, and that boggles my mind. Also a little low on sulfur and copper. Did a 30 gallon drench 2 weeks ago to try to help it.   Friday, August 5 View Page This pic will likely be sideways or upside down, sorry, Forgot to turn phone. This is a zaczilla Variety I got from the late Marv Meisner. I have tried them many years ago, but don't believe I got any mega blossoms then. They grow a nice stocky plant for sure. I have 3 plants and got 3 with 1st truss mega growing.   Friday, August 5 View Page This pic will likely be sideways or upside down, sorry, Forgot to turn phone. This is a zaczilla Variety I got from the late Marv Meisner. I have tried them many years ago, but don't believe I got any mega blossoms then. They grow a nice stocky plant for sure. I have 3 plants and got 3 with 1st truss mega growing.   Friday, August 5 View Page I think this is the other one. Seems like they doubled or even tripled the past 24 hrs.   Friday, August 5 View Page I think this is the other one. Seems like they doubled or even tripled the past 24 hrs.   Sunday, August 7 View Page Day 40 for 1705 Zappa, now called , "Donald Trumpkin", still doing well. Estimate is 1064#. Averaging 44.6# a day last 10 days. 2.5 inches of rain past 3 days. Seems like it's getting a lighter color, rather than darkening up.   Sunday, August 7 View Page Had to check Moby since I had the tape measure out. Moby is dropping gains kinda quickly. Plant looks good. Possibly a stump issue. Too wet to see if it's leaking, so I Have a fan near stump to dry the soil. Est around 1118# at day 46 , down to 31# a day, past 6 days average.   Sunday, August 7 View Page Had to check Moby since I had the tape measure out. Moby is dropping gains kinda quickly. Plant looks good. Possibly a stump issue. Too wet to see if it's leaking, so I Have a fan near stump to dry the soil. Est around 1118# at day 46 , down to 31# a day, past 6 days average.   Wednesday, August 10 View Page Hmm, one leaf in my 4600 sq ft patch has some yellow on it . That's strange.   Wednesday, August 10 View Page At 1st glance I saw a broken leaf vein. I must have done that weeding last time.   Wednesday, August 10 View Page Upon closer inspection, I see what looks like frass.   Wednesday, August 10 View Page Upon closer inspection, I see what looks like frass.   Wednesday, August 10 View Page After scraping the frass off, I see what looks like the tail end of a grub.   Wednesday, August 10 View Page I only lost one leaf, no big deal. Had I let this go, it would have chewed it's way down to the side vine, and I could have eventually lost the side vine.   Thursday, August 11 View Page Day 50 for Moby, slowing down faster than i would like to see . Around 1220#, down to 26# average the past 4 days.   Thursday, August 11 View Page Plant looks pretty good and is around 900 Sq ft.   Wednesday, August 17 View Page Day 50 for Donald Trumpkin. 387", about 1293#. Trumpkin has slowed down a lot . Too wet and too cold the past week and a half.   Wednesday, August 17 View Page Day 50 for Donald Trumpkin. 387", about 1293#. Trumpkin has slowed down a lot . Too wet and too cold the past week and a half.   Sunday, August 21 View Page Day 60 for Moby ( 2195 Thiel), 1487 # est. Last 10 day average is 26.5# a day. Not too shabby with last week and a half weather.   Monday, August 22 View Page My Son wanted me to double check Moby again. He helped me and yet again, I did mess up taping him yesterday. It was a 10" mistake, not in my favor. I do thus every year, lol. Moby is taping out at 1398 #. Only doing around 16# a day, not 26. Bummer.   Monday, August 22 View Page Decent one growing, but unfortunately it has 2 soft spots, and fruit flies are entering it. It will probably rot faster soon and the plant will get pulled.   Monday, August 22 View Page This one got pollinated around the beginning of August also, and is not rotting. Have not checked it yet for growth rate.   Friday, August 26 View Page On Wednesday I discovered a very small soft spot on the side of the blossom. Unfortunately it did rot all the way through. The blossom end was very thin right at the blossom. Not sure why it started. This was probably my most trouble free plant, and the youngest.   Friday, August 26 View Page Cant remember if I tilted camera properly for this pic. This was my 1662.5 squash that went down. Est was around 850, it weighed around 823, so a little light. The 1652.5 produces very nicely shaped squash.   Friday, August 26 View Page 1st loss, 3 left. Everything is doing OK. Day 60 coming up tomorrow for my 1705.   Saturday, August 27 View Page Donald Trumpkin at day 60 today, 402.5 ott, about 1431#. Gains keep dropping ast, down to 11.6# a day past 7 day average. Had a tissue test done to see if anything is off, and it certainly is off. I'm glad I tested because now I have a very good idea of what to do for next year.   Saturday, August 27 View Page Plant health is very good, nutrients are off. N and P are pretty low, on a good note, I got the iron and boron up some, over the past month.   Saturday, August 27 View Page This plant should be the 2195 Thiel. Pumpkin is still growing, as I can see it grew back into the sand where we had pulled it out of last weekend. Powdery mildew really took off this week. Going to try to get it under control.   Saturday, August 27 View Page Results. Not good. This new soil does not hold nutrients well. Ph may be very low. It was 5.8 last September when I first tested.   Monday, September 5 View Page Lost another one. Sorry for the picture being crooked. This was probably my best chance at a new pb this year. The 2195 Thiel went down with a rot area on the bottom. I weighed it at 1617#. Just a little heavy to chart.   Monday, September 5 View Page 2 left, Donald Trumpkin and a squash.   Monday, September 5 View Page All in with Trumpkin. The 1705 Zappa plant is looking great with the recent 2 fertilizer applications. Over 2 inches of rain last night. I'm very glad I did not bury any vines on this plant. About 6.5 inches of rain the past 30 days.   Monday, September 5 View Page 3 fans on Trumpkins stem and vines. It's still growing slowly, but didn't measure today.   Tuesday, September 6 View Page Donald Trumpkin day 70 today, still averaging 11# a day past 10 days. Estimate around 1544#. Main vine taking a beating the past 3 days, tough weather.   Sunday, September 18 View Page Lost another one. Unfortunately this was Trumpkin at day 83 yesterday, Sunday when I discovered some rot under a hair line crack in a very shallow rib valley. Too deep to be good for a weigh off. Trumpkins weight was 1665 on my scale. Beautifully shaped pumpkin. I'll do an autopsy tomorrow morning.   Monday, September 19 View Page This pic is likely sideways, sorry.   Friday, September 23 View Page 842 Barker squash is hanging in there, growing slowly still. Day 90, taping at 1060#.   Friday, September 23 View Page Side view. Lots of netting.   Friday, September 23 View Page Blossom end.