Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 26 Entries. Tuesday, May 23 View Page 1885 Werner on left and 1931 Daletas on the right   Monday, June 26 View Page 1885 x Self at 14 DAP   Tuesday, June 27 View Page 1885 plant is thick and likes to grow straight up. Snaps in the cold and new growth burns if sunny and over 80. Had a few side vines chewed off from an enemy in the patch. The smoke from the wildfires is a nice shade I guess.   Tuesday, June 27 View Page 1931 Daletas plant has been my best friend. Grows so nice. No complaints at all. Pollinated with 1885 Werner on the 20th.   Wednesday, July 5 View Page 1885 on left 1931 Daletas on right   Thursday, July 20 View Page 1885 gonna be a nice orange. Has some nice marbling. Got a nice little piece nicked out of her from the violent storm a couple days ago.   Thursday, August 3 View Page 1931 Daletas at 40ish days and a bunch of pounds. Not 1000 yet   Thursday, August 3 View Page 1885 Werner looks so fancy all orange and speckled. About 50 days and around 1300 pounds today   Friday, August 18 View Page Sunflowers and corn sidewalk tunnel finally made someone mad enough to complain to the city. Ughhh   Friday, August 18 View Page 168 baggs x sib. Just over 100 pounds   Friday, August 18 View Page 1931 Daletas had vine rot issues and it hit the main. It’s done and sits at est 1000 pounds.   Wednesday, August 30 View Page We dropped off our oldest over the weekend all the way to Boston university. Dang. That sure was hard leaving my little buddy a thousand miles from home. Picture is a perfect memory of her pumpkin entry about 10 years ago.   Monday, September 4 View Page 1931 Daletas got vine rot and hit the main too close to the pumpkin it was cut about a month ago and is still sitting in the patch at about 1000 pounds.   Monday, September 4 View Page We only ended up with about 600 sq feet for the 1885 Werner plant and man is it beat from weather and sprays but still gaining and adding stretch marks. OTT 435 at last check makes this the biggest pumpkin we have ever grown. Fingers crossed it goes heavy!!!   Monday, September 4 View Page My first try at a big field pumpkin. Est 110 pounds   Monday, September 4 View Page Used the same seed and got 2 very different looking pumpkins. They are both sibbed. This one is about 140 est pounds   Saturday, September 23 View Page Carved our smallest of 5 at 450 pounds   Sunday, September 24 View Page Minooka Illinois weigh off Saturday September 30th Check in by 10AM   Friday, September 29 View Page All loaded up for the weigh off at heaps tomorrow. The weather is gonna be sunny and 80   Sunday, October 1 View Page Got weighed at heaps giant pumpkin farm yesterday   Wednesday, October 11 View Page Display so far this season   Wednesday, October 11 View Page My 1849.5.   Wednesday, October 11 View Page The annual carving at our weigh off site. Heaps giant pumpkin farm in northern Illinois.   Wednesday, October 18 View Page Got a pumpkin carving in today with this beautiful weather. This is the 1931 Daletas x1885.5 Werner = est 1000 pounds. Plant rotted but the pumpkin sat in the patch for a month and a half and actually made it to the front yard display.   Sunday, October 22 View Page Only 2 more giants to carve now   Tuesday, October 24 View Page 1849.5 Adkins carved on this beautiful 80 degree late October day