Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 101 Entries. Saturday, April 30 View Page tree roots I pulled up sub soiling,   Saturday, April 30 View Page my new spreader, gives me a reason to ride my 4 wheeler   Saturday, April 30 View Page 1725 harp on the right and the 1264* peirpont on the left. it was weird seeing how small the 1264* was   Saturday, April 30 View Page all 12 seeds have germed after 42 hrs   Saturday, April 30 View Page 812* jutras and the 1201 h/j have the longest roots at 42 hrs   Saturday, April 30 View Page 7 days after germ 1264* and 2145 are the biggest by a little and the 812* close behind everything else tied for 3rd   Saturday, April 30 View Page my bad, that's 4 days after I put them in soil   Saturday, April 30 View Page some pics of the hoops and my new walking boards I made   Saturday, April 30 View Page #2   Saturday, April 30 View Page #3   Friday, May 13 View Page 812* jutras been in the hoop 5 days longer than the rest and is farther along even though they were all germed at the same time   Friday, May 13 View Page 812* jutras   Friday, May 13 View Page 1264* peirpont had to block out part of the pic. don't want to give away all my secrets.   Friday, May 13 View Page 1264* peirpont, just kidding I don't have any secrets   Friday, May 13 View Page 1625 doing good   Friday, May 13 View Page our 1201 doing good also   Friday, May 13 View Page genes awesome 2145   Friday, May 13 View Page 1725 harp, looking a little long and leggy, never had this problem in the hoop. we just need some sun and warmth.   Friday, May 13 View Page 1965 brandt   Friday, May 13 View Page 2009 looking a little long and leggy also   Friday, May 13 View Page oh wait this is the 2230, I just remembered I don't have a 2009, maybe santa will bring me one   Friday, May 13 View Page saved the best for last, this is our 1756 h/j growing really well best in the patch except for the 812* which has been out for 5 days longer   Sunday, May 29 View Page view of the patch, got the first fence up for wind blockage   Sunday, May 29 View Page forgot the pic   Sunday, May 29 View Page another veiw   Sunday, May 29 View Page put up small metal fence on the back side of patch to hopefully keep out that rotten woodchuck   Sunday, May 29 View Page 1264* peirpont down and running   Sunday, May 29 View Page 812* jutras 2nd biggest plant in the patch but has the thickest main   Sunday, May 29 View Page my poor onion, this thing has been growing for 8 weeks   Sunday, May 29 View Page 1625 gantner longest plant in the patch, finally got it to grow the right way, was about to ask garry for a refund   Sunday, May 29 View Page 1201 h/j it looks like its laying down but it isn't yet   Sunday, May 29 View Page 2145, has a bit of a split in the stump   Sunday, May 29 View Page 2145 McMullen, not quite layed down yet but should be in a day or 2   Sunday, May 29 View Page 1725 harp, dang woodchuck did some damage to the leaves even with fence at both ends of the hoop   Sunday, May 29 View Page 1756 h/j, I think it caught something from the 1625, cause now it wants to grow the wrong way   Sunday, May 29 View Page 1965 brandt, woodchuck had his way with this plant also   Sunday, May 29 View Page 2230 Wallace, lagging a bit behind also has a bit of a split in the main, maybe these splits will keep me from getting any foamers this year   Friday, June 10 View Page my woodchuck setup, caught a momma and 3 babies so far   Friday, June 10 View Page 2230, doing ok, besides being used for a buffet by woodchuck   Friday, June 10 View Page kin on the 1965 forgot the pic of the plant   Friday, June 10 View Page 1725 harp, woodchuck has expensive taste   Friday, June 10 View Page 1756 h/j plant is doing well just a few older leaves look bad   Friday, June 10 View Page 2145 coming along nice I did find a little kin in the grow tip   Friday, June 10 View Page 1201 h/j also growing ok plants not doing to bad for the 1st 90 degree day   Friday, June 10 View Page 1625 biggest plant in the patch but not by much   Friday, June 10 View Page 1264* peirpont   Friday, June 10 View Page 812* jutras has huge leaves and a thick main, should have a poll on it about the 20th, just hope the 1264 has males to make the cross I like   Sunday, June 19 View Page pollinated the 812* jutras today had to self it there were no open males on the 1264*   Sunday, June 19 View Page here is the pic, it was only 3 lobe   Sunday, June 19 View Page just a pic of how I stake my vines up so they dont burn, so far its working well. I am getting some burn on some leaves just not the tips   Sunday, June 19 View Page elevated view of our patch a little flagging going on bad not bad. all in all pretty happy with things so far.   Wednesday, July 6 View Page some wind damage from the storm last night its worse than it looks   Wednesday, July 6 View Page 1965 brandt x 1201 h/j 16 dap   Wednesday, July 6 View Page 1756 h/j x self 9 dap   Wednesday, July 6 View Page 2145 McMullen x 1756 h/j 13 dap   Wednesday, July 6 View Page 1201 h/j x 1965 brandt 13 dap   Wednesday, July 6 View Page 1625 gantner x 1201 h/j 14 dap   Wednesday, July 6 View Page 812* jutras x 1264 peirpont 8 dap I had one pollinated on june 19th but it aborted because of heat so I hope this one will make it to a weigh off, its going to be big   Saturday, July 30 View Page trying to get a set on the 1264* having some difficulties with this heat   Saturday, July 30 View Page gary gave me one of his magic 1625's   Saturday, July 30 View Page now you see it   Saturday, July 30 View Page now you dont   Saturday, July 30 View Page it aborted around day 30 the last measurement was about 225 ott, the pumpkin was perfect inside.   Saturday, July 30 View Page 812 jutras* day 30 was 267.5   Saturday, July 30 View Page 1201 h/j day 35 289 ott   Saturday, July 30 View Page 2145 McMullen day 35 292 ott   Saturday, July 30 View Page 1725 harp shape is a little off because of svb in the stem. day 25 212 ott   Saturday, July 30 View Page 1965 brandt day 40 today 320 ott   Saturday, July 30 View Page 1756 h/j day 33 307.5 ott   Saturday, July 30 View Page 1756 h/j unfortunately i also found this today. split underneath the stem. cleaned it out the best I could and got some sulfur powder up in it. saying a few prayers and crossing my fingers, but I don't think it will heal up. it was our best chance of getting close to 1k on day 40   Thursday, August 11 View Page love to try and grow these but we already have a nice one on this plant   Thursday, August 11 View Page this one is from genes monster   Thursday, August 11 View Page our baby is 10 days old now on the 1264* peirpont   Thursday, August 11 View Page not as big as mikes monster, but will hopefully give him a run for his money, this one is on the 1965 brandt   Friday, August 19 View Page toni with our 1756 h/j, we had to cut it off because of rot in the main.   Friday, August 19 View Page this is the weight, with the pallet. didn't have lifting straps with us. figuring pallet is about 50 lbs so pumpkin is about 928.4. approx. 11 % heavy after dap 56   Friday, August 19 View Page hole goes all the way into the cavity   Friday, August 19 View Page joe eugster was nice enough to weigh our pumpkin for us. there used to be the best weigh offs here. one of the reasons it was so good, cause it was 10 minutes from our house :)   Friday, August 19 View Page looks like we are about to lose another one. boy its been a really rough year in our patch. this is 1725 harp x 1756 h/j.   Saturday, August 27 View Page Alabama bound   Monday, August 29 View Page whatever this is its taking our whole patch down   Monday, August 29 View Page there are 3 different plants in these pics   Monday, August 29 View Page more bad stuff   Monday, August 29 View Page got some of this going on to   Monday, August 29 View Page and another   Monday, August 29 View Page I will be sending in tissue samples to see exactly what this is   Monday, August 29 View Page dug up a bunch of roots to see if I could find any root rot, none per say on the root but some around the root on the vine   Tuesday, September 6 View Page Our biggest squash, uow is 980. It was cut from the plant august 25th.   Friday, September 30 View Page Picture of a smaller on grown from the 2145. Est. 1500 lbs, but may go lite   Friday, September 30 View Page Nekoosa here we come   Saturday, October 1 View Page Barlow and h/j 1st and 2ND at anamosa. Riding in the parade was a blast.   Saturday, October 1 View Page Wisconsin guys celebrating the big win.   Sunday, October 23 View Page Our 1453,we donated to milwaukee zoo, lots of fun to watch.   Sunday, October 30 View Page 1646 h/j. The cross is 2145 x 1756   Sunday, October 30 View Page All carved   Saturday, November 5 View Page Got all my ext. Cords and hoses wrapped up. I'm a little behind.   Saturday, November 5 View Page Everything stacked and put away   Saturday, November 5 View Page Patch all cleaned up   Saturday, December 31 View Page Couldn't ask for a better day, first fish my 9 yr old grandson pulled onto the ice   Saturday, December 31 View Page Couldn't ask for a better day, first fish my 9 yr old grandson pulled onto the ice   Saturday, December 31 View Page Another pic of his 28 " pike