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Monday, April 4 View Page
Adding compost manure !
 
Tuesday, April 5 View Page
Added amendments !
 
Tuesday, April 12 View Page
Removing the house off of the generator at work! Can help but think that I could have made a sweet green house out of it !
 
Sunday, May 1 View Page
Transplanting my 2109 zywiec, adding some great white to the roots!
 
Sunday, May 1 View Page
Transplanted 2109! I used great white micro !
 
Tuesday, May 10 View Page
2109 zywiec growing like a weed! 1st year ever growing giant pumpkins! Will gladly accept any advice! I have came a long way thanks to my awesome mentor cntyboy
 
Monday, May 16 View Page
Stopped by hydroponics stored , graves this , some companion bac sub , humic acid , and some messenger ! Guy at the store told me advanced nutrients was way over priced and wasn't as good as some of the cheaper things he had. For some one looking to make money telling me this really suprised me !!
 
Tuesday, May 17 View Page
Plants looking good, just trying to lay it down!!
 
Tuesday, May 17 View Page
Plant is huge !!!
 
Wednesday, May 18 View Page
Don't judge! I am from Kentucky !
 
Wednesday, May 18 View Page
Lol ! I am from Kentucky !
 
Wednesday, May 18 View Page
Lol ! I am from Kentucky !
 
Thursday, May 19 View Page
Finally got plant on the ground!!
 
Thursday, May 19 View Page
Plant is doing great for all the rain and the cold snap here in west Kentucky !
 
Friday, May 20 View Page
Kentucky may not be the best for pumpkins! But it's the only place to get bourbon like this!
 
Friday, May 20 View Page
Plant is judge, had to cut biggest leaf off. Other than a little twist in stem, everything's great !
 
Friday, May 20 View Page
Stem twist
 
Saturday, May 21 View Page
Making progress with wind break !!
 
Saturday, May 21 View Page
Wonder break looking good
 
Saturday, May 21 View Page
Wind break going up, and my garden partner number 2 !!!
 
Saturday, May 21 View Page
Found a link in my main ??? Any advice appreciated emIls is user name
 
Sunday, May 22 View Page
Plant is now out of green house
 
Sunday, May 22 View Page
Kink
 
Sunday, May 22 View Page
Kinkkkkkk
 
Sunday, May 22 View Page
Atleast melon is doing good
 
Sunday, May 22 View Page
Atleast melon is doing good
 
Monday, May 23 View Page
Melon plant
 
Monday, May 23 View Page
Plants officially out of green house , built me a stump cover! Email me if you see anything wrong or how I could improve !!! Bowersjosh15@gmail.com
 
Monday, May 23 View Page
Plants officially out of green house , built me a stump cover! Email me if you see anything wrong or how I could improve !!! Bowersjosh15@gmail.com
 
Monday, May 23 View Page
Had to cut the big leaf it cause the slight kink that I have ! Going to give link a few days to grow out! If it doesn't I will probably train a side to be my new main! Any advice welcome and appreciated !! Email bowersjosh15@gmail.com
 
Monday, May 23 View Page
Wind break !!!! any tips welcome bowersjosh15@gmail.com
 
Monday, May 23 View Page
2109 with small kink
 
Tuesday, May 24 View Page
2109 creeping out fast , trying to make sure the vine comes down very slow!
 
Tuesday, May 24 View Page
Crawling out ! Don't want any kinks ! Letting vine come down very slow
 
Tuesday, May 24 View Page
2109
 
Tuesday, May 24 View Page
When I first saw the slight kink this is the picture I took! The next picture will show the improvements
 
Tuesday, May 24 View Page
This is after ! Looks like it may grow out ! Any advice welcome email bowersjosh15@gmail.com
 
Tuesday, May 24 View Page
Wind breaks
 
Wednesday, May 25 View Page
Plant stretching out
 
Wednesday, May 25 View Page
Wind break
 
Wednesday, May 25 View Page
Leaves look good
 
Saturday, May 28 View Page
196 bright doing very well with a few males bloomed
 
Saturday, May 28 View Page
Plant has out grew the orang fence in 4 days
 
Monday, May 30 View Page
Plant is doing good
 
Monday, May 30 View Page
Got. Little hot today
 
Monday, May 30 View Page
Got. Little hot today
 
Tuesday, May 31 View Page
Plant is looking great
 
Tuesday, May 31 View Page
1st pumpkin !!!!! Pretty pumped it's between 7 to 8 foot out on main
 
Tuesday, May 31 View Page
Baby kin
 
Tuesday, May 31 View Page
Baby kin !
 
Friday, June 3 View Page
2109 looking good pruned first kin
 
Sunday, June 5 View Page
Drip tape installed female on main ! Should pollinate in 10 days or so
 
Thursday, June 9 View Page
I will pol this one
 
Thursday, June 9 View Page
One happy plant this morning
 
Thursday, June 9 View Page
Shade
 
Saturday, June 11 View Page
Lots of hard work on a 93 degree day ! Melon patch is looking great !
 
Saturday, June 11 View Page
Another pic of 196 bright
 
Monday, June 13 View Page
Fans
 
Monday, June 13 View Page
Pollinated
 
Monday, June 13 View Page
Nice little melon
 
Monday, June 13 View Page
Nice little melon
 
Friday, June 17 View Page
Plant doing good , has a little powdery mildew
 
Friday, June 17 View Page
First pollinated kin pollinated 4 days ago
 
Sunday, June 19 View Page
I like this ones shape
 
Sunday, June 19 View Page
Really like this one
 
Sunday, June 19 View Page
Really like this one
 
Sunday, June 19 View Page
Don't like the shape, but it's on the main
 
Thursday, June 23 View Page
Kins looking good dap 11
 
Thursday, June 23 View Page
Kins looking good dap 11
 
Friday, June 24 View Page
Kind growing fast
 
Friday, July 1 View Page
May flies at work, iv never seen them quite this bad, I'm thinking compost
 
Tuesday, July 5 View Page
Dap 21
 
Tuesday, July 5 View Page
Dap 21 151 lb it, finally got it on plywood. I thought my friend was going to rip it from vine when he dead lifted it ! Starting to figure out , no one cares about your kin like u !! Lol
 
Wednesday, July 6 View Page
7 inches of rain and 80 to 100 +mph winds! Thankfully I still have a plant if it doesn't drown
 
Saturday, July 9 View Page
2109 dap 26 , ott 202 inches
 
Saturday, July 9 View Page
2109 dap 26 , ott 202 inches
 
Sunday, July 17 View Page
Dap 33 280 lbs grew 19 lbs today
 
Sunday, July 17 View Page
Dap some where around 25 to 30 I think , I know it's less that my kin by a week or so it is a 196 Bright open poll
 
Sunday, July 17 View Page
New camper lol
 
Sunday, July 17 View Page
2109
 
Sunday, July 17 View Page
Pic makes kin look small , guess because I'm so big hahahaha lol #280lbs
 
Sunday, July 17 View Page
Not sure if last post took
 
Sunday, July 17 View Page
Kin
 
Thursday, July 21 View Page
Skin split crossed fingers
 
Thursday, July 21 View Page
Split, I guess it's common when growing 20+ lbs a day
 
Monday, August 1 View Page
400+
 
Monday, August 1 View Page
Still rolling along
 
Monday, August 1 View Page
Squash bugs mating ,sad day for 1333 this plant has died, haven't had time to care for it
 
Tuesday, August 2 View Page
10 lb a day no matter what I try, slow and steady wins the race !
 
Thursday, August 4 View Page
Leaves are scaring me a little, growth is steady !
 
Thursday, August 11 View Page
kin has caught fire
 
Thursday, August 11 View Page
Split has healed nicley, it must be mr mudds spook juice !
 
Thursday, August 11 View Page
Split has healed nicley, it must be mr mudds spook juice !
 
Wednesday, August 17 View Page
Ott almost 300
 
Wednesday, August 17 View Page
Stem on 196 bright
 
Wednesday, August 17 View Page
Close up
 
Wednesday, August 17 View Page
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Tuesday, August 23 View Page
Big kin lol , bubba I grew a ugly pumpkin
 
Thursday, August 25 View Page
Ugly pumpkin
 
Friday, August 26 View Page
Splits have healed nicley sorry if this posts twice
 
Friday, August 26 View Page
Post keeps messing up
 
Sunday, August 28 View Page
Found this in the bushes
 
Sunday, August 28 View Page
2109 is ugly but it's big
 

 

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