Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 25 Entries. Tuesday, January 16 View Page NEW EPISODE! Im fabricating and erecting a 38x78 greenhouse frame to hold my hail net. Check out this episode for the assembly of the beast. https://youtu.be/Z-g0VxfUzOc   Wednesday, July 18 View Page 1685 x 2002. 20 dap. 67 circ. This is one of the 4 plants that i overwatered for about 3 weeks and stunted the growth. It only has about 10 secondaries behind the pumpkin and no leaves over a foot across. I dont expect much from this one but its the first to 20 days.   Friday, July 20 View Page 1236 x self 20 dap circ 57" another of the plants i overwatered. Plant has mildly recovered but still small and stringy.   Friday, July 20 View Page 2036 x 1236 20 dap circ 53" 3rd of 4 of the overwatered plants. Has recovered the best but is being grown on a re-purposed secondary.   Friday, July 20 View Page 2002 x self. 20dap circ 59" this looks like a miniature plant. Last one that i overwatered   Monday, July 23 View Page Check out this vulgar display of stem! 7in long on the 1281 sawtelle. Not my keeper but this plant has long stems all around   Wednesday, August 1 View Page My 728 Hodges 20 dap. 69" circ. Late comer but one of my hopeful's   Monday, August 6 View Page 1281 sawtelle 20 dap 71.5 circ. 113lbs. Strange shape   Saturday, August 11 View Page 1281x2036 25 dap 91.5 circ. 216 lbs Hard to measure and thumps like a plastic tote so will probably go light.   Saturday, August 11 View Page 728 x self 30 dap 105 circ 320lbs The war has begun...powdery attacking from the west. Squash bugs attacking from the south. They are closing in...i dont think were gonna make it captain....tell my family i love them.   Thursday, August 16 View Page 1281 sawtelle 30 dap 115 circ. 345 lbs and keeping that shape   Thursday, August 16 View Page 728 x self 35dap 120 circ. 451 lbs. Looks identical to the 728 only longer...good thing.   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 1281 35 dap circ 126.5 weight 451. Complete with a nice farmers tan. Both big pumpkins slowed this week...21 lbs a day   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 728 40 dap 129.5 circ 563 lbs. Still has a great shape. The blossom to stem and side to side measurements are equal...perfect basketball. 22 lbs a day...not what i wanted but not worried yet.   Sunday, August 26 View Page Look at this schnoz! I will name it...barbara streisand. 1281 sawtelle 40 dap circ 140in 600 lbs and averaging 30 a day.   Sunday, August 26 View Page 728 Hodges 45 dap 135in circ 666 lbs. Very round, quite orange, kinda growing fast, barely hanging on. 20 lbs a day for now.   Friday, September 7 View Page Thought i would share one of my "other" pumpkins. This is the 2036, one of my stunted plants. Its around 600 on day 70. Getting a lot of green along with a little white and some orange. Its a looker and hopefully heavy.   Saturday, September 8 View Page 1281 Sawtelle continuing to look strange. Was taping 800 at day 50. Feels light since i can still slide it by hand...a little   Saturday, September 8 View Page My 728 taping 800 at day 55. Still perfectly round.   Friday, September 14 View Page 1236 stowers looking very pink. Its my smallest hanging in around 450 at 75 dap doing a couple pounds a day. Will be on display at a you-pick-patch next weekend.   Sunday, September 30 View Page First weighoff of the year in the books...took the 2036 and got 6th with a weight of 721. Better than i thought it would do....oh ya also pictured is the new Colorado state record watermelon at 113.5 lbs from the 256 Vial seed...Colorado is a little behind in the melon game but were coming up!   Tuesday, October 2 View Page Here is a picture of my gantry creation that allows me to use my dump truck to "self load" pumpkins. Here im picking my 721...planning on upgrading to steel to allow me to pick much heavier without a tractor or fork. New video (EP:98) of this and our first weighoff of the year will be up this afternoon on facebook.com/thehodge101.   Sunday, October 7 View Page I hit a grand! My 728 x self officially became the 1049 Hodges yesterday! Good enough for 2nd place and the HD award at Nicks Garden Center weighoff. Two more to go!   Sunday, October 7 View Page I took an play out of the Gene Simmons book of shameless promotion and put nice big signs on my truck for the trips to the weighoffs   Saturday, October 13 View Page No need to adjust your television...this is actually how it looked. 1281.5 sawtelle x 2036 glasier. Took it to the Fort Collins weighoff and it was taping 1135....hit the scale and weighed 873. Just a big airbag. Good enough for fifth. Big shout out to Joe Scherber for growing the second biggest pumpkin in Co history at 1568 and 12% heavy