Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 59 Entries. Wednesday, January 22 View Page First time ever doing a diary but thought I would give it a try this year. So I decided to grow 4 pumpkins this year and if they all germnate they will be 1885.5 Werner/ 1733 Wallace / 2005 haist/ 2112 skinner any problems with those will replace with my 1869 Greathouse. Good luck to everyone this year   Sunday, March 8 View Page Today I got up the 4x4,s for the windbreak around the patch. I also took soil samples fro all 4 of the planting zones. Hopefully this will help me be more precise with my amendments so I can get everything dialed in for this season   Wednesday, March 18 View Page I have all my products ready to apply to the patch on May 25th   Wednesday, March 18 View Page I finally got my new windbreak up around the patch   Wednesday, March 18 View Page I also tilled up my 10x10 planting areas. We are expecting a lot of rain in the next 10 days here, so I covered them to keep them dry   Wednesday, April 8 View Page I have all the greenhouses up heat cables in and tanks in place it’s almost go time   Sunday, April 12 View Page Got my seeds all laid out and ready to go   Sunday, April 12 View Page Soaking in 1/2 strength seaweed today then into paper towels and into the germination box   Friday, April 17 View Page Started 8 first 3 up are 1869 Greathouse 1885 Werner 2005 Haist   Tuesday, April 28 View Page I got all 4 of my plants in the greenhouse today I had to make some unexpected changes though   Tuesday, April 28 View Page New awesome thermostats this year both heater and fan connected any time I fall below 77 the heater kicks on and anytime I’m above 80 the fan kicks on so great   Thursday, May 7 View Page 1511 haist green squash off to a slow start   Thursday, May 7 View Page 1885.5 Werner 8 days outside   Thursday, May 7 View Page 1885.5 Werner 8 days outside   Thursday, May 7 View Page 1869 Greathouse 8 days outside   Thursday, May 7 View Page My 1955 Werner and 2114 Wallace are in a battle to see which one makes the cut   Friday, May 8 View Page Temp down to 28 tonight got heaters on and all tarps on the greenhouse   Saturday, May 16 View Page 1869 greathouse 18 days outside   Saturday, May 16 View Page 1885.5 Werner main vine on the ground   Saturday, May 16 View Page 1511 Haist green squash   Saturday, May 16 View Page 1511 Haist green squash   Saturday, May 16 View Page 1511 Haist green squash   Saturday, May 16 View Page 1955 Werner on the right and 2114 Wallace on the left   Saturday, May 16 View Page 1885.5 Werner main vine on the ground   Saturday, May 16 View Page 1869 greathouse 18 days outside   Saturday, May 16 View Page 1869 greathouse 18 days outside   Friday, May 22 View Page 1869 going to be out of the greenhouse tomorrow this one is really taking off   Friday, May 22 View Page 1885.5 Werner main vine is around 5 feet   Friday, May 22 View Page 1955 Werner starting to get going   Friday, May 22 View Page 1511 haist green squash main on the ground   Friday, May 22 View Page 1869 leaves are over 2 feet across on a few of them   Friday, June 5 View Page 1869 greathouse doing pretty good main vine out 17 feet probably going to pollinate in 2 days   Wednesday, June 17 View Page 1869 greathouse a little more than half of the patch is filled out   Wednesday, June 17 View Page 1869 greathouse a little more than half of the patch is filled out   Wednesday, June 17 View Page 1869 greathouse dap 10 a little under sized but the temperature has been cold at night in the last week   Wednesday, June 17 View Page 1955 Werner main vine snapped off on this one training a strong side vine to be the new main probably won't get pollinated until July 4th on this one   Wednesday, June 17 View Page 1885 Werner finally getting going   Wednesday, June 17 View Page 1511 haist green squash going to try to pollinate tomorrow   Sunday, June 28 View Page 1511 haist green squash dap 10   Sunday, June 28 View Page 1869 greathouse dap 20 beautiful plant but the pumpkin doesn't want to take off   Monday, July 13 View Page 1511 haist dap 25 estimated weight 319 lbs   Monday, July 13 View Page 1869 greathouse dap 35 estimated weight 648 lbs   Monday, July 13 View Page Big beautiful plant on the 1955 Werner hopefully it grows a big beautiful pumpkin   Tuesday, July 14 View Page 1885.5 Werner dap 20 estimated weight 188 lbs Biggest I’ve ever had on dap 20   Friday, July 17 View Page 1869 Greathouse dap 40 estimated weight 815 lbs not as big as some others but the great pumpkin is keeping steady   Friday, July 17 View Page 1885.5 Werner dap 20 estimated weight 188 lbs she’s tall and wide and going to be orange   Saturday, July 18 View Page 1511 Haist green squash 30 dap estimated weight 459 lbs I’m having trouble with this plant hopefully I can keep it going   Friday, July 24 View Page 1885.5 Werner dap 30 estimated weight 552 lbs   Friday, July 24 View Page 1955 Werner dap 25 estimated weight 316 lbs   Monday, July 27 View Page 1869 Greathouse 50 dap estimated weight is 1182 lbs   Tuesday, August 4 View Page 1885.5 Werner dap 40 estimated weight 904 lbs I’m happy with this ones height   Monday, August 10 View Page 1955 Werner dap 40 estimated weight 811 lbs blossom end split yesterday down to 3   Sunday, August 23 View Page 1885.5 Werner dap 60 estimated weight 1375 lbs   Thursday, September 24 View Page 1511 haist green squash headed to barnesville tomorrow   Thursday, September 24 View Page 1885.5 Werner also heading to barnesville tomorrow   Thursday, October 1 View Page 1885.5 Werner weighed at barnesville now the 1579 Greathouse took 5th place and won the Howard Dill award   Friday, October 9 View Page 1869 Greathouse dap 124 oldest pumpkin I’ve ever had heading to Ohio valley tomorrow morning   Tuesday, October 13 View Page One in the patch before the weigh off   Tuesday, October 13 View Page 1869 Greathouse now the 1970 Greathouse it went 2 percent light but it still taped 462 Ott and a circumference of 223 inches happy to be blessed to grow such a big pumpkin