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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 17 Entries.
Saturday, April 27 View Page
150 sq ft entries. Left to right Georganne, Francis, Fulton, and Winston in the red shirt in the front is in my(amber’s) plot. All 6ft x 25ft
 
Saturday, April 27 View Page
Opposite side of the 150 sq ft entries
 
Saturday, April 27 View Page
Measuring out the 18 ft side that we split into three 6 ft sections
 
Saturday, April 27 View Page
25 ft length
 
Saturday, April 27 View Page
Amber’s 150 sq ft plot with plant. It is 6ft x 25 ft too. It is along the west side of the other 3 plots for the kids. The plant came from the 2116 Daho and so did the plant for Fulton’s plot on the south side of the tunnel. Both of the seeds were out of the dirt in 3 days and this is day 6 after the seeds were soaked and started. We are planning on the 2045 Daho in Francis’s middle plot and Georganne will get a squash. Not sure yet on her genetics because the ones we started came up, but are not very aggressive growers nor are they picturesque plants. We started backups yesterday. We will start pollinators probably tomorrow.
 
Saturday, June 29 View Page
Fulton’s pumpkin for the 150 sq ft patch. Not sure when this was pollinated but it’s around dap 10. We set it up on mill fabric last night. Usually we try to do it earlier but he had his tonsils out last week and it has been too hot to go outside. Highs in the low 100’s.
 
Saturday, June 29 View Page
Fulton’s entire 150 sq ft patch is filled in. Now time to just grow a pumpkin and trim off all the loose vines!
 
Saturday, June 29 View Page
Georganne’s 150 sq ft patch giant green squash. It’s about dap 12/13 and has a freakishly long stem. Since it’s green she wants to name it miss princess froggy.
 
Saturday, June 29 View Page
Georganne’s 150 sq ft patch is filled in! Time to grow a squash and trim the last tertiary vines.
 
Saturday, June 29 View Page
Stem on Georganne’s 150 sq ft squash before we set it up.
 
Saturday, June 29 View Page
Two out of four 150 sq ft patches are complete with pictures. We have 2 left. One(mine) has not been set up on mill fabric yet and the other is waiting for a picture when he returns from summer camp. Maybe today or tomorrow we will get those complete as well, but for now here’s a view of all four.
 
Saturday, June 29 View Page
Francis’s 150 sq ft pumpkin entry. Hopefully a beauty *fingers crossed* He came home today from being at camp this week and was super excited with it. It was just maybe baseball size when he left.
 
Sunday, July 14 View Page
I knew better than to say it was a keeper until after dap 20. It aborted around dap 18/19. Francis has 2 more chances on a small wrap around vine in his 150 sq ft plant before we throw in the towel.
 
Thursday, July 18 View Page
Fulton’s 150 sq ft pumpkin is doing well. Around dap 27 and measuring 240 lbs.
 
Saturday, September 14 View Page
Fulton’s 150 sq ft pumpkin weighed 456 lbs.
 
Saturday, September 14 View Page
Georganne’s 150 sq ft entry weighed 150 lbs.
 
Thursday, September 19 View Page
Amber and Francis’s 150 sq ft pumpkin entries didn’t make it. Our plants kept aborting pumpkins and we ran out of room and energy. We grew a lot of small pumpkins though.
 

 

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