Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 45 Entries. Friday, January 6 View Page Ripped and then tilled in 20yrds of compost, 8 bales of straw, 5 bales of alfalfa hay, 50lbs+ of ele sulfur. Still removing a lot of smaller rocks in top 6” that got stirred up from earlier, larger, rock removal.   Saturday, January 7 View Page All tilled up, threw on a couple bales of alfalfa after pic to reduce erosion heading into Spring.   Monday, March 13 View Page High pH is what causes me the most concern with this Spring’s soil sample. I’ll just keep putting down 10lbs of ele sulfur each time I work the soil till I start getting it down below 7.   Sunday, March 26 View Page Seed selection for 2023   Sunday, March 26 View Page Soaked in distilled water and splash hydrogen peroxide for an hour   Sunday, March 26 View Page 24 x 1gal pots with miracle gro potting soil w/ Myco and Azos   Sunday, March 26 View Page Heat mats at 82F with domes over trays, watering just a little w/tap water   Monday, April 3 View Page 19 of 24 germinated   Friday, April 7 View Page Planning on going into garden in 2 days. 15 days total from seed to garden. 1935 Ford and 2332 Paton looking the best so far.   Sunday, April 9 View Page Put thermometers in 8 of the mini greenhouses with different heating types. Space heaters do the trick, heat lamps(300W total) w/blankets will likely suffice, and just heat lamps(300W total) are not quite enough.   Saturday, April 15 View Page Plants handled the transplant/first week just fine. Used Azos and myco with potting mix/peat moss during transplanting. Watering nearly daily 1gal/plant w/ ~400ppm using 20-20-20 w/tap water with some vitamin C (drop PH, and might help w/Chloramine)   Tuesday, April 18 View Page Hit 84 today and windy, config’d miniGH w/only shade cloth over plant with plastic rolled back 1/2 way. Photone app read ~1000 PPFD on Sun setting w/shade cloth.   Sunday, April 30 View Page Drip irrigation going in. First ~10’ out from each plant, spaced about every foot. Had to disassemble mini greenhouses, add amendments/fertilizer, and till. Then laid and staked drip tape. Hooking everything up today.   Sunday, April 30 View Page Plants are doing fine, starting to vine. Issues have included sun burn, chilly temps, and wind.   Saturday, May 6 View Page Plants are getting to about 6’, so culled down to the final 10.   Saturday, May 6 View Page Most plants now have females in the main vine tip, this plant got culled.   Friday, May 12 View Page 1832 Graham 10’ vine, male flower blooming   Friday, May 12 View Page 1935 Ford 10’ vine   Sunday, May 21 View Page 2332 Paton , ~8’ out   Sunday, May 21 View Page 1832 Graham ~13’   Monday, May 22 View Page Shade cloths up to protect from heat/Sun, wind, and hail. Done w/mini houses for the year. Broke main on 2046 Montsma, may convert to 150 sqft plant and pollinate current female at 10’ tomorrow. One of the 1832 Grahams had the main split in two spots, but will let it keep going. Other 8 plants are doing fine, with the 1953 Daletas growing so fast it’s hard to keep up.   Wednesday, May 24 View Page 150sqft patch roped off. 10’ x 15’, 8’ board for scale. 2046 Montsma plant.   Saturday, June 3 View Page Most plants are getting pollinated this week. Picture: 1953 Daletas with ~20 secondaries behind it. It’s also the best looking plant in the patch. 2493 Wolf, 1935 Ford, and 1832 Graham are also looking really good. Generally all the plants are enjoy the weather.   Wednesday, June 7 View Page 1832 Graham   Wednesday, June 7 View Page 1935 Ford   Friday, June 16 View Page 1953 Daletas (x 1935 Ford) DAP 13   Sunday, June 18 View Page 2332 Paton (x 2493 Wolf) DAP 19   Saturday, June 24 View Page 1953 Daletas DAP20, best looking one in the patch   Saturday, June 24 View Page 1953 Daletas DAP20, best looking one in the patch   Saturday, June 24 View Page 1832 Graham DAP 22, also looking great   Saturday, July 8 View Page 1953 Daletas (x1935 Ford) probably ~600lbs lbs in pic DAP 35. Back on DAP 30, both the 1953 Daletas and 1935 Ford were ~400lbs. They are the current leaders in the patch have big healthy plants at the moment.   Wednesday, July 12 View Page DAP 40 for 1935 Ford (foreground) and 1832 Graham(background), both coming in ~700lbs   Saturday, July 29 View Page Some good looking pumpkins in the patch this year. 1935 Ford is the current leader on weight ~1200lbs   Saturday, July 29 View Page Here are the other 6, all 10 are ~DAP 50-60   Tuesday, August 8 View Page Moved 4 of the 10 pumpkins. Used Minx2 Miticide for aphids, worked great. Powdery Mildew is starting to win the battle after first appearing 7/1 in Creek patch, just appeared in Bridge Patch 8/5. Daconil/Zerotol/Immunox foliar rotation might be helping. Tried terrazole for pending root rot via drip. Applying foliar of Amino/fulvic/Humic acid weekly. Still pushing 500ppm of fertilizer daily, heavy on K, and a little bit of everything else.   Thursday, August 17 View Page Lost half of one of the 2332 Paton plants today. Still have 9 other full plants, but age is starting to show.   Saturday, September 2 View Page 950 Jacobs UOW (1832.5 Graham x 2332 Paton) heading to the Pecan Patch in Oxford KS. 19% Heavy. This is the first of two 1832.5 Graham’s this year.   Thursday, September 7 View Page 1234 Jacobs (1953 Daletas x 1935 Ford) 399 OTT and went 12% light. Main vine rotted out about a month ago and only had a thread or two still green near pumpkin.   Thursday, September 7 View Page 1234 Jacobs (1953 Daletas x 1935 Ford) 399 OTT and went 12% light. Main vine rotted out about a month ago and only had a thread or two still green near pumpkin.   Thursday, September 7 View Page Kansas State Fair Weigh-off, all three pumpkins 1100+ lbs. Expecting more big ones coming out of Kansas later in the season.   Thursday, September 7 View Page Hoping this one (1935 Ford x 2493 Wolf) will hold together for a few more weeks.   Monday, October 30 View Page 1111 Jacobs UOW (2069 Stelts x 1953 Daletas) 9% Heavy   Monday, October 30 View Page 1679 Jacobs (1935 Ford x 2493 Wolf) -2% Personal Best, and best looking   Monday, October 30 View Page 719 Jacobs UOW (1584 Martin x 2069 Stelts)   Monday, October 30 View Page Getting shipped out to Jack-o-Latern World