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How are everyone's squash plants doing?

7/11/2014 4:58:30 PM

Honesdale Pa USA

Plant is great, pollinations not so much!

7/11/2014 6:14:50 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

1233 hunt started out shooting the creepy multi flower less vigorous side vines, pruned them off and the plant is doing well now with normal secondaries. Got one pollinated so far on the main. Too early to make any predictions.

7/11/2014 6:33:21 PM

Farming- a bunch of catastrophies that result in a lifestyle

Lost Lutjen kin, so plant made a counter move and has six pollinated females with a 7th to open tomorrow. LOL.
89' Shymanski pounding out weight now that it finally has a kin!!! I have three on it right now...kinda waiting to see if the DAP 20's stem issue is going to resolve or be a pain and cut it off in favor of a different one.
Bell is doing her thing, plant great, kin growing well. This is a seed year so she is on crap dirt to get the shymanski cross with her I want....damned thing is already over 300 pounds with nothing to eat!

7/11/2014 8:01:51 PM

Karns City PA

1037 Jarvis started out great made it through a bad main break and recovered, plant looks great pollinated second female on main yesterday, fingers crossed!!

7/11/2014 8:03:03 PM

Netherlands

1233* day 17 here and doing fine.

7/12/2014 4:22:13 AM

JACKSON, WISCONSIN. ; )

Have 2 in the ground and they just touched down... Ya behind i know.. But they are moving at a fast pace now...

7/12/2014 9:15:27 AM

west central IN/East central IL

At least I was able to get pollinations on the 2 main plants in early july, instead of late season like last yr. time will tell now.

7/12/2014 10:53:31 AM

Corryton, TN

Some good, some ok, some......not so good.....won't hold set
Problem plants getting yanked soon.

7/12/2014 1:48:37 PM

Santa Rosa, CA.

I have one set on the 800 Neily crossed with Vineman's 996. Day 18 was 56" cir. So far no issues.

7/12/2014 3:53:09 PM

stoughton WI

996 haist growing good a varmit snatched what would have been the first pollination on it so ihave to wait for the next one. oh yeah also bit off end of main vine so I will be training a new

7/12/2014 4:36:12 PM

Mi.

1245 jarvis 2 set great plant 1064.5 dawson 1 set small plant 1486 jarvis nice plant no sets yet

7/12/2014 7:59:59 PM

Little Suamico WI, usa

Got a 1135 Juntras going plant looks awsome. We had a cold winter so I am behind alittle but should be pollinated in the next 3 days. Posted pictures to my diary this morning

7/12/2014 11:00:36 PM

President - GPC

996 Haist starting to ramp up...Plant haZ very nice root system underneath...Love it..

7/14/2014 10:21:38 AM

Central Minnesota

996 Doing really well with the cold summer we have had. D10 today at 33" the 1135 is only D7 today and still very small.

7/14/2014 2:30:30 PM

Willamette Valley, Oregon

Down to one green-fruited plant in each 615 Cantrell and 717 Holub patch. That was my goal for the season so I'm happy so far. Otherwise too early to tell.

Half way point of the growing season. It won't be long.

7/14/2014 9:32:39 PM

California

bathabitat-what were the numbers on green vs orange with the 615 and 717?

7/14/2014 11:59:14 PM

Eugene,OR

I'm letting patchmaster think he has a chance to beat me. It will be fun to crush his hopes when it is time to hit the scales.

7/15/2014 2:03:28 AM

Leerdam, The Netherlands

To early to tell, could use less clouds...

7/15/2014 6:08:58 AM

Nottingham, UK

323 LaRiviere is a solid problem free plant. Bigger than ever and just pollinated. Fingers crossed they set, nice long stems.

7/15/2014 8:35:22 AM

Langley, BC,Canada

So far all 3 I pollinated on the 1175 Holub set. The one I'm hoping to keep is 10ft out on the main vine and about the size of a cantaloupe at 12 days old.

7/15/2014 10:13:14 AM

Willamette Valley, Oregon

hammerthrow26 -

615 Cantrell (an AGxSquash F2) theoritically should be 3 orange : 1 green. It was 5 orange : 3 green; which is statistically in line with the theoretical.

717 Holub ((AGxsquash) x squash) theoritically should be 1 orange : 1 green, it was 3 orange : 1 green; which is still statistically in line with the theoretical.

7/16/2014 12:27:50 PM

Corryton, TN

hammerthrow26
To ad to bathabitat numbers I started 9 615 Cantrell's. 7 were orange and 2 green

7/17/2014 6:55:17 AM

Farming- a bunch of catastrophies that result in a lifestyle

89' Shymanski is at DAP 23 today and weighs 153 pounds. I remain hopeful

7/17/2014 9:14:38 AM

President - GPC

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=225026

Picture iZ worth a thousand wordZ.....

8/4/2014 5:47:19 PM

Cameron

Our 996 sucks this year. Bad fruit shape & stem splits have set us back. Our 3rd squash is now just the size of a volleyball. Hopefully we'll have a good Sept to give it a chance to get a few extra pounds on it. Good luck.
Jane & Phil

8/5/2014 9:58:38 AM

California

Wizzy-how's the 1135* doing? Percy looks awesome-and has a great name!

8/5/2014 12:42:42 PM

Torrance, Ca.

Pugh, Pingrey,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Who will it be??????? :)

8/5/2014 1:15:11 PM

St.thomas

Dazz a nice one Wizzy, keep 'er goin:)!

8/5/2014 1:16:24 PM

Mulino, Oregon

Scott, do you know what the 30 day numbers were on the 1175? Also, I could use an infusion of some darker green on this one, hopefully it will color up a bit more before weighoff.

8/5/2014 1:48:05 PM

Santa Rosa, CA.

I don't know about Pugh, but I'm taping 800 lbs on the 800 Neily day 43!!!

8/5/2014 3:24:26 PM

President - GPC

BiZ haZ the Jutras Greenie..... Nice shape as well, not as big yet but itZ a beauty too.... BIG LeaveZ....

8/5/2014 3:30:21 PM

Mulino, Oregon

Wizzy, my 1135 blossom split on day 20

8/5/2014 10:19:33 PM

Netherlands

800lbs on day 43 is very good. Rumour has it there is one slightly bigger here in Europe. The grower won't let me say who he/she is though.

8/6/2014 4:08:27 AM

Eugene,OR

Pingrey's greenie is the real deal. We have had perfect weather this year until the last couple days, but it is back today. The tailor for the green jacket might as well make a trip to Pingrey's house to take his measurements.

8/6/2014 9:48:19 AM

Concord, CA.

Vineman/Patchmaster,
My hat's off to both of you guys. GO..GO...GO!!

8/6/2014 3:06:05 PM

President - GPC

Hrumpf....Ill catch you in November.....

8/6/2014 3:09:59 PM

California

Vineman-how are your squash?

8/6/2014 3:31:22 PM

Santa Rosa, CA.

Yep, everyone else should just pull their plants now. Not!! October is a ways off yet.

8/6/2014 3:58:44 PM

Honesdale, Pennsylvania

My 824 Brunst 05 is doing ok.. 30 day anniversary is tomorrow. The good news is its a nice shade of green so far. My 834.5 Sandercock has its 30 birthday on Thursday. A smaller plant with lots of bite marks.. either a squirrel, ground hog.. or Orange with Envy. That one too has a good shade of green at this stage.

8/6/2014 4:27:36 PM

Farming- a bunch of catastrophies that result in a lifestyle

Hope your Neily holds together, and officially begging for seed from it! LOL

8/6/2014 4:54:17 PM

Muddy Waters

my plants are six feet long lol

8/6/2014 5:16:08 PM

Willamette Valley, Oregon

The 1175 Holub seeds seem to start out light green like their mama/papa.
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=210636

It greened up for me last year. I'm hoping the same happens this year.

8/6/2014 10:03:18 PM

Concord, CA.

So.Cal.Grower, what do you want to bet that Russ is using that Gary Miller Go-Go juice!

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=203482

8/6/2014 10:03:18 PM

Eugene,OR

I liked my greenie until saw Pingrey's. Kind of reminds me of sharing a room with him in Vegas.

8/7/2014 12:10:49 PM

Concord, CA.

Wow! Lucky for us that your not talking about watermelons.

8/7/2014 2:54:26 PM

Torrance, Ca.

I'm sure Nor-Cal!


Who are these Russ guys anyways??????? Don,,,,,,,,, you know?????

8/7/2014 5:24:35 PM

JACKSON, WISCONSIN. ; )

Fruit set both plants.... Here we go

8/7/2014 11:14:10 PM

President - GPC

BiZ got a nice one...I'll sneak a peak.....

8/8/2014 9:43:41 AM

President - GPC

August 15th.....5 WeekZ left....Sorry No DogZ on pumpkinZ allowed....

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=226353

8/18/2014 11:34:27 AM

Mi.

1245 doing great starting to get big lobes

8/18/2014 12:49:42 PM

Cameron

DONE! Squash split on Sunday. Only 2 kins left.

8/19/2014 9:58:42 AM

Central Minnesota

Both the 996 and 1135 are just over 700 pounds, the 996 has been steadily maintainly 24.7 a day and the 1135 is holding at 32.3 a day. 996 is at day 46, 1135 day 41. No complaints about either, been learning a lot. Glad I decided to give them a try this year.

Bum deal Phil and Jane!!

8/19/2014 10:47:02 AM

Netherlands

With so many good ones out there this year, maybe we'll finally have one or two break the 1300lb barrier again.

8/19/2014 12:43:15 PM

Little Suamico WI, usa

Well I hosted Wi. Patch tour on 8-16-14 and measured my 1135 squash at 223 in. After about 2 inches of rain yesterday I went and got a 242 measurement!19 inches est 300# plus! 35 dap!

8/19/2014 5:31:09 PM

Little Suamico WI, usa

MNFisher I would love to do a squash seed swap at the end of year if your up for it

8/19/2014 9:28:35 PM