Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 29 Entries. Tuesday, January 28 View Page Hi guys. It's been a long time since I kept a diary on this site. I did this for the first time in 2017, and then I grew Russia's first giant pumpkin. This year I will try to be less lazy and take regular notes. A lot has changed over the years. In 2024, I grew the heaviest pumpkins in Russia, weighing 1801lb and 1700 lb, among others. I don't want to stop there, and this year my goal is to break the 2205lb mark. To do this, I am building a greenhouse and have acquired many good seeds. My favorite will be the 2365 wolf seed. I'll show you the other seeds later. Also this year, I am the co-organizer of the Russian Giant Pumpkin Growing Championship, the final of which will be held in the first half of September.   Tuesday, January 28 View Page My pumpkins of 2024 663.5 Chusov 2024 (970 Schlaefke х 2319 Stoeckl) 150 Challenge   Tuesday, January 28 View Page 699 Chusov 2024 (2319.3 Stoeckl х Self)   Tuesday, January 28 View Page 1115.5 Chusov 2024 (1042.8 Molek x 2319.3 Stoeckl)   Tuesday, January 28 View Page 1700 Chusov 2024 (893 Chusov x 2319 Stoeckl)   Tuesday, January 28 View Page 1801 Chusov 2024 (2183 Mendi x Self) Russian largest pumpkin   Tuesday, January 28 View Page HA HA   Tuesday, January 28 View Page And now I want to show you some photos from the exhibition of giant pumpkins in the Moscow Botanical Garden.   Tuesday, January 28 View Page more photo   Tuesday, January 28 View Page more photo   Tuesday, January 28 View Page more photo   Tuesday, January 28 View Page more photo   Tuesday, January 28 View Page And this is me and my onion, which weighed 7.3lb. Russia's Heaviest onion   Wednesday, January 29 View Page You have to plant a giant onion before anyone else. My onion is 70 days old, it looks good. Significantly better than last year.   Wednesday, January 29 View Page A 120-watt LED illuminates it 11 hours a day. I water it every day with a complex mineral fertilizer of 800 ppm. I give you amino acids once a week.   Thursday, January 30 View Page I decided to try to grow a giant watermelon right at home in winter. To do this, I use 600 watts of light and a 100-liter growbag. He now weighs 39 lb.   Thursday, January 30 View Page As you can see, my 893 pumpkin grew into my 1700 pumpkin. I am ready to send several sets to those people who definitely want to plant pumpkin seeds 893. Just write your comment under this entry and I will be able to send them to the first 4. I can also put some seeds from my pumpkins this year in these kits. But only 4 sets. I tried to send seeds to the USA and European countries, everything worked out. I will send the seeds for free.   Saturday, February 1 View Page Today I transplanted my onion into 5-liter bags. And last year, my onion was 4 times smaller at this time.   Monday, February 3 View Page My giant homemade watermelon feels good. I will cut it off in 1.5 months.   Tuesday, February 4 View Page I'm talking about giant pumpkins on the Moscow radio. I think that's exactly what people want to hear about at 9 a.m. on their way to work Ha-Ha   Wednesday, February 12 View Page My giant onion is 83 days old and it looks good. I don't know how it will end up in the end, but so far I like it.   Thursday, February 13 View Page If you can plant only two pumpkins, which of these seeds would you choose?   Sunday, February 16 View Page The construction of my 1,722 square foot greenhouse has begun.   Wednesday, February 19 View Page I think you know what that means! This year, the first GPC weigh-in in Russia will take place!   Friday, February 21 View Page My greenhouse is almost ready. I want to plant two pumpkins in it, allocating 860 square feet for each. Do you think 860 square feet is enough for a pumpkin to gain a mass of 2200lb+?   Tuesday, February 25 View Page My greenhouse is almost ready, it remains to cover it. I plan to plant 2 pumpkins in it and 5 more pumpkins will grow in the open air.   Thursday, February 27 View Page The giant homemade watermelon already weighs 58 pounds. I put him on the scales to monitor his progress.   Friday, March 7 View Page Yesterday, I transplanted a giant onion into 60-liter growbags. I use white peat and agroperlite. Surprisingly, it's a warm spring, but the nights are still cold. I put a heater in the greenhouse to keep the onions warm.   Friday, March 7 View Page The onion is about 106 days old. This is the second year I've been trying to grow a giant onion.