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Thursday, June 5 View Page
this is my 1248 Ford ,strongest Plant in Patch main has 9"
 
Thursday, June 5 View Page
this is the first female on the 1248 Ford , on a sidevine
 
Thursday, June 5 View Page
this is the 1093 Hunt
 
Thursday, June 5 View Page
this is the 1378 Pitura
 
Sunday, June 8 View Page
1378 Pitura
 
Sunday, June 8 View Page
1446 Werner
 
Sunday, June 8 View Page
1248 Ford
 
Sunday, June 8 View Page
1093 Hunt
 
Thursday, June 12 View Page
1248 Ford 12 ft long first Female on mainvine at 11 ft. I polinated a 5 lobflower on a secondary x self but will be cuttet later
 
Thursday, June 12 View Page
1093 Hunt 10 ft. long first Female now visible
 
Thursday, June 12 View Page
1378 Pitura , i love this plant , after a quickstart little slower but now by 9 ft. 2 Femals on a row
 
Thursday, June 12 View Page
1446 Werner , steady grower but not that agresive like the 1093 ,this 2 Plants ar germinated the same day
 
Friday, June 20 View Page
1093 Hunt female on 12 " looks good will be polinated in the next Days
 
Friday, June 20 View Page
1248 Ford Female at 13 " i hope to polinate tomorow but i have only one male from the 1093
 
Friday, June 20 View Page
overlook over the Patch .Closest to the camera 1066 Bowles , then 1446 Werner , next 1378 Pitura and on the other end 1248 Ford and 1093 Hunt .
 
Friday, June 20 View Page
other Veggi Patch , on the cords ar runnerbeans they ar my Windbreaker .Sunflowers ar 3-4 Feet high
 
Friday, June 20 View Page
My giant Tomato , i won the seed on EGVGA Seedraffle .I let only one Tomato on the risp to get a bigger one looks big now at 2 Days since polination .
 
Sunday, June 29 View Page
1093 Hunt polinated June 27
 
Sunday, June 29 View Page
this is the Pumpkin growing on the 1093 Hunt i hope its my keeper polinated with 1248 Ford day 2
 
Sunday, June 29 View Page
963 Paton my only indoorplant
 
Sunday, June 29 View Page
963 Paton Polinated today with 1248 Ford 16 feet out on the Mainvine
 
Sunday, June 29 View Page
Long Gourds reached top of the trelly 10 Feet high im a little late , have to Germinate earlyer next year
 
Sunday, June 29 View Page
Pumpkins ar set on this Plants : 1093 Hunt x 1248 Ford on 25.6. 1248 Ford x 963 Paton on 22. Juni 1248 Ford on sidevine x 1093 Hunt 26.Juni 1378 Pitura x 1093 Hunt on 23.Juni 963 Paton x 1093 Hunt on 29.Juni 1066 Starr x 1248 Ford on 28.Juni 1101 Northrup x 1248 Ford on 25.Juni 848 MacKenzie x 1234 Wursten on 25.Juni 1234 Wursten x 848 MacKenzie on 27.Juni 1076 Cheam x 1248 Ford on 26.Juni 500 Wallace x 1248 Ford on 26.Juni 919 Richards x 1248 Ford on 27.Juni 1068 McKie x 1248 Ford on 27.Juni 1333 Conollyx 500 Wallace on 27.Juni on 1290 Poirier , 1290 Bowles , 1370 Daletas and 879 Pukos grow open Pumpkins since 2-3 Days
 
Sunday, June 29 View Page
this is the Flat vine from the 879 Pukos 2 or 3 open Pumpkins grow on it
 
Friday, July 4 View Page
Flatvine on the 879 Pukos
 
Friday, July 4 View Page
Pumpkin on the 848 MacKenzie , my first squash grows
 
Friday, July 4 View Page
Pumpkin on the 1093 Hunt Plant day 8
 
Thursday, July 10 View Page
Pumpkin on the 848 Day 14 41Inch CC
 
Thursday, July 10 View Page
1093 Hunt Fruit on Day 13 42.5 Inch CC
 
Friday, July 11 View Page
after strong cold Rain fruit on the 919 Richards Plant exploded today
 
Sunday, July 13 View Page
1093 Hunt Pumpkin at Day 16 CC55Inch
 
Sunday, July 13 View Page
Pumpkin on 1446 Werner Day 12 CC 33 Inch
 
Sunday, July 13 View Page
Pumpkin on 1248 Ford Day 12 CC 35 Inch
 
Sunday, July 13 View Page
Pumpkins grow well have to warn cardrivers on the road next to my Pumpkinpatch .........
 
Sunday, July 13 View Page
Stemside of the 1093 Pumpkin
 
Thursday, July 17 View Page
848 MacKenzie Day 20 60 Inch CC great color
 
Thursday, July 17 View Page
Pumpkin on 1093 Hunt Day 20 and 67 Inch CC
 
Thursday, July 17 View Page
Pumpkin on 1101 Northrup great color and shape and 47 Inch CC on Day 18
 
Thursday, July 17 View Page
Pumpkin on 1446 Werner nice long fruit Day 16 and 45 Inch CC
 
Thursday, July 17 View Page
Pumpkin on the 1248 Ford Plant at Day 16 and 48 Inch CC
 
Thursday, July 17 View Page
a Mutant flower from 1290 Bowles Siamtwins ......
 
Thursday, July 31 View Page
1093 Hunt Pumpkin on day 33 with 286 Lbs est but......
 
Thursday, July 31 View Page
the area on the blosom end is soft and no growt on Day 34 wait till tomorow..... only pumpkin on plant so i have to cull the 1093 Plant
 
Thursday, July 31 View Page
Pumpkin on the 1446 Werner grew great today Day 30 and 250 Lbs est
 
Thursday, July 31 View Page
848 MacKenzie Pumpkin great weelshape and 212 Lbs est on Day 35
 
Thursday, July 31 View Page
no luck with the 1234 Wurstensquash only open but im happy to have on both my squashplants a growing Fruit
 
Thursday, July 31 View Page
My funnyplant Flatvine maibe 1 feet wide the Pumpkins grew in rows ......
 
Sunday, August 3 View Page
This is the 1248 on Day 33 344Lbs ,greaw over 30 Lbs per Day last 2 Day
 
Sunday, August 3 View Page
this is the 1093 Hunt Day 35 and 338 Lbs still alive .....not sure how long
 
Sunday, August 3 View Page
this is my 1446 Werner Day 33 and 305 Lbs
 
Sunday, August 3 View Page
This is the 1378 Pitura Day 35 and 247 Lbs
 
Sunday, August 3 View Page
this is the 1101 Northrup Day 35 and 265 Lbs
 
Sunday, August 3 View Page
my big Squash ..... 848 MacKenzie Day 38 and 237 Lbs
 
Thursday, August 7 View Page
my big Tomato 1260 g (2.77 Lbs )
 
Thursday, August 7 View Page
one more time big tomato with my son Christian
 
Saturday, August 9 View Page
I cut the 1093 Huntpumpkin on Day 40 with est.428 Lbs on Scale he was 461 Lbs .
 
Wednesday, August 13 View Page
Pumpkin on the 1378 Pitura , nice color and Shape 465 Lbs on Day 44
 
Wednesday, August 13 View Page
Stem from the 1378 Pumpkin
 
Wednesday, August 13 View Page
Pumpkin on 1446 Werner Plant 480 Lbs on Day 42
 
Wednesday, August 13 View Page
Stem from the 1446 Werner pumpkin
 
Wednesday, August 13 View Page
Pumpkin on the 1248 Ford Plant 567 Lbs on Day 42
 
Wednesday, August 13 View Page
the short Stem from the 1248 Ford Pumpkin
 
Wednesday, August 13 View Page
Blosom End from the 1248 Ford Pumpkin
 
Friday, August 15 View Page
little stemsplit on my 1248 Ford Pumpkin sprayed some Babybowder and a little Fan helps to dry the area , lets look tomorrow if it helps .Bad wether with rain and cold in the next Days , not good for this problem .
 
Saturday, August 16 View Page
Stemsplit on my 1248 Ford its into cavity . Est. 612 Lbs here goes my new PB ........
 
Sunday, August 17 View Page
piked a sunflower today , it was the first from the tall ones and is 14.1 feet tall
 
Friday, August 22 View Page
1378 Pitura
 
Friday, August 22 View Page
1446 Werner
 
Friday, August 22 View Page
1248 Ford , the stemsplitter ......
 
Friday, August 22 View Page
sunflowers some ar over 14 Feet tall
 
Sunday, August 24 View Page
Today i visited Patch from Urs Schwegler , he grows the biggest ever in Switzerland , 2006 with 1038 Lbs . this year he will be back with a big one if he does to Weigh off , this one grow on a 1362 Poirierplant and was polinatet with 1689 Jutras , weigh is 880 Lbs on day 56 Urs lost 2 bigger ones earlyer a 1378 on Day 35 with over 550 Lbs on a 1378 Pitura.
 
Sunday, August 24 View Page
Urs grows LG too here is his Jungle .... he has 8 on one Plant all around 90 -100 In.
 
Tuesday, September 2 View Page
i cutted open my 1248 Ford Pumpkin , after 2 weeks since splitting the Fruit beginns to rot .
 
Tuesday, September 2 View Page
big , short stem ,if i had better Fruitposition maybe he can do it to a weigh off .... Pumpkin was now : 688 Rüegger 08 DMG (1248 Ford x 1093 Hunt )
 
Monday, September 8 View Page
1446 Werner at 708 Lbs Day 70
 
Monday, September 8 View Page
1378 Pitura at 734 Lbs Day 72
 
Monday, September 8 View Page
1101 Northrup at 504 Lbs Day 72
 
Monday, September 8 View Page
1378 Sidevinepumpkin at 428 Lbs cutted today to let all the growt go to the big one
 
Monday, September 8 View Page
848 MacKenzie at 420 Lbs Day 75
 
Monday, September 8 View Page
1290 Bowles at 360 Lbs
 
Monday, September 8 View Page
963 Paton at 314 Lbs
 
Monday, September 8 View Page
Long Gourds longest one is at 82 Inch (its the withe one in the middle )
 
Wednesday, September 17 View Page
we have a Pumpkinsexhibition on our house , with tons of Pumpkins
 
Wednesday, September 17 View Page
more pumpkinsexhibition
 
Wednesday, September 17 View Page
we harvested AGs from field too
 
Wednesday, September 17 View Page
pick up some Pumpkins 200-300 Lbs size
 
Wednesday, September 17 View Page
the biggest today .... in the middle we have the 1446 Werner he has a smal soft spot under the stem so we harvested him too , if he can live 10 Days more he will be a Pumpkinboat on swiss pumpkin regatta. EST was 734 Lbs .
 
Tuesday, October 7 View Page
my Pumpkin from the 1378 Pitura Plant on Swiss weigh off
 
Tuesday, October 7 View Page
the Pumpkin goes little Light . est was 786 Lbs and he weigh 779 Lbs .im on 2. Place
 
Tuesday, October 7 View Page
Guido Hufschmied won the swiss weigh off with a 805 Lbs Pumpkin grown from a Pitura seed
 
Tuesday, October 7 View Page
the Top 3 on Swiss weigh off 1. Place Guido Hufschmied 805,6 Lbs 2. Place me Roger Rüegger 779 Lbs 3. Place Beni Meier with 678.8 Lbs grown on a 1188 Paton seed
 
Tuesday, October 14 View Page
My Squash now the 423 Rüegger* 08 (848 MacKenzie* x 1234 Wursten*)
 
Tuesday, October 14 View Page
462 Rüegger 08 (1093 Hunt x 1248 Ford ) lost this Pumpkin at Day 40 to Blosomendrot
 
Tuesday, October 14 View Page
688 Rüegger 08 (1248 Ford x 1093 Hunt )DMG lost to a stemsplit in middle of August
 
Tuesday, October 14 View Page
705 Rüegger 08 (1446 Werner x 1248 Ford )UOW
 
Tuesday, October 14 View Page
779 Rüegger 08 (1378 Pitura x 1093 Hunt )2. Place Swiss weigh off 08
 

 

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