Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 20 Entries. Wednesday, February 21 View Page Got soil test back today. The season is officially underway.   Saturday, April 13 View Page After some encouragement from Chris Brown when we were in Michigan, Dad and I decided to try giant tomatoes this year. Started our seeds today.   Saturday, April 13 View Page Still holding off on starting our pumpkin seeds   Sunday, April 21 View Page Seed starting day for Pops and I. Not much happening outside yet, been too wet to till. Hopefully soon but forecast doesn’t look ideal.   Monday, April 22 View Page Had a good day of drying out today. Managed to till, get cables in and hoops up this evening.   Saturday, May 4 View Page Started mine, Scooters and dad’s 150 plants today, along with the first half of my commercial patch. Also got a visit from the great and powerful Lance Croyle.   Thursday, May 9 View Page Anyone have any helpful tips here? I am attempting to germinate 28 year old seeds from my grandfathers 561 lb pumpkin. The first two swelled and broke open the seed coat but never popped a root. I’ve got 6 more to try.   Sunday, May 26 View Page Scooter and I got our 150 plants in the ground today.   Friday, July 5 View Page 2365 Wolf dap 20   Saturday, July 6 View Page 2447 Cutrupi. Dap 20   Monday, July 8 View Page 150 plant keeper. Just a couple vines to fill in after the pumpkin. 2012.5 Bok x 2447.1 Cutrupi   Monday, July 15 View Page 2365 Dap 30.   Tuesday, July 16 View Page 2447.1 Cutrupi Dap 30   Thursday, July 25 View Page 2365 Wolf. Dap 40.   Saturday, July 27 View Page Great time today at the OVGPG patch tour. Happy to be a part of it. Thanks to the club and to everyone that came out. See you at the scales!   Thursday, August 8 View Page Dad’s 150sqft pumpkin. Right around dap 30 and she’s lookin good. Seed is 2114 Daho   Tuesday, August 13 View Page 2097 Kisamore ‘24 DMG (2365 Wolf x 2447.1 Cutrupi) Sadly this pumpkin went down to a pinhole in a rib a few days ago at Dap 53. She was well on her way to being something very special. It averaged over 50 pounds a day for a month. This was truly a silver bullet seed and I believe the seeds from this fruit will be important in advancing the size of future pumpkins. Losing one over 2000 is never easy, growing giant pumpkins never is.   Sunday, August 18 View Page Well when it rains, it pours. Lost my last big one to a split. In a matter of a week I went from two pumpkins I was sure would be 2500+ to no pumpkins at all. She was still doing 30+ pounds per day. Between days 20-50 she did 1511 pounds on the scale. It’s a cruel hobby. 2113 Kisamore ‘24 DMG (2447.1 Cutrupi x 872 Kisamore) 11% heavy. This plant was the pollinator on my 2097 so I am very excited for those seeds.   Monday, August 19 View Page Weighed my first ever giant tomato today and then took it to the county fair. Grown on 6.55 Doc Rodebaugh   Saturday, September 14 View Page Got lucky and brought home some hardware at the Wild and Wonderful weigh off. A great event, I highly recommend. Squash weighed 868 and was a 782 Vanhueklom, pollinated with 2365 Wolf