Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 62 Entries. Saturday, March 31 View Page List of seeds for 2018   Saturday, March 31 View Page Page 2 - 2018   Saturday, April 7 View Page Add to list of 2018 seeds: 956 Marsh - 981 Zunino X 772 Poirier 781 Engel - 1374 Engel X 359 Foss 673 Engel - 1200 Engel X 1374 Engel 1143 Engel - 359 Foss X 1374 Engel 1200 Engel - 1912 Carter X 1143 Engel that makes a total of 56 seeds to plant   Monday, April 16 View Page Does not look like I will be planting anytime soon - possible snow in the forecast for tomorrow.   Monday, April 16 View Page Possible snow in the forecast tomorrow - the tractor will not be on this land until?   Monday, April 16 View Page Thanks John Harnica - these were all grown with no water applied. I am anxious to plant all of these with my Thanks John Harnica. These were all grown with no water applied. I am anxious to plant all of these - especially the 1287 Swain X 575 Wolf   Friday, May 18 View Page Finished planting around 50 giants. Plot 1 is 463 Harnica, 811 Schweigert,1501 Wagner,1287 Swain,1297 Young,1049 McMillan,1971 Wolf,677 Wolf,855 Pukos,1432 Northrop,1501 Wagner,1604 Robinson,801 Swain,1791 Holland,1742 Wolf,1547 Gantner, 1287 Swain, 1097 Hodge,1533 Haist Plot 1A is 2363 Holland,801 Swain,1604 Robinson,400 Zunino,811.5 Schweigert, 1102 Pukos,942 Kampala, 774 Fletcher   Friday, May 18 View Page Plot 2. 855 Pukos, 755 Pukos, 463 Harnica, 874 Swain, 400 Zunino, 811 Schweigert, 1547 Gantner, 801 Swain, 430 House, 545 Harnica, 390 House, 673 Engel.1275 Rea, 874 Swain, 979 McMillan, 110 Schweigert, 444 House   Friday, May 18 View Page Part of plot 3. 2363 Holland, 202 Boyd, 741 Porkchop, 907 Young, 496 Harnica, 1287 Swain, 504 House 993 Vincent McGill and 2150 Skinner did no germinate correctly.   Friday, June 15 View Page Giants have been in the ground about a month and doing well. There is a total of 64 of them.   Friday, June 15 View Page Plans are to concentrate on only 45 of them. Hoping for some rain.   Friday, June 15 View Page 43 mph winds here yesterday but they got through it well. Lost some to Canadian geese early in the season.   Friday, June 15 View Page 43 mph winds here yesterday but they got through it well. Lost some to Canadian geese early in the season.   Saturday, June 23 View Page 6/23/18 - they look good so far. Mowed winter rye today for possibly last time. No pollinations yet but should by July 1st. Actually more females showing than males. I Reduced the fertilizers this year since my soil test came back with NPK pegged. Foreground - left 463 House, right 811 Schweigert   Saturday, June 23 View Page 6/23/18 - they look good so far. Mowed winter rye today for possibly last time. No pollinations yet but should by July 1st. Actually more females showing than males. I Reduced the fertilizers this year since my soil test came back with NPK pegged. Foreground - left 463 House, right 811 Schweigert   Saturday, June 23 View Page Foreground - left 855 Pukos, right 755 Pukos A lot of great orange genetics in this patch.   Saturday, June 23 View Page One of my strongest plants of the 64 I put in is the “mystery plant” because I forgot to write down what it was. In October when I pull it hopefully there is a wooden stake with the info.   Saturday, June 23 View Page Correction to photo 14 and 15 (sorry for the doubles).This plant is from the seed John Harnica sent me from his 463.   Friday, July 20 View Page Photo taken today, 7/20/18 of plants on my best land which receive full sunlight.. Obviously there is no yellow showing since most of the pollinations have aborted due to many days in 90s. About 1/3 of these plants have no female flowers   Friday, July 20 View Page This plot is my worst soil but doing better due to partial shade.   Friday, July 20 View Page The plot gets the most shade and is doing the best. Some of my early pollinations were successful and have grown well. All seeds are from pumpkins that weighed less than 1000 pounds here but should be lookers.   Tuesday, August 7 View Page I always grow a pumpkin chair for photos at my farm market “Ford Farm Market”.This was the choice for this year - 504 House (840 Young X 811 Gerhardt). Ithad great color for early August.   Wednesday, August 8 View Page Just food for the critters now.   Wednesday, August 8 View Page Deer food   Tuesday, August 21 View Page Solved the problem of the “mystery plant”. It was grown from a seed of my 801.5 from last year. There is another identical to this and a slightly smaller one on plant.   Tuesday, August 21 View Page 801.5 on mystery plant   Thursday, September 20 View Page I am an orange lover that grew over 60 plants this year. Nothing real big since I leave 2 or 3 pumpkins per plant but acceptable and easier to move. I am sure the growers that sent me their seeds want to know the results - here are a few with the seed listed. 1501 Wagner   Thursday, September 20 View Page 775 Pukos   Thursday, September 20 View Page 801.5 Swain   Thursday, September 20 View Page 1971 Holland   Thursday, September 20 View Page 667 Wolf   Thursday, September 20 View Page 1604 Robinson - a real late bloomer that is still growing - this is in an area that got no water   Thursday, September 20 View Page 1547 D. Gantner   Thursday, September 20 View Page 463 Harnica (1287 Swain x 575 Wolf)   Thursday, September 20 View Page 400 Zunino   Thursday, September 20 View Page 811.5 Schweigert   Thursday, September 20 View Page 545 Harnica   Thursday, September 20 View Page 1275 Rea   Thursday, September 20 View Page 874 Swain   Thursday, September 20 View Page 600 Schweigert   Thursday, September 20 View Page 979 McMillan   Thursday, September 20 View Page 496 Harnica with 3 on plant - all identical   Thursday, September 20 View Page The mystery plant - possibly my 801.5. This only gets a few hours of sun per day but has 3 identical pumpkins on plant   Thursday, September 20 View Page 390 House   Thursday, September 20 View Page 1501 Wagner - all the pumpkins are covered with a sheet from day 1 - since it is cooler now, I will uncover to hopefully get some more color   Thursday, September 20 View Page 855 Pukos Excuse the weeds but I have 13 acres of pumpkins, gourds and squash to take care of also Follow me on Facebook at Ford Farm Market to see what these turn into   Thursday, September 20 View Page My wife usually carves 4 - this is from 2017   Thursday, September 20 View Page 2016   Tuesday, September 25 View Page The “pumpkin chair” is in place for our Ford Farm Market opening on Saturday. It is the 463 Harnica (1287 Swain X 575 Wolf)   Tuesday, October 9 View Page My 4 year old grandson, Ben, on our pumpkin chair.   Monday, November 19 View Page The 6 we chose for display for 2018   Monday, November 19 View Page And then was our “outhouse” display   Monday, November 19 View Page And then they were carved   Monday, November 19 View Page My wife, Sharon, carved with amazing detail   Monday, November 19 View Page The theme was recent children’s movies. Coco   Monday, November 19 View Page Christopher Robin   Monday, November 19 View Page Small foot   Monday, November 19 View Page A Wrinkle in time   Monday, November 19 View Page My grandson, Thomas, in his first of many pumpkin pictures to come   Monday, November 19 View Page Ready to take them away after another great year. The Rochester NY spectrum news channel did their live show from here on Halloween morning. We were also featured on the Rochester ABC channel. http://bit.ly/2Aznohz   Monday, November 19 View Page I am looking for information on these pumpkins - it looks like they would make great carvers!! If anyone has seeds that might produce a smooth orange giant, please let me know. Swain2266@yahoo.com. Thanks - swaintech   Monday, November 19 View Page Coco