Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 45 Entries. Sunday, May 15 View Page Test! � Sunday, May 15 View Page Well the madness has begun again! I have two 683 Phillips ( HD) one Lovelace 813 kins. The 221.5 Phillips melon and one 177 Phillips melon. I guess you can tell I like to grow my own seeds! Hope for Great Growing for everyone! � Monday, May 16 View Page Test new app � Monday, June 27 View Page This is my setup for the year. � Monday, June 27 View Page This is the 683 Phillips, A plant! � Monday, June 27 View Page The A plant has a pollination at 14 ft, polled on June 25th! � Monday, June 27 View Page This is the 813 Lovelace! � Monday, June 27 View Page It has a pollination at 11 ft, plant is still kind of small. Crossed with the 683 Phillips, A plant! � Monday, June 27 View Page And finally the runt of the group, the 683 Phillips, plant B. Heat took out a few secondaries a couple weeks ago. I did pollinate one on the main yesterday the 26th! Not sure if I will grow one on this plant or just grow a few for Halloween. � Monday, June 27 View Page All plants are doing fine, just hope the heat will break! � Monday, June 27 View Page Hope to have some melon plant updates next week! � Saturday, July 9 View Page This is my sons 683 kin crossed with the 813 Lovelace! It's 14 days post pollination! Growing good! � Saturday, July 9 View Page This is the 813 Lovelace kin! It's 15 days post pollination today. It's crossed with the 683 Phillips! � Saturday, July 9 View Page Sorry the last pic was my 683 kin crossed with the 813 Lovelace. 15 days post pollination � Saturday, July 9 View Page This is the 813 Lovelace crossed with the 683 Phillips! 15 days pp. � Saturday, July 9 View Page This one is for spence! Nothing can be finer than a pear in carolina! Lol � Wednesday, July 13 View Page This is the 683 from the stump end of plant! This is my plant, my son is growing another 683 Phillips seed also! � Wednesday, July 13 View Page This is the 813 Lovelace plant, also from stump end. � Wednesday, July 13 View Page This is my sons 683 Phillips plant, also from the stump end. � Wednesday, July 13 View Page This is my sons from the other end! � Wednesday, July 13 View Page 813 from other end! � Wednesday, July 13 View Page My 683 from other end! All plants have been grown under 70% shade cloth! When you have multiple 95-100 deg days it really helps! Not sure if it hurts growth much the kin on this plant is taping 166,25 on day 18! � Wednesday, July 13 View Page Keeper I hope on the 221.5 Phillips! Open � Wednesday, July 13 View Page Keeper I hope on the 177 Phillips! Open � Wednesday, August 3 View Page Day 39 for the 813 lovelace x 683 Phillips. Doing 19 lbs a day. � Wednesday, August 3 View Page Side view of 813. � Wednesday, August 3 View Page This is the 683 Phillips x 813 Lovelace im helping my son grow! He's whoopin me!! Day 38, doing 21 lbs a day! � Wednesday, August 3 View Page Side view of 813! � Wednesday, August 3 View Page Only melon I have still going, the 221.5 Phillips x open! I lost my other melon this week. � Wednesday, August 3 View Page I will let you guys try and figure out just how many days post pollination the melon is! � Saturday, August 6 View Page 221.5 phillips x open chugging right along! Day 31 today ! Day 30 numbers looked really good! � Saturday, August 6 View Page 813 Lovelace x 683 Phillips still growing, day 42! Doing 14lbs a day. Day 41 #s cc -116.75, EE- 71.75, and SS- 73.25. Ott 261.75! � Saturday, August 6 View Page My sons 683 Phillips, day 41. Day 40 #s CC- 121.5, SS- 85, EE-77.5. Ott-284! Doing 14-18lbs per day! � Saturday, August 6 View Page Top view of 221.5! Lol. Not much room to take overhead pic unless I move tarp! � Monday, August 29 View Page My sons 683 Phillips x 813 Lovelace. Pretty much done growing, just hope it will make it three more weeks. � Monday, August 29 View Page This is the 221.5 Phillips open pollination. Day 54 today, will measure tonight. Still growing and is knocking on 200lbs. � Monday, August 29 View Page This is the 813 Lovelace x 683 Phillips. Day 60 something,and growing very slow. Hope she holds till October for the nc state fair. � Monday, September 26 View Page Well this past weekend went way better than I thought it would! Got really lucky and won the weigh off for the yadkin valley pumpkin festival. Pumpkin weighed in at 726 pounds, 18 % or so heavy to chart! You have to love the 813 Lovelace seeds! They seem to always go heavy! Congrats to any grower that weighed in Saturday and also to those who didn't make it! This was definitely a hard year to grow in the south! � Friday, October 7 View Page My Melon for NC State fair! � Friday, October 7 View Page Just kidding, here is Green Lightning!! � Friday, October 7 View Page Not sure what she is tapping, O' who am I kidding I know what she tapes! Sad thing is she's not big enough to win! But might be a personal best! � Monday, October 10 View Page NC state fair bound! Going to be interesting! � Monday, October 10 View Page Another picture! � Monday, October 10 View Page And another! � Thursday, October 13 View Page Well the season is over and I was able to finish 5th at the NC State fair. Had a great time, and the icing on the cake was seeing Chris Kents monster of a melon! A lot of big melons weighed! �