Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 39 Entries. Friday, April 1 View Page No diary last year but this is what made it to October. Champagne 300 est 2021 (704 Ailts 2020 x self)   Monday, April 18 View Page Seed starting day, here is what I'm starting   Tuesday, May 10 View Page Plants went into the ground today   Tuesday, May 10 View Page Going into the ground are the 2047 Bowman 2021, 769.5 Warren 2020, and 300 est Champagne 2021   Saturday, May 14 View Page All three happy with a heater in the tent.   Monday, May 23 View Page Wind knocked the heater over and the 769.5 got a little crispy.   Monday, May 23 View Page The 2047 also got a little too much heat and flopped over. There is also a hole in the stump.   Tuesday, May 31 View Page Waiting out the rain.   Tuesday, May 31 View Page Waiting out the rain   Wednesday, June 1 View Page Plants are out of the tent   Thursday, June 2 View Page Temporary shade and wind breaks placed around both plants   Sunday, June 5 View Page Main vines are down   Wednesday, June 8 View Page 300 is in the lead at the top. 769.5 is in the middle. 2047 at the bottom.   Friday, June 17 View Page 300 has the longest main vine   Friday, June 17 View Page 2047 at the top is not too far behind.   Sunday, June 19 View Page Tilled the center 1/3 of the patch today.   Saturday, June 25 View Page 1st pumpkin on the main vine for the 300   Monday, June 27 View Page Secondaries are starting to grow   Wednesday, June 29 View Page 2047 secondaries   Thursday, June 30 View Page 1st pumpkin on the main vine on the 2047   Thursday, June 30 View Page Main vines are being trained to the side of the patch, allowing secondaries to grow up the middle.   Saturday, July 2 View Page Large shade sail is up, covers about half the patch.   Sunday, July 3 View Page Pollinated main vine pumpkin #1 on the 300, x self. No male flowers were ready on the 2047.   Thursday, July 7 View Page Here is the first pumpkin on the main vine of the 2047. Should be ready to pollinate tomorrow.   Friday, July 8 View Page Pollinated the 2047 today, crossed with the 300.   Monday, July 11 View Page Here is the 2nd pumpkin on the 300, ready to pollinate tomorrow.   Tuesday, July 12 View Page Crossed the 2nd pumpkin on the 300 with the 2047.   Wednesday, July 13 View Page Here is the first pumpkin on the 300, 10 DAP   Wednesday, July 13 View Page I have timed misters setup above the plants, it has been hot, 90s everyday for the past week.   Monday, July 18 View Page 2047 pumpkin #1, 10 DAP   Monday, July 18 View Page 300 pumpkin #1, 15 DAP   Tuesday, July 26 View Page The first pumpkin on the 300 is the keeper, all other pollinations failed in this heat. 23 DAP today.   Tuesday, July 26 View Page And the 1st pumpkin on the 2047 is also the keeper, 18 DAP today.   Monday, August 8 View Page 31 DAP today for the 2047, I will call it Orange Juice. It is taping around 140 lbs.   Monday, August 8 View Page 36 DAP for the 300 but it looks twice as old. I think the squash bugs got it, doesn't seem to be growing much. Also lost the main vine but have some strong secondaries taking over.   Monday, August 8 View Page Here is a 10 DAP open pollination on one of the strong secondaries on the 300.   Wednesday, August 17 View Page OJ at 40 DAP, around 200 lbs   Tuesday, September 6 View Page OJ stopped growing around mid August. Looks like it will fall apart soon and won't make it to the front porch. The rest of the 2047 plant looks beat, so it was pulled today. I suspect a combination of disease and relentless heat did the plant in.   Thursday, September 8 View Page The 300 keeps aborting fruit as well but there has been an explosion of vine growth over the past month. I have been letting it go unchecked. There are two pumpkins on secondaries growing.