Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 67 Entries. Friday, April 17 View Page Donkin   Friday, April 17 View Page Heating up nicely   Tuesday, May 5 View Page After 6 long years refrigerated its ALIVE and only took 2.5 days :)First out of the gate at that :)   Wednesday, May 6 View Page 927Jutras sq(1701Jutras x 2118 Jutras) 150sqft plant   Wednesday, May 6 View Page Just realized that the 2145 was grown in the year 2015 and i purchased it the winter auction of 2016 so it wasn't sitting refrigerated for quite 6 years. Hoping for a new PB with this beast this year :)   Saturday, May 9 View Page In the ground this week :)   Saturday, May 9 View Page I feel this seed can get the job done and if not the 1844 Holub growing beside it should :)   Saturday, May 16 View Page 2145McMullen . Awesome plant :)   Saturday, May 16 View Page 1844Holub plant.A tiny bit slower out of the gate but starting to pick up some steam :)   Saturday, May 16 View Page 2145 McMullen and 1844Holub were transplanted May 11   Saturday, May 16 View Page 800McMullen   Saturday, May 16 View Page Transplanted May 11 as well. Nice plant !1   Monday, May 18 View Page 800 McMullen plant on the prowl. I figure this one will be a 4ft long by the time it touches down :)   Monday, May 18 View Page 2145 McMullen chugging along ! My pride and joy she is :)   Monday, May 18 View Page Two days of sun can do alot :)   Saturday, May 23 View Page 2145 McMullen at 3.5 feet. Little bit of flagging going on but its leaves are huge and it was 40 deg c inside today. Temps got a bit out of control on me. Not worried at this stage as the plant seems fine so far :)   Saturday, May 23 View Page 1844 Holub trying to put me over the edge. About as stubborn as both my kids combined lol. Be glad to finaly lay this one down !!   Saturday, May 30 View Page 2145 McMullen at about 7ft !! Push harder ,push harder !! My life story in more ways than one ...lol   Saturday, June 6 View Page 2145 McMullen plant moving along nicely now. Showing females but too early yet. Around the 20th of June would be nice :)   Saturday, June 6 View Page Plant looks like its about 12ft now. This years goal is approx 16ft poll   Tuesday, June 9 View Page Things are getting intersting !!.Pinching females now !! Males are getting ready,vines are getting very heavy but standing strong.I can just feel the power building in this 2145 seed.:)   Sunday, June 14 View Page Approx 16ft now !! Females are there and other than monday its looking like a good week of sun :)   Sunday, June 21 View Page 2145 McMullen pant !!. Have a female on the 2145 ready in the morning to be selfed and a female on the 1844 Holub plant that will also be ready in the morning. Lots of males ready to go so (2145McMullen x self) and ( 1844 Holub x 2145 McMullen)   Monday, June 22 View Page 1844 Holub x 2145 McMullen (5 lobe)   Monday, June 22 View Page 2145 McMullen x self   Monday, June 22 View Page 4 lobe   Tuesday, June 30 View Page 2145 McMullen plant :)See the nice little white sheet in there. Day 8 (2145 x self )   Tuesday, June 30 View Page 2145 plant is a joy to work with   Tuesday, June 30 View Page Lost my first pollonation on the 1844 Holub plant so i have another one pollonated at approx 24ft and its the same cross (1844 Holub x 2145 McMullen ) June 27 pollonation so its only 3 days old. This plant started out a bit slower but man is it moving know. The main vine has about 8ft left ant it will be terminated at about 36ft as i only have 40ft to play with. Secondaries are not far behind. Tremendous root system on this 1844 plant. Hoping to get this squash to the finish line as i would really like to play with these genetics in the future :)   Thursday, July 2 View Page 2145 McMullen x self pumpkin. Day 10 soccer ball :)   Saturday, July 4 View Page 1844 Houlub plant   Saturday, July 4 View Page 1844 main with only a few days left before its termed   Saturday, July 4 View Page 1844 Holum plant again. As you can see from the pic this plant is stubborn as faaak . Vines never want to lay down   Saturday, July 4 View Page Since both greenhouses have been amended the exact same way and the 2145McMullen will lay down with absolutely no trouble at all it looks like the 1844 plant has high tugor pressure. The squash is only 7 days old and is slower than the 2145 pumpkin but the weather has been cloudy and cool over night for the last 3-4 days   Saturday, July 4 View Page 2145 McMullen pumpkin day 12   Sunday, July 5 View Page Day 4 of foggy crap very cool weather   Thursday, July 9 View Page 1844 Holub plant. Terminated the main today at approx 35ft   Thursday, July 9 View Page 1844 Holub squash at day 12. Never grew a squash before so fingers are crossed it ends up the right color. A very big squash would be nice but so would a very big pumpkin. 1844 Holub x 2145 McMullen how can you go wrong with that cross ...lol :)   Sunday, July 12 View Page Day 20 for the 2145 x self :)   Sunday, July 12 View Page 2145 McMullen has about 2 ft left for the main to grow and about 9ft of space for the rest of the secondaries to fill in then everything will be terminated . 950 sqft   Sunday, July 12 View Page 1844 Holub x 2145 McMullen @ day 15   Wednesday, July 22 View Page Day 30 for the 2145 x self !!! First 50lb day today and i'm not looking for any more than 50 just many days of 40-50 lbs. :)Loving the color and shape of this pumpkin as it is quite a bit ahead of my 1811. With a little luck from the pumpkin gods anything can happen with this seed :)   Wednesday, July 22 View Page 2145 McMullen. That soccer ball is getting small fast !!!!!!!   Thursday, July 23 View Page 2145 McMullen did a whopping 54lbs today with 9 secondaries still growing.Only have about 2ft left and everything is terminated. Soon time to put the belt on :)   Saturday, July 25 View Page 2145 x self day 33   Monday, July 27 View Page The month of july has been horrible in this area this year. Maybe 6 days of sun this month.Not alot of rain but just plain cloudy and cool. Overnights have been very cool also. I'm surprised the 2145 grew as much as it did this month   Tuesday, July 28 View Page Think i gotta good one on the hook . Gunna "MAKE DONKIN GREAT AGAIN" lol.. Numbers are wayyy ahead of my 1811 for the same age but as we all know anything can go south before OCT   Saturday, August 1 View Page Day 40 2145 x self   Saturday, August 1 View Page 2145 x self   Tuesday, August 11 View Page Day 50   Tuesday, August 11 View Page Day 50   Tuesday, August 11 View Page 2145 x self   Tuesday, August 18 View Page Short stem finaly caught up to me. Had to cut the main at the stem and in doing so lost some very healthy plant. All part of the game i guess   Tuesday, August 18 View Page 400 ott today   Tuesday, August 18 View Page 1412 lbs   Tuesday, August 18 View Page If it doesn't est at least a new PB by oct the seeds come out and it stays in the patch this year. Too much shit going on with covid this year   Friday, August 28 View Page Day 67 and getting old   Friday, August 28 View Page That ball isn't even close to the other side of the pumpkin . Still chugging along slowly . I like to watch the side close in on that bamboo stick every few days   Friday, August 28 View Page No more guessing   Friday, August 28 View Page Try pulling that out   Friday, August 28 View Page Lots of mistakes this year . Got rusty from being out of the game for so long but i did manage to get the seeds i wanted !! Sharp as a tack for next growing season !!!!!!!!   Friday, September 18 View Page :)   Friday, September 18 View Page Dam i hate telling fibs :)   Wednesday, October 7 View Page Weighed in the patch   Wednesday, October 7 View Page 1670lbs   Wednesday, October 7 View Page !   Wednesday, October 7 View Page :)