Thursday, March 4
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Picked up some starter paks, mycorrhizal, companion Maxx and the 1459 Wallace seed from www.Wallacewow.com. I am excited to get this year going.
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Thursday, March 4
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Picked up some starter paks, mycorrhizal, companion Maxx and the 1459 Wallace seed from www.Wallacewow.com. I am excited to get this year going.
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Tuesday, April 13
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Let’s do it
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Friday, April 16
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60 hours after soaking we have ignition. 2-2 on germination.
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Thursday, April 29
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Transplanting day is this Saturday. Plants are looking great.
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Saturday, May 1
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Where dreams or nightmares will be made. Here we go.
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Thursday, May 6
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5 days in the hoop house. Seeing some growth. Looking ok
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Sunday, May 16
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Plant is looking good. Few days ago I have it a soil drench of companion fungicide.
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Friday, May 28
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Almost on the ground and running
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Saturday, May 29
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Picking up the pace. Need to weed and take the hoop house down soon. Cold and rain around 45 degrees. Heater going in the hoop
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Friday, June 4
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Hoop house off. I put up a shade cloth for the plan since it’s going to be 90+ for the next 3-4 days. I did not want the young plant to get sun scorched.
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Tuesday, June 8
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Doing ok. Shade cloth up. Main vine lives to reach for the sky
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Tuesday, June 8
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Doing ok. Shade cloth up. Main vine lives to reach for the sky
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Tuesday, June 8
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Forgot to attach the photo for the previous entry
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Sunday, June 13
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No side vines. Plant is doing ok though.
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Thursday, June 17
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Getting bigger. Wish the plant had side vines
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Wednesday, June 23
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Female spotted in the growth tip tonight.
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Saturday, June 26
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First wife vine. Finally
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Saturday, June 26
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Wife vine. More like side vine lol
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Sunday, June 27
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Finally some side vines
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Thursday, July 1
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Main vine is over I would say 15 feet long. Only 1 female so far that I am not even sure it will open. Not sure what’s going on
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Thursday, July 1
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Main vine is over I would say 15 feet long. Only 1 female so far that I am not even sure it will open. Not sure what’s going on
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Monday, July 5
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Plant over 15 feet long. Side vines finally growing. Only
One female on the main so far that I don’t think is going to mature and open.
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Sunday, July 11
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I can’t give up. I have 2 shots. I see a female out on a side vine that may open in a week or so. Also I have one female on the main vine. It will be opening maybe in 7-10 days. Pray for me
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Tuesday, July 20
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Went on vacation. Came home. Missed the pollination. Open pollination. Cross our fingers
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Sunday, July 25
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Pollinated this female this morning at 7:30AM with 3 males. I have the female under a homemade tent to protect her from rain. She is about idk 18-20 feet out
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Sunday, July 25
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Pumpkin 1 open pollination. Outside of patch area. Day 7. I believe it’s still growing. But at a snails pace
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Sunday, July 25
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Pumpkin 1 open pollination. Outside of patch area. Day 7. I believe it’s still growing. But at a snails pace
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Sunday, August 1
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Day 7. Still growing
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Sunday, August 8
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Nooooooooooooooooo. How does this happen
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Sunday, August 8
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Nooooooooooooooooo. How does this happen
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Sunday, August 8
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Ouch
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Friday, August 13
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Day 18 41CC. Averaging little over 3 inches a day in circumference last 2 days
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Saturday, August 14
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Side vine fruit day 19 44.5 inches. It is about 12 feet up the main and 8 feet on the side vine. I have a main vine fruit going after the one that exploded on me. It’s probably out 25+ feet. Day 10 22 inches. I might let them both ride. Will I break 1000lbs. No. Will I break 500 lbs? No. 200lbs? I am going to try
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Sunday, August 15
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Day 20 for the side vine fruit. 46 inches in circumference. Hopefully in the next 7 days or so we will be estimating at a 100lbs
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Sunday, August 22
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Side vine fruit 67lbs 58 inches in circumference. Hurricane rolling in today. Here goes nothing
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Saturday, October 2
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130lb and 100lb I grew. Same plant
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