Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 19 Entries. Wednesday, April 9 View Page Greenhouses are up. Perlite and Sulphur added. � Thursday, April 10 View Page 9 Seeds are in the germination chambers � Tuesday, April 15 View Page I started a total of 11 plants on April 10th. Here are 4. They all look the same at this age. � Monday, April 21 View Page Today is transplanting day. 8 plants going in. Lots of biologicals are already drenched into the soil. A dusting of Azos, RootShield and Mycorrhizal inoculants are buried daily under the growing vines all season. I add the Starter Packs only on the day of planting. Shown is the 2551 Ford... 7 more to go. � Thursday, April 24 View Page The 2551 Ford was planted out in the greenhouse 3 days ago. Gave the plant and (10 ft surrounding diameter) its first light dousing of Plant Marvel 16-45-7 Super Starter, 5-10-27 Urea Mate for macro and micro nutrient feed, plus the monthly dose of systemic Ridomil Gold fungicide for fusarium and phytophthera preventative maintenance. � Thursday, April 24 View Page The 2471 Noel was planted out in the greenhouse 3 days ago. Gave the plant and (10 ft surrounding diameter) its first light dousing of Plant Marvel 16-45-7 Super Starter, 5-10-27 Urea Mate for macro and micro nutrient feed, plus the monthly dose of systemic Ridomil Gold fungicide for fusarium and phytophthera preventative maintenance. � Thursday, April 24 View Page This is my 2465 Sperry which is a proven seed. Hoping it will grow another big pumpkin for me this year. � Thursday, April 24 View Page My 150 Challenge Pumpkin this year will be grown using my 1028 Connolly Seed. Shown in photo in the greenhouse. Was planted outside 4 days ago. I'm growing it in a 6 ft x 25 ft area. It got the same (application dose, of ferts and fungicide, as my other plants today. � Saturday, April 26 View Page Feeling the Blues today. Zero sun all day, Rainy and cold outside. Got the heaters going, and stimulating chlorophyll production. This is my 150 pumpkin plant. Everything counts in the 150 Challenge. � Friday, May 9 View Page All 4 of my Giant Pumpkin plants (1028 Connolly, 2465 Sperry, 2551 Ford, 2471 Noel) have touched down (sort of). (SEE NEXT 3 POSTS) They are figuring out how to run on the ground without the main vine jumping too much. It takes a few days for the plants to sort things out. Now I need to get in there and weed the soil. � Friday, May 9 View Page Entry 2 for May 9th � Friday, May 9 View Page Entry 3 for May 9th � Friday, May 9 View Page Entry 4 for May 9th � Wednesday, May 14 View Page Our 4 Giant Pumpkin plants (1028 Connolly, 2465 Sperry, 2471 Noel, and 2551 Ford) are all really starting to vine out now. Pictures of each plant are on the next 4 posts � Wednesday, May 14 View Page 2465 Sperry � Wednesday, May 14 View Page 2471 Noel � Wednesday, May 14 View Page 2552 Ford � Wednesday, May 14 View Page 1028 Connolly (150 Pumpkin) � Tuesday, May 20 View Page An unusual late season 6 day cold snap is hitting New England. Its Tuesday and evening temps are forecasted to dip into the 40's up to Sunday of this week. The problem here is that my 150 pumpkin plant (1028 Connolly), and my 2465 Sperry are growing 8-12 inches per day and they have 11 ft mains in 10 ft greenhouses. So as you can see, I added 5-6 ft greenhouse extensions to each of these plants. Hopefully these extensions will get me through the cold weather coming up. Grow baby grow!! �