Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 35 Entries. Tuesday, January 14 View Page Here is the adjustible PSI device. Got the pressure down from 60 to 20 PSI using a screwdriver . Step one complete d   Friday, January 17 View Page The patch is in soil is well balanced nothing over to lock the nutrients in. Compost will be added. Misters at 8 cycles per day with the heat in South Carolina and a 22 percent shade cloth.   Saturday, January 25 View Page Added 2 yds of premium compost, humic acid, 50 lbs of alfalfa and kelp and 1/4 yd if cow manure. Micros. Will till it up Monday then on to misters.   Wednesday, January 29 View Page Genetics seeds attempt one hopefully the last one. 876.5 Lloyd and 616 Corkum squash need to diversify the pool again hopefully with aid from Madman!   Saturday, February 1 View Page 1998 616 Corkum germination at 47 hrs. Freezing is the method. 21 years in the freezer   Sunday, February 2 View Page The roots to the 616 Corcum 98 really took off and she's in a pot now. Fingers crossed.   Sunday, February 2 View Page The roots to the 616 Corcum 98 really took off and she's in a pot now. Fingers crossed.   Saturday, February 8 View Page 616 Corkum 98 looking beat up but first true leaf coming.   Wednesday, February 12 View Page 616 Corkum flown to Colorado to the genetics lab. Made it on.   Friday, March 27 View Page Manifold for my misters ,drip line and dosetron. Plants go in tomorrow 75 degrees today in South Carolina   Saturday, March 28 View Page Irrigation finished with misters. Got to plum the 4x4 s for the shade cloth. 1911 and 1937 Urena seeds are in. Little seaweed, companion and Merrit. Hate the drip tape !   Friday, April 10 View Page Hmm too many leaves. It's been low of 48 and high of 87 here in SC   Friday, April 10 View Page 1911 Urena going double as well. Sugar hopefully it grows out of it. No surgery yet.   Saturday, April 11 View Page Shade cloth poles are plum. Checking out drip irrigation versus calculations with the netafin flow meter. Plants are growing well should take off soon. Spoon feeding continue s daily. David Garrell   Tuesday, April 14 View Page For all you old farts like me the key to a big one is going Al Eaton style with the pool next to the patch. Pumpkins are starting to vine. Applied some WSP 75 today as well as water soluble 15-5-15. Its starting to heat up hear in SC can't wait for vine burying oh my word this yankie is not cut out for that oh well. Dave Garrell   Tuesday, April 21 View Page 1937 coming out of double Vine should run soon.   Tuesday, April 21 View Page 1937 coming out of double Vine should run soon.   Tuesday, April 21 View Page 1911 Urena out of double Vine main is going sky high with double behind it. Might be a tough landing.   Tuesday, April 21 View Page 1911 Urena out of double Vine main is going sky high with double behind it. Might be a tough landing.   Tuesday, April 21 View Page 1911 Urena starting to pick up some steam with secondaries filling in. Main vine 13 ft . Fungicides in full rotation now.   Friday, April 24 View Page 1937 Urena remains a single vine main is starting. Need to get out some ferts ton of rain here.   Saturday, April 25 View Page 1911 Urena is starting to run beating out the 1937 now. If I had chose plants earlier I would have picked the 1937. I don't necessarily believe in planting two and picking the better.   Sunday, May 3 View Page 1911 Urena continues to grow about 6-7 inches a day on the main. Was able to get some Vines burying done which will hopefully accelerate the plants growth. Saw my first female about 8 ft out on the tip. I really need to get this plant going with an early pollination because of the extreme heat here in SC. About to order some white shade cloth for June on. Dave   Monday, May 25 View Page Pollination one 1937 Urena by self ,6 loves.   Wednesday, May 27 View Page 1911 Urena at 16 ft. Secondaries are growing at am immense rate. There are 2 pumpkins near the tip so I'm trying the vine as an S curve. Humidity is very high. Here comes the disease battle.   Monday, June 1 View Page 1911 Urena filling in nicely after a double Vine start. 20 percent shade cloth is installed. Pollinated one at 18 ft today in cool weather for South Carolina. Hope she's the one. Makes me nervous. Good Luck to all.   Friday, June 5 View Page All the shade netting is up not too professional but helps. Pollinated at 18 ft not as close as I like but the plant is very full. Day 5 DAP long fruit growing and shiny hope she takes. Sprayed Cease , Talstar and Daconil.   Saturday, June 6 View Page Pollinated a fruit this am at 21 ft had one fused love and one deformed love so I decided to work with my 6/1 pollination long fruit created a bunch of slack in the vine and straightened the stem some by pushing and mounding sand. I always try to position the fruit correctly so I don't have to move it again. This fruit appears to have taken but I have had much larger aborts the size of a canteloup so I will keep the mutant on for now.   Saturday, June 6 View Page Another view. Plenty of slack with a slight S curve   Wednesday, June 10 View Page 1911 Urena x self day 9. Plant continue s to fill in nicely. Lots of rain and heat.   Sunday, June 14 View Page 1911 Urena. Day 13 really picking up some speed. Main vine about 28 ft some secondaries starting to form after the pumpkin. Turning some secondaries behind the fruit up to fill in faster . No measurements yet. Fungicide rotation continues   Sunday, June 14 View Page Porch pumpkin and genetics. 1937 Urena x self. I have two of these on 4 vines.   Saturday, June 27 View Page 1911 Urena   Wednesday, July 15 View Page 1911 Urena x self 92 degree s today   Monday, July 27 View Page Mosaic Virus