Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 35 Entries. Sunday, July 12 View Page The patch   Wednesday, July 15 View Page The patch   Thursday, July 16 View Page 6 dap   Saturday, July 18 View Page 8 days   Wednesday, July 22 View Page 12 days   Wednesday, July 22 View Page 12 days   Thursday, July 23 View Page What's going on with my leaves?   Thursday, July 23 View Page 13 dap, how do I estimate weight?   Thursday, July 23 View Page 13 dap, how do I estimate weight?   Thursday, July 23 View Page Leaf problem   Friday, July 24 View Page Do I have a leaf problem here? I've been spraying for mildew and fungus... Also big thank you to Dave for taking a minute to email me today!   Saturday, July 25 View Page Mulched the weeds!   Saturday, July 25 View Page 15 dap   Saturday, July 25 View Page Mulched today! Watered in some triple 13 around the stump and sprayed for bugs   Sunday, July 26 View Page 16 dap, need to defoliate some nearby leaves. According to my amateurish Ott measurements, I think the estimated weight is 55 lbs, goal for the season was 100, thinking I may need to reconsider!   Sunday, July 26 View Page Stem position   Monday, July 27 View Page Big rain event today   Wednesday, July 29 View Page Hit 140 Ott today, 56 in circumference. Big rain last two days and adding some fertilizer to try and green up around the stump. Sprayed everything yesterday with fungicide/insecticide combo, hoping the oldest leaves around the stump green back up, may have seen start of some powdery mildew. Still have a back up on the oldest secondary, it seems to be doing well also, may decide to keep both for insurance. Terminated all growing ends   Thursday, July 30 View Page Officially 20 dap, 140 Ott, 56 in cir yesterday, seems to imply a 70ish lb pumpkin. We've got a 4 day camping trip next week, it'll be interesting to see what we come back to!   Thursday, July 30 View Page 59 in circ, 3 inches in a day, seems promising   Saturday, August 1 View Page A plant I'd given up on in the weeds put on a fruit, giving it a shot growing blossom down to see if I can get a nice shape   Saturday, August 1 View Page Another abandoned pumpkin, I couldn't bring myself to pull it, so I flipped the main vine 180 degrees to make room. I'm going to try and get another blossom down pumpkin on this one. Not expecting much, but if it Flowers, might as well give it a shot!   Saturday, August 1 View Page My back up on the secondary   Saturday, August 1 View Page Stem position on the secondary, a little jammed up   Sunday, August 2 View Page 155 Ott, 63 circ, 85 ish lbs   Tuesday, August 4 View Page 66 inch circ, 162 Ott, charts at appx 105 lbs, 25 dap. 10 lbs/ day for last two days. Leaving tomorrow for 4 days, hoping to come back just in time to see it gear up to peak growth. Something I read indicated most pumpkins hit about half their final weight around day 35, if I keep up 10 lbs/day, could I be shooting for 300 by season end? Small by standards around here, but I'd be stoked   Tuesday, August 4 View Page The patch!   Monday, August 10 View Page Leaf problems... Is this a disease, bugs, or some kind of deficiency,? It's right near the stump, and seems to be following the main vine, oldest leaves first, should I be cutting them out?   Monday, August 10 View Page Close up of an affected leaf   Monday, August 10 View Page Underside of an affected leaf   Tuesday, August 25 View Page Concerned I may have gummy stem blight? It started at the stump and has been spreading out from there, where you see no leaves behind the pumpkin is actually the main vine, I've been clipping the leaves as they get bad. Now that it's basically at the pumpkin, do I need to harvest it before it gets 'infected' or can it make it to the end of September? I'd hate to cut it so early, but I'd like that a lot better than a rotten pumpkin...   Tuesday, August 25 View Page Close up of the damage   Saturday, September 12 View Page First harvest of the season. I gave up growing for size about half way thru and let several more flowers set fruit after my main kin seemed to stall out, the three on the floor weigh 102, 45, and 103, all from the same plant, which currently has 4 more growing on it, each in the 50-60 lb ballpark, wishing I could have had all that in one, but a bunch of good size kins is fun too. For next year, need to do much better on weeds. Protect and manage the stump better. Start using liquid fertilizer much earlier, I used granuals in the trench mix and don't think it got nearly enough early in the plant growth phase. Use rooting hormone on the nodes, but maybe not bury the entire vine. Definitely need to stay after the tertiary vines, they got way out of control. And limit the number of fruit I allow to set, 1 or two max, not freaking 7!   Saturday, October 3 View Page It was a fairly sparsely attended weigh off, but we took home the Howard Fill award! Not bad for our first year   Saturday, October 3 View Page Five of the six we grew on the same plant! The other was about 100 lbs, 650 lbs all together!