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Sunday, June 30, 2013

1775 Flower Pollinated; Lastest Pictures from the Pumpkin Patch

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Today is maybe the first time that I've ever pollinated a pumpkin and it was forecasted to be in the 80s.  Not only that, but it is fore...
Saturday, June 29, 2013

A Big Thanks to Joe for the World Record Pollen

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World Record Pollen I've been praying for this.  Last fall Matt DeBacco took some cuttings from the plant that grew the world record...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

Hot in Denver and Pumpkin Pollinations

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The 1421 Stelts seems to have taken the pollination in what has been some pretty bad heat. The female has grown in size so that is a good s...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Pollinated the 1421 Stelts Today at 12 Feet

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Today I pollinated the 1421 female that is at 12 feet out on the main vine with the 220 Debacco.  The 220 Debacco is an interesting plant....
Monday, June 24, 2013

S Cuve For The Pumpkin Main Vine

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I was recently asked about how to do an S curve for where you set your pumpkin.  The reason you do this is to get the vine out of the way of...
Saturday, June 22, 2013

Pictures from the Pumpkin Patch

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1421 Stelts Today I put down some calcium on the soil.  Particularly on the 1421 plant side of the patch.  These are the latest pictures...
Friday, June 21, 2013

Not Quite Yet a Pumpkin

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Pictured below are what I hope are going to be my two pumpkins.  I'm setting up for them as if they will be.  In three weeks we will kno...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Foliar Magnesium & Calcium for the Pumpkin Plants

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This evening I did a foliar application of magnesium and calcium on the pumpkin plants.  My soil is high in potassium which will block some...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Naming Your Pumpkin

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It's crazy I know, but every year I name my pumpkins.   I think it is kind of a fun thing to do and it gives a little personality to t...

Female Flower on the 1775 at 12 feet Out on the Main

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A female flower showed up today on the 1775 Starr plant.  That means that both plants now have females in ideal locations.  I now just have ...
Monday, June 17, 2013

Compost Tea for the Pumpkin Plants

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I gave each pumpkin plants about 1 1/2 gallons of compost tea this evening with some molasses and seaweed in with the compost tea.  The plan...
Sunday, June 16, 2013

Female at about 12 feet on 1421 Stelts

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A female flower showed up on the 1421 at about 11 to 12 feet on the main vine today.  If you want to grow a big pumpkin then you want to gro...
Thursday, June 13, 2013

Dan Micros Being Added to the Pumpkin Patch

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The last couple of days I've been slowly getting the Dan Micro sprinkler lines put into the patch.  This would have gone faster, but I...
Monday, June 10, 2013

Pumpkin Vine Burying, Myco & Compost Tea

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Early this morning I buried the vines on my pumpkin plant; put down some myco and humic acid at each leaf node; and then buried the vines t...
Sunday, June 9, 2013

Kudos to the Wife, The Hoop House is Off

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1421 Stelts Let me take a moment to give a big thanks to my wife and the help she gives me in growing my pumpkins.  I should put "h...
Saturday, June 8, 2013

Latest Pictures from My Pumpkin Patch

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I tilled the cover crop today.  Put down about 2 pounds of evaporated cane sugar with it which will help get the biology in the soil going. ...
Thursday, June 6, 2013

Hail Netting Over the Patch & the Pumpkin Observation Deck

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This evening I put up the hail netting over the pumpkin patch.  I learned the hard way what a hail storm could do to a pumpkin 4 years ago. ...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Manganese, Wind and Making Some Decisions

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Tonight I did some foliar manganese applications on the pumpkin plants.  Colorado soils tend to be naturally low in Manganese.  Not only tha...
Monday, June 3, 2013

Hot One in Denver Today

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We are going to be in the 90s today and when you have plants inside of hoop houses it can easily get over 100 degrees really fast.  I've...
Sunday, June 2, 2013

CalCarb and Foliar Magnesium for the Pumpkin Plants

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I gave the pumpkin plants some CalCarb and magnesium this morning as a foliar application.  My soil potassium is high and potassium will of...