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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Patch Prep in Patch #1 is Done

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Scrambled over the last couple of days to get the fall patch prep done.  After a descent stretch of warm weather I got the greenhouse up, ...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Nearly 10,000 Views on the Giant Pumpkin Growing 101 Video

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Was pleasantly surprised today to see that nearly 10,000 of you have wanted my training video on how to grow a giant pumpkin.  If you are a ...
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Sunday, October 21, 2018

Yea! Hoping this Greenhouse will be a Game Changer

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A greenhouse is no substitute for good growing practices, but I'm hoping for me that it can even out the playing fields some when it c...
Friday, October 12, 2018

Final Day & Party Time

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Even though my pumpkin is relatively small, this is still one of my favorite days of the year.  Tonight is the giant pumpkin party and the c...
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Monday, October 8, 2018

Weigh-off Time!

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This coming Saturday is the weigh-off at Hee Haw farms in Pleasant Grove.  Start time is at noon.  I'll be taking my pumpkin there.  Cer...
Thursday, October 4, 2018

Pumpkin is Still Growing

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My pumpkin plant has pretty much not had any leaves on it for the last two weeks.   Pumpkin is still growing however.  Main vine was buried ...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Some Great Growing Tips

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Ralph came by this evening to help me figure out some stuff with my irrigation and he had some great tips.  I'm writing this as some not...

Irrigation Water Temperature and Growing

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It isn't something that the average gardener would think about, but your irrigation in some ways may be limiting the growth of your plan...

Giant Pumpkin Growing Video

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Pleasantly surprised to see my how to grow a giant pumpkin video has already hit 8,278 views since March.  If you watch the video and grew a...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Family Fun: Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off Time

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Looking for some fun fall events for your family?  The Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers have two fantastic events for you.  This Saturday attend...
Friday, September 7, 2018

Heber Valley Life

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On news stands now in the greater Heber Valley is the Heber Valley Life magazine which has a short sidebar article on my pumpkin growing. Gr...
Thursday, September 6, 2018

Pumpkin Growth Pattern

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The 2145 pumpkin has continued to slow down.  The morning lows have consistently been in the 40s the last two weeks.  Day time highs have be...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Pumpkin Growth

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Growth on the pumpkin this last week was about half of the previous week.  Not sure if it was because of the cool weather if it is the new g...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Mitigating Risk in the Pumpkin Patch Late in the Season

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So you've got a big pumpkin growing and you are going into the close of the season.  What do you do now?   To get your pumpkin to the sc...
Monday, August 20, 2018

RIP Grandpa Dee

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The pumpkin named after my grandpa whom pasted away on New Year's eve bit the dust this last week.  When I measured it on Thursday I w...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

Putting a Rumor to Rest

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A first year grower friend of mine went to the UGPG club patch tour this last weekend.  I wish I could have been there, but our annual famil...
Friday, August 10, 2018

2145 Has Surpassed 1974

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The 2145 pumpkin is bigger now than the 1974 pound.  I could see a little more than a week ago that the 2145 pumpkin, which is a week younge...
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Some Grandular Nitrogen for the Plants

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Today I gave the plants a mixture of 21-0-0 and 5-2-0.  I did the mixture because the ammonium sulfate is pretty fast acting and the 5-2-0 i...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Time to Start Combating Powdery Mildew Before it Starts

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Powdery mildew is a white, powdery looking fungus the grows on leaves.  Pumpkin plants seem to be particularly susceptible to it and once yo...

Feed the Machine

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I've been using the fertigation that I mentioned on the 2145 plant, so it gets fertilizers at each watering.  Yesterday I gave both plan...