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Monday, August 26, 2019

Pumpkin Updates

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Goodness.  I can't believe it has been this long since my last post.  I'll try to be more diligent over the next month, but it is ...
Monday, July 22, 2019

Cooling the Plants in the Heat of the Summer

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It is a hot one today.  In the three years I've been in Midway, today's forecast of 98 degrees is the highest I can remember.  When ...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Latest Pictures from the Patch

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I've been a little slack on the posts lately.   Pictured here is the 2005 pumpkin (AKA Uncle Sam).   This pumpkin I think is shaping up...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2019

How to Know How Much to Fertilize a Giant Pumpkin

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One thing that is critical, but kind of difficult is to know how much to fertilize a pumpkin plant for maximum growth.  This is kind of some...
Monday, July 1, 2019

Biologicals for Giant Pumpkin Plants

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Today I gave all of the plants biologicals such as beneficial bacteria and fungi to help to protect the plants.  I sprayed Actinovate on the...
Sunday, June 30, 2019

Day 10

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2005 pumpkin AKA "Uncle Sam" I usually take measurements on the pumpkins 10 days after pollination to see how they are growing...
Thursday, June 27, 2019

A Little Frost & a New Pollination

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So on Monday I found that the 2255 plant did get some front damage.  Took a day for it to really show up.  No destroyed leaves but maybe 1 o...
Saturday, June 22, 2019

How to Build a Smart Greenhouse on the Cheap

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This video is the culmination of about 4 years of research on the internet on how to build a smart greenhouse.    I share this information h...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019

A Project Over 3 Years in the Making; Geo Thermal in the Pumpkin Patch

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I figured I would have had a lot of this stuff done back in March, but such is life.   The good news:  geothermal is up and running.  I star...
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

The Last Two Weeks

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2255 Okay, I'm a bit behind on my posts, but I've been busy.  I posted on Facebook that my growing has felt like I'm swimmin...
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Thursday, May 30, 2019

Updates from the Pumpkin Patch

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Yesterday and today are looking to be the best weather we've had in about 3 weeks.  Cool, cloudy and rainy has been the norm, with the d...
Friday, May 17, 2019

Grow Lights for Cold, Cloudy Weather

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I've seen this before.  Back in 2013 Denver had its of its worst Mays that I can recall.  I believe there was three days that the sun cr...
Thursday, May 16, 2019

Goodness

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I've been keeping the most important things going in the pumpkin patch, but it has been a struggle.  My dear mother-in-law passed away a...
Monday, May 6, 2019

Planted the Pumpkin Plants Finally (Kind of)

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This morning was beautiful.  Clear blue skies.  No wind.  So I took advantage of it quickly and got the final setup done and got the the 2...
Saturday, May 4, 2019

CO2 in the Seed Starting Grow Closet & Hoop Houses

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I've done some DIY C02 generators in the past, but I've always put them in the hoop houses.  I've never really known if they pro...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Getting the Plants Some Sun

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Today is the first time I've got the pumpkin plants out into the sun.  Cool right now, but not a cloud in the sky and more importantly i...
Thursday, April 18, 2019

Soil Heating Cables in the Pumpkin Patch

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This evening my son and I put in soil heating cables in to the pumpkin patch planting areas about 6-8 inches down in the soil.  These cables...
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

We are Growing

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All of my initial seeds germinated except for one of the 2255s.  So I started a second.  I had almost given up on it at about the 48 hour ma...
Saturday, April 13, 2019

Seed Starting Time!

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Yea!  The first true day of the pumpkin growing season.  My son and I have started soaking our seeds.  We first started by sanding the edges...
Thursday, April 11, 2019

Soil pH and Nitrates

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I got the lab results back two days ago on my soil samples.  As any good grower will tell you, getting your soil tested is the starting poin...