Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 28 Entries. Monday, June 27 View Page This poor seed has suffered thru countless puppy attacks... And yet its survived them all... I've called the plant THOR!   Monday, June 27 View Page This poor seed has suffered thru countless puppy attacks... And yet its survived them all... I've called the plant THOR!   Monday, July 25 View Page THOR... Under the shade sails   Monday, July 25 View Page THORS Little Ms. Potential?   Wednesday, August 3 View Page Made my last final choices today... There's only one left... May it grow big till October. 22nd!   Thursday, August 4 View Page The chosen one... I like her shape, stem and position on the vine.... In keeping with Thor mythology.... I'm calling her Amora, The Enchantress...   Monday, August 8 View Page Broadcast worm castings and greensand to the plant today.... Pumpkin is 11 feet out on the main..... Mill fabric placed underneath... Liquid Fertilizing with 0-10-10 and fish fertilizer.... About once a week..... In the low 90's with nice monsoon rains in the evening now..... Some secondaries terminated... Main still growing...   Wednesday, August 10 View Page I can spot it from the house! So the seed is a 694 Dill-MacDonald '12 (1818.5 Bryson x 1016 Daletas) I'm super impressed with the heat tolerance and tenacity of this plant in NM conditions with not a lot of coddling.... I have two more of these seeds... I was just trying to see if these seeds were viable and would germinat... (It did) and then I had zero soil prep...since I had just moved here.... So I just did a quick mound and planted in the vacant lot....   Wednesday, August 10 View Page I can spot it from the house! So the seed is a 694 Dill-MacDonald '12 (1818.5 Bryson x 1016 Daletas) I'm super impressed with the heat tolerance and tenacity of this plant in NM conditions with not a lot of coddling.... I have two more of these seeds... I was just trying to see if these seeds were viable and would germinat... (It did) and then I had zero soil prep...since I had just moved here.... So I just did a quick mound and planted in the vacant lot....   Thursday, August 11 View Page Update   Thursday, August 11 View Page Weekly update   Friday, August 12 View Page Added all this plus greensand today...   Thursday, August 18 View Page Weekly update.... Dap 21 OTT 163... Est. 125 pounds... Gained 93 lbs. in a week.   Thursday, August 18 View Page Update   Monday, August 22 View Page Dap 25 ott 197... Est. 214 pounds.... In 4 days she's gained 89 pounds... 22 pounds a day...   Thursday, August 25 View Page Weekly update   Thursday, August 25 View Page Est. 300 punds day 28   Wednesday, September 7 View Page Day 41 ott 280 est 493 pounds   Wednesday, September 7 View Page Pretty happy with her   Sunday, September 11 View Page Rubbing Buddha belly brought nourishing rain on pumpkin and a rainbow to boot!   Thursday, September 15 View Page Tapes at 582 pounds!   Friday, September 23 View Page Growing her has been a pleasure.... Im very proud to have not have only grown a pretty respectable sized pumpkin for New Mexico... But a pretty orange pumpkin as well! I have loved showing her off....   Monday, October 10 View Page Donated our pumpkin to a local kids pumpkin patch fundraiser yesterday....   Monday, October 10 View Page But not before we had fun with a photo shoot   Monday, October 10 View Page My better half! Couldn't have grown it without him!   Monday, October 10 View Page VIP pumpkin delivery!   Monday, October 10 View Page So fun!   Monday, October 10 View Page So beautiful.... Till next year my fellow pumpkin growers....