Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 27 Entries. Friday, January 9 View Page Starting a multi-year project to grow Colorado's first 2000 pound squash. Monday, January 19 View Page Team grow with my son Charlie who moved at least 90% of the peat and compost. Thursday, February 19 View Page Have had this basic frame for 750sq feet for years, but never had anything more than shade cloth on it. Saturday, April 4 View Page Going full greenhouse with plastic this year. Thursday, April 9 View Page Two person job and still a ton of work to get everything situated. Friday, April 10 View Page 1611 Jutras. Planted a couple, and this one turned out to to be the strongest. Monday, April 27 View Page A little behind of where I wanted to be, but took us longer than expected to get the greenhouse fully operational. Wednesday, May 6 View Page Probably my favorite pic of the year- early May snowstorm. Perfect conditions inside. Wednesday, May 6 View Page Got some well needed moisture into the soil. Wednesday, May 6 View Page Endwalls not framed yet but structure was solid. Saturday, May 30 View Page Fans, misters, endwalls in place. Monday, June 1 View Page Topped everything with this weathervane, that we pulled out of an estate sale. Thursday, June 18 View Page Pollination day. 1611 Jutras x 2731 Stelts (Bledsoe plant) Thursday, June 18 View Page Nice 5 lober, and a little longer than some of the wheels that the 1611 was producing earlier on. Wednesday, June 24 View Page Final low board addition to keep all (most) of the rabbits out. Sunday, June 28 View Page 1611 Jutras x 2731 Stelts. Day 10 Thursday, July 2 View Page 1611 Jutras - great color Wednesday, July 8 View Page Greenhouse filled in Friday, July 24 View Page 1611 jutras x 2731 stelts Monday, August 17 View Page Day 60 Thursday, August 27 View Page 1611 Jutras. day 70. Sunday, September 6 View Page Day 80. Charlie and the 1611 Jutras squash. Wednesday, September 16 View Page Day 90. 24 days left. Not getting many inches now, but should be a personal best if we can make it to the scale. Sunday, October 4 View Page Day 108 and still putting on measurable pounds, which just blows my mind. Team grow has been soooo great to split the work all year. 5 days to go. Weather 80F+ all week. Whatever it weighs, it's been one heck of a fun ride. Thursday, October 29 View Page Official weight from a few weeks ago was 1759! New Colorado squash record! Light to the chart, but a new personal best by over 400 pounds, so couldn't be happier! Thursday, October 29 View Page 1759 Mohr (1611 Jutras x 2731 Stelts) Pic is of the pollinator: grew 2173.5 Bledsoe. Excited for the future of these genetics and bringing the Stelts line into squash. Now gotta lock in that green color, and then onwards toward the goal of a 2000+ greenie! Seed count on the 1759 Mohr was great. Thursday, October 29 View Page 3 generations of Mohr boys to get this one out of the patch, with a bottomed out Bobcat stuck in the patch overnight, followed by digging it out, and setting up a plywood runway to get the job done.