Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 26 Entries. Wednesday, April 3 View Page Wow was this a difficult decision but these are my planned seeds for 2024. Last year I had hoped for a 2000lb pumpkin and a jacket but things did not work out as planned so this year is going to be the year. I did earn my growers jacket last year and plan to add a couple of patches to it this fall. Next week is my planned start date so it’s time to get some work done in the patch. Wish everyone a PB this year   Saturday, April 6 View Page Wow I finally have a cool jacket to wear at the weigh offs. I’m waiting until Wednesday to start my seeds but it is going to be the longest three days ever. lol   Monday, April 8 View Page Today it was 70 degrees out and decided to do a little patch work. One patch got a 24 foot heating cable and this one was 80 foot. Still have one more to do but it can wait a day or two.   Sunday, April 14 View Page Of course I changed my lineup. Ugh. Also added a few of my 1594 to the mix   Sunday, April 14 View Page I decided to only soak my seeds for 1 hour and did not file the light colored seeds. 100 % germination but the 2262 stelts only came up with one leaf.   Tuesday, July 30 View Page 2560 dap 40   Wednesday, July 31 View Page 2465.5 Sperry dap 50   Friday, August 9 View Page 2560 dap 50   Saturday, August 10 View Page 2465 Sperry dap 60   Monday, August 19 View Page 2560 at 60 dap   Tuesday, August 20 View Page 2465 Sperry at dap 70   Monday, September 2 View Page I decided to do something different (maybe even stupid) and set two additional pumpkins on my 2465 Sperry for additional crosses since it is a great plant. This one is a 2222 Gienger cross at about 27 dap and it hasn’t slowed the big one down at all. Last week the temperature was 90 degrees with over an inch of rain, so maybe it even saved it from popping.   Monday, September 2 View Page The 2465 Sperry is still growing and getting a little more color.   Monday, September 2 View Page This is my 2222 Gienger X 2560 Gienger that I pulled the plant because of two huge splits in the main vine(both were my fault). I do have another pumpkin currently on there that is crossed with my Sperry   Monday, September 2 View Page My 2342 Stelts that replaced the 2222 was approximately two weeks behind the others when main vine broke right before pollination. Apparently I just wasn’t supposed to grow a big pumpkin in that spot this year but at least she is pretty.   Thursday, September 5 View Page I really wanted seeds from this on my 2465 but she only made it to dap 32   Sunday, September 8 View Page Hopefully I measured this wrong 10 days ago because it did not grow at all this week.   Monday, September 9 View Page The 2465 is still growing but very slowly this past week.   Sunday, September 29 View Page My 2342 stelts weighed in at 1069 lbs yesterday.   Sunday, September 29 View Page Unfortunately my 2560 puked out today so I’m officially down to 2465. The good news is it is still slowly growing.   Sunday, September 29 View Page Got a PB on my tomato at 4.7 lbs yesterday off a Sutherland seed.   Thursday, October 10 View Page Headed to Ohio tomorrow   Saturday, October 12 View Page Had a great day at Ohio Valley and finished second with the new Michigan state record pumpkin   Tuesday, October 15 View Page I had a few people asking about my 2560 so here are my thoughts. The plant was around 1400 sq feet and she stopped growing at an estimated 1689 pounds around the end of august only to puke out a mess at end of September. The leaves were smaller on the 2560 and definitely didn’t throw out tertiary’s everywhere like the 2465. Overall it was a good plant that I cut off a pumpkin that was growing very good on day sixteen because it fell parallel to the vine. The pumpkin I kept was only 55 pounds on day 20 and never seemed to take off. I should have just deadheaded the main and kept the first pumpkin but I guess we live and learn.   Monday, October 21 View Page The 2465.5 Sperry was grown in a new 1000 sq ft plot this year that was mostly old cow manure and some green compost that was dumped on my lawn. It was an absolute dream to grow because it grew tertiaries anywhere they were needed and grew secondaries so fast that I had to bury vines almost every day. The pumpkin just took off on about day 23 and didn’t slow down until about day 80. The problem was that it did burn some new leaves anytime it was 88 degrees or higher and I did get a decent size hole in the main vine about 2 - 2 1/2 feet from the stem around the middle of September. The main vine rot probably cost me some weight in the end because it was only doing about 2 lbs a day for the last 30 days. Another interesting fact about this seed is that it was the 5th seed to sprout out of eight and after being inside for two weeks it looked the same as my two main plants when transplanted outside. It wasn’t until about day 30 that this plant just decided to outgrow the others. Maybe it was all the nitrogen from the cow manure or maybe it was just a magical seed. Either way I will definitely be growing this seed next year in the same plot as the 2465.5.   Wednesday, November 6 View Page I finally got my seeds back and had a successful germination test. Any clubs looking for seeds please email me or send a pm on Facebook. I will also be selling seeds for $100.00 each if anyone is interested.