Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 61 Entries. Wednesday, July 24 View Page Good morning pumpkin growers I'm new here and this is my second year growing pumpkins. I live about 15 miles from New York City in New Jersey. I got a seed from Travis the Godzilla first one failed and he was nice to send me another and oh boy what a seed. Plant was very sluggish but it picked up steam with continuous efforts between weather hail winds and downpours plant looked like it was in a war zone. She battled it all and its still holding up. Burying and then unburying vines trying to minimize rot in this humidity was a torture in the heat. She's looking good I lost my main so i split the two secondaries and treating them as the mains trying to grow two pumpkins off one plant. She's almost filled in 650/700 SF. I need to come up with names.   Wednesday, July 24 View Page I've come up with a name for the one pumpkin:) DAP-20 ill name her Diezilla....the other one pumpkin im not to sure any ideas? That one is DAP-13 hasent kicked in gear yet but she's boulddozering some sand in front of her each day now.   Saturday, July 27 View Page Godzilla plant...   Saturday, July 27 View Page Godzilla plant...   Sunday, July 28 View Page Correction was made DAP 22 days on the pumpkin on the right and DAP 15 on the smaller one on the left. Losing some leaves in the middle due to hail,wind,rain and now powdery mil dew. Losing other stems due to rot where they meet the soil. I've been cutting them off and having the fans do the work.   Sunday, July 28 View Page Built huts for the fruit.   Sunday, July 28 View Page Little guy at DAP 15. Hut again to shade and protect.   Sunday, July 28 View Page Correction was made DAP 22 days on the pumpkin on the right and DAP 15 on the smaller one on the left. Losing some leaves in the middle due to hail,wind,rain and now powdery mil dew. Losing other stems due to rot where they meet the soil. I've been cutting them off and having the fans do the work.   Sunday, July 28 View Page Correction was made DAP 22 days on the pumpkin on the right and DAP 15 on the smaller one on the left. Losing some leaves in the middle due to hail,wind,rain and now powdery mil dew. Losing other stems due to rot where they meet the soil. I've been cutting them off and having the fans do the work.   Sunday, July 28 View Page Correction was made DAP 22 days on the pumpkin on the right and DAP 15 on the smaller one on the left. Losing some leaves in the middle due to hail,wind,rain and now powdery mil dew. Losing other stems due to rot where they meet the soil. I've been cutting them off and having the fans do the work.   Sunday, July 28 View Page Correction was made DAP 22 days on the pumpkin on the right and DAP 15 on the smaller one on the left. Losing some leaves in the middle due to hail,wind,rain and now powdery mil dew. Losing other stems due to rot where they meet the soil. I've been cutting them off and having the fans do the work.   Sunday, July 28 View Page Correction was made DAP 22 days on the pumpkin on the right and DAP 15 on the smaller one on the left. Losing some leaves in the middle due to hail,wind,rain and now powdery mil dew. Losing other stems due to rot where they meet the soil. I've been cutting them off and having the fans do the work.   Sunday, July 28 View Page Correction was made DAP 22 days on the pumpkin on the right and DAP 15 on the smaller one on the left. Losing some leaves in the middle due to hail,wind,rain and now powdery mil dew. Losing other stems due to rot where they meet the soil. I've been cutting them off and having the fans do the work.   Monday, July 29 View Page Cool night time pics....   Monday, July 29 View Page Cool night time pics....   Monday, July 29 View Page Cool night time pics....huts are upp. Time to cruise:)   Monday, July 29 View Page Cool night time pics....huts are upp. Time to cruise:)   Monday, July 29 View Page Cool night time pics....huts are up time to cruise......:)   Monday, July 29 View Page Cool night time pics....huts are up time to cruise. Everything terminated but 2 vines I'll let them enjoy nature:)   Monday, July 29 View Page Cool night time pics....huts are up time to cruise. Everything terminated but 2 vines I'll let them enjoy nature:)   Monday, July 29 View Page Peeking ??   Monday, July 29 View Page Cool night time pics....huts are up time to cruise. Everything terminated but 2 vines I'll let them enjoy nature:)   Monday, July 29 View Page Cool night time pics....huts are up time to cruise. Everything terminated but 2 vines I'll let them enjoy nature:)   Tuesday, July 30 View Page Pushing sand every morning in the city.   Tuesday, July 30 View Page The other pumpkin got some work to do a week behind. I think it will catch up come fall. Woosh one seed one plant to give me a blessing oh boy I thank Travis...a little diligence and hard work you can make these pumpkins grow all you need is one seed get them roots established it'll pay off plant will soon be In cruise control there after ??   Tuesday, July 30 View Page Ugly but growing. :)   Tuesday, July 30 View Page Ugly pumpkin but growing ??   Sunday, August 4 View Page The 650 SF plant the (Godzilla) from... (Travis) is doing some work. DAP 30 on the Gal to the right square box I should call it and DAP 23 on the Gal to the right she's looking like a Travis pumpkin lol. One plant pushing these two pumpkins at 650sf let's see where we end up come first week of October:)   Monday, August 5 View Page The Godzilla from (Travis) is pulling its weigh. Everything is terminated at 650sf. The two pumpkins separated at birth gave them two secondary main vines. Pumpkin one the right is DAP 30 and the one one the right is DAP 23. One looks ugly like a box and the other looks like it can out grow the other in due time. High humidity and heavy rain measured in inches had been crazy fans going at all angles here in NJ...15 miles from NYC. Let's see what happens got another 2 months of growing left.   Monday, August 5 View Page Right secondary main vine ....side pumpkin off the Godzilla plant.   Monday, August 5 View Page Right secondary main vine ....side pumpkin off the Godzilla plant.   Monday, August 5 View Page Right secondary main vine ....side pumpkin off the Godzilla plant.   Monday, August 5 View Page Right secondary main vine ....side pumpkin off the Godzilla plant.   Monday, August 5 View Page Right secondary main vine ....side pumpkin off the Godzilla plant.   Monday, August 5 View Page Right sided plant off the Godzilla 2nd secondary vine. See if it could beat the other its a race with 2 months of growing left here on the East Coast. Combine the two I can grow a true Giant here in NJ off the main next year:)   Monday, August 5 View Page Right sided plant off the Godzilla 2nd secondary vine. See if it could beat the other its a race with 2 months of growing left here on the East Coast. Combine the two I can grow a true Giant here in NJ off the main next year:)   Monday, August 5 View Page Left secondary main vine ....side pumpkin off the Godzilla plant.   Monday, August 5 View Page Left secondary main vine ....side pumpkin off the Godzilla plant.   Thursday, August 8 View Page Photo taken on Dap 36 on the 2222 Godzilla.   Thursday, August 8 View Page Neighbors kid doesn't know what to think lol.   Thursday, August 15 View Page Godzilla plant took a beating the whole year and the tropical storm didn't help but we got two fatties growing slowly on the one Godzilla plant from Travis:) plant is not trying to die yet. 6 foot fencing doesn't mean nothing. Winds plow the plants down protected by apartments and giant trees i idk how you boys keep your 4 foot stalks with big umbrella leaves hanging from the winds in open fields. My stump and two secondary mains are In mint condition but I'm losing all my stalks n leaves. Let's keep watering and I'll let the roots do the rest of the work.   Thursday, August 15 View Page Godzilla plant took a beating the whole year and the tropical storm didn't help but we got two fatties growing slowly on the one Godzilla plant from Travis:) plant is not trying to die yet. 6 foot fencing doesn't mean nothing. Winds plow the plants down protected by apartments and giant trees i idk how you boys keep your 4 foot stalks with big umbrella leaves hanging from the winds in open fields. My stump and two secondary mains are In mint condition but I'm losing all my stalks n leaves. Let's keep watering and I'll let the roots do the rest of the work.   Thursday, August 15 View Page Godzilla plant took a beating the whole year and the tropical storm didn't help but we got two fatties growing slowly on the one Godzilla plant from Travis:) plant is not trying to die yet. 6 foot fencing doesn't mean nothing. Winds plow the plants down protected by apartments and giant trees i idk how you boys keep your 4 foot stalks with big umbrella leaves hanging from the winds in open fields. My stump and two secondary mains are In mint condition but I'm losing all my stalks n leaves. Let's keep watering and I'll let the roots do the rest of the work.   Thursday, August 15 View Page Box pumpkin is almost 4 feet wide. Plant took a whooping but the root system is money. Keep em growing in da hood. :)   Thursday, August 15 View Page Box pumpkin is almost 4 feet wide. Plant took a whooping but the root system is money. Keep em growing in da hood. :)   Thursday, August 15 View Page Box pumpkin is almost 4 feet wide. Plant took a whooping but the root system is money. Keep em growing in da hood. :)   Thursday, August 15 View Page Sorry wrong curvature... anyways 2222 godzilla split two nice size fruit off one plant.   Thursday, August 15 View Page Sorry wrong curvature... anyways 2222 godzilla split two nice size fruit off one plant.   Monday, August 19 View Page DAP 44 on the 2,222 Gienger on the left pushing 600 lbs and duplicate 2,222 Gienger on the left pushing 300 lbs DAP 37. All on one plant off two secondaries can't wait to try this plant next year off the main ill push it 1,000 plus in the hood of New Jersey backyard ??   Monday, August 19 View Page DAP 44 on the 2,222 Gienger on the left pushing 600 lbs and duplicate 2,222 Gienger on the left pushing 300 lbs DAP 37. All on one plant off two secondaries can't wait to try this plant next year off the main ill push it 1,000 plus in the hood of New Jersey backyard ??   Monday, August 19 View Page 2,222 Gienger pumpkin feeding off a secondary vine sharing with its neighbor on the opposite vine. One plant pushing 2 fruit to almost 1,000 lbs in a little backyard in New Jersey 15 miles from New York City. ??   Wednesday, September 4 View Page 2,222 Geinger (Godzilla) plant got two nice pumpkins off two split secondary vines. Not bad poundage off one seed 15 miles from New York City:)   Wednesday, September 4 View Page 2,222 Geinger (Godzilla) plant got two nice pumpkins off two split secondary vines. Not bad poundage off one seed 15 miles from New York City:)   Wednesday, September 4 View Page 2,222 Geinger curing in the sun:)   Thursday, September 12 View Page Here's the square pumpkin decorating the city. ??   Thursday, September 12 View Page Here's the square pumpkin decorating the city. ??   Thursday, September 12 View Page Here's the square pumpkin decorating the city. ??   Thursday, September 12 View Page Square pumpkin doing dedorating:)   Thursday, September 12 View Page Square pumpkin doing dedorating:)   Friday, September 13 View Page One man operations suck. Gettin er done is all that matters.   Friday, September 13 View Page One man operations suck. Gettin er done is all that matters.