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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"> <channel> <title>BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'Andy W'</title> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2024&grower=16717&action=L</link> <description>Last 20 Diary Entries for 'Andy W'.</description> <language>en-us</language> <copyright>Copyright &copy; 1999-2024 BigPumpkins.com. All rights reserved.</copyright> <webMaster>info@bigpumpkins.com</webMaster> <generator>BP RSS FeedGen</generator> <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs> <image> <title>BigPumpkins.com</title> <url>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/images/newlogo_232x70.jpg</url> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/</link> </image> <item> <title>10/24/2024 - with photo</title> <description>When I was pulling the seeds out of it, one of the carvers told me to look up. They had to cut the stem off as part of the carving, and this is what I saw. I've been inside over 2 dozen pumpkins ov...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350101</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350101</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:53:30 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/24/2024 - with photo</title> <description>My 2225 became the body of the clown car in what was yet another amazing carving display in Pittsburgh.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350100</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350100</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:41:57 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/14/2024 - with photo</title> <description>One of the crosses I had hoped to make was 2200 Wolf x 1357 Wolf. The 2200 is a sibbed 1885, and the 1357 is a selfed 2174 Daletas. The 1357 plant was the pollinator to the 2365 Wolf. I figured *i...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349935</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349935</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:58:13 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/14/2024 - with photo</title> <description>I had seen studies where fruit are dipped in a calcium solution to extend the postharvest longevity. If it does work, I guess you probably aren't supposed to just eyeball the concentration. Glad ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349934</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349934</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:57:49 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/14/2024 - with photo</title> <description>And the grand champion out of the patch. It wasn't even close, the 1803 Hazeltine blew everything else away by almost 200 pounds (it was about 1180 when I originally picked it). Fantastic barrel s...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349933</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349933</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:57:31 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/14/2024 - with photo</title> <description>.... continued.... I had three pumpkins in the 900s out of this patch. The 1500 Lopresti almost made 1k. It was pollinated a few days before the rest which helped it a bit. Considering the succe...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349932</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349932</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:57:15 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/14/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Genetics, Genetics, Genetics. In the past I've convinced myself that maybe I just had a dud seed, the soil wasn't great in that particular spot, or it was just bad luck why a plant didn't preform. ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349931</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349931</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:56:29 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/14/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Back to the story of my other patch. This pic represents the last half of the pumpkins removed. I learned at lot this year by growing so many and hopefully I won't forget like I usually do. I planted ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349930</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349930</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 08:28:03 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/13/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Here's a look at the blossom end of the 2225. Over the last month, this half of the pumpkin started going from mild cantalouping to somewhat aggressive skin cracking. The key is keeping it dry once th...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349926</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349926</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2024 19:25:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/13/2024 - with photo</title> <description>2225 Wolf (2266 Kisamore x 839 Sandercock) This plant was a survivor and produced a steady, good looking pumpkin. It had a bad start as a seedling, then came around and was pruned by deer after gro...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349925</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349925</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2024 18:57:02 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>09/14/2024 - with photo</title> <description>1565 Wolf 2024 (2287 Sadiq x 839 Sandercock) The 2287 plant that I went with was the backup plant to the 2287 that was eaten by a deer. It was a bit behind, then sustained damage to the main vine tip ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349431</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349431</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:09:42 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>09/12/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Not bad for minimal care and just throwing a cheap tomato cage on it (that then tipped over) - bumped my PB tomato slightly. Grown from the 6.55 Rodebaugh</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349202</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349202</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 08:22:02 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>09/10/2024 - with photo</title> <description>2360 Montsma results. Unfortunately, this plant just could not handle the heat. Once I saw that it wasn't going to be competitive, I set multiple pumpkins on the plant. I shouldn't have kept five, and...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349171</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349171</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:15:48 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/29/2024 - with photo</title> <description>To paraphrase a great line from the movie Contact - why grow six plants when 42 plants are only seven times the effort. Ignore the weeds. It was too much effort to pull them</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=348784</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=348784</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:38:55 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/19/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Next year's patch is looking pretty. Hate to knock it down in peak bloom, but I want to be going into winter with a nearly mature cover crop before the deer mow it down for me.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=348428</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=348428</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 08:31:52 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/10/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Stem split made it all the way through. 1547#, about 10% over chart and still doing about 40# a day.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=348082</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=348082</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2024 21:22:06 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/03/2024 - with photo</title> <description>The stem is practically an "innie" at this point. In a way, it may just boil down to a physics problem - in hindsight, I may have been better off terminating the main at the fruit, and lining the stem...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=347786</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=347786</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2024 17:44:21 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/03/2024 - with photo</title> <description>The nonstop sound of a small shop vac is now present in the patch. It's moves a lot of air and seems to do a great job of drying things out. Unfortunately, the split continues to proceed deeper. This ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=347785</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=347785</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2024 17:41:26 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/21/2024 - with photo</title> <description>The 2365 that was nibbled appears to have healed. Cold mornings have affected the growth rates, as the day 30 measurement wasn't anything special. Hopefully with vine termination finishing up this wee...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=347247</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=347247</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:17:37 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/15/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Storm got me today. Over an inch of rain. I needed that, but not if it's coupled with the straight line winds.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=346927</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=346927</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 22:28:43 GMT</pubDate> </item> </channel></rss>If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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