Dougs pumpkins II

[douglas]

Day four at the size of a soft ball

[douglas]

Day six so far so good, almost the size of a bowling ball, with the heat we been getting I hope things keep going like they are or my goose will be cooked.
Been giving them a good soaking trying to add a few more pounds



This other plant is not doing very well in the heat and I seen no cuke beetles nor have I phound any borers in the vine as of yet.
It wilts in the sun as if it's going to die but I been keeping up watering the stump and the main vine.
I'm going to see about covering the whole plant with tarp or burlap to filter out some of the heat.

[crazy1]

Dang Bro, it sure is lookin good! Wishin ya all the luck.

[douglas]

With the heat beating down on the plants it's been a battle
Today should be the last day of high temps for a while so they will have a break for a few days

[douglas]

I got lucky this morning, I killed two borers off guard

[douglas]

Day nine almost the size of a basketball, had a good rain last night so maybe this will add to the size



First female out on the other plant with six lobes, not too sure how this one will go seeing it wilts some in the hot sun, looks like we have a break from the heat for a few days to give them a break

[crazy1]

Wow Bro!!! Thats a good lookin pumpkin. Hopefully the second one will do good.

[douglas]

I hope so too bro but it may not have enough steam to push it but we'll see what happens
The one that took only had five lobs but I wish it had six instead

[crazy1]

Lobes? Not understandin.

[douglas]

Day "13" and still holding out, still white as a ghost and shinny.
No sign of any ribs yet



This one seems to be holding out on the other plant so far so good. It looks as if this plant is starting to pick up a bit in growth

[chickenfarmer]

Those be some good looking pumpkins there Doug

[crazy1]

Dang good lookin' atlantic giant there Bro.

[douglas]

I think da basketball has a small leak

[crazy1]

Dang Bro thats a nice lookin pumpkin there.

[Deleted]

Uhhh ya! a small leak!
And my baaaby has wings
Great Job Bro!

[douglas]

Sheesh wit all thats going on around here I lost track of the days of growth but I figure it's somewhere around "17" days



Heres another look at the patch



I phound a few melons already, kind of slow taking off this year

[crazy1]

Lookin' really good there Doug! I've got a few melons as well, but their also growning slow this year.

[douglas]

I decided to go wit the small ones this year seeing the larger ones go to waste in the fridge

[douglas]

Well I pulled back the pumpkin a bit this morning to give it more room to grow away from the vine cause the shoulders are starting to expand some, can't have it tear off the vine

[douglas]

After the rain we been getting things are starting to pick up some, getting close to the size of a ten speed bike tire



This one is the size of a football showing signs of growth also after the rain.

[crazy1]

Dem be sum good lookin pumpkins there Bro. The one as big as a ten speed bike tire sure is growin well.

[douglas]

This may very well be my biggest I've grown in a few years, not as big as the prize winners at da weigh offs but big enough to keep me buzy

[crazy1]

This years weather has been pretty good here in our area for the gardens. Unlike the past few.

[douglas]

Yer so right about dat bro, hope it holds out untill fall

[crazy1]

Yes sir I'm Hopein as well.

[Deleted]

Now that sir... is quite a pumpkin!
Nice job Bro!

[douglas]

Heres a shot on da stem side
She's starting to develop some ribs so I'm not too sure how much more growth I'll get out of it

[crazy1]

Lookin good there Bro. So when the gaints begin to form ribs they are fairly close to the final size?

[douglas]

It has been that way since I been growing them but they have grown larger still

[douglas]

I didn't know I had two pumpkins in da patch heres what we have with the rain we had a few days ago I hope it keeps going fer another month at least
I killed two squash bugs a bit ago