Most of the growers that showed fruit at Brian's weighoff!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Betty's big orange one
Congratulations to Betty Urquidi, who really stepped up this year and grew this amazingly orange fruit. 507 pounds!
Brian's Weighoff
Well, I'm so slow to update this blog, I didn't even mention that I won Brian Christensen's weighoff in Rexburg this past Saturday! My pumpkin on the 1436 Nesbitt went heavy and ended up 617.5! It was taping around 530 or 550, so a finish like that always puts a good end on the season!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Main vine cut down to size
On the 1436, I've been worried about a potential rib split. I've been watching it a few days and it has not become worse, but we had a lot of rain yesterday. It's still cold now, but could warm up and with some warm sunshine and a saturated plant, those ribs could swell up and that would be it.
So, I cut the main. Not right at the fruit, but from the fruit to the base, I cut the vine so that there is only about two feet of vine in the ground before the fruit. There is also the vine after the fruit. Hopefully this will stop any major infusions of juice into the fruit, but keep it fresh.
So, I cut the main. Not right at the fruit, but from the fruit to the base, I cut the vine so that there is only about two feet of vine in the ground before the fruit. There is also the vine after the fruit. Hopefully this will stop any major infusions of juice into the fruit, but keep it fresh.
Monday, September 14, 2009
My blog is lame.
OK, back for another installment in the world's lamest blog. I think next year I might switch this again and use a combination of Facebook and the blogging features on bigpumpkins.com. We shall see. Can we get an Idaho Giant Pumpkin Facebook thing going?
In the meantime, I did happen to win the fair. 423 pounds. There were some other "large" pumpkins there... some I could tell were not Atlantic Giant and one that was about 100 pounds, I'm not sure. But I really like that someone else sent some large fruit to the fair. To anyone in our area, plant some ATLANTIC GIANT seeds next spring and bring them to the fair!
At the fair I was talking to Sharon, and promised that next year eastern Idaho is going to break their record and provide 10 giants for the fair. I believe the record is nine. So, are we up for it?
The fruit on the 1436 is somewhere between 500 and 550. It's also very close to having a rib split. This one might be worth top prize at the weighoff, but if it splits it's worth nothing but bragging rights. I need to look at it closely tonight, and maybe consider cutting it from the vine. I hate to do that, but that split could happen. It might have already happened, because I didn't look at it yesterday, and right now the rain is coming down.
In the meantime, I did happen to win the fair. 423 pounds. There were some other "large" pumpkins there... some I could tell were not Atlantic Giant and one that was about 100 pounds, I'm not sure. But I really like that someone else sent some large fruit to the fair. To anyone in our area, plant some ATLANTIC GIANT seeds next spring and bring them to the fair!
At the fair I was talking to Sharon, and promised that next year eastern Idaho is going to break their record and provide 10 giants for the fair. I believe the record is nine. So, are we up for it?
The fruit on the 1436 is somewhere between 500 and 550. It's also very close to having a rib split. This one might be worth top prize at the weighoff, but if it splits it's worth nothing but bragging rights. I need to look at it closely tonight, and maybe consider cutting it from the vine. I hate to do that, but that split could happen. It might have already happened, because I didn't look at it yesterday, and right now the rain is coming down.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Heading to the fair tonight...
In fact, within two hours. Rumor has it that I may have the only entry this year. I hope not.
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