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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 'thebbqguy'</title> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2026&grower=131209&action=L</link> <description>Last 20 Diary Entries for 'thebbqguy'.</description> <language>en-us</language> <copyright>Copyright &copy; 1999-2026 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>09/29/2025 - with photo</title> <description>My Van Houtte seed ended the season taping at 608 pounds.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356429</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356429</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 20:26:57 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>09/29/2025 - with photo</title> <description>I defoliated the pumpkin vines and removed everything but the main and two secondaries. The vines in this 150sf patch were crossed over each other extensively. There were 3rd and fourth level vines fo...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356428</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356428</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 20:18:25 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>09/29/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Last fall Matt Radach offered a few of his seeds and my 15 year old niece in Missouri grew his 977 seed over the summer. If I lived closer she'd have had a bigger pumpkin in the end but for a 15 year ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356427</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=356427</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 20:11:21 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>09/10/2025 - with photo</title> <description>The Atlantic Giant is taping at 598 pounds tonight at DAP 87. </description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355977</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355977</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:28:32 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/31/2025 - with photo</title> <description>This is my biggest tomato so far in 2025. Growing tomatoes in containers works great for casual gardening but I think the 1.5 cu ft just isn't large enough to grow them large. I grew a sunflower in a ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355745</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355745</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 13:59:02 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/30/2025 - with photo</title> <description>It's time for a weekly progress update on my backyard pumpkin. The current measurements predict a weight of 530 pounds, which is short of the winning entry at the Michigan State Fair on Tuesday evenin...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355736</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355736</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 20:34:56 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/23/2025 - with photo</title> <description>I cut off the second pumpkin growing in the 150sf patch tonight. It was overdue for removal but once we knew we weren't growing a primary that would hit 750+ it became less appealing somehow. 171.6# f...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355560</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355560</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2025 20:27:13 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/22/2025 - with photo</title> <description>The pumpkin is taping at 471#'s today at 35 DAP. The weather has been on the cool side for the past week and it's slowed the daily gains.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355538</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355538</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:51:44 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/13/2025 - with photo</title> <description>391 pounds based on the OTT</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355275</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355275</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 20:46:36 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/10/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Here's a recent photo at DAP 32.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355215</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355215</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 17:48:48 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/08/2025 - with photo</title> <description>DAP 30</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355173</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355173</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:54:30 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/06/2025 - with photo</title> <description>DAP 28 and 303 pounds</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355122</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355122</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 20:03:06 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/05/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Here is a photo of my 150sf bed from tonight. The one on the left tapes at 100 pounds and the one on the right is nearing 300 pounds. We should have 300 pounds right at the 30 DAP mark.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355103</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355103</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 19:53:56 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/05/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Yesterday we achieved an estimated 276 pounds on the pumpkin as taped. It could weigh a little more, because the shape is getting wild and there's room for missing out on the measurements slightly in ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355090</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355090</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 08:24:48 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/03/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Good morning from Belleville Michigan, pumpkin fanatics. I am well beyond last year's effort at this point, so now it's a matter of keeping things healthy for as long as possible to move into "giant" ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355025</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=355025</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 08:56:03 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/01/2025 - with photo</title> <description>I snapped a photo this morning before work and before sunrise. If I use my imagination it looks a little "moonlight-esque".</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354985</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354985</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:11:24 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/31/2025 - with photo</title> <description>We are at 227#s tonight after 18 hours and 4.25" of rain last night and today. We are not quite dried out yet but I have fans positioned strategically to hopefully finish the process overnight (finger...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354929</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354929</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:15:12 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/31/2025 - with photo</title> <description>4" of rain, so today will be spent monitoring the fans I have strategically placed to dry things out as efficiently as possible. I also lost some leaves from the weight of the rain collecting for the ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354918</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354918</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 11:22:54 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/28/2025 - with photo</title> <description>My pumpkin prospects are improving today I think. After some reflection on Saturday and stumbling across the genetics behind my pumpkin I concluded that the pumpkin needs significantly more fertilizer...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354848</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354848</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:40:47 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/27/2025 - with photo</title> <description>We've had two pumpkins on the vine for three weeks in the 150sf patch. It's a Vanhoutte seed at DAP 19. The fruit on the main vine is gaining weight at a rate of 15 pounds per day this week. We have a...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354822</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354822</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 16:38:43 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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