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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 'Kevin_M'</title> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2025&grower=133981&action=L</link> <description>Last 20 Diary Entries for 'Kevin_M'.</description> <language>en-us</language> <copyright>Copyright &copy; 1999-2025 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>07/05/2025 - with photo</title> <description>2560 x 2144 at Dap 14. Culled the backup pollination today, I feel optimistic about this fruit.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354159</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354159</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 16:15:06 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/01/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Here's the fruit at DAP 10. Starting to see noticeable growth. Closely monitoring some growth cracks in the stem. Backup pollination is looking good but decisions will come soon.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354017</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354017</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:32:57 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/27/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Dap 6 on the 2560x2144. No exceptional growth so far, about softball sized. Bit of a growth crack forming (pictured). Fan on 24/7..</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353905</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353905</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:20:46 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/25/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Living close to other growers is great. Tomorrow morning we'll pollinate a backup female on the main with the 2147 Sippel flowers, courtesy of Kevin Donahue.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353828</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353828</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:53:01 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/20/2025 - with photo</title> <description>2560 Gienger x 2144 Barron, pollination day.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353590</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353590</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 19:02:04 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/17/2025 - with photo</title> <description>I am about a week behind what I planned, but the plant seems to be kicking into gear. The weather has been much better lately. This is going to be my pumpkin, putting the good juju out that it will ta...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353476</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353476</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:44:44 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/05/2025 - with photo</title> <description>I had a pretty slow start with my plant once it hit the ground, but it's finally moving along. Colder than normal weather has put me behind last years pace when looking at photos. Still have a long wa...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353030</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353030</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 23:28:08 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>04/23/2025 - with photo</title> <description>I'm going to grow 2 plants "outdoors" in 2025. I am going to start them in a gigantic hothouse. It is going to be 24' wide x 40' long. I've been playing around with how I'm going to build the frame...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=351923</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=351923</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:24:40 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>04/18/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Plants in the ground! Still figuring out the heating cables, soil temps were 60* before I flipped the power on. This season I'm also trying out new cameras for a time lapse. Anyone have experience...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=351831</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=351831</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2025 11:21:31 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>04/05/2025 - with photo</title> <description>In keeping with my goal of being a root farmer this season, I've made up some walking planks for the patch. Last year I didn't make a whole hearted effort to keep the soil compaction to a minimum. Thi...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=351501</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=351501</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2025 18:48:11 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>04/03/2025 - with photo</title> <description>After a soak, the 2025 season is officially underway. Good luck this year everyone.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=351470</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=351470</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 21:33:02 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>03/30/2025 - with photo</title> <description>This season I'm trying to do things slightly different in the patch. One of those things is to bring 110v power in. It opens this season up to soil heating cables, non-battery powered fans, cameras, s...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=351415</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=351415</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 21:02:21 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>03/30/2025 - with photo</title> <description>After a pressure test, my drip system is set.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=351412</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=351412</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 20:53:05 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>03/29/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Shade structure up. Drip lines next.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=351373</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=351373</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 13:53:51 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>03/15/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Getting closer to the final cut and till of my off season cover crops. We've had a bit of rain lately and that is causing the invasive weeds to explode on the hill side. I have started gathering m...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=351182</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=351182</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2025 18:24:18 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>02/02/2025</title> <description>Today was a maintenance day. Cleaned out the water tank to prep for the season. Received my drip tape shipment to be assembled another day. Drenched a mix of Clearys 3336 and Stergo MX to combat disea...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350913</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350913</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2025 17:03:17 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>01/17/2025 - with photo</title> <description>My goal this season is to be a root farmer first. The plant and pumpkin will follow. I hope to see big improvements this post season when I pull the plant.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350798</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350798</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:34:58 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>01/17/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Weak!</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350797</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350797</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:32:09 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>01/17/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Soil cables installed. Also added some pro mix to the pit to loosen it up. After 12" it's all clay so I didn't go past that point </description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350796</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350796</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:30:46 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>01/14/2025 - with photo</title> <description>The trio of pre-season reporting is complete (for me). Got this back from Western Labs, and the results are pretty much what I was expecting. I've already done one mustard cover crop. Over the weekend...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350779</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350779</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:44:36 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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