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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 'pumpconn'</title> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2026&grower=33241&action=L</link> <description>Last 20 Diary Entries for 'pumpconn'.</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>08/06/2026 - with photo</title> <description>Our pumpkin grown in 450 SqFt, at DAP 39, reached 750 est. lbs. Its got a nice blocky shape.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361759</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361759</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:01:16 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/06/2026 - with photo</title> <description>Our 150 Sq Ft Challenge Pumpkin has morphed into a Giant Peanut. Hopefully this new shape does not hurt its growth.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361758</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361758</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:00:13 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/02/2026 - with photo</title> <description>At 5:30-6:00, every morning, I cull lots of extra suckers off the Bushel Gourd Plant. They are easy to find because they poke through the canopy. Its a task thats part of the process if you want ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361636</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361636</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:57:49 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>08/01/2026 - with photo</title> <description>Our (414 Trombley x self) Bushel Gourd is finally starting to Grow. It was pollinated 15 days ago, on a tertiary vine 22 ft out. It essentially did nothing for 7 days, then started to kick into gear ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361629</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361629</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:54:34 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/25/2026 - with photo</title> <description>Time to beat the darn soil borne bacteria from ruining the pumpkin growing season. before, DURING and after, the plants are in the ground.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361316</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361316</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:15:56 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/24/2026 - with photo</title> <description>Here come the Bushel Gourds. Hope they grow big this summer. I just found that the roots around thw stump have found their way into the 2 year old pile of Steer Manure. Maybe that will help them gr...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361233</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361233</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:53:19 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/24/2026 - with photo</title> <description>Geez, our 5 Field Pumpkin plants are growing fast. They all have 18-20 ft main vines. Some test pumpkins were pollinated at 14-15 ft out on the main. Next week I will need to choose and cross poll...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361230</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361230</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:39:21 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/19/2026 - with photo</title> <description>My 150 Challenge pumpkin at 28 DAP, is starting to put on the pounds in its 6ft x 25ft allotted area.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361097</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=361097</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:41:12 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/16/2026 - with photo</title> <description>Bumbles, my trained bee, is working hard pollinating all my rogue FP's before I can cull them. It will be another couple weeks before I can plan on which ones are going to be my "keepers" on all 5 pl...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360923</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360923</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:44:48 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/14/2026 - with photo</title> <description>Here is a photo of the 5th FP plant. Its the 235 Razo.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360842</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360842</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:35:42 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/14/2026 - with photo</title> <description>The 5 Giant Field Pumpkin plants are growing like wildfire, inspite of the 97F record heat forcast for today in Sharon, MA. And the midseason diluted Oxidate 5.0 Drip Drench did not hurt the plants....</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360841</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360841</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:34:37 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/11/2026 - with photo</title> <description>Invisible soil borne enemy. Per my Disease Report from Western labs, our 4000 sq ft patch has moderate to high soil borne amounts of Phytophthora, Fusarium, Verticillium Wilt, Pythium and Rhizocton...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360734</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360734</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:13:09 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/10/2026 - with photo</title> <description>Its Friday evening at 7:30 pm... almost Sunset. So, its time to pollinate another 414 Trombley Giant Bushel Gourd. at about 19.5 ft out. I got a guzillion side vines behind the fruit I pollinated to...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360733</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360733</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:28:49 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/09/2026 - with photo</title> <description>July 9th. These plants have been systemically drip fed nothing but Fungicide, Insecticide, and diluted OXIDATE 5.0 for the last month. And there are 6 yds of aged steer manure in the 29ft x 18ft ar...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360673</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360673</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:38:07 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/09/2026 - with photo</title> <description>I hope my 150 Challenge pumpkin can handle what mother nature just threw at her. We got 4.5 inches of rain on Sunday. Using the AI calculator that's a 421 Gallon surge of Water on the 150 sq ft are...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360665</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360665</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:26:27 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/05/2026 - with photo</title> <description>Time to start my evening hand pollinations on the 414 Trombley BG plant. 1st one pollinated at 7:30 pm, on a secondary vine.at 19 ft out on the main vine.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360562</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360562</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:04:28 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/04/2026 - with photo</title> <description>My Giant Pumpkin entry for the 150 Challenge, shown at 12 DAP, has a nice football shape to it. This one is growing from the 1025 Connolly that I grew last year.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360508</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360508</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:59:09 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/01/2026 - with photo</title> <description>You know the UV index is high and its Hot when the Giant Bushel Gourd plants need 30% sunblock. Today we hit 94F, Thursday forcast 102F, Friday forcast 100F. Luckily Global Warming is a myth.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360417</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360417</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 19:04:54 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/30/2026 - with photo</title> <description>Today we are adding Drip irrigation and Fans to each Field Pumpkin plant. 30% Shade cloth really helps on these sunny and super hot days.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360369</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360369</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:39:27 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/30/2026 - with photo</title> <description>Our 5 Field pumpkin plants are growing at a 6" per day rate, right now. Each plant will get 20ft long x 18 ft wide area to grow in. I am keeping them shaded (with a 30% sun block mesh) because at th...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360368</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=360368</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:49:21 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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