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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 'Richmond Dave'</title> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2025&grower=89533&action=L</link> <description>Last 20 Diary Entries for 'Richmond Dave'.</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>07/07/2025 - with photo</title> <description>#1 Barron 2144 Dap 40 A slightly disappointing 761 lbs. Growth is slowing a bit while the on my best ever plant. Official name is "Snow White".</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354228</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354228</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 10:46:50 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/03/2025 - with photo</title> <description>The vine was reburied. Will it survive and reroot? Stay tuned.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354082</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354082</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:23:11 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/03/2025 - with photo</title> <description>The whole vine was repositioned and every leaf was staked up.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354081</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354081</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:21:45 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/03/2025 - with photo</title> <description>This is always stressful and difficult....pulling a vine out to reposition. Every node had a nice set of roots established.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354080</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354080</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:20:17 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/03/2025 - with photo</title> <description>The joiner plates.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354079</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354079</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:15:52 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/03/2025 - with photo</title> <description>My 1st growing board is 3/4" plywood covered with a sheet of smooth black plastic (PVC). My walking boards( blue?) are 1ft x 2 ft and also 3/4" plywood. When the pumpkin outgrows the 1st growing boa...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354078</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354078</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:15:06 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/02/2025 - with photo</title> <description>THIGMOMORPHOGENESIS...the movement of plants and leaves caused by air either natural (wind) or artificial (fans). This results in a number of beneficial functions for the plant. It makes them stronger...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354027</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354027</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:48:58 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/27/2025 - with photo</title> <description>I might have let this go too far. The pumpkin wants to grow backwards toward the vine. Should I start pulling the pumpkin away from the vine? Suggestions welcomed.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353902</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353902</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:36:22 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/27/2025 - with photo</title> <description>DAP 20 2nd pollination on Barron 2144 #2. OTT ...a disappointing 127" but as you can see, the 1st pumpkin decided to stop growing. The final 1/4 of the stem was cut today and you can see the stem to t...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353901</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353901</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:26:26 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/27/2025 - with photo</title> <description>DAP 30 1st pollination on #1 Barron 2144. OTT 253" 389 lbs. The growing board is 4' x 4'. You can see see its wanting to grow towards the vine.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353900</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353900</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:20:15 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/26/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Sorry....again !! My spreadsheet skills are minimal. The new one shows all the Ott measurements and as it turns out the 2144 is on the same trajectory as last year's 2404 except 13 days sooner. Fact ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353849</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353849</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:34:45 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/25/2025 - with photo</title> <description>The yellow line is my 2252.5 last year. The grey line is the same curve but transposed to the Barron 2144 #1. A fantastic start for Dap 28.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353829</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353829</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 01:03:59 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/24/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Every year I get lots of Powdery Mildew. Last year I started using Hygropunch and it worked really well to stop and slow the progression of PM after it had started to form. Hygropunch is also a preven...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353770</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353770</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:52:17 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/24/2025 - with photo</title> <description>The 1st if going. I read somewhere that any pumpkin should be terminated slowly so as not to "shock" the other ones. So I'm cutting abpout 1/4 of the stem per day for 4 days.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353769</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353769</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:44:01 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/24/2025 - with photo</title> <description>A very tough decision. The 1st pollination is on Dap 23 and it doesn't look nice and it's not putting on much weight very fast. The 2nd pollination is exploding and gaining rapidly. What should one do...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353768</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353768</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:41:10 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/22/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Another view of the stump.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353716</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353716</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:36:37 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/22/2025 - with photo</title> <description>There was a lot of stuff growing around this stump and this is what it should look like.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353715</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353715</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:35:49 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/22/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Stumps get messy and if you don't clean them up from time to time they will become unmanageble.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353714</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353714</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:33:23 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/18/2025 - with photo</title> <description>OOPS !!! I apologize to the world !! I made a mistake !! In my excitement and lack of practice of using a measuring tape I read the 66 as 99 !! That leaves the real Dap 20 of the pumpkin at 157 " !! I...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353504</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353504</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:55:26 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/18/2025 - with photo</title> <description>The excel spreadsheets wouldn't open so I just inserted this early pic but i'm leaving my original post....This is my mid June soil anaysis with samples only taken around 1 plant. the #1 barron 2144. ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353483</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353483</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 09:32:45 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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