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Join us on our journey as we take on fun adventures on our 11 acre homestead!
- Growing GIANT pumpkins
- Metal Detecting
- DIY House and Barn projects
- Growing GIANT pumpkins
- Metal Detecting
- DIY House and Barn projects
Ep. 18 - Giant Pumpkin Gaining 45 Pounds PER DAY!!! {Oh My!}
The giant pumpkins are continuing to gain weight! The 2501 Bernstrom pumpkin has put on about 45 pounds PER DAY over the past 5 days. The 1005 Clementz is growing about half as fast and causing me to get a little frustrated. Mice have started to make their presence and hopefully aren't causing any issues. Only time will tell.
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Ep. 17 - Giant Pumpkins Have Been Named!!!
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Both the 2501 Bernstrom and 1005 Clementz giant pumpkins have been named! You will have to watch the video to find out what the names are. I give updates on the plants, pumpkins and show some other random stuff around the patch. Both pumpkins have increased their daily weight gains so really hoping that continues. #giantpumpkin #growingpumpkins #giantvegetables #giantfruits #farming As always, ...
Ep. 16 - Issue in the Giant Pumpkin Patch {uh oh!}
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I now have estimated weights on both the 2501 Bernstrom and 1005 Clementz giant pumpkins. Plants and pumpkins are getting bigger, but not quite as fast as I would like. I discovered an issue with the 1005 Clementz giant pumpkin, which I show a close-up in the video and explain what I have done to hopefully get it to survive the rest of the season. The farm plant (1931 Turner) might actually be ...
Ep. 15 - Giant Pumpkin is 20 Days Old!!!
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The 2501 Bernstrom giant pumpkin made it to 20 days old. I took the first measurements to get the estimated weight. The 1005 Clementz is 18 days old and I won't get an estimated weight on that pumpkin until the next weekly update. Although the 1643 New is 21 days old, I have no plans to measure that pumpkin since it really isn't growing much and the plant has mostly shut down. It will be exciti...
Ep. 14 - Pumpkins are Gaining Size!! {It's Go Time!}
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The giant pumpkins are starting to grow more quickly! Each day they are noticeably bigger, which is the point of the season when things start to get fun. The pumpkin on the 2501 Bernstrom plant has some injuries, which are hopefully healing up fine. The 1643 New plant is really struggling and I am close to giving up on that plant. Hoping with the dry weather in the forecast, I still might be ab...
Ep. 13 - Giant Pumpkin Update {& Seed Giveaway!!!}
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Ep. 13 - Giant Pumpkin Update {& Seed Giveaway!!!}
Ep. 12 - Giant Pumpkin Update {It's Pollination Day!!!}
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Ep. 12 - Giant Pumpkin Update {It's Pollination Day!!!}
Ep. 11 - Giant Pumpkin Update {Hoop House Plastic Removed!}
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Ep. 11 - Giant Pumpkin Update {Hoop House Plastic Removed!}
Ep. 10 - Giant Pumpkin Plants Have Been Chosen! {Big Decisions}
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Ep. 10 - Giant Pumpkin Plants Have Been Chosen! {Big Decisions}
Ep. 9 - Giant Pumpkin Plants - Busting out of the Hoop House!!
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Ep. 9 - Giant Pumpkin Plants - Busting out of the Hoop House!!
Ep. 8 - Giant Pumpkin Vines are Down and Running! {Let's Go!!}
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Ep. 8 - Giant Pumpkin Vines are Down and Running! {Let's Go!!}
Ep. 7 - Did the Giant Pumpkin Plants Survive?!?
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Ep. 7 - Did the Giant Pumpkin Plants Survive?!?
Ep. 6 - Drying Out The New Giant Pumpkin Patch
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Ep. 6 - Drying Out The New Giant Pumpkin Patch
Ep. 3 - Broadforking the Giant Pumpkin Patch!!
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Ep. 3 - Broadforking the Giant Pumpkin Patch!!
Ep. 2 - Seed Starting - Let the Fun Begin!!!
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Ep. 2 - Seed Starting - Let the Fun Begin!!!
Must See!! Lifting a 1970.5 Pound Pumpkin!
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Must See!! Lifting a 1970.5 Pound Pumpkin!
Grapes, Apples & Some Exciting Giant Pumpkin Stuff!!
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Grapes, Apples & Some Exciting Giant Pumpkin Stuff!!
Ep. 1 - Preparing a New Giant Pumpkin Patch
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Ep. 1 - Preparing a New Giant Pumpkin Patch
Amending Soil for Giant Pumpkins! Exciting Stuff!
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Amending Soil for Giant Pumpkins! Exciting Stuff!
My cat tattooed both of my pumpkins too. Haha. Pumpkins are looking great!
Thanks!
Looks great!
Thank you!
Hopefully there is a balance with the cat getting any mice that could be doing greater damage to the pumpkin than the cat is....good luck friend! Seems like some cayenne pepper might ruin the ambiance for them both 😂....a few baited mouse traps at minimum😅
I have 4 baited traps by those two holes now.
Oh no, I hope it isn’t mice mice ruined it for Cindy Tobeck. Get some cayenne pepper throw that in there and some sticky traps for the mice.
I have cayenne pepper, but worry if they are actually under the pumpkin that they will try to chew out away from it. I probably won’t put that out for now. I have 4 traps by those holes now. I think almost every year I have had mice under at least one of my pumpkins. Had a mouse nest right under the center of the pumpkin one year when I lifted it up.
Let’s gooooo!
Hoping she goes really heavy! The dad of the 2501 was 18% heavy, grandparents on that side were 10% and 15% heavy.
@@theturnerranchwi looking good. The year of the gray pumpkins. How many square feet are both the plants? For tiny diamond gaining over 20lb a day with that size plant is great. I just crossed over 400lbs yesterday as well
@Giantpumpkinswitheric Snow White’s plant is around 800 square feet and Tiny Diamond’s is about 250 square feet (I think). Last year both of my plants were 1,000-1,100 square feet and the pumpkins were 850-950 lbs by now.
@@theturnerranchwi nice! Roughly how much do they gain in circumference daily?
@@Giantpumpkinswitheric Tiny Diamond seems to be about 2”/day and Snow White about 3”/day.
Good god those are Jurassic.
Nice job! Seems like you are on the up swing for sure! Looking good! Warm dry condition your gains are about to go way up!
I sure hope the gains continue to go up.
So what is the Dap on July 29Th?
Snow White was 35 DAP and Tiny Diamond was 33 DAP.
You have been diligent thru all the wet early season, here's to hoping for good weather and weight gains you deserve .
Thanks!
Looks like a good one
Hope so. Currently 150-200 lbs behind last year. Need to do some catch up.
She looks like a huge block of cheese! I love it! Thank you for sharing! My husband and I talk about your swamp pumpkin sometimes and wonder how it going.🎃🧡🎃
Must be some good Wisconsin cheese. The swamp pumpkin is still there. Don’t think the plant or pumpkin has gotten any bigger for a few weeks. The weeds have gotten a lot bigger in there though.
Awesome! You'll notice in time lapses like this that the fruit actually grows faster at night!
I have noticed that. Thanks for watching! I think the timelapse would have looked better without the sheet, but wasn’t going to sacrifice my pumpkin for a video.
@@theturnerranchwi Yeah, definitely not worth any risk
Do you leave that sheet off the blossom end all the time?
@@adammomirov8053 Yes, I leave the blossom end and stem end exposed the entire season.
@@theturnerranchwi thats crazy. Id be scared the skin would get hard and crack
Thanks for explaining the jacket! Good luck this year!
Thanks! With the really wet spring and beginning of summer, I am not quite where I had hoped to be. However, I at least have a couple growing.
I’m jealous. My pumpkin has a small crab in 2 spots 😢. Hope it recovers!
If they are small, they could just be growth cracks. I usually get those every year and they typically heal just fine. I had some bigger cracks last year and they didn’t cause any issues.
@@theturnerranchwi it’s a little bigger than a basketball at this moment. I’m going to do a video here shortly and post it. Fingers crossed!
Wow did you tape her? What is her weight?
Taped her at 351.6 lbs. For sure behind last year, but hopefully will continue ramping up daily gains.
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Love it! Giant needs protection from pests! ❤
For sure! Was just out there smoothing out the sand around the pumpkin and felt something. The toad was fully buried in the sand slightly under the pumpkin.
Nice work! Day 30-50 it’s going to pick it up for you!
I sure hope so. Thanks for the positive thoughts. I hope once it does pick up to its peak, it keeps that growth going for a long time. I have heard of 2,000 pound pumpkins that never got the huge gains, but kept decent gains going for a long time.
Looking good
Thanks! Wish it was growing a little quicker, but at least the daily gains seem to be increasing.
It’s getting bigger
Not quite as fast as I would like, but hopefully it is still ramping up.
Nice video!
Thanks!
Yeah it’s a pain
Cool how it will form roots!
Wow
I’m following along :)
I appreciate you following!
No problem
Nice
Cool 👍
Wow that’s big
Hope she starts putting on 40+ pounds per day soon.
I subbed too so I’ll watch your videos how big your pumpkin grows :) I have a garden too
It’s called a peewee tape
I was thinking more of a 288” sewing tape measure. Something like this. www.hobbylobby.com/Fabric-Sewing/Sewing-Quilting-Notions/Rulers-Tape-Measures/Yardage-Marked-Tape-Measure--288/p/52425?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwkdO0BhDxARIsANkNcreARskgArf6jsKsovRyVP0yqGGn7l0zPnVjC97DGuFL9hd-cMtOHf0aAl8JEALw_wcB&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3b2aCiiINKX8xaLAd8W_Y5EN29h7nz4PmlE8c_St2NG-bjIqrdPsB4DlI_aem_fdgFE3uTOThn4WY1a8QECA
Can you let me know the brand of fertilizer? How often do you feed? How long will you continue? I pollinated yesterday and fertilized with monster boom and fox farm marine grade this AM. Thank you!
In that video, I was feeding the 5-2 Wonder Blend from Wallace Organic Wonder (WOW). wallacewow.com/products/5-2-humic-fulvic-acid-seaweed-extract-wonder-blend-wallace-organic-wonder I normally give that about once a week throughout the season. Typically 2 tsp with 4 gallons of water. Right after pollination, I typically try to push calcium since it is supposed to help with cell division. For that, I usually use 4 tsp Botanicare Cal-Mag Plus with 4 gallons water. At about 15 days after pollination (DAP), I start to push more potassium for fruit (pumpkin) growth.
Nice! That pumpkin should kick into gear! Mine hit 70CC today. I am due for an update
I just measured the 2501 Bernstrom and still not growing as fast as I hoped. 76” circumference now and 19.7 pounds per day for the past 2 days. I normally measure every 5 days, but was measuring the 1005 Clementz for DAP 20 so thought I would check the 2501.
@@theturnerranchwi not bad! I check in at 75” DAP 29 today. Plant is still trying to push growth. Only pollinated at 11 or so feet. Growing about 13lbs a day. I am not sure how far this pumpkin will go. Hoping for 700+ but idk. Plant seems ok
@@Giantpumpkinswitheric Last year my pumpkins were about 12 feet out and both made it over 1900 lbs. The one averaged about 43 pounds per day from 30 DAP to 50 DAP. Hopefully I can get mine to do that again this year!
@@theturnerranchwi awesome! I am sure yours will pick up. I have been feeding some heavy potassium nightly. I’ll keep up with that. What have you been feeding. I use plant marvel from wow 15-5-30 k mag
@@Giantpumpkinswitheric For potassium, I have always given Down to Earth Langbeinite (0-0-22). However, last year I ran into a micronutrient deficiency so added in Masterblend 4-18-38. Also, once a week or so, I give them WOW 5-2 Wonder Blend and Botanicare Cal-Mag Plus.
Looking good!! 🎉🎉
Thanks! Just hope I can keep them going. Weather, animals, insects and disease are constantly trying to end your season.
Good luck on your 2501 & 1005, sorry your new patch didn’t work out, maybe going to find a drier area for next year?
I think if I try for a third pumpkin again, I will move to a different location. I also think a normal year that didn’t get so much rain, this location would have worked.
I'm so happy to have won your seeds! I'll be growing them next year. I'll post videos. Thank you again!
Always fun when somebody wins that is really excited about it!
Beautiful
Good video!
Thanks!
What wait
That Pumpkin is so orange
That first one was my 1931 and the second one was my 1970.5.
What she do that for?
Definitely keeping her eyes 👀 on the prize.
I am sure she walked away right after I filmed that.
My cats do this too! Good kitty!
Last year she put claw marks into one of my pumpkins when it was fairly large.
Done! Good luck with your pumpkins!
Thanks! Good luck in the contest!
Hope your patch dries up quickly for you. I’m starting with rain on & off for the next week. I’ll cross my fingers that we get some dry, sunny days☀️ DONE.
Definitely looking forward to drier weather. As I am writing this, it is currently raining…ugh. Good luck in the contest!
Done
Thanks for following along. Good luck in the contest!
That could have been a bird or a mouse or squirrel. My largest big max has a scare too and I'm really not sure how but it looks like it's going to be fine
Good to hear that yours is healing up fine. Hope mine does the same.
I dont know the grade of your property but a french drain might possibly help and if your property is too flat then possibly you could dig a couple of 4 foot deep pits around the perimeter of the waterlogged pach and fill them with gravel and put a pipe in the center of the pit thats just big enough for a pump to slide inside and that will give the extra water somewhere to accumulate that you could pump it out and away
I am not sure if you have seen my previous videos, but I dug a trench along the one side of the wet patch. Only about a foot deep, a foot wide and maybe 6-8 feet long. I started by carry 5 gallon buckets of water out of the patch and moved to pumping after removing about 700 gallons by bucket. I probably removed 3,000-4,000 gallons of water before I gave up. Mainly gave up because I needed the hoses and extension cords for other purposes. I really appreciate your suggestions! I may just move to a new location for this patch next year.
Nice!!!!!
Thanks for following along! It has been fun following your grow as well.
@@theturnerranchwifor sure! I might roll with the set I have at about 10 feet small day 20 but it’s starting to crank a bit putting on 4” cc a day. Not awful
@@Giantpumpkinswitheric I don’t start measuring until day 20 so should have my first measurements in my next update.
Hi! I am invested in seeing how things turn out. Do you have the ability to water out there if you need to? If so will you raise the elevation of the swamp? With a semi of topsoil? Here’s to giant pumpkins! 🧡🎃🧡
Yes, I have the ability to water all of my pumpkins. Really not sure what I am going to do with the swamp patch. Might move to a new location for next year or just grow 2 pumpkins. Yesterday, I trimmed off some of the dead leaves/vines and uncovered any vines I had buried earlier in the year. I also put compost under the vines to get them a little elevated.
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Done and im just starting down the big pumpkin growing rabbit hole i have been using dills Atlantic giant seeds but 3 years in i still haven't gotten a single pumpkin animals ate my vines 2 years in a row but this year all my vines at different times turned yellow and willted and died around a week after they turned yellow i was wondering if you would have any ideas on what it was and what i could do for prevention in the future
Also my goal is 250 to 350 lbs I would definitely take one bigger if possible but without packing a ton of fertilizers so that its still edible so I can share with family and friends and I'm growing with a small budget so I can't afford the like 10 different fertilizers that the pro's use and am open to any and all advice
Hard to say without pictures (and potentially still hard to say with pictures). Could be bugs biting the plant and giving it yellow vine disease/decline. Could be soil disease. If you were curious, you could get a soil disease test done.
Burying vines is probably the best option to get the best size without a bunch of fertilizer. I put a bunch of stuff into my plants, but definitely wouldn’t eat my pumpkins. We grow other pumpkins in a separate patch for carving and eating the seeds. If you have access to compost, that would help as well without the need for fertilizer. Good soil is key so compost would be helpful. To get my soil completely balanced for giant pumpkins, I end up having to add a handful of different fertilizers. Thanks for following along and good luck in the seed contest.
Thanks for the idea I will get a soil disease test done and i found a decent amount of squash bugs on it when I tore the plants out