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  1. Stillman

    My first flower

    what tricho is that? Nice man. I get told by heaps of people that they won't flower in Brisbane. But I know of a few people now who have had success, just shows how adaptable they are really.
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    You got a good one started, good shape and colour.
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    I'm seriously thinking about it, I weigh 94 kgs and am 183cm tall so its going to have to be a big pumpkin to carry me but if it goes 300kg I think it will manage. Might do it for a charity or something? Douse lagoon would be over 200metres across maybe a bit more. Would be shit to sink in but its full of eels and turtles and gross muddy shit lol.
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    Grafts -Photos & Updates

    Update on some of my albino grafts (ss02xsso1) x (ss02x ss01) bap induced pups psycho0 x spach and some permanent grafted siblings [url=http://s111.photobucket.com/user/stillmanz/media/Cacti/DSCF2764_zps4347626c.jpg.html][/ URL] See in the last phot the right graft looks etiolated? This is in full sun under shade cloth so not sure why its growing like this, interesting as lower downb they appear to have more chloroplast so crown seems to grow slower then base which may explain odd shapes. I dunno?
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    I'm down with this. This is just up the road from me I'm keen to cross it by pumpkin http://photospotz.com/spotz/dowse-lagoon-sandgate/
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    Flower photo heavy 2013 season

    that last one is a beauty
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    yeah mildew is popping up bad, been spraying with milk but will hit it with Sulphur in the morning.
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    The tape is only an estimate but I think this has a fair bit to grow yet. I couldn't believe it estimated so heavy I thought about 170kg. Just gotta keep watering it now and hope it doesn't split or just stop growing.
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    QLD record is 303kg but 330 for a squash (green / grey fruit, only orange and yellow are officially pumpkins.) A guy out side of Byron has the record, its about 600kg I think. He owns a citrus farm I think near the Macadamia Castle.
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    Using the online weight calculator on Giant pumpkin genetics my Spring seedling is weighing in at 232 kgs (512 pounds)..... Erma god....I might break the QLD record with this one. heres a link to calculator. http://www.giant-pumpkin-genetics.org/ My pumpkin measures in at End to end 212cm Side to side 212cm Circumference 310cm... With a combined OTT of 734cm
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    giant sunflower competition

    No heads yet Gtarman, I'm thinking they might go long. Dunno how I am going to trellis them after the next segment?
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    giant sunflower competition

    Back middle one just cracked 3 metres.
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    24th November. I'm thinking I might go over 200kg
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    Post your track of the day

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-sqp5Zg18g
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    I'd say its got about another 25 days or so to ripen up with my weather. It's skin is still really smooth and you can actually see the bands of growth form each day.
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    As for weighing it, I am not sure.
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    probably another 50+kg or so I hope. I'd say its close to 130kg now. I'd be really happy with a 200kg pumpkin this time round. I mean it might go bigger? I really don't know. Its starting to get powdery mildew and some of the leaves are looking haggard.. I don't know how much is left in it?
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    My girls and I with the pumpkin. Taken yesterday. heres the details of the ekka comp
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    cool so what seed are you going to use for the Ekka pumpkin?
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    looking good man. Not long now before that one goes bang.
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    Red have you thought about putting one in for the ekka competition? Need to plant out late December for a May 10th weigh in?
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    Had a heap of rain yesterday arvo. Sprayed the pumpkin for powdery mildew this morning. Its looking good seems to really pack on the weight when the whole vine gets a drink.
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    Its still growing very fast.
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    Psycho0 X Yowie

    is Jonno the Yowie?
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    Giant pumpkin contest!!

    not sure if they are photoperiod sensitive. I think its pretty standard to have 10:1 sort of ratio of sex of flowers initially you get a massive cluster of males and one or two females on main leader and bigger secondaries. Then as they get bigger they seems to slow up on the males and then have a few more females forming on end of secondary leaders.
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