Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 15 Entries. Saturday, May 10 View Page Patch overview looking NNW - 60' by 60' patch 8 - 615 Cantrell seeds (913* Boyce x 1221.5 Robinson[no fruit on pollinator]) in NW plot 4 - 717 est Holub seeds (941* Sherwood x 1037.5 Jarvis[1175*]) in NE plot 2 - 232 Scherber (1725 Harp[2009 Wallace clone] x self) in SE plot 2 - 1175 Holub (1037.5 Jarvis x self) in SW plot Each plot eventually thinned to one plant. Saturday, June 28 View Page 615 Cantrell offspring - green female that will become the 1578* Holub Pollination day (x self) Saturday, June 28 View Page 615 Cantrell offspring - top view of green female that will become the 1578* Holub Pollination day (x self) Friday, July 11 View Page Patch overview - July 11, 2014 Clockwise from back left: 615 Cantrell offspring - green fruited 717 Holub offspring - green fruited 282 Scherber offspring Volunteer C. pepo (foreground) 1175* Holub offspring Thursday, July 17 View Page Here's a link to the early fruit growth time lapse for the 615 Cantrell [1578* Holub] plant, July 11-16: http://youtu.be/mXrffguWqbY Diary photo is from July 11 Sunday, August 10 View Page Patch overview - Aug 10, 2014 Clockwise from back left fruit: 615 Cantrell offspring - green fruit 717 Holub offspring - green fruit 282 Scherber offspring 1175 Holub offspring Thursday, September 18 View Page Patch overview - Aug 10, 2014 Clockwise from back left fruit: 615 Cantrell offspring - green fruit 717 Holub offspring - green fruit 282 Scherber offspring - (covered with sheet) 1175 Holub offspring (extra orange C. pepo offspring in foreground) Friday, September 19 View Page That last patch picture was really September 18th. Friday, October 3 View Page 1578 Holub* 2014 (615 Cantrell x Self) Friday, October 3 View Page The 615 Cantrell offspring [1578* Holub], in foreground, and the 282 Scherber offspring [1478.5 Holub] in background, loaded for Bauman's. Sunday, October 5 View Page More photos of the 1578* Holub at: http://www.bigpumpkins.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=185&gid=61 (Thanks, Ken.) Sunday, October 5 View Page Approximate hand-drawn vine diagram for the 1578* Holub. Also shows where the other 615 Cantrell seedlings were planted in the patch (the circled (o)-orange/yellow and (g)-green for the female baby fruit color. All but the keeper were pulled in early-mid June. Sunday, October 5 View Page Watch the WR squash being weighed at Bauman's Farm on YouTube: http://youtu.be/NBGrcG_FMj0 Monday, October 6 View Page Edited version of the video of the 2014 world record squash being weighed: http://youtu.be/URzptmjaouI Sunday, November 2 View Page 2014 seed summary: 1578* Holub 2014 (615 Cantrell x self) - World record green squash Seeds are ~1/2 AG & ~1/2 Squash with a fixed green color gene giving it a genetic weight advantage in the squash category. Should throw all green baby females. / 1478.5 Holub 2014 (282 Scherber x 615 Cantrell[1578*]) -won't throw any greenies until another generation of selfing. Seeds are ~3/4 AG & ~1/4 Squash. / 1434.5 Holub 2014 (717 Holub x 615 Cantrell[1578*]) - 1434.5 fruit started out a green baby female, but turned greenish-orangish-brown so did not meet the squash color criteria. Should throw all green baby females, but watch out for off-colors as fruit matures. Seeds are ~3/8 AG & ~5/8 squash / 1195.5* Holub 2014 (1175* Holub x self/open) - Ripened to a nice green squash. Longest fattest stem I've ever seen. Pollination was "open" because female wasn't closed overnight, closed her after pollination with an open male first thing in the morning. seeds are 100% squash - descendent of the 1486.6* Jarvis WR / 319 est Holub 2014 (282 Scherber[1478.5 clone] x 717 Holub[1434.5]) - won't throw any greenies until another generation of selfing (also see 1434.5 notes for pollinator color issues). Seeds are ~5/8 AG & ~3/8 Squash