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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 33 Entries.
Sunday, April 21 View Page
Bushel Gourd line up
 
Sunday, April 21 View Page
331 Bushel Gourd
 
Sunday, April 21 View Page
209 Bushel Gourd
 
Sunday, April 21 View Page
Watermelon Line Up
 
Sunday, April 21 View Page
308 / 229 planted today
 
Sunday, April 21 View Page
250.8 planted today
 
Sunday, April 21 View Page
Pumpkin line up - Thank you Pete Caspers and Joe House.
 
Sunday, April 21 View Page
2088 germinated April 18 1477 germinated April 19 607s germinated April 19 393 germinate April 20 1477 germinated April 20
 
Sunday, April 28 View Page
Spot #1 AGs planted today.
 
Sunday, April 28 View Page
Spot #2 AGs planted today
 
Sunday, April 28 View Page
331Bushel Gourd
 
Sunday, April 28 View Page
209 Bushel Gourd
 
Sunday, April 28 View Page
308 / 229 watermelon
 
Sunday, April 28 View Page
250.8 / 250.8 watermelon
 
Thursday, May 30 View Page
First keeper watermelon 250.8 Kent x 308 Kent at 10 ft on the main vine. Enough plant to sustain it, so hope it takes.
 
Thursday, May 30 View Page
Looks like the first keeper on the 331 Brown. Pollinated with the 209 English at 16 feet out, first leaf node on secondary. Perfect spot according to pumpconn. Thank you Steve for the great diaries that help us learn.
 
Friday, May 31 View Page
Pollination of 209 x 331. It is on the first leaf node on a secondary 16 ft main vine. Good spot, hope it takes.
 
Friday, May 31 View Page
1477 Caspers plant - nut grass is relentless.
 
Friday, May 31 View Page
2088 Caspers
 
Friday, May 31 View Page
331 Brown
 
Friday, May 31 View Page
209 English
 
Friday, May 31 View Page
250.8 Kent
 
Friday, May 31 View Page
308 Kent
 
Saturday, June 1 View Page
331 Brown pollination today crossed with 209 English.
 
Tuesday, June 25 View Page
607 Grubbs x 2088 Caspers.
 
Tuesday, June 25 View Page
250.8 Kent x 308 Kent
 
Wednesday, July 3 View Page
Pull both BG plants today, they took all the space allowed plus more, could not get a female to take. NC weather is so hot this year.
 
Sunday, July 21 View Page
2088 x 1477. Nearly no plant left after ground water issues. 193 OTT 40 DAP
 
Sunday, July 21 View Page
1477 x open. Plant is in terrible shape due to heat. Been fertilizing with nitrogen to encourage more vine growth. Getting some new growth to occur.
 
Sunday, July 21 View Page
607 x 2088 266 OTT 49 DAP plant is in terrible condition due to heat. Just working to encourage new plant growth and get them to the finish line. Maybe this will be the HD winner at a NC weigh off?
 
Sunday, July 21 View Page
250.8 Kent x 308 Kent Her name is Jade. 169 OTT 52 DAP. Nice gains, slow and steady at this point. This is not a graph plant.
 
Sunday, July 21 View Page
308 Kent x open. Her name is Hazel. Nice gain, slow and steady. 141 OTT 36 DAP. This is not a graph plant.
 
Sunday, July 21 View Page
308 Kent x open. Her name is Hazel. Nice gain, slow and steady. 141 OTT 36 DAP. This is not a graph plant.
 

 

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