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Thursday, August 15, 2024
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Little Ketchup
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Grittyville, WA
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Some pollinations today and tomorrow for some porch kins/ genetics.
What's the goal here? Well... maybe breed some undesirable traits out of the squash lines? Maybe leave in the good traits, like the long fruit stems aka pedicel. Technically speaking... ugh.
The early June seed start/ early July plant-out date seems like it will be good for getting a tomato to an October weigh off.
Was also thinking that if only 1 in 10 plants is a standout plant then I should plan on culling about 1 in 10 and let the best ones remain. I have plants that would be happy with 4 to 6 ft spacing. An initial spacing of 18" would be tight but after culling 1 in 10 then the remaining plants would have an average/approximate spacing of 4.75 ft x 4.75 ft (Math based on 2 dimensional surface/ a plane/ a grid... not a line.)
This would be alright.
It would work great to have the best lineage from the previous year to use as a pollinator? A big overwintered plant that could just crank out blossoms for pollen??
This is me brainstorming.
I wouldnt want to overwinter any diseases or pests. Might have to plant this big ugly overwintered plant in a different part of the garden.
Its possible to overthink things. Gotta stretch my old brain out though, occasionally.
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