Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 28 Entries. Monday, January 21 View Page Well this is my first year of AG growing so fingers crossed for me and my boys. Many thanks to Jorg Wagler for his seeds which made it here and are now in pots. Thanks for trying to Frank and Fred but just proves yet again sending money in the post isn´t a good idea. The post here is very hit and miss. Having set up two plots at the moment one small and set up dug over with goat manure and preped . ( i hope) The second plot is set to be dug over and fenced in with inn the next couple of weeks but may prove a problem later on as it a mountain plot with a poor access route and limited water. Wednesday, January 30 View Page last november after seeds arrived from jorg i sowed a couple as tests to see how they grew. Due to winter here being very mild one is still growing all be it slow for most of november and December it is now growing faster and looking quite good. (I think) Im still struggeling to upload photos on to here so as soon as i figure out what i am doing wrong i will get them on here Wednesday, January 30 View Page test plant set out in november 2012 Wednesday, January 30 View Page test plant set out in november 2012 Friday, February 15 View Page well two plots are ready now after doing a deal with the mother in law i now have part of her spud patch to grow two in. Friday, February 15 View Page Three plants now going in to see what happens here in Tenerife due to high summer temps i am trying to see if planting out earlier may beat the heat Friday, February 15 View Page Two plants to go into one plot and the other in a smaller plot close by the house Tuesday, February 26 View Page one of jorg´s 907 plants transplanted out in plot one Tuesday, February 26 View Page A Wagler test seed planted out in November 2012. Photo taken on the 26th Feb 2013 Monday, March 4 View Page Well sat at home nothing to do but wait. storm force winds and heavy rain battering the island. The roof of the house is loosing tiles the trees are being uprooted just waiting now until i can get out to see what damage has been done to the plants. Tuesday, March 5 View Page Well the winds have died down to a lovely 50kms per hours. And what can i see? Nothing! all the small plants have completely gone. The test plant with the small kins is now little more than a bare single vine. 6 of the 8 seedlings sown as back up in the garage have also secumbed to the winds due to windows being blown out. The two sets of seeds sent out to uncles in other parts of the island have fared no better so now have to wait to see what is recoverable. Friday, March 8 View Page well have cleared the debris one both of the plots. collected all the parts left over by the wind which are now in intensive care ( cut into short lengths and potted into rooting gel to see if i can get any plants off the shreaded material) The two surviving seedlings don�t look to bad now and are coming around quite quick so may be put into the ground soon. Friday, March 22 View Page Well yesterday and today were good days here. Pollinated two females yesterday both big 5 lobe flowers and two females today one 5 lobe and one 4 lobe. Now just fingers crossed as this plant has been in the ground since the 6th of November last year and is getting bigger by the day now. She was only planted out as a test seed into a smallish patch and has endured all winter here and then the 100mph winds and tropical rain the other week. Thursday, March 28 View Page Well so far so good, now have 5 little kins the size of tennis balls. Three are on the main vine, one at 6 metres out one at 7 and one at 8 metres out. Two more are on a side vine one each. Now just fingers crossed and see which one stays and which end up getting cut off. As this is my first AG�s i will be waiting to see which seem to be growing the best but suspect one on the main will be the one. The one at 7 metres out seems to be growing quicker than the rest and was pollinated last so i will wait a bit and see what happens. Monday, April 1 View Page Well i have my first two little kins of the year fingers crossed that all goes well from now on. Wednesday, April 17 View Page Well the test plant is still growing slowly but growing. It still has two little kins on it 29lbs and 28lbs growing very slowly. The good news is that this years main event plants are in the ground and growning well. In plot one a Wagler 907 which seems to want to grow very fast already 2.5 metres long in less than 3 weeks in the ground. In plot 2 a Wagler 677.7 and a Wagler 929.5 which has proved very interesting as all three plants were transplanted on the same day and although in plot one the plant is now 2.5 metres in length the other two in plot 2 are a lot smaller with the biggest measuring in at 1 metre. Maybe because its a lot higher up the mountain and cooler at nights? Friday, April 19 View Page Well it has been three days of 59 degrees f here or 15 degrees Celcius, cold and wet with light rain for the three days now just waiting for what is coming next. Normally after cool weather with rain we get 30+ degrees C or 86 + degrees f. Oh well thats Tenerife for you one day hot and sunny the next cold and wet. Monday, April 22 View Page well we are still in 35 degrees c or 95 ish for those of you using fahrenheit. The growth has all but stopped on both the small kins. I have covered them with car windscreen sun protectors, not sure if this will help but hope it will limit the heat and sun on the kins. Saturday, April 27 View Page Well been to the patch this morning and did my watering,weeding, fertilizing and measuring. Only to find one of my kins has suffered the same fate as some of my beens and onions last year. MIL virus! Strikes very fast and now down to one kin on the test plant. Waiting to see if the two females one the wagler 907 have taken so will have to spray more and keep my eyes open wide for signs of the MIL virus this time. Sunday, April 28 View Page Well he�s waited since Nov 6th for this so i think he�s happy. It may be very small to those of you who grow these but to myself and my boys its a happy day when we see that we can grow them all be it small. First of the year and fingers crossed the rest this year will all get bigger. Sunday, April 28 View Page Well a few questions to ask the experts if they can help but a lot of smiles here as well. First does anyone know why all the males on my Wagler 907 are as they are without stamens? Other than that im very happy with it and think im not doing too bad. Monday, April 29 View Page Well here we go again two days of 18 degrees c and light rain. At least i don�t have to water. Monday, May 6 View Page Well got home from work today and went straight round to patch one. I�ve been neglecting it for nearly a week due to work commitments. The MIL virus has hit again this time on the second pumpkin on the test plant. At least the MIL virus had the decency to weigh it in for me and let me know that it weighed in at 31 kgs. So i suppose tomorrow will be a trip to see my second pumpkin of the year to get a photo of it. Oh well thank the lords for the Wagler 907 going well and now has 3 little kins on it. waiting for day 10 to see how they have all done. Friday, May 10 View Page Well today is day 10 for one of my Little kins the first two i pollinated didnt take but one on the side took. so i will measure it today. I have one more on the other side and one on the main to check and measure in a couple more days so very happy so far. Fingers crossed my Wagler 907 does Jorg proud. Monday, May 13 View Page Well of the 5 baby kins one has aborted one doesn�t seem to be growing much but the one on the main seems to be going well with a circ of 22 at day 10, one on the side vine is 19,5 circ and another on a side is 19. I have one more on the main that was pollinated this morning at 5 am so fingers crossed now for one or two that look like they want to grow well. Id really like one of 100kgs or more to prove to myself that i can grow them and make my boys happy after all their hard work in the patch. And last but by no means least show Jorg in Germany that his seeds are great even for novice beginners to grow. Wednesday, May 22 View Page It�s been a week since i last got up to the patch due to work. my boy has been up there and hasn�t watered due to light rain every night. Today i find the kin on the main has aborted but a new baby just after it with a note saying pollinated on the 14th by my boy. The kin on the side vine now has an ott of 104 inchs so not looking too bad for my first year at day 21. Wednesday, October 30 View Page dad where did you say the seeds were? Wednesday, October 30 View Page well at least this year proved i could grow them. bring on next year.