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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 3 Entries.
Thursday, January 1 View Page
Cover crop on the new patches looks to be doing well so far, granted it was early December 2025 when I finished my first round of amendments and got the cover crop planted. It's a mix of winter wheat and winter rye. Lots of amendments and soil prep needed here. It's been years since anything has been grown here, if ever! Happy New Year!
Friday, January 2 View Page
So, I'm at it again.. Experimenting with my indoor cutting clones. Decided to try and pollinated a giant squash to see if I can keep it going, indoors, on very low nutrition and less than idea conditions. This is the 1844.5 Holub 2016, and I pollinated it with 3 male flowers from my 1885.5 Werner 2019. Yes a hybrid cross, but a fun project!
Tuesday, January 6 View Page
So it's aborting already. This tells me that I need to modify my winter feed to help promote fruit set and growth. I already have a new recipie ready to try on the next one that opens for pollination! :)

 

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