Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 165 Entries. Saturday, January 3 View Page Happy New Year and good luck to all in 2009!!! Saturday, February 7 View Page Here is shot of the home patch. Still covered in snow, but we are currently sitting at 47.84 F, so it is in the process of melting. We are supposed to keep temps like this until middle of the week. The forecast is (of course) to get colder again, but, maybe we can get rid of all the snow at least. Saturday, February 7 View Page I filed and began a soak to do a germination test on the 353, 402, and the 661 on 2/5/2009. They soaked in 10% hydrogen peroxide for 16 hours and were then moved to damp paper towels in the 85F germination box. These are the 353s, going full steam ahead. No a bad result for less than 48 hours. 2/3 661s are peeking out, and 1/3 402 is too, but I will wait until all 3 of each are out before pictures. Saturday, February 7 View Page So the need for more sunlight at my home patch continues. The low and easy stuff was removed last year. Now the tricky stuff (unless I pay someone else to do it). I am on a budget, so I will be attempting it myself. The red lines are where I hope to cut the limbs (not the cable line if course...good eye) The yellow area is what should be branch free to let the light in, and the green dot is there for some height perspective....it is 23 ft. of the ground. So my branches are at a range of 23-35 feet high. It will cost approx $150-200 for a service to come in and trim. That is too much for my 2009 budget. New babies are not cheap, lol. I will be building a rope ladder out of 2x4s, washers, and 200' of rope. Ignore the little voice of reason, lol. Saturday, February 7 View Page Ok, all 3 661s are out and about. So far so good. I sent 330 of these to the Kirk for the GVGO seed packs. I also sent out 15 more bubbles for other grower requests. Hopefully they will see some decent dirt and perform well. Sunday, February 8 View Page Still in decent time, the 402s are all out of the shell. So all the harvested seeds from 2008 are good to go. These seed test are doing nothing to keep me patient for the upcoming season. Looks like 2/3 are club roots. Interesting. Thursday, February 26 View Page Got up to 43 degrees today. A couple hours after this picture, all the snow was gone. Supposed to drop back below freezing on the weekend. Thursday, February 26 View Page This year I am purchasing the following supplies/ammendments for Alpha and Beta patch. Savio and I will have a large farm patch, but we are still working out what to buy for it. - 2 gallons of Neptunes Harvest fish/seaweed - 1 heating cable (for alpha only) - 5# of mycorrhizal fungi (RTI) - 1 50# bag of kelp meal - 1 50# of sulphate of potash - 250# of gypsum - 1 gallon pf liquid potassium carbonate - 1 gallon of molasses - 12 yards of 2 year old composted cow manure - maybe a little N in the form of urea or something - 1 20# bag of granular imidacloprid (for beta) - mustard seed for cover crop I will also have top buy a few more parts from dripworksusa and alo will be looking into a large water tank. Other than that, we should be set. Wednesday, March 4 View Page GOT MYCORRHIZA??? The GVGO does!!! Phil, you will be happy to know that all of the 250 lbs has arrived safely. I also have 3 boxes of heating cables. LESS THAN 2 MONTHS TO PLANTING...I CAN'T WAIT!!!! Wednesday, March 4 View Page I have been doing some research regarding a cover crop....to be more specific, a spring starting cover crop. I need for it to go fairly deep, break up some compaction, and unlock some nutrient trapped in the clay. Most crops that go down deep, need a longer period of time to become established (1-2 years) but I don't have that kind of time, and at home I have nowhere else to rotate to. 1. White mustard is one of the fastest growing green manures 2. Mustards flower from 3-5 weeks after sowing 3. Mustard taproots extend to depths of 1-3 ft 4. Biofumigant (helps prevent some diseases/pests/weeds) 5. Increase infiltration rates and soil OM 6. Withstand temperatures into the low 20s°F (-6 C) 7. Reduce the N needs for next crop (high Nitrogen content) 8. Seed will germinate at a soil temperature as low as 40°F Now, I had alot of trouble finding White Mustard seeds. I then realized, these are the seeds used for pickling. I found them at the bulk barn for $0.42/KG which is dirt cheap. Now, whether or not they will germinate and grow....I don't know. I do know however that I put 4 seeds in each of 3 peat pellets (in my germination chamber) to see what happens. Hopefully this will work, and that is another issue solved. I hope to get this crop planted by mid to late March, depending on how cold it stays...to till down by May 1 or so. The forecast for the next 5 days calls for 40-50 during the days, so this will help warm/dry the soil. Thursday, March 5 View Page I also started 5 pellets worth of Giant Flatpole Cabbage. Thanks to Lonnie Bourne for the seeds. I am interested to see how these do. Monday, March 16 View Page Started all my vegetables today. 6 of each of the following varieties: red sweet bell pepper orange sweet bell pepper yellow sweet bell pepper green bell pepper long red sweet red peppers jalapenos habaneros anaheim chilis cucumbers romas beefstakes sweet hybrid tomatoes I have more pepper seed coming soon in mail to from New Mexico State University Chile Pepper Institute. They are 1. bhuut jolokia 2. twilight 3. halloween 4. black cuban 5. mirasol They will be planted asap. The remainder, romaine lettuce, mesclun mix, carrots, radishes, and herbs will be directly sown around the start of june. Monday, March 16 View Page I also transplanted my cabbage into pots. I have 4 giant flatpole cabbage. Monday, March 16 View Page Here is a closeup of one of the cabbages. Thursday, March 19 View Page Ok, so I am adding a second part to my germination tutorial. The second part will cover from emergence of the tap root from the seed to first true leaf. I filed 4 seeds on Saturday March 14th at 4pm. I let them soak until 7am on Sunday March 15th. They sat in the germination box until Tuesday at 4:00pm (too long, kinda forgot). The tap roots were all out. I picked the best two and put in cups. At 11 pm on Wednesday March 18, they are up. Tuesday, March 24 View Page Alright. Here are the 2 seeds I filed 10 days ago on the 14th of March. Looking nice and stocky. The would be ready to go into the ground if they were not test seedlings. Tuesday, March 24 View Page Here are my flatpole cabbage on day 19. Looking good, but will include a bit of fish emulsion next watering. Thursday, March 26 View Page Well the home patch (Alpha) will not be used for pumpkins this year....or maybe for a while. Gonna still grow LGs and a giant watermelon, plus lots of bell peppers, tomatoes, and 8 or 9 varieties of hot peppers including Bhut Jolokias (naga morich). I am still growing at Beta (my grandmothers house). Sav Spada and I will also be growing at a friend of mines place. He runs a lawn care company and grows pumpkins for Halloween. He has 12 acres which is divided into 3. The spot where we will be growing has not been used for pumpkins in 2 years (soy and corn)...so there should be less disease pressure. We will call this The Farm....what a great name. Here is the are we get. It is approximately 30' x 500'. We get from the drainage ditch on the left to the grass on the right, and all the way down to the road in the background. Thursday, March 26 View Page I want to thank Mike for letting us grow at his farm. I also want to thank him for buying all the manure we need, as well as allowing us to use whatever equipment we need. What equipment you ask? A 500 gallon water tank and a trailer to move it around and fill it. This will allow us to let the chlorine gas off and also to let the water warm up. Thursday, March 26 View Page A water pump so we can feed all the hoses to all plants basically at once. The field has a bunch of clay so we won't need to water as much as some do. There are drainage tiles throughout so the field does drain, but it still holds the water a bit too. I need to get all of the fittings setup to water the plants from the 1 1/2" line from this tank. Thursday, March 26 View Page A disk plow... Thursday, March 26 View Page ...a chisel plow... Thursday, March 26 View Page ...a furrow plow... Thursday, March 26 View Page ...a sprayer... Thursday, March 26 View Page ...and a tractor to pull them all. Thursday, March 26 View Page There is also a bobcat to help spread the manure and such. Thursday, March 26 View Page I bought a bale of Promix BX today. Cost was $25. Not too bad. This is getting exciting...can't wait. Plants will be in the ground in less than 5 weeks. I wonder what my lineup is going to be...I will post in another day or so. Thursday, March 26 View Page Here is my FINAL lineup at Beta. Thursday, March 26 View Page Here is our FINAL lineup at the farm. Thursday, March 26 View Page Here are a few extras which will only be used for pollen and some smaller fruit for sale in the fall at the farm. Sunday, April 5 View Page I have all the pieces glued and cut for the 12 hoop houses I need this year. They are 4' wide, 6' long, and 3' tall. The shorter pieces are the spines. In the background you can see some of the materials I picked up at the GVGO growers spring seminar on Saturday. I got (in this pic anyway): 9 50# bags of pelletized gypsum 2 50# bags of sulfate of potash Sunday, April 5 View Page I also brought some additional materials home (and got a few from other places) for this season: 2L of pHortress 1G of potassium carbonate 10# of mycorrhizal fungi 5# of Caliente 119 mustard cover 1L of humic acid 1G of neptunes harvest fish 1G of neptunes harvest seaweed 1G of molasses And actually in the far right of the previous entry... 1 50# bag if kelp meal Monday, April 6 View Page Here is a picture of my giant flatpole cabbage. They are 1 month old. Monday, April 6 View Page Well, after 3 weeks, my first 2 bhut jolokia have sprouted. I was getting worries there for a second. Thursday, April 9 View Page Here is my soil test. A bigger version so the numbers are easier to see. I like the looks so far. Not perfect, but with a few amendments, the soil won't be what stops me from hitting 1K... Thursday, April 23 View Page Here is the Garden Grow dechlorinator I bought. Says it will remove between 85-90% of the chlorine in the water. Will do 25,000 gallons. Seems like a good thing, but in case it doesn't work completely, I also bought.... Thursday, April 23 View Page ...3 of these tanks. Actually, I didn't buy them at all. I had 3 of these given to me. I asked a supply shop in town whether or not they would sell me a couple, they said no...but they would give me a few for free. Sweet deal. They are 1000L each. I will be putting one at each of my three sites. Wait, 3 sites? Yup, a third location has been added, but due to deer pressure, I won't talk to much about it. It will be a sleeper. Thursday, April 23 View Page My cabbages are doing pretty well I think. This is the biggest one. Thursday, April 23 View Page Here are all of my cabbages. All of these as well as my Bhut Jolokias have been moved outside into the big greenhouse. Thursday, April 23 View Page Here are a few of the Bhut Jolokias. Thursday, April 23 View Page 3 watermelons have been moved out into the greenhouse outside too. There are: 2 - 131 Veader 1 - 140 Vincent Thursday, April 23 View Page Here is a shot into the greenhouse. Notice there is a pumpkin seedling far back on the right in a blue bucket. Hmmmm.....what could it be? Sunday, May 3 View Page So, the rain has definitely been plentiful this season. There has never been more than 5 days between rains from the 1st of April to the middle of May. So almost 4" in April. Sunday, May 3 View Page Due to the above average rains, I have decided to remove the soil from the stump areas at Beta patch to ensure I can get something in the ground before its too late... The area is roughly 8' x 8' and I took the soil out about 10" down. I then pitchforked the bottom layer to help dry. Sunday, May 3 View Page While the soil I removed from the stump areas dries, I begin my seeds. I know the farm hasn't been touched yet, but I can wait no longer on getting the plants going. I am already 2 weeks behind... I have started the following: 402 Rivington x 3 661 Rivington x 3 1134 Landry x 1 1378.5 Pitura x 1 1156 Hunt x 2 1142 Van Kooten x 1 1161 Rodonis x 1 549 Wells x 1 824 Brunst x 1 991 Johnson x 1 Monday, May 4 View Page I have now stilled the previously pitchforked earth and removed. I will not pitchfork the new bottom. We are now at 18" or so down. Tuesday, May 5 View Page In my last post, I said I will not pitchfork...I meant, I will now pitchfork. Here you see the bottom layer removed again, and the new bottom (3rd new one) pitchforked. I have added a layer of manure to dry on the final bottom which is about 24" down. Once it dries completely I will till and start backfilling adding manure and amendments in layers. Thursday, May 7 View Page Amendments added to each of the 2 8'x8' areas around the stumps at Beta are as follows: 1/2 yard cow manure 60 lbs of sheep manure 25 lbs of peat moss 1 lbs of bone meal 5 lbs of kelp meal All was mixed in layers. Then I put the heating cable in using the Chenier Twist. Thursday, May 7 View Page Hard to see but there is a 1' mound, kinda like a fresh tomb. The greenhouse will fit right over this. I have a total of 24"+ of loose soil under the plant. Monday, May 11 View Page Greenhouses and 250 watt heating lamps in place. Monday, May 11 View Page 1156 Hunt and backup (402 Rivington) in the ground. Finally!!!! 10 days later than I would have liked. Monday, May 11 View Page The 1142 Van Kooten in the ground. Also 10 days late. I think the heating cables will make up for this delay though. No cables at the farm though, it will be interesting to see what happens there... My backup for this plant will be my 661 squash from last year. Monday, May 11 View Page A full patch shot of Beta. Both plants here 1156 and 1142 are on day 7 since emerging from their shells. Tuesday, May 19 View Page Well, I have a load of manure coming in 2 days so I figured I better cut the weeds down to prepare. It will also help dry the patch a bit more by letting the sun get down to the dirt. Tuesday, May 19 View Page Here is what the patch looked like before the trimming. Tuesday, May 19 View Page The plants at Beta patch are now on Day 15. Here is the 1156 Hunt. Tuesday, May 19 View Page My 402 (the 1156 Hunt's backup) on day 15. Tuesday, May 19 View Page ...and the 1142 Van Kooten on day 15. The backup for it isn't in yet, but it will be one of my 661s. Thursday, May 21 View Page Here is the manure. 5 yards of composted cow. Very nice looking. Time to start shoveling. Thursday, May 21 View Page Alright, the manure is out in the patch. Thursday, May 21 View Page ...and spread!! Saturday, May 23 View Page Worked on my (and my buddy Wally's) vegetable garden today. It is the old patch at my house. Lots of weeds at this point. Saturday, May 23 View Page Everything grows big here. These dandelions were almost 3' tall. Saturday, May 23 View Page My buddy Wally completing the tilling for the veggie patch. Wednesday, May 27 View Page Ok, an attempt was made to plant at the farm, but it seems that the ground is just too hard there to give the AGs what they need to grow big. My apologies go out to Mike who was allowing me to grow there, but I didn't want to have both of us work alot for little results. In the interest of giants, I have decided to deal with the deer in La Salle and grow behind my parents house. The soil is very sandy and will thus drain well. I didn't add any manure here due to time (and money) constraints, but I did add (over the total area of 2500 square feet): - 500 lbs of gypsum - 50 lbs of sulfate of potash - 50 lbs of kelp meal - 8 lbs of bonemeal Here you see 3/4 tilled and prepped. I will grow 3 big ones in the first three spots (you can see the plants) and in the last section, I will grow 2 pollinators. My buddy Wally may grow one of the pollinators because he may be hooked on the giants. Wednesday, May 27 View Page Here is my 402 Rivington. Wednesday, May 27 View Page The 1134 Landry. Wednesday, May 27 View Page ...and my 661 Rivington squash. Wednesday, May 27 View Page I also planted a 549 Wells* and a 991 Johnson as pollinators. The 549 is another line with no 900 Lyons in it. The 991 Johnson is a 998 Pukos crossed with the 505 Williton. The 505 Williton is the 1068 Wallace x 1446 Eaton. So for a pollinator, the 991 is not too bad. 998, 1068 and 1446 very recently bread into its genetics. I will use this and the 1156 Hunt to pretty much pollinate everything this year. Wednesday, May 27 View Page I also managed to get Beta patch completely tilled today. That takes care of Beta for a while. Monday, June 1 View Page Since getting my 3 1000L water tanks, I have been trying to figure out how best to feed the water to sprinklers. Here is what I have come up with. I bought a 2.6 HP water pump with a 1.5" inlet/outlet. It can pump 70 GPM, so it should be able to empty the 250 gallon tank in fairly short order if necessary. I have set it up so the pump pulls from the butterfly valve at the bottom of the tanks. The water then circulates through the manifold and back into the tank. This is when all 6 hose connections are closed. Once I hook a few hoses up, I start to close the valve (with the red handle) and the pressure increases in the manifold, sending the water out the hoses instead of back to the tank. I have tested it with a few hoses and it seems to work well. Once I get actual sprinklers hooked up, I will post an update on my diary. Tuesday, June 2 View Page Day 30 (well 29, but close enough) for the 1156. Here you can see the double vine. Tuesday, June 2 View Page The backup for the 1156, my 402 Rivington, on the ground and running. If the 1156 doesn't fix itself, I will be very glad to grow this guy....I may grow it anyhow, lol. Tuesday, June 2 View Page The 1142 Van Kooten trucking right through the backup (661). It seems to be growing very well too. This one will be one to watch out for. Monday, June 15 View Page 1142 Van Kooten on day 43. Monday, June 15 View Page My 402 Rivington at day 43. I chose to keep this one over the 1156 because it was growing so well, and I really wanted to grow one of my own. Sorry Phil. Monday, June 15 View Page So the initial irrigation system didn't work due to my selection in pumps. Oh well, you live and learn. At least no sal is ever final at Princess Auto. I bought this Burke pump (not the Princess Auto cheap China stuff) instead. It is 3/4 hp and will feed around 12 sprinklers. It has a 1.25" in/out and I have rigged it up so it is at the bottom of the tank. My same manifold works, and I have tested it with 6 sprinklers and it can ffed them as much as they can handle and still keep the line at 60 psi. Great deal. Tuesday, June 16 View Page Did a drench of the whole patch with 1000L of water and 60 grams of Actinovate. It is a 100% soluble biological fungicide for control of damping off and root rot fungi such as Pythium, Rhizoctonia, Fusarium, Phytophthora, Verticillium and others. Actinovate® SP can also increase plant size, vigor and root mass. Actinovate® Sp is also labeled as a spray application for foliar diseases such as powdery and downy mildew, Botrytis, Alternaria and others. From here on, I will spray 60 grams from my overhead sprinklers to maintain the colonies. Monday, June 22 View Page The 402 Rivington on day 50. Monday, June 22 View Page The 1142 on day 50. Monday, June 22 View Page Sprayed my top secret organic and completely natural pest control solution today. I use 7.5 ml of the concoction per gallon. I sprayed 2 gallons. Monday, June 29 View Page The 402 3 days short of 2 months from filing and soaking. The main vine is now 15 feet long. Monday, June 29 View Page The 1142 3 days short of 2 months from filing and soaking. The main here is 14.5' long. Monday, June 29 View Page A full patch shot. Most weeding is under control. You can see the 3 whiz heads I have at this location. Both plants here are doing great, but the other site is a different story. I have basically given up growing at the other site, due to both lack of growth and zero extra time. The lack of growth can be contributed to adding no manure this year (last minute decision to grow there) along with the soil being mostly sand. Nothing to help the plants grow. I will check in a few days, but only one plant is showing enough growth to worry about. The rest seem to be frozen in place. Tuesday, June 30 View Page The first pollination of 2009. Just made it before the start of July. There will of course be more, but at least I am in the right time range. This one is at 13' on the main of my 402 Rivington. It is a 4 lobe and was pollinated with the 1142 Van Kooten. I have 2 more opening in the next week on my 402 at 15 and 16.5 feet, as well as 1 opening on the 1142 Van Kooten at 14'. There have been alot on side vines, but I am only pollinating kins on the mains. Saturday, July 4 View Page 1142 #1 - 12' - 5 lobe - x 402 Rivington Monday, July 6 View Page Sprayed my top secret organic and completely natural pest control solution today. I use 7.5 ml of the concoction per gallon. I sprayed 2 gallons. Monday, July 6 View Page Did a spray today with my organic fungicidal concoction. Completey safe to use. Sprayed 20 ml per gallon and put 2 gallons down on the plants. Monday, July 6 View Page 402 #1 - 14' - 4.5 lobe - x 1142 Van Kooten. Tuesday, July 7 View Page 402 #3 - 15' - Second deformed 4.5 lobe - x 1142 Van Kooten. This one and the 402 #2 (pollinated yesterday) were both deformed, but #2 was deformed less. I will try to keep it. Friday, July 10 View Page Overhead shot of the 402. Friday, July 10 View Page Overhead shot of the 1142. Friday, July 10 View Page Got the results back from my tissue test. I have a bad deficiency of Ca and Mn. Mn was likely to be as the soil test showed the same thing. The Ca however, shouldn't have been a problem as the soil test showed no lack of Ca. Something is tying it up. There is a slight K deficiency too, but everything else looks fine. I will be spraying a very diluted solution Potassium Carbonate to bring up to normal levels. I don't want to feed too much K yet, but I want to have enough. Also, Calcimax/Humic acid sprays and drenches will add to my available Ca and I have already done one spray with Manganese Sulfate. I will do two more MnS sprays before the season is up. Sunday, July 12 View Page 402 #4 - 17' - 5 lobe - x SELF. Sunday, July 12 View Page 6 tbsp of calcimax in 2 gallons of water with my backpack sprayer. Will do this weekly on Sunday nights. Monday, July 13 View Page 1142 #2 - 17' - 5 lobe - x 402 Rivington. This will be my keeper on the 1142 most likely. Monday, July 13 View Page Sprayed Manganese Sulphate to address a deficiency in my tissue test results (and soil). Sprayed 2 gallons of water with 115 grams of product. Friday, July 17 View Page Sprayed 2 plants with 6 tbsp of CalciMax and 3 gallons of water. Saturday, July 18 View Page Sprayed my top secret organic and completely natural pest control solution today. Saturday, July 18 View Page I culled this 70 pounder off my 402. It was at 12 feet. My keeper is further out. I liked that this one didn't have a tiling blossom, but the other one was much further out and had a great position. Saturday, July 18 View Page This is the keeper on my 402. It was 22" on day 10. Not great, but good enough for day 10. Sunday, July 19 View Page Fertilized today with 3 gallons of water, containing: 2 tsp per gallon of Potassium Carbonate 6 tbsp per gallon of CalciMax 3 tbsp per gallon of humic acid 3 oz per gallon of neptunes harvest kelp Monday, July 20 View Page This is the cull from my 402. I wanted to see how thick it was around the blossom area. Looks pretty good to me!! Tuesday, July 21 View Page 100 gallons of water this morning. Friday, July 24 View Page Sprayed 3 gallons of water with: 6 tsp of potassium carbonate 6 tbsp of kelp Saturday, July 25 View Page Fertilized today with 2 gallons of water, containing: 6 tbsp CalciMax 6 tbsp humic acid 6 tbsp neptunes harvest kelp Sunday, July 26 View Page Sprayed my organic fungicide. Monday, July 27 View Page Sprayed organic pest control. Tuesday, July 28 View Page 100 gallons of water this morning. Friday, July 31 View Page Fertilized tonight. 3 gallons of water with: 18 tbsp of CalciMax 9 tbsp of humic acid 12 tbsp of Neptunes Harvest fish 12 tbsp of Neptunes Harvest kelp Friday, July 31 View Page Month end patch update. Things are growing well. The plants have pretty much filled up the spaces given to them. The 402 Rivington is slightly bigger than the 1142 Van Kooten (plant wise). Friday, July 31 View Page My 402 Rivington. Friday, July 31 View Page Another of my 402. Friday, July 31 View Page The 1142 Van Kooten. Friday, July 31 View Page Another of the 1142. Friday, July 31 View Page The 1142 at month end. This is day 27. The measurements are as follows. CC = 101" SS = 66" EE = 66" OTT = 233" for an estimated weight of 275.3 lbs. The 5 day average is 25.6 pounds. 10 day average is 21.7. Best day is 30.7 lbs. Friday, July 31 View Page Front shot of the 1142. Friday, July 31 View Page The 402 at month end. This one will be very orange, where as the 1142 is still almost completely white, so will likely end light yellow. This is day 25. The measurements are as follows. CC = 86" SS = 60" EE = 58" OTT = 204" for an estimated weight of 189.1 lbs. The 5 day average is 20.0 pounds. 10 day average is 16.2. Best day is 20.7 lbs. Friday, July 31 View Page Front shot of the 402. Saturday, August 1 View Page 225 gallons. Sunday, August 2 View Page 125 gallons. Monday, August 3 View Page 125 gallons. Monday, August 3 View Page Sprayed organic pest control. Monday, August 3 View Page Sprayed organic disease control. Tuesday, August 4 View Page 125 gallons. Wednesday, August 5 View Page 200 gallons. Thursday, August 6 View Page 200 gallons. Thursday, August 6 View Page Fertilized tonight. 3 gallons of water with: 6 tbsp - CalciMax 9 tbsp - Humic Acid 24 tbsp - Neptunes Harvest - Kelp 6 tsp - Potassium Carbonate Friday, August 7 View Page 200 gallons. Friday, August 7 View Page Weekly Update: 1142 Van Kooten This is day 34. The measurements are as follows. CC = 121" SS = 79" EE = 79" OTT = 279" for an estimated weight of 462.6 lbs. The 5 day average is 26.2 pounds. 10 day average is 25.9. Friday, August 7 View Page Weekly Update: 402 Rivington This is day 32. The measurements are as follows. CC = 108" SS = 74" EE = 71" OTT = 253" for an estimated weight of 348.6 lbs. The 5 day average is 22.9 pounds. 10 day average is 22. Friday, August 7 View Page Sprayed 3 gallons of water today with 18 tbsp of Neptunes Harvest Fish. I then watered off the leaves and to the roots with 200 gallons of water. Easy way for a drench. Tuesday, August 11 View Page Sprayed for pests tonight. Tuesday, August 11 View Page Sprayed for diseases tonight. We have gotten almost 2" of rain in the last 3 days, so this is an important spray. Also 2 days of 33+ (90+) degrees....also VERY humid. Thursday, August 13 View Page 200 gallons. Friday, August 14 View Page 300 gallons. Friday, August 14 View Page Weekly Update: 1142 Van Kooten. This is day 41. The measurements are as follows. CC = 136" SS = 86.5" EE = 87" OTT = 309.5" for an estimated weight of 626.2 lbs. The 5 day average is 24.0 pounds. 10 day average is 23.9 pounds. Friday, August 14 View Page Side shot of the 1142. Friday, August 14 View Page Full plant shot of the 1142. The fruit put on 166 lbs in the last 7 days. Friday, August 14 View Page Weekly Update: 402 Rivington This is day 39. The measurements are as follows. CC = 123.5" SS = 85" EE = 79.5" OTT = 288" for an estimated weight of 507.3 lbs. The 5 day average is 23.2 pounds. 10 day average is 22.7. Friday, August 14 View Page Full plant shot of the 402. The fruit put on 160.3 lbs in the last 7 days. Less than 7 pounds slower than the 1142 Van Kooten. Friday, August 14 View Page 402 from the roof. Friday, August 14 View Page 1142 from the roof. Friday, August 14 View Page Sprayed a total of 7 gallons of fertilizer containing: - 3 tbsp of humic acid per gallon - 3 tsp of potassium carbonate per gallon - 8 tbsp of Neptunes Harvest kelp per gallon - 2 tbsp of CalciMax per gallon Saturday, August 15 View Page 250 gallons. Sunday, August 16 View Page 250 gallons. Monday, August 17 View Page 125 gallons. Monday, August 17 View Page Sprayed organic pest control. Monday, August 17 View Page Sprayed organic disease control. Wednesday, August 19 View Page Did a drench of the whole patch with 1000L of water and 60 grams of Actinovate. Wednesday, August 19 View Page Sprayed another application of manganese sulfate. 3 gallons of water in sprayer with 115 grams of product. Wednesday, August 19 View Page Actually MN was sprayed on Tuesday August 18. 225 gallons. Thursday, August 20 View Page 200 gallons. Friday, August 21 View Page Fertilized via overhead sprinklers with 100 gallons of water and... - 100 ml of k carbonate - 125 ml of fish - 125 ml of kelp - 125 ml of calcimax Friday, August 21 View Page Weekly Update: 1142 Van Kooten This is day 48. The measurements are as follows. CC = 146.5" SS = 91.5" EE = 91.4" OTT = 329" for an estimated weight of 752.1 lbs. The 5 day average is 16.8 pounds. 10 day average is 19.4. Somewhat disappointing. We had 4 days of 10 lbs days, from the normal 25 or so... I have looked into it and am beginning to increase the amount of K that I am fertilizing with. So far (since this report is actually being entered on the 24th) the K has made the 4 day stretch of 10-11 lbs change back to 2 days in a row of 20+. I hope that trend continues a little longer. Friday, August 21 View Page Weekly Update: 402 Rivington This is day 46. The measurements are as follows. CC = 133.5" SS = 91.5" EE = 84" OTT = 309" for an estimated weight of 623.2 lbs. The 5 day average is 15.8 pounds. 10 day average is 18. Slowed just like the 1142, same fertilizing has taken place and it growth has improved. Friday, August 21 View Page The patch. Monday, August 31 View Page Fertilized via overhead sprinklers with 100 gallons of water and... - 100 ml of k carbonate - 125 ml of fish - 125 ml of kelp - 125 ml of calcimax Monday, August 31 View Page 200 gallons. Tuesday, September 1 View Page Pest control. Tuesday, September 1 View Page Disease control. Wednesday, September 2 View Page 200 gallons. Wednesday, September 2 View Page Growth has slowed with very cool nights. Currently sitting at 352.5" OTT. 918.6 lbs. est. Wednesday, September 2 View Page Growth has slowed with very cool nights. Currently sitting at 334.5" OTT. 786.5 lbs. est. Sunday, September 6 View Page 200 gallons.