Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 10 Entries. Tuesday, April 27 View Page Time to start my diary for 2010 as well. My patch is ready so far and the last two weeks I started a couple of seeds. Someone has to test theese crosses...lol: 24 Burghardt 07 (525 Smith x 523 Olsen) 151 Burghardt 08 EST (24 Burghardt x 1003 Marsh) 156 Burghardt 09 EST (981 Zunino x 1180 Daletas) 280 Burghardt 07 EXH (551 Christensen x 691 Edwards) 289 Burghardt 09 EST (1334 Daletas x 1180 Daletas) 318 Burghardt 09 (905 Toftness x 962,6 Pukos) Sunday, May 2 View Page After some rainy days the mustard on main patch is growing now.I sowed it on april 6th. The plan is to mow it down step by step with the growth of my seedlings. Monday, May 10 View Page Yesterday, I planted outside my seedlings. I will go with 5 plants this year but my line-up changed a little bit! My good friend Tom sent me this amazing plant. 416 Niederhofer 08 (919 Richards x 772 Poirier)...I have to give it a try! Thursday, May 13 View Page My final lineup is 151 Burghardt 08 EST (24 Burghardt x 1003 Marsh) 156 Burghardt 09 EST (981 Zunino x 1180 Daletas) 289 Burghardt 09 EST (1334 Daletas x 1180 Daletas) 318 Burghardt 09 (905 Toftness x 962,6 Pukos) 416 Niederhofer 08 UOW (919 Richards x 772 Poirier) Monday, July 5 View Page After a very rainy may and first half of june we have now summer here in bavaria. The plants are small and need some time to recover. Will have some late pollinations here! I mowed down the mustard and began to loose soil around the plants. Every hour in my patch is like holiday for me! This picture was taken on june 24th: Thursday, July 29 View Page Overview over the patch! Many leaves and small pumpkins! Think a have to wait an other year for a new personal best! Friday, October 29 View Page We had a very wet and cold month of august here. Even september was not better. My results do not satisfy me but... I had a great time at bavarian weigh off. I gew my own seeds and was able to compare the plants - very instructive!!!! It was fun like the years before. Friday, October 29 View Page The best two results in 2010: 263 Burghardt 10 grown on 289 Burghardt 09 (1334 Daletas x 1180 Daletas) Saturday, November 6 View Page 292 Burghardt 10 EST grown on 156 Burghardt 09 (981 Zunino x 1180 Daletas) Sunday, November 7 View Page Last entry for this year. It was great growing my own crosses, even if they did not get that big as I supposed. Unbelievable, that I have to wait an other year to beat my 627lbs from 2007, but I will be back next season for sure. Have a nice wintertime!