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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 41 Entries.
Thursday, April 16 View Page
started 1424.5 werner-985 werner-1026 young-1207 young and our own 851 kochanny
Thursday, April 16 View Page
tilled in the winter rye
Thursday, April 16 View Page
brought another load of oganimix compost down from illinois to missouri. thanks ted krueger from midwest organic recycling
Thursday, April 16 View Page
all tilled up
Thursday, April 16 View Page
built some cold frames out of wood dad had laying around
Thursday, April 16 View Page
6 mil greenhouse plastic
Thursday, April 16 View Page
all steamed up
Thursday, April 16 View Page
wrap on soil heating cables/rti/seaweed
Thursday, April 16 View Page
covered 6 inchs
Thursday, April 16 View Page
cold frame/1424.5 werner(L) 985 werner (R)
Thursday, April 16 View Page
insurance?
Thursday, April 16 View Page
ready set grow!
Thursday, April 16 View Page
851 kochanny(L) 1026 young(M) 1207 young(R) letting them fight it out for now
Thursday, April 16 View Page
all the work is done for now! special thanks go out to don young and i hope we can beat 1244lbs(missouri state record)
Monday, June 29 View Page
1207 young on the left/1424 werner on the right. both were cross pollinated with each other on june 1st and will be taped for ott on july 1st.the patch has really been hard to work on with all the heat here in sw missouri
Sunday, July 5 View Page
1424 werner at day 34 in sw missouri ott???
Sunday, July 5 View Page
1207 x 1424 day 34 in sw missouri ott???
Wednesday, July 8 View Page
self pollinated our own 851 this morning in il. (5 lobe)
Thursday, July 9 View Page
851 kochanny in illinois,rough start due to weather but really picking up steam now
Thursday, July 9 View Page
pollinated 851 kochanny on july 8th perfect 5 lober at 10 feet,the next one at 12 feet will be ready in 4-5 days
Thursday, July 16 View Page
851 kochanny (1248 ford X 1385 jutras) 7 days old.
Thursday, July 16 View Page
culled this 45 pound 251 mudd for a better shaped one in sw missouri
Thursday, July 16 View Page
251 mudd great shape and growing fast
Thursday, July 16 View Page
1207 young X 1424 werner day 40 going to iowa state fair in august
Saturday, July 18 View Page
251 mudd growing fast already 22 inchs long
Monday, July 20 View Page
851 kochanny day 11 30 inchs around
Friday, July 24 View Page
851 kochanny day 16 is 50 cc 34 ss 36 ee for 120 ott
Tuesday, July 28 View Page
851 kochanny day twenty- 75 cc 50ss 50 ee = 175 ott
Wednesday, July 29 View Page
6-28-09
Friday, July 31 View Page
851 kochanny 23 days old 207 ott
Monday, August 3 View Page
851 kochanny day 25 (223 ott)
Friday, August 7 View Page
851 kochanny selfed at day 29 (260 ott) thanks to ted krueger of midwest organics recycling for the organimix compost!
Saturday, August 8 View Page
day 30 269.5 ott doing over 40lbs a day now
Thursday, August 13 View Page
851 kochanny (1248 ford x 1385 jutras) day 35
Tuesday, August 18 View Page
311 ott day 40 635lbs and 34lbs a day now
Tuesday, August 18 View Page
my goal 1,000 lbs
Sunday, October 4 View Page
1st place republic missouri pumpkin daze! 1,062.5 and 8th place watermellon 135lbs
Friday, October 9 View Page
1062.5 on the scale
Friday, October 9 View Page
weigh offs are always fun!
Friday, October 9 View Page
i had a fun year and cant wait till spring. thanks go out to mom & dad,don young,gene mcmullen and ted krueger of midwest organics recycling (organimix compost)
Friday, October 9 View Page
is this the new oklahoma record at 685lbs or is this the former? did pat and okie ever get it settled?

 

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