Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 32 Entries. Sunday, March 17 View Page we are anxious for the season to start. Cant wait to put every thing we learned in Las vegas and at the OVGPG seminar to use. So we are starting our diary a little early. This is our line up for 2013. 1623.5 wallace 1775 starr 1770 lieber 1676.5 daletas 1725 harp 1730.5 werner 1807.5 stelts 1608.5 brady 1596 werner 1592 platte 1495 stelts 688 brady this one. i think has a lot of potential. we lost it and the pollinater plant early. so i have to give it a chance. the cross is 1807 stelts x 1818 bryson. Saturday, April 20 View Page We can only germinate 11 plants at a time. Here is what we have so far. Closest is 1608 Brady x 2,then 1770 Lieber and 1623 Wallace, 1676 Daletas and 1775 Starr, 1807 Stelts x 2 and 1730 Werner x 2, and in the back under that light is our 1725 Harp that didnt look very good at first but is looking better now. In the germination chamber we have, 1592 Platte x 3,1596 Werner x 2, 1495 Stelts, 688 Brady x 3, 1419 Brady, and 1324 Brady and they should be up in a day or two. Saturday, April 20 View Page another view Saturday, April 20 View Page and another view Tuesday, April 23 View Page 1770 lieber 5 days after coming up. Saturday, April 27 View Page All plants have been transplanted to the patch Tuesday, May 21 View Page most ammendments have been added and hoops on for 2 weeks now. soil temp 6-8 deep was 70 degrees, but it might not stay that way because the temps outside have only been in the 50's the last 2 days. winter rye is about 3 inches high. will add the rest of the ammendments just before we remove the hoops and till the rye under at the end of may. Tuesday, May 21 View Page entry for ammendments added should be april 21 not may 21. Thursday, June 6 View Page Could this be disease or nutrient deficiency Thursday, June 6 View Page It starts out like this. Thursday, June 6 View Page and then slowly gets worse. It started over memorial day weekend. At first I thought it was due to cold weather, but warmer weather didn't change it. Then I sprayed it with Epsom salt and that didn't help either. any opinions would be greatly appreciated Thursday, June 6 View Page In the previous picture the brown on the leaves is from frost damage. Wednesday, June 26 View Page 1419 Brady, pollinated a 6 lobe this morning with 1495 Stelts Wednesday, June 26 View Page 1495 Stelts, pollinated 5 lobe with 1623 Wallace on 6/22 Wednesday, June 26 View Page 1592 Platte ,pumpkin is at 10 feet, hoping for one a little further out, but pollinated a 5 lobe with 1725 Harp on 6/24 Wednesday, June 26 View Page 1596 Werner, pollinated a 5 lobe with 1807 Stelts on 6/23 Wednesday, June 26 View Page 1608 Brady, pollinated a 5 lobe with 1807 Stelts on 6/22 Wednesday, June 26 View Page 1623 Wallace, pollinated a perfect 6 lobe, 20 ft. out on 6/25 by self Wednesday, June 26 View Page 1676 Daletas, not pollinated yet, We have 4 plants in new spots that are way behind the plants in the main patch and unfortunately this is one of them. The other 3 are the 1775 Starr, 1770 Lieber, and 1730 Werner. Waiting for results from tissue test and hopefully we can fix it. Wednesday, June 26 View Page 1725 Harp, pollinated a 4 lobe with 1495 Stelts on 6/23 Wednesday, June 26 View Page 1770 Lieber, not pollinated yet Wednesday, June 26 View Page 1775 Starr, not pollinated yet Wednesday, June 26 View Page 1730 Werner, forgot to take picture but pollinated a 5 lobe this morning with 1807 Stelts. Wednesday, June 26 View Page 1807 Stelts, pollinated a 4 lobe with 1623 Wallace on 6/20 Wednesday, June 26 View Page 1807 from top of garage. The plant is almost 33 ft. wide Wednesday, June 26 View Page from top left is 1725 Harp, 1419 Brady, 1596 Werner, and 1495 stelts Wednesday, June 26 View Page 1592 Platte Wednesday, June 26 View Page Left side from bottom up is the 1623 Wallace, 1608 Brady, 1807 Stelts, right side is 1495 Stelts and the tip of the 1596 Werner Wednesday, June 26 View Page Sorry, on that last pic should have been on left from bottom up is 1419, 1623, 1608 1807. Monday, July 8 View Page what is this? my guess is phytophthora on 1495 stelts Monday, July 8 View Page 1608 brady Monday, July 8 View Page 1623 Wallace my guess is yellow vine disease. did a soil drench for disease 1 week ago and lost 3 plants since. if this keeps up we might be growing mustard.