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Sunday, January 19 View Page here's the 509 saxton 13's (1789 x 1799.5), the seedlings put in dirt, dec 28th, mains approx 13 inches, this is my graft experiment fer this winter, don't know if graft is viable fer fruit growth,, but hoping it will assist in plant growth, time will tell   Sunday, January 19 View Page made the cut and grafted, thanks, don, fer the idea using the lil grafting tool, lol, been keeping temps between 68 at nite, to 79 thru the day, will keep updates coming if I don't kill the plant,, best to all during the new growing season,, and git r dun   Saturday, February 1 View Page both grafts failed,, so starting over with a different method   Sunday, February 9 View Page ok,, folks.. the next pic thats about to come up,, is not for the fainthearted,, newest addition to my man cave   Sunday, February 9 View Page i gotta say,, this fits the mancave,, lmao   Sunday, February 9 View Page the fish hook throne seat is so cool, cool,, lol,,   Saturday, February 22 View Page weather has been very nice,, before tilling   Saturday, February 22 View Page after,, went down about 10 inches   Saturday, February 22 View Page another view,, looking to the north,, soil looks great   Saturday, February 22 View Page been a very nice day here.. got a big project knocked out ,, lol   Sunday, March 2 View Page well it was time to up pot some mater plants.. the 3.12 marley. 2.98 saxton, some megamarv's and brutus',, also started some 5.58 timm's and 5.80 osmala's, got them in the germ chamber today   Sunday, March 9 View Page the carolina reaper peppers.. 10 weeks old this weekend,, starting to look good   Thursday, March 20 View Page well good news is garlics,, coming up great,, bad news is the carolina pepper plants are losing thier leaves,, going to add some fish/ kelp.. see if i can bring them back   Monday, March 24 View Page uh oh.. guess what???????   Sunday, April 6 View Page here's my willow tea brew. got 1 quart,, thats going to get season started   Sunday, April 6 View Page here's our test hoop. and the 150 sq foot contest area,, 9 x 16 + 144.. gives a little leyway, fer mistakes,, space heater,, in hoop 25 average outside temp,, inside average 66 temp in the mornings,, day temps.. 78/80,, in the hoop, i believe it will get seedlings in a few days,, hehe   Monday, April 7 View Page 509 saxton 13,, 597 saxton 12*, are in the dirt, in test hoop   Thursday, April 10 View Page test seedlings appear to be coming out of shock,, 2nd leaf is sticking up,, on both plants,, 72 inside this morning 43 outside,, was 80 when i got homeinside,, 75 outside   Monday, May 12 View Page this is for Curt, 509 Saxton is now the plant to beat in the 150 sq ft contest. Bart, He doesnt have a computer yet   Saturday, July 5 View Page well hope this works,, 1st female on lg,, 86,62 saxton,, actually on the main vine,, kinda surprised me   Monday, July 7 View Page under canopy of 1593 whittier, looks nice   Monday, July 7 View Page 4 lobe female.. on 1593 at 11 feet out,, pollinated her with 5 males off the 1676 daletas 7/6/16   Wednesday, July 9 View Page they rainbow after the storm,, only half,, next storm going to come hru, hehe   Wednesday, July 9 View Page LG's.. left to right 118.69 Psweet,, middle, 118.75 may,, next is 86.62 saxton.. end plant 121 vunak, slow starter but starting to coming on,, big time.. see where we are end of sept,, best to all you lg grower out there   Sunday, July 13 View Page nice 5 lobe female on 1593 whittier,, 14 feet out last pollination, on this plant if she takes   Sunday, August 10 View Page sw backside of trellis   Sunday, August 10 View Page ne frontside of trellis   Sunday, August 10 View Page northeast corner of 150 foot patch,, if you look close you can see the rope barrier,, patch are is 9 ft x 15.5 ft.   Sunday, August 10 View Page outhwest corner lookin back, of 150 area   Sunday, August 10 View Page well here's the only kin left in the patch,, dap 22, 113 ott today,, not huge but alive so far,, may make the WO yet,, hehe   Monday, August 18 View Page here is the 1324 kline squash,, 14 days old, very late set,, only squash left   Monday, August 18 View Page here's the 509 saxton, this is the 150 foot fruit.. not very big but alive,, 161 OTT,   Sunday, August 24 View Page 509 saxton for the 150 contest,, still alive,, hehe   Sunday, August 24 View Page 1324 kline,, dap 20,, small, but alive   Saturday, August 30 View Page the 1324 kilne, went down a few days ago. stem was dry as a bone,, not sure what caused that to happen   Monday, September 1 View Page day 45, 509 saxton 13,, this is the 150 contest kin,, actually only cucurbit left alive in patch,, taped, 237.25 today, according to the new chart,, approx 300 lbs,, lol,, with the summer we have had never thought we would see this size,,   Monday, September 8 View Page here's the kin for the 150 contest,, dap 52,, 257.25 ott today, this is for bart,, hehe   Monday, September 8 View Page pic of thunderstorm that has moved in,, since 5 pm our time,, still raining hard,, for the last 30 minutes or so   Monday, September 8 View Page here's the lg's.. 118.69 P Sweet grew the one on the right,, now the 97.14 saxton..................the one on the left, was grown on the 86.62 saxton x 118.69 psweet, the 1st one is open poll, both beat last years pb,, still have a couple more still growing   Sunday, October 19 View Page being lifted   Sunday, October 19 View Page bottom of kin,, looks ok   Tuesday, November 11 View Page the punkin patch has been tilled for winter,, added some winter amendments, see where we are in late march/early april,, then get the seasonal amendments in,   Sunday, November 16 View Page well its finally snowed,, hehe 2 inches,,, but its cold. 7 F outside,, with 20 to 30 mph wind gusts.. below -0 wind chills,, bbbrrrrrr   Sunday, December 14 View Page well here I am all dressed up and no place to go,, hehe,,, just got home from church   Sunday, December 21 View Page 4 days before xmas,, are you ready for christmas,, family,, patch, seeds ,, lol,, we sure aint!!!!! best to all happy holidays