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Sunday, May 8 View Page well all the main squash plants are in the hoop houses,, they are standing warm,, and looking quite good,   Sunday, May 29 View Page hope this works.. 1533 kline,, still alive.. growing slow do to cold temps this spring,, warm up coming hope to get a bit of growth   Sunday, May 29 View Page here's the 1060 jarvis on the left,,, the 1262 jutras on the right,   Saturday, June 4 View Page got the tea brewer set up this morning,, time to start drenching a lil in 0nce a week   Sunday, June 19 View Page 1533 kline, still chugging along   Sunday, June 19 View Page 1060 jarvis,, growing slow,, but alive   Wednesday, June 22 View Page 1st female on the 1533 kline,, wont poll this 1,, only 6 foot on main   Saturday, July 2 View Page 1060 jarvis   Saturday, July 2 View Page oops thats the 1533 kline,, my bad   Saturday, July 2 View Page this is the 1060 JARVIS   Tuesday, July 5 View Page 1060 Jarvis. pollinated today.. w/3 1533 Kline males.. slightly deformed lobes,, 1st poll on this plant,, another female farther out a few feet,, will poll it as well when ready   Monday, July 11 View Page the lg,s are growing slow   Monday, July 11 View Page this is the best one, 97.25 saxton 14, all 3 where put in the same day.. but this one decided to run,   Monday, July 11 View Page oops wrong picture   Monday, July 11 View Page damnit even   Tuesday, July 12 View Page #2,, pollination on the 1060 Jarvis, 4 males from the 1533 Kline plant, hopefully will get a pollination on the Kline this week, got 2 females on the side vines,,   Friday, July 15 View Page #1 on the 1060 Jarvis, 10 DAP, cc 22.25. not sure its a keeper yet,, will know in 7 more days, only 8.5 feet on main,   Friday, July 15 View Page 5 lober on the 1533 Kline,, polled with the 1060 Jarvis, on a sidevine trained to be main, 10.5 feet out, been a struggle with this plant this season,, 77 days to wayoff,, geez,, may get something yet,   Saturday, July 16 View Page seen squash bugs last night for 1st time this season,, damn winds where blowing hard,, kilt the 3 i seen,, spray permithrim at 1st light this morning to beat the winds,, hope i caught them in time,,   Wednesday, July 20 View Page the #1 long gourd,, made to top of the trellis this morning, lol, still got over 2 months to WO.. there is a chance yet   Saturday, July 23 View Page pollinated this morning.. 1533 kline, hopefully the last 1 of the season.. deformed 5 lobe, i dont like it but running out of time,, 60 days to main WO   Sunday, July 24 View Page 1533 Kline squash x self, 10 dap, 19.5 inches cc, 11 feet out on side vine, its small, but, alive,, see if i can get it to grow n stay alive to wo,,   Sunday, July 24 View Page the long gourds finally starting to fill in,, been a slow season,, 2 on the left,, 97. 25 saxton 14's.. little 1 on the right 122 H/J 15, best of luck to all in the lg's this year   Monday, July 25 View Page 1060 Jarvis 14,, dap 20, ott 142, cc60.5, ee41, ss40.5, best i ever had at this date ever, a new PB for me to date,, hope i dont blow her up, hehe   Monday, July 25 View Page pollinted another 5 lobe on the 1060,, x self this time,, #2 aborted a week ago,   Friday, July 29 View Page the always present garden dragon is back,, showed itself today for photo   Saturday, July 30 View Page 1060 Jarvis, dap 25, cc 79.5 ee 52.25 ss 52.25 ott 184 est 144 best 25 day growth ever 5 day average gain 15 lbs daily   Wednesday, August 3 View Page sprayed funguscide this morning, been a month since last application, got a lil behind on things this season   Thursday, August 4 View Page 1060 Jarvis, dap 30 stem end,, looks good so far   Thursday, August 4 View Page 1060 Jarvis, dap 30, blossom end,, a little concerned about the dimple on the left side of this fruit,, time will tell   Thursday, August 4 View Page 1060 Jarvis, dap 30,, Ott 215, est 226, starting to rib up a bit also starting to get a bit nobby on the skin, good sign or bad sign,, unknown, it is what it is 5 day average 16.5 lbs still the best sue and I have ever had to date top view,, named her Oddball,, different shape   Monday, August 8 View Page 1533 Kline, dap 25, est 82 lbs,, not going to break any records,, but may get it to WO   Tuesday, August 9 View Page dap 35 on the 1060 Jarvis, ott 238" est 304 lbs,, lost a lil on this one the last couple days.. aint sure why. yet?,, maybe due to adjustin the watering schedule.. dropped from 16.4 daily to 15.4,, tho its still chugging along,,   Monday, August 15 View Page this is GOOBER,, growing on the flatlands of mt. WANNHAWKALUGY,, DAP 32 ,,dap 32,, est 171,, not great,, but alive,, 52 days left,, on it for WO   Wednesday, August 17 View Page 1060 Jarvis dap 43, side view, not purty by any means but still gaining,, ott 268   Friday, August 19 View Page hanging in there,, dap 45.. ott 276. est 470. last 7 day average. 17.7 a day.. 36 days to grow,, see if she holds on, best to all growers   Saturday, August 20 View Page here's the long gourd,, sure ugly and not growing very fast,,   Saturday, August 20 View Page here's my marrow,, slow growing,, but got a couple others on the plant   Monday, August 22 View Page 1060 Jarvis, dap 48. ott 286, est 525   Monday, August 22 View Page rib split, goes into cavity   Monday, August 22 View Page inside view of split of split,, got a few seeds out,   Monday, August 22 View Page now the 525 Saxton 2016 dmg, was a fun run while it lasted   Monday, August 22 View Page now the 525 Saxton 2016 dmg, was a fun run while it lasted   Wednesday, August 24 View Page the 1533 Kline.. continues to grow,, tho not at the rate of the 1060 Jarvis. 13 to 17 daily,, only 40 days old.. late pollination, its slated for the october 8th WO.. foliared a nutri cal/potassium/magnesium this morning, see if the growth stays the same,, cold mornings have slowed things down some, figure thats part of the reason the 1060 went down,, other variables are involved too, i"m quite sure,, was going to pull that plant today,, but found a open female on a side vine near the tip of the main,, decided to pollinate it x self,, see if we can get a carver for halloween to set on the porch,, you have all heard me say this in the past,(never surrender-never give up) about 600 sq ft behind this late poll.. hehe,, best to all growers   Monday, August 29 View Page the 1 lg i got growing,, not very big,, but sure is ugly   Monday, August 29 View Page this is for bnot,, the marrow,, maybe 12 lbs, took over 50 days for plant to set fruit   Tuesday, August 30 View Page Here.s Goober,, man growth has come to a near stand still, a bit over 3 weeks to WO. OTT 241, Est 315,, 1533 Kline x self, the recent weeks of cold weather has hurt,, blew 1st , 1 up,, this one has near stopped,,, hopefully it will hang on tile the 23 of sept,, ,, hehe,, time will tell,, best to all growers,, and good luck to the finish line   Tuesday, August 30 View Page I do have to say,, the 1060 Jarvis squash plant is the easiest plant i have ever grown,, short stalks,, big leaves,, fastest fruit i ever had,, by the way.. lol. aint sure what the 1203.6 is like,, but gotta be close.. ,, thx Joel   Thursday, September 1 View Page Goober,, OTT 245, est 330,, still gaining,, all tho slowly,, going to be along 37 days to WO   Saturday, September 3 View Page 1060 Jarvis.. decided to pollinate 1 on a side vine about 18 feet out,, the days after the big one blew,, for a halloween carver, dap 10,, bigger than the cantalope,,   Friday, September 9 View Page go mr. T,, go   Friday, September 9 View Page found her this morning under sheet canopy,, probably part of the reason growth slowed,, 40's lows,, mid 80's high,, sunlight going away.. probably isnt helping either,, best to all, may the kin gods be smiling on you all now season is near over   Tuesday, September 13 View Page 1060 Jarvis,, named chance,, because of a late pollination,, aug 24th, dap 20, cc 51.5, ee 37.5,, ss 40,, OTT 129. est 52 lbs, team-pumpkin chart, slotted for october 22nd WO,, see what happens,,   Sunday, September 18 View Page 1533 Kline, barring any fruit issue's this will see the WO, at thanksgiving point,, this coming weekend, pretty blue/grey squash, no very ribbed up tho   Wednesday, September 21 View Page 1060 Jarvis. dap 27 ott 141, went down,, was hoping for a carver,, for halloween,, The 1533 Kline is the only sq fruit left,, ott 264, est 410 team pumpkin chart, no PB for size, but may be the 1st squash from southern utah to make a WO,, for us, we will see come saturday,   Sunday, September 25 View Page finally got a greenie to WO, from southern utah,   Sunday, September 25 View Page took 1st place in the squash class,, THANKSGIVING POINT, was a great day.. i would like to thank all the volunteers for putting on a great show,,   Sunday, October 9 View Page here's the lite green marrows,, longest was 39.75 inches,, wt was ouw 20.2. not bad late growth on it,, only about 100 seeds.. but the lt green are excellent eating,, baking part of the smallest one today,,   Sunday, October 9 View Page the dark green marrows,, largest is 41.3 lbs,, not a PB,, but good seed count,,,, these are also great eaters when only a foot to 14 inches long,, also i made some pickled marrow spears with them,, will inform you all later how they turned out,, more seeds for the seed exchange,,   Friday, November 11 View Page got the patch ready with fall amendments,, wife is going to grow if her back allows it,, next season,