Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 35 Entries. Sunday, April 3 View Page Hoop houses up, Hadley's keeping busy.   Monday, April 4 View Page A view from the beach snack bar. Snow squalls over Newport's cliff walk. Repurposing the nacho warmer for a few weeks....   Tuesday, April 5 View Page Nachos, Cheese, & a pair of Wallace 1754s!   Thursday, April 21 View Page A pair of Holland 1448's ready to do battle in the hoop house today.   Sunday, April 24 View Page Tricotyledons are good luck, right? This will be fun to watch.   Monday, April 25 View Page Caspers 1277 (left) goes into the ground.   Wednesday, April 27 View Page Caspers 1277: bit dishevelled but moving along nicely.   Thursday, April 28 View Page Holland 1448, the strongest plant of the first round.   Friday, April 29 View Page The second wave re-potted. Wallace 1754, Caspers 1033, Wallace 2009xSelf, one if my own, and a backup 1448 (w/ 2 week head start).   Friday, April 29 View Page The second wave re-potted. Wallace 1754, Caspers 1033, Wallace 2009xSelf, one if my own, and a backup 1448 (w/ 2 week head start).   Friday, April 29 View Page There's so cute when they're little.   Wednesday, May 4 View Page Wallace 2009 X Self, going into the ground.   Sunday, May 8 View Page Wallace 1754, started 2 weeks behind, but will have a spot opposite the 2009xself. The 1754 was aggressive early, but has slowed. Maybe the 8 straight days of rain was a problem?   Monday, May 9 View Page Caspers 1033. This plant has me second guessing. Intended to be a backup to the Caspers 1277- I have no room in the main patch for it. It's outgrowing nearly all other plants, potted and planted. I wish I hadn't staggered germinations and could better compare candidates. Will this outgrow a Wallace 1754 with a 2 week handicap?   Monday, May 9 View Page Holland 1448 (below). Competing plant culled. Caspers 1277 (above) did not like the return of sunshine, it's droopy leaves have recovered today.   Tuesday, May 10 View Page Your input appreciated! Not sure what's up with this leaf, deficiency? Relatively mature leaf. Adjacent plant culled with a more apparent issue.   Tuesday, May 10 View Page Leaf from culled plant. Thoughts?   Tuesday, May 17 View Page 1448 and Caspers 1277 are on the move. They might out grow the hoop house by the weekend.   Tuesday, May 17 View Page Hoop house B, two weeks behind house A. Wallace 1754 above, Wallace 2009 X self below.   Saturday, May 28 View Page Hoop 1.   Saturday, May 28 View Page Wallace 1754 has touchdown.   Monday, May 30 View Page Bigger isn't always better! Cucamelons getting plump on the vine.   Tuesday, May 31 View Page Cucumber beetles are here, yay.   Wednesday, June 1 View Page Spinosad not slowing cucumber beetles down this morning. They may actually be attracted to it! Dusted with Sevin.   Monday, June 6 View Page Getting frustrated. Two largest plants are over 11 feet long, with dismal secondary growth. I want to blame the weather, as June is always cool and foggy in the island , but I suspect my soil sucks. Hit the plants with foliar CalMag and watered in some 0-45-0.   Sunday, June 12 View Page Thought I was dealing with a Mag deficiency but Epson salt and CalMag had no impact. Believe it's "lime chlorosis", treating with iron foliage/drench.   Tuesday, June 14 View Page I really love the Caspers 1277. Responding to iron treatment and finally starting to throw some secondaries. New growth is greening up. Nice stretch of weather ahead, hope this plant takes off. Female @ 14ft, but would like to get the secondaries established before setting a fruit.   Tuesday, June 14 View Page Leave it to me to put my best performing plant in the backup up patch. Caspers 1033 has the most robust growth despite being neglected and twisted in the nasty winds we've had here in RI. I guess this seed is genetically engineered to thrive in 30 knot winds. Put out some pretty yellow leaves at first, but new growth is healthy. This photo was taken less than 24 hrs since I found it upside down.   Tuesday, June 14 View Page Wallace duo is suffering the most from my over liming. 2009 is growing out of it, but the 1750 is hating life. Lot of water to flush the soil. Throwing every micro nutrient I can find on these two.   Wednesday, June 15 View Page Hello Iceland.   Friday, June 17 View Page Home for the next week in Northern Sweden. 23 hours of sunlight isn't helping the jet lag.   Tuesday, July 5 View Page Plants are really taking off now. Three females lined up on each plant. Decision time.   Thursday, July 14 View Page Caspers 1277 has a nice pumpkin, but not much plant behind it.   Friday, July 15 View Page Big problems. All new growth is affected. Vines have stopped. Leaves are small, deformed, and blotchy. I still think it's the effects of putting down lime too late in the season. Open to suggestions.   Friday, July 15 View Page Seriously, if you see me with seeds next April, take them away! These plants deserve better!