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Sunday, June 10 View Page
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Sunday, June 10 View Page
2018 seeds
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
Going to make this room for starting seeds indoors.
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
Another room picture.
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
Room cleaned out and two grow lights installed along with 1 fluorescent.
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
Thermostat to control a heater.
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
1867.5 Barron in the back and 1794 Cotterman in front.
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
2090.5 Stelts in the back and 2003 Haist in front (not germinating, seed cracked).
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
Still no 2003 Haist :(
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
Slight crack in 2003 Haist before planting. Was hoping it wouldn't matter but it killed itself when it tried to grow.
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
1867.5 Barron(left) and 2090.5 Stelts(right) on front porch hardening off a bit before going in ground.
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
My helper and I put them in the ground. The 7 gallon bags didn't work out as well as I hoped. The rootball of pumpkins doesnt hold together very well. Maybe the roots aren't strong enough or maybe the dirt was too loose. Despite undoing velcro on the side of the bags the rootballs fell apart as I pulled the plants out. Not a good start. Good lesson though.
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
This ain't looking good, was thinking of giving up and trying to start over with new seeds.
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
Never give up, these plants some tough dudes. I can't even kill them. We will have to see if the squash bugs and vine borers can kill them instead.
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
Patch before tilling and clean up. Yea, that is last years plant because I'm lazy.
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
Patch after cleanup and planting of the pumpkins. Stelts 2090.5 and Barron 1867.5.
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
cucumbers got a different variety on each trellis.
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
bells and jalapenos
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
Built me a real tomato cage this year out of hog panels that should last me a while.
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
ghost peppers, got one started from seed this year that has done ok.
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
Got my extra tomatoes planted along the hog panel and my zucchini in the blocks.
 
Sunday, June 10 View Page
Planted 4 rows of popcorn and a few bottle gourds yesterday.
 
Tuesday, June 12 View Page
Pumpkin cam up and running.
 
Tuesday, June 26 View Page
Main-vine got injured and died somehow? I think maybe my foliar spray had too much neem oil or fertilizer or something else I'm not thinking. Stray roundup spraying nearby weeds? I'm my plants worst enemy I guess.
 
Tuesday, June 26 View Page
Both plants still growing well and are due some vine burying. Almost no bugs at all, keeping fingers crossed.
 
Friday, July 6 View Page
Looks one of my plants is dying the same exact way last year's plant in the same spot died. Yellow vine or something. Almost zero bugs this year so I'm not sure what's going on. I wonder if there is oil or gas in the spot where this always seems to originate.
 

 

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