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Friday, March 30 View Page
My first!
 
Friday, March 30 View Page
Cherokee Purple DB
 
Monday, April 23 View Page
3/3 zachearts on the move. Good start!
 
Monday, April 23 View Page
zachearts
 
Wednesday, May 9 View Page
Three LGs in the ground. Hoping they won't be too crowded.
 
Wednesday, May 9 View Page
Poor guy. First one ever stuck in my netting. Supposed to be 'deer netting' not 'bird netting' so I was hoping on catching a 12 pointer.
 
Wednesday, May 9 View Page
LGs
 
Thursday, May 10 View Page
I always mean to plant them, but this is always what May looks like....
 
Saturday, May 19 View Page
256 vial
 
Saturday, May 19 View Page
Gourds starting to climb!
 
Wednesday, May 23 View Page
The foamy stump smelled bad to me, but I guess to each his own...
 
Monday, June 4 View Page
First male blossom on the LGs!
 
Monday, June 4 View Page
Is this downy mildew? Foliar suggestions?
 
Monday, June 4 View Page
Never thought the runt would be my lone plant in June. Lost 1 to foamy stump, 1 to GSB, and 1 to puppy. Oh well, I'm more excited about my gourds anyway.
 
Tuesday, June 5 View Page
Zacheart #1 MB.
 
Wednesday, June 6 View Page
ZH1 knee high
 
Monday, June 11 View Page
I might flub my giants this year but my regulars are churning along.
 
Sunday, June 24 View Page
Most promising zacheart.
 
Sunday, June 24 View Page
256 vial
 
Sunday, June 24 View Page
214 wright
 
Sunday, June 24 View Page
Curly
 
Friday, June 29 View Page
My new favorite zacheart. I predict this baby is gonna get me a whopping 1.5 pounds.
 
Friday, June 29 View Page
Regular ol' marketmore cuke. Found it hiding after vacation and decided to leave it to see what I can do with it.
 
Friday, June 29 View Page
256 vial. Doubled in size in 5 days. At this rate I should be at around 2,000 lbs by october.
 
Wednesday, July 4 View Page
Hope nobody has to work today like me! This is nothing special, I grow these eating maters big every year, but decided to establish a baseline PB. 0.78lbs. Funny I used to think these were giant....
 
Wednesday, July 4 View Page
256 vial. I'm officially on the first line of the OTT chart today. est 28 lbs. hope i didn't set too soon and she can hold on til fall.
 
Monday, July 16 View Page
Yeah, I know. The trellis is wayyy too low, like my expectations for my first long gourd. Gourdie Howe is making me a happy gardener this year, offsetting my pumpkin frustrations. The goal is to cover the entire 8 ft board, only a few days of growth left in him I think. Less than a foot to go!
 
Tuesday, July 17 View Page
256 vial. 123 OTT
 
Wednesday, July 18 View Page
Love growing these. I think I recall someone looking for some extra long dipper gourd seed earlier this year. I should have some by spring if you're still looking.
 
Wednesday, July 18 View Page
Well here she is. Not aborted yet and we are at 6 DAP. From what I read I'm not in the clear til around day 20? Another about to open a few feet down the main so hopefully I'll have a good backup.
 
Thursday, July 26 View Page
DAP 13, taped 32" cc. Made a bonehead rookie mistake and didn't prop the vine up enough. Had to shave away some rot under the stem/vine junction where it tore.
 
Thursday, July 26 View Page
The lone zacheart...
 
Thursday, July 26 View Page
134 OTT. DAP roughly 35 days
 
Monday, July 30 View Page
Just trying to winnow my black-eyed peas and look who comes running. Sneaking into my tomato patch wasn't good enough for you vandals??
 
Friday, August 3 View Page
Have a dilemma here. Could this uneven growth cause big problems?
 
Friday, August 10 View Page
Zacheart. First giant, and a new benchmark for me going forward.
 
Friday, August 10 View Page
Bottom
 
Tuesday, August 28 View Page
256 Vial. I'm actually amazed I hit my goal of triple digits. Plant area can't be more than 70 sq ft. Proof genetics matter! Will be expanding garden next year with a goal of 200 lbs.
 
Monday, September 3 View Page
Pumpkin season over. Yet another rookie error I believe. Let a second set a couple of weeks ago on an aggressive secondary. Noticed the primary quit adding weight so I culled the 2nd. I took 2 days to cut it completely to prevent blowout. Didn't work. Massive sapping started happening in the main right before the fruit. Despite cleaning I noticed it is pretty much rotted away this morning. Hopefully I'm over the biggest chunk of the learning curve...damn it.
 
Wednesday, October 17 View Page
Hopefully this is the ground floor. Goal is 200# next year. Got a huge gap to close to get to the top 3.
 
Friday, November 2 View Page
This hobby is paying off. haha
 

 

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