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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 16 Entries.
Monday, July 8 View Page
1954 Urena selfed. DAP 20 173.5 inches est 122 lb. Florel 100ppm 48hr after pollination. Looks more yellow then the picture. Still holding out hope to win the orange lottery on a 1911 offspring.
 
Thursday, July 11 View Page
1923 LaRiviere selfed. DAP 20 ott 185 inches est 149lb. Florel 100 ppm 48 hr after pollination. Really took off in the last 48 hours.
 
Friday, July 12 View Page
981 Grubbs 20 dap- 73 51.5 53 177.5 est 130 lb 100 ppm Florel 48 hours after pollination Picture from 7/14
 
Wednesday, July 17 View Page
2152 Ganter selfed 7/17 20 DAP 72 53 55- 180 inchs est 137 lb Not loving the symmetry. The eastern bulge has really developed over the last few days. 100 degree heat the next 72 hours. Hair dryer wind of 15-20 mph predicted.
 
Thursday, July 18 View Page
1954 Urena 7/18 Dap 30- 114 70 65 249 in 302.5 est lb Last 3 days upper 90s-100 with winds ~15mph. previous 7 days mid 90s. Humidity high, but normally worse. Late corn planting prevented it from being even higher locally this July.
 
Sunday, July 21 View Page
1923 larreive 7/21 dap 30 117 79 84 280 in 507 lb Last 10 day average 30.8lb per day. Previous 9 days mid nineties up to 100. Best performer I have currently.
 
Monday, July 22 View Page
981 Grubbs 7/22 30 dap 90.5 62 63.5 216in est 240lb Serious manganese deficiency self induced by to elevated PH and excess organic matter. Attempting foliar applications. Plant has shut down. Live and learn. Fortunately only an issue on one of my four plants
 
Saturday, July 27 View Page
2152 Ganter 30 dap 104.5 71.5 76.5 252.5in est 369 lb Great upcoming 7 days. Predicted low-mid 80s highs and lows in mid 60s.
 
Sunday, July 28 View Page
1594 Urena 7/28 40 dap- 134 81 75 290 in 563lb est
 
Tuesday, August 6 View Page
Day 40 taping 299
 
Thursday, September 12 View Page
Day 80 taping around 367
 
Wednesday, September 25 View Page
Day 93 Taping around 380
 
Monday, September 30 View Page
The 1594 Urena (1911 x 1803 Hoelke) selfed is an UOW 1227lb via inline scale. Didn’t have a chance to get it to a weighoff. Ended up solid, lots of cantalouping harvested on 9/30.
 
Saturday, October 5 View Page
1492.5 Cernik (2152 Ganter selfed) New Nebraska state record
 
Wednesday, October 16 View Page
Final stop for the 1492. Not A HD winner but does look better then under the gym lights at the weighoff.
 
Sunday, November 3 View Page
Harvest’d seeds today. Unfortunately very few seeds. Maybe a handful viable. I question if the heat wave right after pollination contributed. Will have hundreds from the UOW 1227, not that it will help me. Had a lot of good fortune this season, guess I was due for some misfortune.
 

 

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