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Thursday, July 2
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Fall 2019 work began for the 2020 season, the greenhouse was in need of a remodel after it collapsed under 3 feet of snow in the spring of 2019.
All the side walls were replaced with treated lumber.
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Thursday, July 2
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Spring 2020!
My number one boy helping me in the patch, the year was looking promising.
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Thursday, July 2
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I'm growing 3-2095s 1-1875 Medhi and 1-2041 haist.
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Saturday, July 4
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Plants were transplanted into the greenhouse april 30th, just in time for a late snow storm although this time around the greenhouse held up fine!
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Sunday, July 5
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I was thinking of my game plan during 2019 how I would grow differently in 2020, I'm not doing enough and that shows in my final weights at the scales, so I ran tests on c02 as a way reach the WR however it's not feasible to run c02 with my current set up so thats out of the question, the lights I ran in 2018 were limited by the amount of c02 in the greenhouse I believe so I wont be doing lights again, unless I build a greenhouse I'm able to run c02 in someday...
So I'm trying something to improve my weights that is so blatantly obvious the only reason I haven't done it is because my ocd likes everything perfect.
1- I'm not going to limit my plants to there individual sections in the greenhouse, if I have an aggressive plant I'm going to let it take over the none aggressives plants side.
2- I'm going to allow my plants to grow outside the greenhouse, normally I deadhead everything once the vines reach the side walls.
Doing these simple things will allow my plants to have more foliage, my plant are normally 600-700 square feet now they'll be 1000-1200 if not bigger. And I plan to have everything terminated as normal by day 20-25 of fruit set.
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Saturday, July 11
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A few key notes.
My fertilizer drenches have been 400-500 ppm and I'm adjusting ph to 6.5 on those drenches.
My well water has 170 ppm naturally with a 6.8 ph.
Also it seems I'm experiencing some nitrogen bloating in the leaves, however I believe with it somehow caused by the extreme heat we've been having, I noticed this a few years back, if we got extreme hot spells the leaves would get bloated, I believe it might be a type of defence metabolism response the plant is having to the heat, basically the plant is strengthened the leaves to better handle heat.
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Monday, July 13
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Genetic crosses made this year.
2095 Brandt x 1875 Mendi
1875 Mendi x Self
2095 Brandt x Self
2027 Haist x Self
2095 Brandt x Sib
I like the shape of all the fruit so far, which is a first!
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Thursday, July 16
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The 2027 haist has a good 100-150 square feet of foliage outside the greenhouse, a small change that could help me get heavier fruit.
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Friday, July 17
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2095 Brandt, this plant is about 1100 square feet at the moment and the fruit is 22 days old, I've just begun fertilizing with TKO and a few other things, I'll slowly ramp up that fertilizer drench until things are moving at a pace I'm comfortable with.
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Monday, July 20
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Plants are just about filled in now, my day 30 numbers on the fruit are nothing special this year however the plants look great so I'm very optimistic I can grow something very large still.
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Wednesday, July 22
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1875 Mendi x Self
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Wednesday, July 22
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2095 x Self
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Wednesday, July 22
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2095 Brandt x 1875 Mendi
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Wednesday, July 22
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2027 Haist x Self
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Tuesday, July 28
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2095 Brandt x 1875 Mendi day 34
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Tuesday, July 28
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2095 Brandt x 1875 Mendi Day 29
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Tuesday, July 28
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2095 Brandt X Self day 38
These three 2095s are looking to be stellar fruit.
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Tuesday, July 28
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2095 Brandt
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Saturday, August 1
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Everything continues to chug along at a modest pace, day 40 numbers are modest at best 650-900 pound range however I continue to have high hopes for the fruit.
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Saturday, August 1
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2095 x 1875 day 38 today.
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Saturday, August 1
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2095 x self day 42
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Saturday, August 1
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2095 x 1875 day 33
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Saturday, August 1
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1875 Mendi x self day 41
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Saturday, August 1
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2027 Haist day 40
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Friday, August 14
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2095 Brandt x 1875 Mendi day 51
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Friday, August 14
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1875 Mendi x Self day 53
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Saturday, August 15
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2095 x Self day 56 gain 234 pounds for the week.
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Saturday, August 15
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The smallest fruit in the patch the 2095 Brandt x 1875 Mendi day 47 estimated at 1152 pounds.
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Saturday, August 15
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Overview of the patch, the plants are still looking strong, I am allowing more weeds to grow then normal because I feel I'm doing more harm then good going through the plants trying to make everything perfect.
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Wednesday, August 19
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You Paton boys better step on the gas.
2095 Brandt day 56
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Tuesday, August 25
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Everything in the patch is beginning to slow, weekly gains are between 140-185lbs, plants are beginning to age and I'm fighting PM at the moment, however I still have 5 fruit growing so you can't go wrong with that.
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Tuesday, September 1
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1656 Brandt!
Weighed the smallest fruit in my patch was quite happy with the weight especially for an early weigh off.
2027 Haist x Self
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Saturday, September 5
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On day 40 this fruit was 600 pounds, smallest day 40 numbers in years, however I never let that discourage me and I continued the upkeep on the plant, needless to say this fruit will be big!
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Saturday, September 5
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1875 Mendi
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Saturday, September 5
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2095 brandt x 1875 Mendi, the young fruit
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Saturday, September 5
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2095 Brandt x 1875 Mendi, the older fruit
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Wednesday, September 23
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2095 Brandt x 1875 Mendi
Can't wait to see what this one weighs!
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Saturday, September 26
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My Barnesville entry...
1773 Brandt!
1875 Mendi x 2095 Brandt
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Saturday, September 26
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Altoona Entry...
1885 Brandt!
2095 Brandt x 1875 Mendi
Congratulations on your win Jim!
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