Saturday, January 4
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Got my seed exchange package. I am very impressed it never disappoints but this year is exceptional with all the seed varieties. I will have a fun growing season. Thanks Brandon and all the generous growers of the group.
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Monday, April 13
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Cleared off the patch this weekend. I am a little behind last year but I am working at a later start so I don’t run into the same issue as last year. Here is a before pic.
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Monday, April 13
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And an after pic. Still have some weeds to pull but pretty good for now.
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Monday, April 13
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I have my lineup set, sort of. I couldn’t choose so I will start these six seeds and pick the best four plants.
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Monday, April 13
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Also got my tomato patch tilled. I’m hoping to break my pb of 1.96 this year.
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Monday, April 20
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I got my fertilizer from WOW Wallace... and from amazon. Ron does such good business and has very fast delivery, I even got a little freebie super starter pack in my order. Thanks Ron!
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Monday, April 20
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Tilled my mater and marrow patch again. Got compost tilled in and got the ground nice and loose. Didn’t get a pic but got 4.5 yards of compost and another 4 yards of black dirt on the patch. I have yet to till it in but should get it done this weekend.
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Saturday, April 25
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Put down some amendments and perlite before starting to till.
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Saturday, April 25
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Here’s the finished product.
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Sunday, April 26
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Seeds are soaking. Won’t be long now! Still a wee bit before Matt’s start date but a day or two won’t hurt.
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Tuesday, April 28
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I just wanted to let everyone know... or at least everyone who looks at my diary lol... that my email (thomr2@isd191.org) will be discontinued once June hits. If you want to reach me email my other account (reedsbirdsandbees@gmail.com) which is what I changed my BP account to.
Just thought I’d let you know!
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Tuesday, April 28
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Got my competition tomatoes planted today! A little late but better late then never! A team with no name is going to be a contender this year.
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Tuesday, April 28
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I planted two of each of these seeds.
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Tuesday, April 28
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And I planted one of each of these seed along with 8 of my own seeds from my maters last year (4- 1.72 Thoma and 6- 1.96 Thoma).
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Wednesday, April 29
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The 2051 Marshall, 1878 Leer, and the 1519 Trychta all popped a root today! Hopefully the 2066 and 1631 pop soon.
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Thursday, April 30
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The 2066 Geddes popped a root today! Just waiting on the 1631 Urena, I am hoping on making the 1911 cross which is the 2066x1631.
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Friday, May 1
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Well, I had to look at the 1631 Urena. It wasn't viable anymore and started to rot. I really wanted to remake the 1911, do you think I should start another 1631 or should I just roll with what I got? My long gourd seeds don't look like they are going to pop but I didn't expect much since they were from 2014.
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Tuesday, May 5
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All 4 plants are up and looking good!
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Tuesday, May 5
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The 1519 is a mutant!!! It has three cots!
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Monday, May 11
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Potted up the giants today! They are a bit stressed as I should have done this a couple days ago but it got away from me. 2051 Marshall and 1878 Leer are my best plants so far.
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Monday, May 11
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The plants got some nice roots on them. They should have good root growth now that I used mycos and azos.
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Monday, May 11
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The 2051 has some nice cots on it.
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Tuesday, May 12
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Well I couldn’t help myself. I started another 1631 Urena. It popped a root today so the 1911 cross is still possible. I will just grow this plant for the pollen then it will gone.
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Monday, June 1
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These pics are a couple days old but mostly the same except that the 1878 started to vine today! There was a toad in the patch which I heard was good luck! Fingers crossed!
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Monday, June 8
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So I got all my giant tomatoes in the ground the other day. Then the next day the rabbit ate every single one off. Ugh. I have a couple back up but lost some awesome genetics. I guess the assault on the rabbit shall commence!
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Wednesday, June 10
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A pumpkin update. All 4 plants split due to high winds the last couple of days. It didn’t seem to so growth so I’m not giving up yet. The 1519 threw a ribbon vine on me. I guess I got to push the nitrogen now.
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Tuesday, June 16
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Well I am planting my backup toms tonight. Good news is that my regular eating tomatoes started throwing megas!!! I tried pollinating the last two days so fingers crossed they take!
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Thursday, June 18
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Pumpkins are still chugging along even with the stem cracks.
Got the double vine to split so I will cut one of the vines off soon.
The 1878 leer is the strongest plant so far.
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Thursday, June 18
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Here’s the pic, lol
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Wednesday, June 24
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Got a two megas to go! This is the bigger one.
This is on an eating tomato but why not give it a try!
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Wednesday, June 24
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Got another good mega to pollinate!
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Tuesday, July 7
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So sadly my year is coming to a screeching halt on Thursday. I will be getting knee surgery so I won’t be able to do much in the patch. My dad said he will help water and pollinate but my dreams of getting of big one this year are slim. I will still be keeping my maters going strong so maybe I will still get a giant this year. Anyways good luck to all growers hope your season is better than mine.
( here’s a pic of a giant mater for ya )
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Wednesday, July 29
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Pollinated a marrow this morning.
78 brown x self
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