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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 43 Entries.
Sunday, January 1 View Page
1529 got disease picked at 73 days ott 402 weighed 682 kgs nice colours orange pink green and creamy white
Sunday, January 1 View Page
Another pic pallet is 1400 mm wide
Saturday, May 6 View Page
Clearing out cover crop dolichus lab lab
Saturday, May 6 View Page
Went for a hunt seen a few pigs goats and odd deer
Saturday, May 6 View Page
Fairly rough country
Saturday, May 6 View Page
Going to take cover crop out of patch it produces amazing amounts of bulk which makes for to many earthworms
Saturday, May 6 View Page
Forgot picture
Saturday, May 6 View Page
Good fishing as well I think its because people don't generally walk to far from there car
Saturday, May 6 View Page
Forget picture
Sunday, June 11 View Page
Adding coal ash and river sand over mowed out rye grass still trying to get better drainage and less desirable for worms
Saturday, June 17 View Page
Coal ash
Saturday, June 17 View Page
Lots of lumps like these they break up easily if you tread on them their a bit like zeolite only better very light and airy
Saturday, June 17 View Page
Forget photo
Wednesday, July 26 View Page
Using heat cables for hopefully a better start
Wednesday, July 26 View Page
Been getting a few small Mullewa lately
Wednesday, July 26 View Page
Went hunting pigs a few weeks ago got this little board really small body size but good tusks
Wednesday, July 26 View Page
Forgot photo
Thursday, July 27 View Page
Cables in and seeds also got my hands on a 1985 miller seed from Shane newitt and my own seed
Sunday, July 30 View Page
Working out how to hold camera
Sunday, July 30 View Page
Hopefully right this time
Sunday, July 30 View Page
Try again
Tuesday, August 1 View Page
Donna planted her watermelon seeds today
Tuesday, August 1 View Page
Some seed was out of this one she grew using compost tea it weighed 84.5 kgs
Tuesday, August 1 View Page
Forgot photo
Tuesday, August 15 View Page
I grew a 1832 midthun a few years back it grew a kin 676 kgs this is a seed from it using heat cables to get started
Tuesday, August 15 View Page
Seed out of last season pumpkin one for backup
Tuesday, August 15 View Page
Went bass fishing with Adrian my younger son late one afternoon we were still where it's tidal but didn't expect to catch a Mulloway this size up there it was almost 10 kg cleaned I know they get twice that size but u that far surprisingly I us on 12lb bass gear
Saturday, September 2 View Page
Season starting to happen here nights still a bit cold tried 1985 miller and 1949 Paton but no luck with either I think the seed we have here some of its getting old a friend got some up from the same vintage using my own seeds
Saturday, September 2 View Page
Got first one to lay down with no kinks just one leaf Kinked
Saturday, September 16 View Page
Took cover off today nice low looking plant will probably change as weather warms up 6 days ago was 7.4 Celsius but next week 31 predicted lost other plant got backup but put more seed down maybe have a later one
Monday, October 9 View Page
Never had fruit so small as this vine looks good bit lower set than most I have grown short stem posted question but not sure about whether to keep or not
Monday, October 9 View Page
Her is the vine
Monday, October 9 View Page
Picture
Friday, October 20 View Page
This is the small fruit it's 6 dap I'm thinking about pulling it out and going with back up plant
Friday, October 20 View Page
This is the back up plant
Friday, October 20 View Page
Overall shot 4 plants but will end up with 2
Thursday, October 26 View Page
Culled day12
Thursday, October 26 View Page
12 days old
Thursday, November 16 View Page
Re started cut fruits off both vines wasn't growing so good had unusual cold weather for us pollinated this one yesterday back part of vines starting to age don't know how it will work out but time will tell
Thursday, November 16 View Page
Re started cut fruits off both vines wasn't growing so good had unusual cold weather for us pollinated this one yesterday back part of vines starting to age don't know how it will work out but time will tell
Thursday, November 16 View Page
Back part of one plant
Thursday, November 16 View Page
Other one
Thursday, November 23 View Page
682 pollinated with 2252 paton from farmer Lillian it's 8 days old today

 

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