Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 14 Entries. Tuesday, March 26 View Page I did a germination test on my 2054 Strickler ‘23 seeds. They went 6 for 6. Very happy for that, as I had dispersed many of them. Good luck to everyone that grows one.   Tuesday, March 26 View Page A recap of last year. This is my 1099 pound fruit at the Indiana State Fair. It was 326 Ritter x 2365 Wolf. Unfortunately, the plant had contracted YVD which had caused cessation of growth of the fruit. I had a 1953 Daletas plant going also but lost that fruit to rot.   Tuesday, March 26 View Page Here’s the pic.   Tuesday, March 26 View Page This is my 2054 Strickler at the Dublin, OH weighoff. We were absolutely thrilled to take 3rd place at such a large event. This was 2365 Wolf x 1686.5 Stelts, so we should be looking for the seeds to go heavy.   Friday, April 19 View Page Did a germination test on my 2054 seed, they went 6 for 6   Friday, April 19 View Page We had 4 minutes of totality at the solar eclipse 4/8. It truly was spectacular!   Friday, April 19 View Page We had to had to decorate some rocks.   Friday, April 19 View Page We had a toilet water supply line burst in the middle of the night releasing I don’t know how many hundreds/thousands of gallons of water. So we’ve been a little busy. Actually I had considered not growing this year. Fortunately Kathy wouldn’t hear of it. So here are some of my tomato starts.   Friday, April 19 View Page More of my tomato starts.   Friday, April 19 View Page Here are my seed selections. This year, focusing on huge, but looking to incorporate heavy genetics into the large seed lines. Mystery pollinator will be revealed later, won’t start it until 10 days later.   Friday, April 19 View Page This is what I used last year to combat weeds. Obviously spray under the leaf canopy, try to avoid the leaves, got excellent results.   Friday, April 19 View Page So last night I sowed my AG seeds into cowpots after soaking them in water with Humic acid for 2 hours. The seeds were lightly sanded. They are in Black Gold Natural Organic Seedling Mix, to which I have added Mycos, Azos & Trichoderma, and then some extra Azos right on the seed. I placed them in my egg incubator at 84 degrees & 85% humidity.   Monday, April 22 View Page The first 4 up! 1953 Daletas x 2, 2147.5 Sippel $ 2195.5 Kisamore.   Wednesday, May 1 View Page I’ve got my best 2 plants, 1953 Daletas transplanted out in the patch.