Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 8 Entries. Sunday, March 3 View Page Well, so much for the off season. The winter that wasn't. Use the snowblower once. Barely had ice, ice out will likely be either today or tomorrow, five days earlier than the record. Suppose I'll get a head start on the grow. Still too wet and too much frost to get an accurate soil test, but I know I need to add sulfur to get the ph down. Tents up just to let the sun do its magic as it gets stronger.   Saturday, March 30 View Page Call me crazy, but I'm going to stagger some starts this year. Maverick is first out the gate. Huge thanks to the Champ himself for hooking me up with the seed last year.   Monday, April 8 View Page My intended second main plant (2907) and a backup (2332). Mav will hopefully be out of the soil in the morning, but I didn't set up my heating pad when I went out of town so she's been a bit slower than expected (didn't want her to dry out). Will start a backup Mav if is she looks odd.   Tuesday, April 16 View Page My 2907 was likely a dud as it hasn't germinated :(. 2332 is getting elevated to main patch. Need a backup now and elected to try the 1955.5 Werner. It's not been very grown but it was the 1885 werners pollinator so it has some rock solid genetics behind it.   Sunday, April 21 View Page Maverick is in the dirt! Wanted to get her transplanted earlier, but we had a cold spell at the end of last week and ended up getting some snow showers. New plan for the grow this year is to NOT grow back to back. I elected to put Maverick in the North tent. Close to the lake, there's somewhat shallower substrate here. Nonetheless, a couple of small plants exceeded expectations when grown in this area (including my PB), and I like that her main vine will be heading south. 150 plant will be just west of her, but even with the neighbor she'll likely have a somewhat larger area to grow (1000 sq ft ballpark). The Paton plant is getting her first true leaf, my 1955 germinated and isn't up yet. Plan to transplant outside on Thursday.   Thursday, April 25 View Page Last start of the season! 150 sq ft plant is an oldie, but grew 2x 2000 lb fruits in 2015 and 2016. Hope to introduce some maverick genes in the ultimate cross.   Thursday, April 25 View Page 2332 Paton planted out today! Hasn't been properly hardened but rain over the next few days should help.   Tuesday, April 30 View Page It's vine envy season! Despite an earlier start than ever, my vines not 6 ft long yet. I've clearly a lot of room to improve the indoor grow and I have a few ideas to try over the winter (better controlled temp for sure). Nonetheless, here's Maverick! She's starting to get a vine to her. Last year I was still indoors, so I'm well ahead on both main plants. 10 year old seed for the 150 competition popped, have the 1955 in a 2 gallon pot so she'll be a happy backup for a while yet.