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Friday, February 04, 2011 Dutch Brad Netherlands

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The 2011 growing season has started. The heavy carrots and parsnips are up and running.

I hope to concentrate on heavy carrots and tall corn this year as well as a big pumpkin, but in total I'll have a go at 26 classes. I doubt all will make it to the weigh-off, but here is the list I hope to at least start:

amaranth
beetroot(heavy)
beetroot(long)
carrot (heavy)
carrot (long)
corn
cucumber (heavy)
cucumber (long)
field pumpkin
kohlrabi
leek
long gourd - 2 of these 3: 135 Jacobus / 112.9 Offermann / 121.5 Lyons
marrow - 206.5 Wursten
melon (long)
parsnip (heavy)
pepper (heavy)
pepper (long)
potato
pumpkin - 1421 Stelts
radish
runnerbean
rutabaga/swede
squash - 1055 Pitura + 767 Johansson (pollinator)
sunflower (tall)
sunflower (head)
tomato - 7.33 Hunt / 5.35 Lyons / 5.18 Lyons / 5.0 Clerinx / 4.59 Lyons

Just a few of each except carrots and corn.
 



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