| |
|
Entry Date
|
Nick Name
|
Location
|
|
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
|
|
Duster
|
San Diego
|
| |
Entry 1 of 51 |
 |
|
|
|
Our first post of 2016! There are a couple things that will be different this year. Unfortunately, we are still in stage 2 drought with our water restrictions. We can water outside 2 times a week, 10 minutes max. It looks as if these regulations are until further notice. I give it a 90% chance they aren't going anywhere and waiting around to find out is too late of an option. SSSoooooo, I decided to let Joshua, my 5 year old son have the patch this year (with my help obviously), so he can grow his own fruit and I can help teach him. He is real excited. He says he wants to grow a fruit as big as our house!
In our high heat area and almost no water to work with, the prospects of a large fruit are not very good to say the least. lol That is why I am taking the year off from competition at Pumpkinmania, just wasn't in the Lord's will. Mr. Chris Dunn, I was gonna give you a good run for your money this year and try to beat ya, but looks like I will be watching from the side lines again my friend! As Joshua's coach, I advised him that we were gonna take some risks if he wanted to grow a decent fruit. Risk number one, start seeds in February, looking to set plants out in first week of March. Now, we have a limited budget, so no frost protection will be used and no hot house will be build over young seedling. Old school, so depends on weather. And we are in an el nino year, so we could get some massive storms in late winter and early spring hehehe. We'll do what we can to protect the plant.
No misting available, so only some medium shade cloth, gulp! If we get a fruit, it will grow through July, so shall be interesting. And we will be using a smaller plant size and not the whole patch. Watering is our biggest concern, or lack of. My fear is we might split a fruit if our soil goes from dry to moist with our limitations. Anyway, hold on, here we go. Gonna be fun Joshua!!!!!! Whatever fruit you get, be proud of it, cause it's not gonna be easy this year!
|
|
|
