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Sunday, June 12, 2016
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brotherdave
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Corryton, TN
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I've been growing about 8 years. Other than Chris Kent's melon patch I can't remember EVER being to another grower patch. No wonder I haven't broken 1200 pounds. After a tour the California growers (and probably everyone else) do things different than I do. Nothing secret they just do what is written about on BP. Seeing it action is a whole different story. Pete and Cindy Glasier pictured on the left were some of the kindest folks I've met period. Even though we didn't have much spare time on the west coast we managed to get an informative tour of a couple of patches. Jose Ceja, on the right, is another great grower, person and a working machine. He also has Juno trained not to go in the patch. She wants to be as close to him as possible so she follows him around the exterior of the wind break while he even works after dark weeding. Coming from the east and being fortunate to have sandy loam I'm amazed at the results these folks have had in what looks like a gravel pit. With that said their % organic matter was still much higher than mine. Lots of work to do here if I want to compete.
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