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Wednesday, July 20, 2016
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TruckinPunkin
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Brownsville, MD
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Good news and bad news here.
My 546* Welty squash is looking good- I haven't measured anything but it looks like it has hit a nice stride. The first place squash at Altoona last year was under 600lbs, so I definitely have a shot at growing a winner. It's crossed with the 2230 Wallace, so it will add some more diversity to the giant squash gene pool. The 546* is a 744* Welty x 703* Smith. The 703* is a 3rd generation selfed 935 Lloyd. The 744* is 1/4 900 Lyons, 1/4 539 Stellpflug, and 1/2 699 Harbord. I'm excited to plant this line and see what kind of squash I get a few years out. I also have a 1469 Checkon x 259.5* Welty from 2010 (211 est.) that I might cross into the 546/2230 line.
More good news- the 713 Kurkowski is growing respectably and developing a tall round shape with a slight taper toward the stem end. I couldn't ask for better growth from a flag-pattern plant- wish I would have gotten into that 150sf contest.
The bad news- very bad news- my main vine fruit on the 881 Dill appears to be aborting. All other main vine fruit were culled. On the bright side, every flower that was pollinated on this plant resulted in a growing fruit, so maybe I can still get something set and get some seed out of it. It's still a shame though- the main vine fruit was exceeding my expectations up to day 20.
Temperatures have been around 90 degrees with high humidity for a couple of weeks and we have had a couple of thunderstorms- no hail though and it looks like the cuke beetles have finally been 100% eradicated. Gotta take the bad with the good I guess. Maybe I'll get a picture of that Welty squash today.....
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