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Friday, March 25, 2022 jimp Allentown, PA

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1st Team – always worry about 1st into the pots – they always crump. So will start my best big seed 2nd, a week later for side-by-side planting – best vine wins. Going with best orange first
Order of big seeds: 2174 Daletas ’20, then 2374 Bayuk DMG ’21, then 1883 Bayuk (all from >>2000 pounders on both sides)
Order of Orange Seeds: 1579 Greathouse HD Winner; 1114Brown’18 HD Winner out of the 2363Holland

Reviewed 2021 diary. 4/5 -Seed in pot; 4/11 – sprout; 4/13 – cute little 2” seedlings; 4/29 in ground in heated greenhouse; 5/30 – 2 vines in opposite directions outgrew 15x7 green house; 6/10 – 13’L, 14’W; 6/22 – 1st pollination. In 2020 started 2 seeds on 4/10 and both seedlings failed before the 3rd true leaf – put me way behind for the season. 2nd set of 3 seeds started 4/18 which were also declared failures by 5/4 and then planted for 3rd time. Finally, in the ground in the GH 5/15 over 2 weeks behind 2021 and a month behind 2019. Outgrew GH 6/5, 1st pollination 6/30, and weighed a beautiful 700 lb in the fall of 2020. 2019 seed-in-pot 4/3, germinated in 4 days and outgrew GH 5/17 and weighed my PB at 1291.5. Sooo – 6 weeks from start to outgrow the green house, which needs to be after May15-20 – So Start April 3
 



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