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Monday, December 29, 2008 Jordan Rivington (JRO) Windsor, Ontario, Canada

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Well, this is the closing of my 2008 diary. This season went ok. I made a new PB of 661 for my squash. The best pumpkin was 402 but that was on 150 sq ft. The big pumpkin plant (1093) didn't support a fruit, and my place got way too much water.

Things got very busy towards the end of this year. My wife and I had our first born on Nov. 18, 2008. Her name is Ruby and she weighed 7 lbs and 1 ounce at birth. She is now over 10 lbs and everything is well, except for the lack of sleep.

This seasons problems will be solved next season. This is a summary of our fruit from 2008 (quite disapointing):

1. 192 EST Rivington 2008 (1066 Vezzolo X 753 Pappas)
84, 61, 60 (TOO WET)

2. 286 EST Rivington 2008 (649 Spada X 753 Pappas) (TOO WET)

3. 353 EST Rivington 2008 (776 Hain X 753 Pappas)
109, 75, 70 (TOO WET)

4. 402 Rivington 2008 (1134 Landry X 1093 Hunt)
263 OTT est 390 = 3% heavy (150 sq ft)

5. 661 Rivington 2008 (848 MacKenzie X 535 Wolf)
129, 92, 86 EST 617 = 7% heavy

Merry Christmas to everyone, have a safe new year. See you in 2009.
 



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