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Thursday, April 9 View Page
2378 Trombley germinated
Thursday, April 9 View Page
1921 Noel germinated
Thursday, April 9 View Page
2252 Chan germinated
Thursday, April 9 View Page
2019 Mathiowetz germinated
Wednesday, April 15 View Page
They're starting to come up! I planted them in Sungro Black Gold Seedling Mix with Mykos. The 2019 Mathiowetz seemed like it had a thinner shell, so it germinated really quickly.
Wednesday, April 15 View Page
They're starting to come up! I planted them in Sungro Black Gold Seedling Mix with Mykos. The 2019 Mathiowetz seemed like it had a thinner shell, so it germinated really quickly.
Friday, April 17 View Page
The Mathiowetz is looking healthy and strong to me. The others are still unfolding, but is the yellow on the Trombley normal? I'm also adding a few more amendments to my 150 ft� patch today and installing heating cables. I may keep a second plant on the side of my house, but I might not have enough time to really care for both or fully prepare the ground there. Parts of it are fairly well-decomposed sod that's been covered in wood chips for a year, and I can supplement with a few cubic yards of raised-bed planting soil I already have. At a minimum, it could be fun to see how many 100 lb carving pumpkins I could get from one plant. However, at most I will only keep 2 plants.
Saturday, April 18 View Page
Beautiful spring day today! These cherry blossoms are the best part of my yard. My small patch is about ready for a post-amendment soil test. I'm working on a MakerPipe/conduit greenhouse, but in the meantime I've been keeping the patch covered with plastic anytime it's not a nice sunny day to hold some heat.

 

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