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April 4th
The planned line-up is 1370 Rose, 1378.5 Pitura, 637 Sanders, 547 Sanders*, and 792,9 Olsen*.

Everything is warm and ready to go.

Soaking the seeds-

In the pots ready to germinate.

I know I wrote Apr 5 on the labels. It really was Apr 4th I just wrote the wrong day down when I did it.

So the patch work is done, I just have to get the hoophouses built up.


Here is Lilian checking out my water tanks.

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April 10th
I built up a greenhouse over my best patch today. Thanks to Gerd Sundermeyer for loaning me the frames and plastic.

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April 11th
The 1378.5 Pitura, both 637 Sanders and a 547 Sanders* germinated and look good. The 1370 Rose and the 792.9 Olsen* never germinated. I started a 1093 Hunt and another 792.9*.

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April 15th
I re-potted the 1378.5, and the two 637s. The 1093 Hunt has broke soil.

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April 17th
No sign on the second 792.9*, so I started my 895.5 Hester* and a couple more 547 Sanders*.

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April 19th
I put plants outside for a time to try and harden them off.

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April 24th
The 895.5 Hester* has slowly germinated but it is a clubroot.

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Apr 25th
I removed the seed coat from the 895.5* and put it slightly back in the soil and then in the greenhouse to get some sun on it.

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Apr 25th
Hardened off plants the plants and planted the 1378.5 and 2 of the 637s under hoophouses.






The hoophouses.

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Apr 26th
Planted the 1093 Hunt in the big Greenhouse and the 547* in a hoophouse. Started the long gourds.

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May 1
Plants are looking good.





The 895.5* is still fighting its way along, but slowly.

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May 6th
I haven't given up on the 895.5* yet but I started a 1132 Vincent/McGill* today anyway.

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May 9th
1132* has germinated.


Here is the back corner I am preparing for it or the 895.5*.


My sunflowers are germinating. I had some strange large seeds which looked almosted like doubles so I decided to try them. Here is a picture of how one seed can grow two plants.

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May 10th1093.5 Hunt today.

637 Sanders plant 1.

637 Sanders plant 2.

1378.5 Pitura. My strongest plant at the time.

547 Sanders*

895.5 Hester* I hope the appearance of the 2nd and 3rd true leaves will pick up the pace. I haven't given up yet on it.

1132 Vincent/McGill*. Very quick I think.

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May 17thThe 1093.5 Hunt is a double/flat vine. I have been watering it very heavily hoping it grows out of it. It looks like it may be starting to work.



895.5 Hester*

1132 Vincent/McGill*

The two 637 Sanders fighting it out. Only one will live.

The 1378.5 Pitura, my best plant just starting to lay the main vine down nicely.



The 547 Sanders*

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May 21st
It was time to put the 1132* in the ground.



895.5 still in pot and awaiting its fate.

The 1093.5 was a double/flat vine that had worked itself out. Unfortunately, it has started to flat vine again.

Back on track here.

But now a triple vine with 3 of everything at each node.

The 2 637s.


The 547*s.


The 1378.5.

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May 24th
I decided to take pictures before weeding and watering this time because my camera lens keeps fogging up when I take pictures after watering.

The heavy watering of the 1093.5 Hunt may have worked. This method has been successfull for me in the past. It has now split into 2 main vines. I hope the new main will stay single now and not continue to double . I don't mind plants that double and work themselves out because it shows an aggressive nature. I also think the extra leaves early on help speed the plant up later.


The 637. Its a bit behind the others because it is in a shadier part of the patch. Yeah, I know the weeds look terrible. For some reason in this particular spot they grow like crazy.


The 547* is also a bit behind, likely because it is also in a shadier part of the patch.

The 1378.5 Pitura. What can I say. Its growing perfectly. I started burying vines and pinching out tertiaries today.

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May 31st
I cut off one the main vines on the 1093.5 Hunt. It is now growing normally. I am still thinking about going back and trimming some of the extra leaves and side vines. I will have to keep an eye on how that mix of side vines sorts itself out.


I decided to go with the 637 on the left and culled the one that was on the right.


I have also culled to just one 547*. I have cut them at the stump but left a couple of leaves on so that the roots live on allowing the mychorrizal funghi to continue to colonize.


The 1378.5 Pitura growing perfectly. A textbook plant. For reference, the house is 3 meters x 3 meters.


The 1132 Vincent/McGill*. I am glad I decided to start this one.

The 895.5 Hester*. Something definitely wrong with this guy.

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June 7th
Some recent pictures here.
1093.5 Hunt has taken over the lead. Main vine at 3,80 meters.


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637 Sanders at 2,70 meters.


547 Sanders* at 2,25 meters.

1378.5 Pitura. Main vine at 3,50 meters.



1132 Vincent-McGill*.

895.5 Hester*.

The long gourds.

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Sept 12

This is the 1093.5 Hunt early this week. It had pretty much stopped growing around Aug 23rd. I suspected there was a good reason since it was gaining at a very good rate previously.