Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 33 Entries. Sunday, April 21 View Page Bushel Gourd line up   Sunday, April 21 View Page 331 Bushel Gourd   Sunday, April 21 View Page 209 Bushel Gourd   Sunday, April 21 View Page Watermelon Line Up   Sunday, April 21 View Page 308 / 229 planted today   Sunday, April 21 View Page 250.8 planted today   Sunday, April 21 View Page Pumpkin line up - Thank you Pete Caspers and Joe House.   Sunday, April 21 View Page 2088 germinated April 18 1477 germinated April 19 607s germinated April 19 393 germinate April 20 1477 germinated April 20   Sunday, April 28 View Page Spot #1 AGs planted today.   Sunday, April 28 View Page Spot #2 AGs planted today   Sunday, April 28 View Page 331Bushel Gourd   Sunday, April 28 View Page 209 Bushel Gourd   Sunday, April 28 View Page 308 / 229 watermelon   Sunday, April 28 View Page 250.8 / 250.8 watermelon   Thursday, May 30 View Page First keeper watermelon 250.8 Kent x 308 Kent at 10 ft on the main vine. Enough plant to sustain it, so hope it takes.   Thursday, May 30 View Page Looks like the first keeper on the 331 Brown. Pollinated with the 209 English at 16 feet out, first leaf node on secondary. Perfect spot according to pumpconn. Thank you Steve for the great diaries that help us learn.   Friday, May 31 View Page Pollination of 209 x 331. It is on the first leaf node on a secondary 16 ft main vine. Good spot, hope it takes.   Friday, May 31 View Page 1477 Caspers plant - nut grass is relentless.   Friday, May 31 View Page 2088 Caspers   Friday, May 31 View Page 331 Brown   Friday, May 31 View Page 209 English   Friday, May 31 View Page 250.8 Kent   Friday, May 31 View Page 308 Kent   Saturday, June 1 View Page 331 Brown pollination today crossed with 209 English.   Tuesday, June 25 View Page 607 Grubbs x 2088 Caspers.   Tuesday, June 25 View Page 250.8 Kent x 308 Kent   Wednesday, July 3 View Page Pull both BG plants today, they took all the space allowed plus more, could not get a female to take. NC weather is so hot this year.   Sunday, July 21 View Page 2088 x 1477. Nearly no plant left after ground water issues. 193 OTT 40 DAP   Sunday, July 21 View Page 1477 x open. Plant is in terrible shape due to heat. Been fertilizing with nitrogen to encourage more vine growth. Getting some new growth to occur.   Sunday, July 21 View Page 607 x 2088 266 OTT 49 DAP plant is in terrible condition due to heat. Just working to encourage new plant growth and get them to the finish line. Maybe this will be the HD winner at a NC weigh off?   Sunday, July 21 View Page 250.8 Kent x 308 Kent Her name is Jade. 169 OTT 52 DAP. Nice gains, slow and steady at this point. This is not a graph plant.   Sunday, July 21 View Page 308 Kent x open. Her name is Hazel. Nice gain, slow and steady. 141 OTT 36 DAP. This is not a graph plant.   Sunday, July 21 View Page 308 Kent x open. Her name is Hazel. Nice gain, slow and steady. 141 OTT 36 DAP. This is not a graph plant.