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Monday, October 14, 2024
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Andy W
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Western NY
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Genetics, Genetics, Genetics.
In the past I've convinced myself that maybe I just had a dud seed, the soil wasn't great in that particular spot, or it was just bad luck why a plant didn't preform. And while those all may be legitimate excuses at one time or another, growing seed multiples in similar soil really opened my eyes to a few things. Here's some notes to that end:
- 500 Wolf 23 (2350 Geinger x 839 Sandercock) -[pollinator grew 1917dmg last year] I planted four of these. Real beauties, and quite consistent. I will be planting again.
- 1040 Wolf (1215 Young x 717 Connolly) and 1120 Wolf (1040 x self) - This is quite an interesting line, but one that I'm done with. I don't know how else to describe it other than they use nitrogen.... differently. I do remember the original 1215 plant being darker and thinking it was just something local with that soil. Not so. Even in lower fertility soil, these plants make thicker, more robust vines and bigger leaves with better color and nice long stems. Completely different from their neighboring plants and I could walk out there after a certain point and know exactly which plants these were without looking at my map. The downside? vines are more brittle, more mutant vines and females along with trouble pollinating.
- 162 Toboyek - I grew two. Similar plants, nothing overly impressive with them except they did their jobs. Very uniform vines and leaves. Set 3 on each plant, all great looking fruit. The fruit on one plant had a typical AG look, while the other plant had ribbing that showed a touch of cinderella influence.
- 2143 Stelts - Couldn't take the heat at all but made some great colored pumpkins
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