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Tuesday, July 14, 2015
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KC Kevin
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Mission Viejo, CA
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Update from the big patch
Sad to say that the 1213 Rae (1610 Leiber x Self)appears to be a sterile plant. Glenna emailed me and asked how the plant looked. Hadn't really noticed (11 plants will do that do you!) that the male flowers weren't growing normally. Very few even get a stem. I opened one of the male flowers and there was no stamen in it. Glenna indicated that this has been a sporadic problem with this seed. Too bad. We have two females that appear normal but Glenna says we can anticipate them to abort after a bit.
The 705 Debacco is a bit of a crazy plant. It's thrown double vines on two secondaries and the first female blossom was badly malformed. The second female out opens tomorrow and we are hoping for a better flower. Even the tendrils on the vine are not normal. They put out twice the number of tentacles than a typical tendril.
The plants that continue to impress are the 823 Rahe (WOW), the 559 Fraley and the 777 Young. The runt of the litter is the 703.5 Schwiegert. It got overwatered early on and never seemed to really recover. The leaves are small and the plant just doesn't want to grow out of it.
Our last pollination will be tomorrow morning on the 705 Debacco. We have two or three pumpkins on each vine. The largest right now is approaching the size of a number 3 soccer ball. We spent last night putting S curves in the vines and wishing we had started earlier.
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