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Thursday, May 13, 2021
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big moon
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Bethlehem CT
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I had some time this afternoon so I put my plants in the garden. I put in two AG's a 1778 '20 Skinner and a 1994 '20 Skinner. It has been very windy so i put up a windbreak around each plant. It will probably give a few degrees of increased temperature for the plant and also block those strong winds. Then I put in a 200" Ciesielski BG from 2017. That is the same seed I grew my 263.5 in 2019 off. Last but not least the melons went in. I put in three. All Black Diamond x CC crosses made by Chris Kent. I put in two 302 x 52 Kent plants and one 52 x 302 kent plant. These will be roughly 3/4 CC and 1/4 Jumbo Black Diamond if my math is correct. It will be fun to see what the fruit look like. Maybe I can grow a new personal best off of one of them. They are under row cover, I hope that will give me a nice jump start going into June.
I had lots of troubles in the greenhouse this year with everything and had trouble with my grafts taking. Lots of fungus gnats which I believe in turn caused disease and graft failure. Some were able to come back and still made a decent looking plant. I still have a 225 Young CC in the greenhouse and a 188 Ciesielski watermelon. Perhaps they will see dirt somewhere too. The 188 should be a good seed to grow for black diamond type melons.
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