Watermelon Growing Forum
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Subject: Let the games begin
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Ice Man |
Garner, NC
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Sowed seeds thursday night. I am going with 4 later plants, 1 has been in the ground now 3 weeks for a early August weighoff. Seeds that were started are. 2- 282 Dawson 2- 251 Dawson 2- 102 Dawson 2- 255 Mitchell 2- 274 Kent 2- 228 Knight Now with only 4 spots open, only the strongest will see dirt. So what is everybody else planting? And what do you think will be the HOT seed this year?
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4/14/2012 6:12:40 PM
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Bubba Presley |
Muddy Waters
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3-291 kents 4-260.5 Clementz 4-228 Clementz The 291 will be hot!
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4/14/2012 6:47:41 PM
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Bubba Presley |
Muddy Waters
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Only 3 see dirt here
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4/14/2012 7:39:10 PM
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JEB37355 |
Manchester, TN
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I started 8 seeds Thursday night myself, 7 of the 8 are out of the ground now. 1- 239 Leonard 1- 282 Dawson 1- 255 Mitchell 1- 272 Peden 1- 228 Clementz 1- 165(B) Cantrell 1- 110 Bright Waiting to see if the 260 Clementz breaks ground, if not tomorrow, will start another. Probably start a couple more end of next week for just in case, I've got plenty of room, don't have time for too many over 8.
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4/14/2012 9:02:30 PM
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JEB37355 |
Manchester, TN
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Ice Man, I went with a modified way of the way you do seeds this year. Put in soil point down to where I could just see top of seed. This made it very easy to see early on o. Anything was going on with the seeds, when they started moving.
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4/14/2012 9:13:33 PM
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JEB37355 |
Manchester, TN
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Ice Man, I went with a modified way of the way you do seeds this year. Put in soil point down to where I could just see top of seed. This made it very easy to see early on o. Anything was going on with the seeds, when they started moving.
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4/14/2012 9:22:43 PM
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Walking Man |
formerly RGG
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I am growing three 171 Masterson, two 179 Masterson and one 285 Edwards. It worked out this way because I first sent Nathan seeds that I thought were good that I had a lot of. These were the first grafted and so they were the largest nicest plants and so these were the ones I decided to go with. I later sent Nathan my best seeds and he did grafts from the ones that germinated. I made the decision to pull one of my big plants to make room for one of the big name plants Nathan produced for me. So I pulled one of the 179's and replaced it with my 285 Edwards. It came from seed Chris Kent provided me with last year. I also have a 178.5 Mudd, a 35 Kent and a 113 Kent, all grafted,at the bottom of my patch that I will use for pollinators and as possible producers of seed melons. I now see that since these plants have grown so fast, I could have easily gone with the smaller plants and still had a very early and quality start to my season. BTW, I had my first female blossom open today. I hadn't noticed it, and Chris was here to take a look at my plants and he noticed it and pointed it out to me.
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4/14/2012 11:03:18 PM
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Bubba Presley |
Muddy Waters
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Yeah I hope to be in the game this year,The drama queen unplugged my germinater so she could use the thread mill!LOL Hopefully shes right, only unplugged 1 hour. LOL!
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4/15/2012 12:16:03 AM
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Bubba Presley |
Muddy Waters
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Treadmill!lol
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4/15/2012 12:17:05 AM
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Josh Scherer |
Piqua, Ohio
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233 Caro Kent 274 Kent 211.5 Westfall 208 Kent 209 Cantrell 231 Mudd 224 Westfall I hope they're all hot!
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4/15/2012 9:19:02 AM
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tallcorn |
Linden, Mi.,
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157 Bright 255 Mitchell 165 (B) Cantrell 234 Berry
If I can find room 267 Edwards 260 Clementz
All the best All the growers !
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4/15/2012 4:55:19 PM
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tallcorn |
Linden, Mi.,
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Brother Dave --- Cheers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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4/15/2012 4:56:43 PM
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wv melonman |
Watervalley Ms
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2- 274 1-242 1- 291 1- 165 b 1- 148 bowers 1 -144 cantrell 1 -151 leonard 1-260 clementz 1- 208 kent. 7 in the dirt.
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4/15/2012 7:08:04 PM
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Walking Man |
formerly RGG
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Tallcorn, I didn't know there were any 157's left. You are a lucky grower !
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4/15/2012 8:01:45 PM
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Bubba Presley |
Muddy Waters
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there are 2- 157s 2004 & 2006 0r 7 I believe
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4/15/2012 9:40:48 PM
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scott_kim_west_nc |
Hampstead, NC 28443
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1-291 Kent 1-282.5 Dawson 1-255 Mitchell 1-219 Clementz (backup)
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4/16/2012 10:11:28 PM
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JEB37355 |
Manchester, TN
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The 157 Bright's were sold at the BP auction, Lot 20
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4/17/2012 7:17:31 AM
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gfeller |
Toledo Ohio
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3 291 Kent 2 282 Dawson 2 260.5 Clementz 2 274 Kent 2 102 Dawson 2 189 Gfeller 2 147 Gfeller
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4/17/2012 12:28:23 PM
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removed_20180906 |
Valencia Spain
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i am growing
211 holloway 219 clementz 267 edwards 183 cantrell
and some crosses of brights
i lost one dropped to 3 degrees and its leaves burnt off that was the one i planted outside
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4/17/2012 2:20:47 PM
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removed_20180906 |
Valencia Spain
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the first four still have to germinate
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4/17/2012 2:21:42 PM
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removed_20180906 |
Valencia Spain
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the first four have germinated, got two edwards, two holloways, one clementz , one 183 cantrell
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4/28/2012 12:40:49 PM
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