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Saturday, February 10 View Page The seedlings in the pots from left to right are straight soil on left to pure coal ash on right changing one quarter then half then three quarters to only coal ash I have 2 lots both have had sea sol power feed and 1 batch has had myco gold and serenade   Saturday, February 10 View Page Forgot pic   Saturday, February 10 View Page Close up pot on left one quarter soil other pure coal ash we use a fair bit in our potting mixes especially avocado mix it's very light and some of it looks like a product called zeolite it's a big part of the drainage in the mixes   Saturday, February 10 View Page Having trouble with loading pics   Saturday, February 10 View Page Pic 1   Saturday, February 10 View Page Straight coal ash   Sunday, April 7 View Page Not much happening in the patch went for a hunt got the biggest red deer I have ever got   Sunday, April 7 View Page He is a 6 x 5   Sunday, April 7 View Page Trying pics again   Sunday, April 7 View Page Hopefully pic no 2   Sunday, April 7 View Page Trying pic again   Sunday, April 21 View Page Cover crop growing well thinking about mowing it down and putting in rye but not sure as looking to add coal ash and sand and get it where I want it before soil testing   Sunday, April 21 View Page Will try pic from before   Friday, May 24 View Page Adding extra coal ash and expanding patch a little bit to try to make room for another plant probably should still have cover crop in but doing it now while got time going to add a bit of sand also   Friday, May 24 View Page Pic didn't work trying again   Saturday, July 13 View Page Hoping later today to turn coal ash in with mould board plough just did quick trial Hoping to end up with loose light well drained patch   Friday, July 19 View Page Finally got patch turned with mould board going to rip it next and might add some coarse sand and maybe a bit of crusher dust   Friday, July 19 View Page Forgot photo   Sunday, July 21 View Page Soil came up nice added lots of coal ash and metal dust should drain nicely will still rip it again and get soil test done   Saturday, July 27 View Page Ploughed hoed and ripped going to cover patch with soya bean mulch doing this now as I want the mulch to be breaking down as the vines are running over it   Saturday, July 27 View Page This makes it easy zip tied to plastic nursery bench tops two edges zip tied together so can be shut up like a book   Saturday, July 27 View Page Put coarse sand over cables help with heating they only go on for a short period but it gives the plants a better start hopefully then battle the heat   Monday, August 26 View Page Got 2 plants planted in the patch today this one is one of my own seed got small tunnel houses but with temps reaching 30 and 30 plus it seems not Nessasary plus heat cables but last year this time it was cold   Monday, August 26 View Page This one is a 1694 geddes   Monday, August 26 View Page Set up sprinklers a bit better this year butterflies they let a lot of water out quickly so can cool in heat hopefully pics up right way   Tuesday, September 10 View Page My 717 laying down starting to run   Tuesday, September 10 View Page Got a 1694 geddes going a little bit younger than other plant in the last week we have varied up and down temps from 8 degrees to 33 degrees you shut up hoop house but make sure it's open before it gets to hot weather should stabilise over the next few weeks   Tuesday, September 10 View Page Pic of 1694 geddes   Sunday, October 13 View Page 1694 geddes growing nicely   Sunday, October 27 View Page Wondering is a flower like this not worth going on with would be interested to know if anyone has grown one out successfully   Thursday, October 31 View Page This is geddes 1694 7 dap not doing much   Thursday, October 31 View Page This is geddes 1694 7 dap not doing much   Thursday, October 31 View Page 1694 geddes 7 dap not much happening   Saturday, November 2 View Page 1409 rose 9 dap would be the smallest leaf pumpkin I have ever grown but grows nicely where it's planted I haven't done any soil tests and plant looking a little bit hungry been feeding last week or so and can see colour changing   Saturday, November 2 View Page 1409 rose 9 dap would be the smallest leaf pumpkin I have ever grown but grows nicely where it's planted I haven't done any soil tests and plant looking a little bit hungry been feeding last week or so and can see colour changing   Saturday, November 2 View Page 1409 rose 9 dap would be the smallest leaf pumpkin I have ever grown but grows nicely where it's planted I haven't done any soil tests and plant looking a little bit hungry been feeding last week or so and can see colour changing   Saturday, November 2 View Page This is the geddes plant growing nicely   Saturday, November 2 View Page This is one of my own seeds pollinated it today with 1409 rose   Monday, November 4 View Page Pulled plant on cables thought might as well get them out doesn't take long with this set-up shut it up like a book and put it in the shed   Tuesday, November 5 View Page Not sure what to do this is the 1694 geddes that wasn't doing anything but now it's decided to grow is a slow start a bad thing???   Wednesday, November 6 View Page 1409 now 14 dap growing good for a small plant   Wednesday, November 6 View Page This is my seed 5 dap   Wednesday, November 6 View Page This is my seed   Monday, November 11 View Page This is my seed at 7 dap looks good so far I have pulled the 1694 geddes had rot in the stem where I kinked it trying to hard on the s bend hence why it was growing so slowly the 1409 rose is at day 20 on Wednesday will post then   Wednesday, November 13 View Page This is 1409 rose at day 20 OTT is 167 I am surprised it's what it is as the plant has a virus I think will post pic of growth in next entry would be interested in any feedback   Wednesday, November 13 View Page Growth like this on tips although first few side runners aren't affected which makes me think it got affected after those I let a tertiary grow on one of the first side vines and it seems normal   Wednesday, November 13 View Page This is my seed at day 11   Monday, November 18 View Page Rose 25 dap went 210 OTT surprised how much it grew considering the vine size   Monday, November 18 View Page Went out for a couple of days looking for goat horns got a nice one just over 40 inches and couple of pigs was a great couple of days apart from a hot 35 degree wind