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Monday, April 05, 2010 EndlessTrail Fresno, CA

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This is my very first lineup. My previous 2 seasons I used store-bought seeds with not much luck. I grew a 75 pounder and a 94 pounder. This year I ammended soil for first time. I'm not growing on grass turf this year either. Thanks to some very nice growers I have some great seeds to try this year. The first one is the 1004 Mohr 2008 (772 Poirier x 1317.5 Rose) which will be the primary fruiting plant. The 1004 was grown in a small lot (250-290 sq ft) like mine (240-250 sq ft) and it was also big and dark orange. For the pollinator plant I will be using one of the following seeds. Two for mammoth genetics: 722 Risi 08 (1239 Werner 07 x 1566 Rodonis 07), 900 estimated Langevin (1689 Jutras 07 x 1502 Wallace 06). One for heat tolerance: 09 Gonsoulin Cross (406 Gonsoulin 08 x 1566 Rodonis). I also have an 1116 Traylor 08 (1130 Jutras x 1385 Jutras) but I may save it for another year as I only have one of those seeds. On the other seeds I have a couple backups to try if the first don't take. If I get several good starters out of that group I may plant one at my parents' house.
 



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