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sevierville, Tn

please post your OTT numbers for DAP 10,15,20 etc. We can use them to guide us as we have none to go by. Don't worry if your a little behind, its all fun and besides, last year my biggest melon was 17 lbs behind at one point !

6/29/2016 7:25:10 AM

Forest Hill,md.

A little off topic but I believe that a jumbo black diamond seed that I planted from Mr. Brights stock was from a cross with a cc.It is hot dog shaped but nice solid color of the diamond .Possible ?

6/29/2016 6:46:18 PM

sevierville, Tn

lets see if this will post. these are lbs from the chart.

DAP    J. Lindley    C Kent
10     27.8     25.1

6/29/2016 9:30:09 PM

Bowdon, GA

Inches might be the way to keep up with it. They are usually very heavy to the chart. The long one may be showing some of the original Tom Watson trait.

6/29/2016 11:15:07 PM

sevierville, Tn

I posted the chart(picture) in my diary

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=259062

6/30/2016 9:47:04 AM

simpson,KS

T. Prochaska DAP 10 OTT OF 40

6/30/2016 5:22:16 PM

sevierville, Tn

tony, is that 40 in lbs or inches ??

7/1/2016 6:25:41 AM

East Tennessee

missed day 10 on vacation will get day 15

7/1/2016 10:03:11 PM

Partlow,Va

Just had my first male bloom today so maybe in a couple weeks I'll have a 10 day number..:)

7/1/2016 11:50:12 PM

simpson,KS

40 in inches it has a deformed blossom end so am looking for the next set

7/2/2016 3:41:54 PM

sevierville, Tn

New chart posted in my diary

7/5/2016 8:54:18 AM

simpson,KS

OK we are at 33 lbs. at day 20 but still lookin to pull it for a new one.Had to overhead water been dry and hot.

7/10/2016 11:34:33 AM

Bowdon, GA

Did anyone keep up with germination to pollination in days on these.

7/11/2016 9:43:07 PM

sevierville, Tn

i germinated on 4/15 ,pollination was 6/23 .

7/11/2016 10:40:51 PM

Home of happy lil plants

normal melon acting jake just longgggggger leaves atleast on one i had before i misplaced a grenade in its stump

7/12/2016 10:19:18 AM

NE Arkansas

I germed mine on 4/11, moved it outside on 5/1 and im dap 25 today

7/12/2016 11:16:00 AM

sevierville, Tn

Whats the stars Spencer??? Did you do good in school ??

7/12/2016 10:38:58 PM

NE Arkansas

Chris you see its only 3 stars.... maybe I should add 4 stars to mine and you add 5 stars to yours...

7/13/2016 11:00:09 AM

Bowdon, GA

Thanks thought about planting one where my dead squash plant is but I couldn't remember how long it took to get sets. Guess I will wait till next year to grow the Black Diamond. Note it is too hot in Georgia this year for giant squash.

7/14/2016 10:55:36 PM

sevierville, Tn

There you go Jeremy, your turn.

7/15/2016 1:04:51 PM

Home of happy lil plants

its to hot here for watermelons even this year!

7/16/2016 12:29:54 AM

sevierville, Tn

its never too hot for melons. they are from the african desert !

7/16/2016 8:20:45 AM

Kansas

They love the Texas heat! Does anyone have any current pictures of there Black diamonds they can share? I am going to post mine tomorrow and take measurements.

7/16/2016 10:03:29 PM

Bowdon, GA

It may never be too hot but they grow slower over 96 than 90-95. 100 plus they don't do well

7/16/2016 11:04:55 PM

Watervalley Ms

different plants do different things some will grow good at 100 105 5 pounds a day.

7/17/2016 8:56:13 AM

Bowdon, GA

I still think that same melon would grow better at 93. I also think the plant and the melon mature much faster hurting the later growth when you have and overall above average hot summer.

7/17/2016 5:54:07 PM

Grant, AL

I agree Jake! I think a melon can sustain a 5 lb a day growth rate longer in low 90s than in 100+ temps. I wonder if the amount of humidity combined with the temperature is a factor in sustaining good growth?

7/17/2016 6:28:14 PM

NE Arkansas

Hey Jake what do you think about the heat index? also will you email me. I have a couple questions.

7/18/2016 1:51:20 PM

Bowdon, GA

This is just observation. Don't know if it right but it. I have noticed that we have two types of summers here.
Summer 1: Very hot 100+ many days, relativley low for this
neck of the woods, very little rain, lots of sun
Summer 2: Not as hot 90-95 some 100s, high humidity, lots of
rain, cloudy for many days (high heat index)

7/19/2016 11:29:27 PM

Bowdon, GA

So this is what seems to happen in my patch:
Summer 1: Pros- Less disease pressure, Melons tend to be
heavier to the chart, better early growth because
of sunny days, easier to control water
Cons- Growth slows down quicker, melons mature
faster, insect pressure high (esp;mites)
Summer 2: Pros- melons mature slower, grow better at the
end (if you beat disease)
Cons- high disease pressure, things rot, growth
may fluctuate when cloudy, melons on avg. not as
dense.

7/19/2016 11:43:38 PM

Bowdon, GA

In the first post I meant to say humidity low for this neck of the woods.
Option 2 seems to be more work and more heartache sometimes, but it seems that my best melons come from option 2, but I think if I were in a cooler climate option 1 looks good.

7/19/2016 11:48:01 PM

Partlow,Va

My JBD folded up today. Nice plant and had filled up my spot. I had some young sets on, but it could not handle 98 and 99 back to back I guess but we had been 88-98 for almost a month?? I did prune a LOT in the past few days. Could that have hurt it? The 2 CC beside it are ok. I had a day 6 on...almost made the chart Chris! I will put a pic in my diary. Best of Luck to everyone else

7/25/2016 10:15:42 PM

sevierville, Tn

neither pruning nor the heat should have hurt it. Probally didn't set due to the heat would have been my guess.

7/26/2016 6:47:19 AM

sevierville, Tn

Hank, wow i just saw you picture. Thats something else. Its a disease. Looks like bacterial wilt to cause the whole plant to just die like that. I had it once. I believe it happened to todd Dawson too. Sorry.
The upper 90's might slow a plant, but if it has water, it won't die. Sorry

7/26/2016 10:15:33 AM

South Arkansas

Hank- Sorry about your JBD plant. The plants that I have had with a similar sudden drop to the surface like yours were killed by gophers. The total plant flattens within an hour or so after the root system is cut through unless it is an old plant that has developed roots along all the vines and in that case the plant sometimes will survive the loss of the main roots.

7/26/2016 1:33:53 PM

Partlow,Va

I checked the dead stump yesterday and all was good, at least above the ground. I am going down there right now and dig it up and see.

7/27/2016 4:51:12 PM

Partlow,Va

It was gophers that had done a pass near the stump and bit the main about a foot from the stump. I took a pc of rebar and followed the tunnel. I think it was bad luck the main root was in his way I guess so he bit it in half. I dug half the area and the 3 larger roots I traced were about 6" shy of a shovel handle away from the stump in length. The soil was balling up in my hand like a snowball so we are still a shade wet and the 2 CC plant I have show it in yellow at the stump some.
Missed the storms tonight got 3/4" last night. Thanks for the info good luck ya'll I will try some pellets next year as the gophers are bad here but never got me before

7/27/2016 9:58:32 PM