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Since I was off topic for the last post….I have Corkum 616, Hester 895.5 and Hebb 990 plants growing, is there any particular genetic cross anyone would like to see?  My two big ones are open pollinated, so I figured I would try some side-vine fruit with the genetic crosses.   I have kind of given up on the huge fruit since all my pollinations came late.

 

So far, I have only had females open on the Hester, pollinated all thee with the Corkum.  I am only looking for one to survive for the seeds.  I have a few females a couple days out on the Corkum plant.  I am hoping for a female on the Hebb plant, but it is the only one of four early plants to survive the late frosts at the alternate patch and it is only a main vine (no sides) about 25’ long.  I have only seen one female and it didn’t set.  There seem to be plenty of male flowers though.

 

Please respond privately.  (We should do this more often [and earlier] to get input from others on our genetic crosses.  Especially some of us less seasoned growers who have good genetics in our patches.)

 

I’ll have an Orange one for the Indiana State Fair… everything but orange for the rest of the season. 

 

-Gus