Direct Start Update for June 2000
Direct Start Update for June 2000
Cool and wet June. Precipitation 5.80".
Lowest June temp 40 highest 91, Number of days above 90 :2 average low 56
high 77.
Last year 1999 Lowest June temp 42, highest 97, average low 56 high 83. Numbe
r of days above 90 :7
Precipitation .35" (Record).
So far both plants look great, first SVB Moth arrived 6/30. Lots of Cuke
Beetles but they succumbed quickly to Seven.
Mound #1
Eight AG- AG-560-98-GB Frozen Seeds:
This is the seed from the "Living Dead" (1006 x 1006) "Son Of The Living
Dead".
7 out of 8 seeds germinated. Broke ground in 5-7 days.
Did not produce any females in June. Very strong main vine, dark green and
hard.
Mound #2:
S2C: One AG-756-PG-97 Frozen Seed Pete Geerts (567.5 Mombert 92 x 559 Geerts
95) Broke ground in 6 days.
Produced 6 Females in June, #'s 5 & 6 set 6/27 @ 14' 11" & 6/28 @ 15' 10". Go
od looking plant more sensitive to UV than the Living Dead plant.
Today: 7/12/00 Cut number 5 on AG-756-PG-97 # 6 is 46" and growing 4 - 5" a
day, high and round shape. AG- AG-560-98 set fruit 1 & 2 on July 4th @ 17'
6" & 18' 4". They are long fruits and much slower growing at this stage than
the AG-756-PG-97.
All were planted using the Direct Start Method & Compost Feeding Method. Moun
d #2 has a 6' heating cable and mound #1 has a 3'. That may account for the
difference in the plants because they are both averaging 5" a day now that it
has warmed up a little. Big Nor-eater coming into tomorrow with heavy rain
and wind, hopping for the best. Very unusual for June, that is an early
April type storm.
Compost preparation: Built 2 Compost Piles one on each side of the Pumpkin
Mound. Started by deep forking in Bradfield Plus, Iron Sulfate, Chicken Pen
Dirt, Cat Chow & Lime in the hole. Layer compost and Chicken Pen Dirt with
Cat Chow & Bradfield Plus in between. Topped off with slightly rotted hay.
George Brooks
North Tewksbury, MA USA
Approximately 25 miles Northwest of Boston
in the Merrimack River Valley
Zone 5N
Personal Bests
617.6 1991
641 1993
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