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I just learned about tertiary vines and have some Q's. should I trim them slowly? I have two plants growing next to each other and they are very healthy. I want bigger pumpkins though.(biggest I've ever grown was 85 lbs.)
I am just afraid of hurting the WHOLE plant. suggestions? a couple are already over twenty pounds with two + months to go.

My good friend from Springfield fixed me up with several packs of 44 pound muskmelon seed. I need to send some to a couple of people on perrysgreenhouse but need your addresses. Anyone else want seeds from Dans muskmelon. I grew a 29 pounder in 2009 from Dans seedanda 35 pounder in 2010 but it over ripened and broke before weighoff!

feel free to e-mail me at wellingtonphil@yahoo.com

I am growing a tomato Plant in my bedroom. It is 6 feet tall and doing well. The leaves are a little misformed but green and not overly green. I have pollinated some buds and had a tomato about the size of a silver dollar. Then it stoppedgrowing and I had another tomato right next to it! Since the first seemed to have stopped growing I removed it and the second is and has been growing well. It is the with of a nickle. I have been giving the plant 2 cups of water daily. It contains some Miracle ...

If only I could take 2010 back again I would. I choose my seeds and tilled my ground, did ammendments and tested soil and everything was right to have a great year. Then I took a 7,000 mile road trip in March which did not affect much. The mistake I made was thinking that anyone else would do what was necessary to do to have a great year! I hired a guy who worked with me for 60 days and told him I needed to rely on him June 11-24th. I took a 13 day trip through Alaska and a 4 day cruise as part ...

I've been having trouble figuring out how to add to this diary but think I figured it out. I posted another entry but it didn't go here. So here is the the other entry and a new one that is more current.

june 16th-Well all 61 tomato plants are in. I am starting to redefine the wells and making sure the drip system is good on each plant. Then I put straw in each well over the drip line to retain water so it doesn't evaporate so fast. Day temps are in mid 80's, night temps mid 40's. ...