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Sunday, June 01, 2025
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BlossomDown
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Welterweights, Wa
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Tough choice coming up concerning the squashkins and 2054 Strickler. It seems that of the four seeds I planted as luck would have it I got three light green squashes, these will doubtfully qualify as squash. I'm ok with growing an ugly light green pumpkin with cream splotches but still the choice couldn't get any harder. The smallest plant is the best behaved. The 2054 Strickler would be fun to grow. The most aggressive plant has the most defects. Things are getting crowded but really to make the most informed choice I have no choice but to wait until the pollinations are done, at which time things will be a complete mess. I was hoping there would be a clear winner by now. It is cool to see that the orangey 1677 was indeed carrying squash genes. That plant, and its pumpkin, didnt give any hints that it was a half-squash.
An alternative would be to keep both the Strickler and the most aggressive squashkin, but reduce their square footage to about 400 ft. Or grow all the squashkins in 150 sq ft patches. I can load a 600 lb pumpkin easily and this would give the best odds of continuing the best genetics.
Lifting the 1677 was a nightmare and a daymare... it took both a day and a night to load. I think I'm talking myself into reverting it back to a breeding project, with no hope of getting a 1500 + lb squash this year. If I did them all in 150 sq ft patches I could even keep the lovely 2054 Strickler plant.
This is the best solution.
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