Great post, thanks all. I had a terrible year here with pollination, all the same supersweet. The weather timing for my first block was just plain awful and only about 25% pollinated well, and all was terribly buggy. Second block is great; must have hit just right. Third block I am hand pollinating this past week and weather was again awful, way too much rain. But I think I salvaged some by reading some about hand pollinating. I also have cantaloupe underneath that block, and while it sounds nice to save space, they are wild and it makes it impossible to side dress.
The last two years I had no trouble with pollination or growth, so this was a shock, but next year I think it will be more conventional. In another couple years maybe I'll have it figured out. I'm heading out now to hand pollinate some more; wanted it to be at 9am but everything was soaked again last night.
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