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Old March 28, 2017   #1
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Default Muddy Bucket Farm 2017 Startup

Well, I'm about 5 days into getting 2017 started. So far, I've got two trays of tomatoes and a couple of peppers with some non-dwarf and dwarf hunting for a quartet of new crosses done by Craig.

Here's how I do it. I still have a 18 hole tray of peppers to start. Perhaps tomorrow on that one.

Enjoy the tour.


First up this year. Thank you Ellie

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Second up. Curious one I'm looking at.

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Third up from an older Spanish variety I have been trusted with.

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Here's tray one.

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Here's tray two.

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The two peppers and some dwarf/non-dwarf hunting.

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Unexpected but welcome germination of 2008 seeds of Tommy Toe Red.

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Welcome germination of 2009 seeds from Sara's Galapagos

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My tray maps of what is where.

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Ted -- I don't think you have quite enough different varieties!
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Ted -- I don't think you have quite enough different varieties!
Well, there were more than half a dozen from Wasilla. All sorts of combinations of BW, BB, and a whole bunch of Express stuff. Got to cover the curiosity of those who have been so nice as to share with us.

The variety count is somewhere around 143 plus about 20 peppers.

So glad to see you posting. You've been missed around here.
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WOW!!!! How many of each type do you grow? Be sure to post pictures later on of the mature plants.
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WOW!!!! How many of each type do you grow? Be sure to post pictures later on of the mature plants.
One or two plants of each for myself and the others I give away to family, friends, and neighbors. I'll probably have about 200 plants in production this year. Oh, and BTW, I'm going to have about a dozen bales of straw and as many containers to help with proximity management issues. I keep certain varieties up here near the house for more "intensive care".
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Ted, you have some work ahead of you. Good luck this season.
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Ted, you have some work ahead of you. Good luck this season.
Yeah, I've got some work ahead. But I want to say a loud "THANK YOU" for the varieties you've shared. I'll keep you posted on their progress. And, the same best wishes on you and your projects up there in the "cold country".

I'm actually watching "Life Below Zero" while I'm typing this.

Take care. See you down the road.
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Well Ted, what a great start to the season you have there. I thought that you were cutting back. I am glad to see that you are still going full tilt. It will be fun to watch your gardens grow.

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Time for an update.

Here's a series of pixs that show the current status of my seedlings. This is the first "potting up". Most go to a 9 oz plastic cup with a hole in the bottom for watering. Smaller seedlings may go into individual compartments of a 72 hole tray.

Anyhow, I have also acquired my usual larger plants to go into containers near the house to give me early fruits. Lots of stuff to satisfy the needs of my extended family. They all seem to depend on "Uncle Ted" for good tomatoes. Yes, I'm kinda proud of that.

The first two pictures show the difference in chartreuse and regular green foliage.

Other than that, I only lost two seedlings during the transplanting exercise. Three to four more weeks and it'll be time to put them in the ground and into containers and straw bales.

Enjoy the eye candy.

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They look nice Ted.

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Pretty looking seedlings!

The Cherokee Tiger chartreuse is interesting. Ted, do you think the single green seedling is a reversion or a bee cross?
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Ted, we need a "like" button for all your nice seedlings!
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Pretty looking seedlings!

The Cherokee Tiger chartreuse is interesting. Ted, do you think the single green seedling is a reversion or a bee cross?
I think it's more likely to be a reversion. Bee crosses are very rare unless the bloom has an exerted stigma.
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Thanks to all for kind comments. My main thought right now is that they are all very healthy and vigorous.

I've got F2 seeds going for 4 of Craig's new crosses. I'll be looking for non-dwarf varieties that taste good. Then it will be on to naming, stabilization, and release to the world. It's the side of the Cross Hemisphere Dwarf Project that I decided to look at. My question is whether or not we threw away some great tasting and productive tomatoes because they weren't dwarfs. The answer is that we did, in fact, throw away some great tomatoes. I've already found a few and will be searching for more.

Y'all take care. We'll have more in the next update here in a couple of weeks.
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