Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 12 Entries. Monday, April 6 View Page Almost go time!!   Monday, April 6 View Page So while I waiting on the watermelon grafts to heal, I decided to set up my hydroponic bucket system and get the veggie plants going!   Tuesday, June 9 View Page Melon plants chugging along so far but no melons yet. Should pollinate a few by this weekend and should be more pollinations next week. Plants from near to far are: 332 Mudd, 341 Mudd, 324 McCaslin, 283 Dawson, and 330.5 Vial.   Tuesday, June 9 View Page Plants from near to far are: 272.3 Bentley, 330.5 Vial, 341.5 Vial, 341.5 Vial, and 324 McCaslin.   Tuesday, June 9 View Page Hydroponic madness in full swing! Plants look super healthy and starting to produce a lot of tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, and peppers are just starting to set fruit.   Saturday, June 27 View Page 330.5 Vial @ 9 DAP. Pollinated on 6/15   Saturday, June 27 View Page 270 Dawson @ 9 DAP. Pollinated on 6/15.   Saturday, June 27 View Page 254 Dawson @ 10 DAP. Pollinated on 6/14.   Saturday, June 27 View Page 330.5 Vial @ 10 DAP. Pollinated on 6/14.   Saturday, June 27 View Page 34-.5 Vial @ 10 DAP. Pollinated on 6/14. This ugly thing will eventually be replaced but as of now it is the best thing I’ve got on this huge plant. I do have one with a lot of potential and a great shape that I pollinated on 6/25 that hopefully will replace this pear melon.   Saturday, June 27 View Page Plants growing great so far with 5 Strongbacks among the melon plants. Really impressed with the growth of the plants grafted to Strongback but it seems like the females took longer to show out on those plants. All of the plants are huge and the females are here now! Pollinated about 10-12 females this morning on 4 Strongbacks so hopefully 4 of those pollinations will grow great and be keeper melons.   Saturday, June 27 View Page Some of our Hydroponic tomatoes are almost 10’ tall already and loaded with tomatoes. Picked our first ripe tomato today which was a BrandyBoy tomato that is a cross between a Brandywine and a Better Boy tomato.