Saturday, May 21, 2016

Update: more purple, more stakes.

Today I put in about a dozen 8 ft. spruce stakes in between the T-posts.   These will help keep the twine tight between the T-posts and give more support to plants - at least that's the idea.  It's a cheap alternative to the T posts at a buck each.  However I did have to saw the ends so they go in the ground easier, and I have to put nails in them to fix the twine.  So we'll see if in the end it was worth it. I still have another dozen to put in.  Also: picked a few more suckers, and zapped a few more potato beetle egg clusters & larvae.  No adults found this time.  And finally, here's some F2 fruit.  #55 now has more purple; beefsteaky; and looks pretty green too - this may be a good one.  Also in order below are fruit from #40 and #50.  Definite segregation for shape and probably the dark green.  I did not record petal numbers today but I did notice one F2 with only 5-petal flowers.



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