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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 53 Entries.
Sunday, January 19 View Page
repacking seeds for EGVGA members
Saturday, January 25 View Page
Rick Spaziani made me changing my giant tomato line up
Saturday, February 1 View Page
EGVGA- member-packages in progress
Sunday, February 2 View Page
preparing distribution of the EGVGA packages
Monday, February 17 View Page
bought some extra orange seeds for my punkin strain
Friday, February 21 View Page
working on a new kind of pedigree this should give a better sight to genetic paths and variation when I found a way to let the computer draw it
Saturday, March 14 View Page
patch preparation for the next pumpkin generation
Saturday, March 14 View Page
harvesting weed roots
Sunday, March 15 View Page
adding Perlite for better soil ventilaion
Thursday, March 19 View Page
my little pumkin field for pollinators and additional plant is still in his winter rest
Sunday, March 22 View Page
preparing the polytunnel at my allotment about 10 to 20 feet This is only for few weeks, cause that size is normally not permitted in German allotments
Sunday, March 22 View Page
ready to start filling some water bins inside to store day warmth for the night
Saturday, March 28 View Page
strange find while tilling the pumpkin field never seen such larva before
Sunday, March 29 View Page
frost is comming need some candles for extra heat
Tuesday, March 31 View Page
sunset over the polytunnel <3
Wednesday, April 1 View Page
tomato line up #1
Wednesday, April 1 View Page
tomato line up #2 there are only 8 places of best support plants and fruits, but... I prefere the occasion to select off several kinds and specimen
Friday, April 3 View Page
looks quiet ready to plant but I will have to continiue tilling to reduce weeds
Monday, April 6 View Page
first tomato seedlings
Thursday, April 9 View Page
a little bit of first class potting soil for my tomatoes as well
Tuesday, May 5 View Page
contruction area at B-class tomato home solar ventilator shall blow the warm air from the top through pipes under the soil
Friday, May 8 View Page
patch preparation for tomatoes
Friday, May 8 View Page
seriously you can�t till too deep ;-D
Saturday, May 9 View Page
had some extra ( unstopable ) help to digg plant holes so i need some extra potting soil to fill those again
Sunday, May 10 View Page
some secret powder for extra power ;-)
Sunday, May 10 View Page
as long as the tomatoes are growing in the polytunnel some dahlias take thier place under the roof
Sunday, May 10 View Page
all space occupied in the polytunnel?
Tuesday, May 12 View Page
watermelons second try...
Tuesday, May 12 View Page
some of the tomatoes
Tuesday, May 12 View Page
5.0 Mahr 19 allready with first truss will the Tepin stay that small all summer long?
Sunday, May 17 View Page
filling 90 liter plastic boxes for second selection of tomato plants
Monday, May 18 View Page
first plants occupieing the b-class tomato home
Tuesday, July 7 View Page
6.66 Spaziani 19 x open day 1
Friday, July 10 View Page
6.66 Spaziani 19 x open Day 4
Saturday, July 11 View Page
6.66 Spaziani 19 x open Day 5 top view
Monday, July 13 View Page
6.66 Spaziani 19 x open Day 7
Thursday, July 23 View Page
6.66 Spaziani 19 x open day 17
Saturday, August 1 View Page
6.66 Spaziani 19 x open day 26 ~52 cm cc
Thursday, August 6 View Page
I�ve bought a new LED light source to germinate at home
Monday, August 10 View Page
6.66 Spazianis 19 x open day 35
Monday, August 17 View Page
it�s done ( with some help of my sons in law ;-D )
Monday, August 17 View Page
6.66 Spaziani x open Day 42 ~27.5 inch
Monday, August 17 View Page
measuring the other way around ~25 inch
Sunday, August 23 View Page
try to estimate the weight by a measurement of the biggest segment
Tuesday, August 25 View Page
8.01 Karkos 2020 ( 6.66 Spaziani x open ) All time number 11 in the world All time number 3 in Europe German Giant Tomato Record Hattrick ! ! !
Thursday, August 27 View Page
This is the entire plant that grew the 8.01 Karkos 20
Sunday, September 6 View Page
8.01 Karkos 20 ripe and ready for seed harvest
Sunday, September 6 View Page
step one tomato slices
Sunday, September 6 View Page
separated for kitchen use and seed stock
Sunday, September 6 View Page
... not as many as two years ago harvested of my 6.22 Karkos 18 but still a good number and decent sized seeds... :-)
Saturday, October 31 View Page
Harvested seeds of six pumpkins at the Krewelshof together with Andreas Wild and Johannes Goell.
Saturday, October 31 View Page
had to go half way into the pumpkin of Steven Williams to grab the last seeds
Saturday, October 31 View Page
Andreas collecting the seeds of his beautyful HDAW

 

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