Dotson's 2018 Garden in Spartanburg, SC
 

The babies are coming up nicely, with a few stragglers. Thanks to Marsha, DDSack, NanPA, AKMark, and all the discovers of these varieties! Best of luck to all this Spring!

Those are strong horses there, what a race. Terhune542 puts out some great ones.

I'm looking forward to Dotson's LH later this summer.

Best of luck!

Thanks Gerardo!! I'm in love with the PL variant of Terhune, and from what AKMark says, the RL is just as good! Best of luck with DLH- it's definitely a late bloomer, but boy does it produce!!

Very nice Darin, have a great season!
Karen

Thank you Karen- means the world coming from you!!! :)

Sounds like a good strong lineup, Darin!

Nan

A few pics today of the babies- getting ready to harden them up slowly. DLH on left and Rebel Yell on right.

Looking great so far!
KarenO

Thanks KarenO!! In a separate tray, I have 6 Zena's Gift, and 6 Karma Pinks!

You are waaaaayyyy ahead of me Darin, I am just getting ready to drop some seeds this week! You are off to a great start with that nice bunch of varieties. Can't wait to watch your progress this season! :cute:

Got the babies out on Friday. The bad news- a windstorm blew my Jiffy pods out of the tray before I planted them, and now I don't know what it what! I guess I'll just wait on the ripe fruit to know. Adds to the excitement :)

Darin, do you think you'll be able to i.d. everything by the fruit? I swear we have to put dog tags on seedlings!

Nan

Gosh have we had our share of windy days! The last 3 days have been calm here, after a good month of daily winds. Hopefully you will be able to identify your varieties in a few weeks.

I sowed some bush bean and butternut squash seeds today. Spread a thin layer of mulch over top, it's supposed to rain buckets for the next couple of days. I hope the seeds don't float away, but as you say it makes it exciting, lol well interesting for sure.

[QUOTE=Nan_PA_6b;696591]Darin, do you think you'll be able to i.d. everything by the fruit? I swear we have to put dog tags on seedlings!

Nan[/QUOTE]

I think so Nan- the only PL varieties I have are Daniel Burson, Rebel Yell, and Lucky Cross. I have one of each. From the RL varieties, GGWT is unique, I know DLH very well. But I may have trouble distinguishing between Aker's WV and Terhune, while NPS and Bear Creek will be easier to identify. Today I caved in and got a Pink Brandywine to go along with the rest :)

[QUOTE=jillian;696596]Gosh have we had our share of windy days! The last 3 days have been calm here, after a good month of daily winds. Hopefully you will be able to identify your varieties in a few weeks.

I sowed some bush bean and butternut squash seeds today. Spread a thin layer of mulch over top, it's supposed to rain buckets for the next couple of days. I hope the seeds don't float away, but as you say it makes it exciting, lol well interesting for sure.[/QUOTE]

Best of luck Jillian! I planted 6 seeds of Hercules Crowder Peas around the edges of my tomato bed. I've never had them, but I hear that they are tremendous when cooked with a ham hock :)

Oh my, Darin, you have been missing out! I absolutely love me some Crowder peas, with or without the ham hock. You are in for a treat!

even with a later start, I wonder what will be your first ripe one...
KarenO

[QUOTE=KarenO;696634]even with a later start, I wonder what will be your first ripe one...
KarenO[/QUOTE]

Other than the Early Girls I have, I'll bet Zena's Gift will be first, based on your reviews!!!

Delivering seedlings to folks at work, and a few pics of the garden on 4/29/18.

Looks really great Darin. I betcha your own from seed are going to do far better than that Bonnie plant. They put growth inhibitors on them to keep them small on the store shelf. So what happens when you get that growth inhibited plant home?

looking good and the tomatoes are nice too.
haha!
The garden will start shooting and growing like crazy. I find it interesting to see the difference from one week to the next, the rapid growth of a wee little tomato seed is really quite impressive.
KarenO

Everything looks good, and how very nice of you to share your seedlings with your coworkers. I'm sure you made their day!

[QUOTE=ginger2778;697746]Looks really great Darin. I betcha your own from seed are going to do far better than that Bonnie plant. They put growth inhibitors on them to keep them small on the store shelf. So what happens when you get that growth inhibited plant home?[/QUOTE]

Once those growth-inhibited roots hit the rabbit poop, this thing will go crazy! :)

[QUOTE=Spartanburg123;697856]Once those growth-inhibited roots hit the rabbit poop, this thing will go crazy! :)[/QUOTE]

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OK, as I mentioned before, I had all of my seedlings numbered in a 36 Jiffy pod tray, but a windstorm knocked them over and scattered them randomly on the ground. So I have 9 unknowns of 9 different varieties, one each. Three of these are PL plants: Rebel Yell, Daniel Burson, and Lucky Cross. Of course I'll be able to tell at fruit ripening, but for fun I'm going to take a guess at one at least. The first plant pictured is Daniel Burson I believe, as the stem is fused in several places, as was mentioned in the great thread started by MissS in 2016. I figure I have a 33% chance to get it right. If anyone else has any guesses on these, please join in the fun!

A few more pics, along with my helper Sarge. In pots I have Pink Brandywine, Karma Pink, and one Early Girl. The small plant with broad leaves is a Crowder pea, have about 8 of them coming up. Two of my plants have megablooms on the first cluster, although I don't know the identity yet- I am guessing GGWT by the very dark green leaves. I think my wife did a marvelous job color coordinating in the flower pots! Lots of attractions for bees and flies this summer!

Go Sarge, enthusiastic thumbs up on the flowers .

[QUOTE=Gerardo;698893]Go Sarge, enthusiastic thumbs up on the flowers .[/QUOTE]

Why thank you Gerardo! I hope you have a knockout season this year!!

Beautiful pots, everything looks great Darin!
KarenO

[QUOTE=KarenO;698900]Beautiful pots, everything looks great Darin!
KarenO[/QUOTE]

Thanks buddy! My Karma Pink got a whiff of Round Up, I think, but is recovering nicely. I'm mixing in the front yard from now on. Zena's Gift was the smallest when I set them all out, but is gaining on the others. Didn't you say it has a low DTM??