Winter is giving up...

It's been a nice week here. I might even be able to do something outside this Saturday. Prune some trees, perhaps.

My plan this year again features a split philosophy... half the patch will be true orange and the other half is based solely on heaviness with no regard for color.

Six plants. I've documented my backup strategy before. Keep in mind that a backup has perhaps a 33% chance of being grown out. The goal is to have six healthy plants on July 1st. You can't grow a pumpkin until you first grow a vine.

Site 1: 604 Warren (1086 Holland X 125 Wolf), with another 604 Warren as a backup. I really think this seed has some potential.

Site 2: 964 Wolf, with a 125 Wolf as the backup.

Site 3: 1092 Martin with a 1185 Bortner as a backup. The 1092 grew the 1535 Glasier, and is certainly the most "proven" seed I've had. The 1185 is a 1068 X Self.

Site 4: 1071 Christensen, with 857 Christensen as a backup. These two are 50/50 in my book. Whichever plant is better gets to stay.

Site 5: 1186 Bowles, with a true orange hopeful as a backup.

Site 6: 1290 Poirier, with another true orange hopeful to back it up.

I've got some deciding to do, to select those other backups.