Update

I've actually taken a bunch of pictures, but am too lazy to put them up. That and my daughter took my laptop to camp, and the pictures are on it. At any rate, I did have an early wave of pollinations this year.

1092 Martin - First one pollinated on 6/30. Second one caught me by surprise on July 4th. As I was busy with a community breakfast that day, it will have to be an OPEN pollination!

857 Christensen- Pollinated on 7/1. The next one is three or four feet down the vine and hasn't opened yet, so I might need to rely on the first one.

964 Wolf - Pollinated on 7/2. This one had a VERY strange look to the female flower, and the fruit is already an odd shape. But again, the next female is several feet down. I will certainly pollinate the next one, and who knows what I'll get.

That's really it for the first round. The 604 Warren should open tomorrow, and it's a good distance out. Its a little hard to measure due to the fact that the vine goes up and over a large tire. But it's a solid 12 or 13 feet out. A whole bunch will open soon on side vines of the 1185. (That one no longer has a main....) Elise's plants include the 1016 Christensen, 1290 Poirier, and 1186 Bowles. The 1290 is just now reaching out to eight or nine feet. It should have a pollination in the next day or two. The Bowles is still at five or six feet, and although it is growing right next to the 1290, I'm just going to leave both of them in that site. The 1016 is turning into a nice handsome plant, and slow as molasses. It's about seven feet right now, with a female just taking it's time to open at a whole five feet out. Actually, if the 1290 starts to look good, I may need to yank the Bowles and leave the 1290 for Elise.