2013 Grow List for ANOTHER Central Valley, CA location

aclum · January 20, 2013

Hi,

Sort of following up on Naysen's Central Valley, CA grow list, here's mine - still in the Central valley but a hundred miles or so south of Naysen.

The following have been hardening off or getting the cold treatments under lights and with a small fan for about 12 hours a day in our unheated but insulated garage with temps ranging from about 55 to 70. Most have been in the garage since Jan 7th.

Reds
Santa Clara Canner
Wes (Oxheart)
Opalka (paste)
Brandywine OTV
Katana
Grandeur

Pinks
Momotaro
Odoriko
Goose Creek (from Geckler's - it's pink)
Mexico

Blacks
Noir de Crimee
Black Krim (to compare)
Indian Stripe
Carbon
Gary'O Sena

Bi-Color/Orange
KBX
Lucky Cross

The follow are newly started varieties:

Red
Dona F1 (also have one in the graft healing chamber)
Prue

Pink
Wolford Wonder (oxheart)
Dr Lyle
Purple Dog Creek

Black
Vorlon
Amazon Chocolate

Bi-Color
Hillbilly

That's about 25 total. I'll have a control of each one plus (hopefully) one or more grafts of each on katana, grandeur, momotaro, or ping-tung long eggplant.

I've got about 85 linear feet of EMT conduit structure similar to the one Marla posted from which I'll string the plants. I expect to have about 60-70 plants trimmed to one or two vines when I'm done. We'll see.......

Anne

TightenUp · January 20, 2013

nice list!

we dont have much in common this season but i can tell you from experience momotaro is absolutely delicious. that along with odoriko and kbx are the only varieties we can chat about in a few months.

good luck!

nancyruhl · January 21, 2013

Just curious about why you would graft Momotaro and Dona, since they are hybrids.

aclum · January 21, 2013

Tightenup - thanks for the good wishes! Will be interesting to compare notes as the season progresses.

Nancy - just grafting the dona and momotaro out of curiosity - to see if they get any benefits from the "rootstock." I can't say that I have a problem with soil borne diseases, but am looking for differences in heat and cold tolerance, intenode distance, harvest start and duration, production, dought tolerance, etc. (At this point, it's all theoretical for me as I'm still in the process of figuring out the grafting and have yet to get a successful batch! But I'm assuming I'll eventually get it worked out).

Anne

January 20, 2013	#1
aclum Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Merced, CA Posts: 832	2013 Grow List for ANOTHER Central Valley, CA location Hi, Sort of following up on Naysen's Central Valley, CA grow list, here's mine - still in the Central valley but a hundred miles or so south of Naysen. The following have been hardening off or getting the cold treatments under lights and with a small fan for about 12 hours a day in our unheated but insulated garage with temps ranging from about 55 to 70. Most have been in the garage since Jan 7th. Reds Santa Clara Canner Wes (Oxheart) Opalka (paste) Brandywine OTV Katana Grandeur Pinks Momotaro Odoriko Goose Creek (from Geckler's - it's pink) Mexico Blacks Noir de Crimee Black Krim (to compare) Indian Stripe Carbon Gary'O Sena Bi-Color/Orange KBX Lucky Cross The follow are newly started varieties: Red Dona F1 (also have one in the graft healing chamber) Prue Pink Wolford Wonder (oxheart) Dr Lyle Purple Dog Creek Black Vorlon Amazon Chocolate Bi-Color Hillbilly That's about 25 total. I'll have a control of each one plus (hopefully) one or more grafts of each on katana, grandeur, momotaro, or ping-tung long eggplant. I've got about 85 linear feet of EMT conduit structure similar to the one Marla posted from which I'll string the plants. I expect to have about 60-70 plants trimmed to one or two vines when I'm done. We'll see....... Anne

January 20, 2013	#2
TightenUp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Jersey Posts: 1,183	nice list! we dont have much in common this season but i can tell you from experience momotaro is absolutely delicious. that along with odoriko and kbx are the only varieties we can chat about in a few months. good luck! __________________

January 21, 2013	#3
nancyruhl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan Posts: 1,051	Just curious about why you would graft Momotaro and Dona, since they are hybrids.