Sierra Gold
\nExpected germination: 7 days
\nExpected harvest: 90 days<\/p>\n
9 seeds<\/p>\n
06\/02: Planted 1 per cell in 9 cells.
\n06\/06: No visible change.
\n06\/10: 6 of 9 (67%) have shoots 0″ to 1\/4″ tall.
\n06\/14: 7 of 9 (78%) have foliage 1-1\/2″ to 2″ diameter and another 1 (11%) is just emerging.
\n06\/14: 8 of 9 (89%) have foliage 2″ to 3″ diameter.
\n06\/21: Planted out in hill with black plastic mulch.
\n07\/18: 6″ to 8″ tall, with foliage diameters up to 14″.
\n07\/24: 9\u00e2\u20ac\u00b3 to 11\u00e2\u20ac\u00b3 tall, with foliage diameter 16\u00e2\u20ac\u00b3 to 29\u00e2\u20ac\u00b3. Flowers developing.
\n08\/01: 9″ to 11″ tall, with foliage diameters to 50″. Huge numbers of yellow flowers – perhaps a hundred. Vines now growing a couple of inches per day.
\n08\/04: Startled animal must have run through patch, snapping off some leaves and a couple of feet of vine.
\n08\/04: Pruned to fit in assigned area.
\n08\/07: Patch is approx 10″ deep and 73″ by 45″. Still many yellow flowers. A few marble size gourds.
\n08\/15: Patch is approx 13″ deep and 80″ by 42″. Still many yellow flowers. A few gourds 3\/4″ to 1-1\/2″.
\n08\/23: Patch is approx 13″ deep and 86″ by 50″. Several yellow flowers. A few gourds to 4″.
\n08\/29: Was over pumpkin and starting to encroach on sunflower #2. Moderate pruning.
\n08\/30: Patch is approx 16″ deep and 92″ by 42″. A few flowers. A few gourds to 4″ long and 3″ diameter.
\n09\/22: Removed two sunflowers and trimmed squash to provide better light to melons and pumpkins.
\n09\/22: Moved plastic cover from (a few) tomato vines to (all) melon vines.
\n10\/13: Dying back fast. Harvested final gourds and cleaned up.<\/p>\n
Harvest: ???-133 days
\nYield: 6-8 gourds about 1 lb each<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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