Re: Strange brew for 2022
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2022 12:10 pm
Strangely enough the seed was mislabeled, and the "ZS" plant turned out to be Zolotye Kupola - one of the original parents in the Yellow Project. It was nice to revisit them and I was pleasantly surprised that ZK turned out to be one of the most resistant to the hot humid summer blights we had, although the fruit cracked pretty badly outdoors.
Our 2022 season flipped from typically cold to unprecedented, relentless heat and humidity from June onwards. I managed to get a decent fruit set by running fans every day in the greenhouse. All the extra plants got moved outdoors in the second week of June - never ever this early before - and I had ripe fruit outdoors in July - again, this has never happened. So for us it really was an unprecedented warm season.
I had a problem with my camera and missed getting pics of everything but I do have a few, will find and post some.
Our 2022 season flipped from typically cold to unprecedented, relentless heat and humidity from June onwards. I managed to get a decent fruit set by running fans every day in the greenhouse. All the extra plants got moved outdoors in the second week of June - never ever this early before - and I had ripe fruit outdoors in July - again, this has never happened. So for us it really was an unprecedented warm season.
I had a problem with my camera and missed getting pics of everything but I do have a few, will find and post some.