mine are in s swc and i can tell how much they drink in a day. they drink 4 gals a day right now. main vine is 15 feet and 80 leaves. i think you going to be fine, but it depends on the genetics on your seeds. i have 1 that is 700 to 900 lbs and the other is 500 to 700 lbs. growing in the ground you lose alot of water. and what i understand is they drink between 5 to 10 gals a day. keep us updated.

Very strange but there might be something to a rename thing. Trophytaker series has Jen Melon as Jen Melon. Oakes does not list their own Jen Melon but list Star Struck and is listed as Star Struck in the All American series. Why market one with one name in one series and then rename it in another series makes no sense to me, but it becoming to look like Jen Melon and Star Struck are one and the same. Whatever it is, it's a beauty. I have a feeling the Starstruck in my garden is Jen Melon aka Star Struck. One would think the industry could market a daylily under one name especialy if the reason for the name change is 'more marketable name' but then continue to market it under two names. Tanya, enjoy your daylily as I enjoy mine, it's a beauty and worthy of awards no matter what the industry decides to call it ;) Rhonda

Wow Bob... I feel for you. That's crappy. It might be an insect. I had a hornworm do similar damage to a bhut. But, in my case, somehow I bagged the hornworm when I bagged the blossoms, he didn't start eating the fruit until he'd eaten all the foliage, but he put a similar hole in my bhut. I have a ton of house sparrows that are living in my garden (and I mean about 30), but they seem to be more interested in my tomatoes than peppers. You need to get out there in the night and look around. I had a lot of damage a couple of years ago in my greenhouse, I am not sure if it was the lizard I found in there or if it was the crickets. I don't think mice or rats. One fall I had a mouse problem, the damn things removed the fruit off the plants and moved it into the corner of the greenhouse. While cleaning I found a big pile of peppers. They didn't touch the fruit other than removing it from the plant. Pam

The one thing to check, I think, is if the GC was trying to warn you off. Does he really want to work over the holidays? Do his subs? Are they taking their kids on vacation just when you thought they'd be working? The GC might want the job too much to tell you no-can-do, and figure he can probably make it work out, rather than being eager for your start date. If you're sure he and the subs are on board, go for it! And maybe add an incentive bonus for them to be done, cleaned up and signed off by January 25 (sooner if that's the quote), which gives you a week to get your act together before your party. Plus a penalty if it's not done by February 1. It can be done if everyone's on board. I only worry that less than 2 months over the holidays is awfully tight, if you really want them done in time for the party.