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Wednesday, April 12
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Planted indoors, (2) 1912 Carter seeds.
Will have my 12 x 12 greenhouse finished on Sunday.
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Sunday, April 16
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Pumpkin greenhouse finished - its 12x12' x4'
I'm going to try and get a jump on the season even if it only gains me a few weeks
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Wednesday, April 26
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1,666 Holland (left) -1,750 Holland (right)
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Friday, April 28
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Think I'm going to go with the 1,666 Holland.
It seems to be growing the fastest (Cat not included) ...lol
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Thursday, May 4
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Finally planted my 1,666 Holland in the greenhouse. I used pumpkin pro, a space heater, and a wireless thermometer.
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Saturday, May 13
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Pumpkin plant is doing fine now,time to start skewering the little bit of vine that's starting to show
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Wednesday, May 17
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1,666 Holland is growing a bit faster due to our slightly warmer weather.
Good forecast ahead though...
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Wednesday, May 24
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Slowly but surely I guess. Good weather in the forecast ??
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Tuesday, May 30
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Vine growing at least 6" a day now, over 4' now. Don't trust the weather yet so I'm leaving up my greenhouse for now.
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Friday, June 2
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Leaves are getting big - (1,666 Holland)
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Tuesday, June 6
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First little pumpkin. It's only at 6 feet on the main vine, so it's not really a contender, but I'm gonna pollinated anyway just in case.
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Friday, June 9
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1,666 Holland is about 9' long now with a little pumpkin at 7-8' and one male flower
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Monday, June 12
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4 females now....one @10 feet on the main (1,666 Holland)
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Saturday, June 17
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Freed the 1,666 Holland from the greenhouse ....very windy though
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Wednesday, June 21
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I put a wind fence up on the northeast side and the southeast side ...and that's still not enough.
Gave the plants a good watering today
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Friday, June 23
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One little pumpkin at 14 feet, one at 6 feet, and one at 10 feet. I hope the one at 14 feet get pollinated by the end of June… But I'm not sure
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Saturday, June 24
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Pollination day
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Sunday, June 25
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Gave the 1,666 a good soaking today.
It was blazing hot here (31c)
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Monday, June 26
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About the size of a baseball~ slow out of the gate but that's ok
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Tuesday, June 27
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procrastinating burying pumpkin vines.
Always tomorrow .. lol
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Wednesday, June 28
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My emergency pumpkin is growing not bad.
It will probably be culled but not yet..I have to wait and make sure the pollination was successful on my other pumpkins ??
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Wednesday, June 28
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Hopefully the female flower @ 14' will open tomorrow
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Thursday, June 29
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I was hoping for a June pollination for this one (at about 14' )
.....but I think it'll most likely be in the first few days of July
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Saturday, July 1
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Yay!! Canada day pollination for this one at about 14'
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Sunday, July 2
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Because of the very limited space I have , I'm going to turn my side vines 90° and have them run down the length of the garden.
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Tuesday, July 4
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Damage in main vine just before my newly pollinated kin at 14' - what a disappointment.
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Wednesday, July 5
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This is the only pumpkin that I have left.. it's at 10 feet on the main vine.
It seems to be going at a good clip, I'm surprised the pollination took… It was pollinated at 31°C ~89f
A mouse or something chewed my vine at 14 feet just before my last pumpkin, so I'm not really sure what to do with it… But I guess I'll leave it for now… Who knows.
Applied liquid kelp and 0-0-50 potash
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Thursday, July 6
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So far behind due to the cold spring ......this one was my best hope but the vine got chewed by a mouse or shrew/ not sure what to do with it.
Is it worth keeping? Or is the vine too screwed?
Any suggestions? Thanks joe .......Oh my email is Outwestcw@gmail.com
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Tuesday, July 11
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A bit bigger than a volleyball
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Thursday, July 13
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This one is growing not too bad, seems to had slowed a bit but I'm not sure --
My other pumpkin @ 10' is growing fast
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Friday, July 14
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This one's gettin there
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Saturday, July 15
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Buried some vines ---- put Styrofoam under the larger pumpkin ......and gave the patch a good soaking
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Sunday, July 16
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Grew a lot overnight
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Wednesday, July 19
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I forgot to jot down when this Pumpkin was pollinated, but I would guess that this would be day 25
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Thursday, July 20
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Again, nothing much to update on...I propped up the main vine with styrofoam.. to relieve and stress on the fruit ---My pumpkin is odd looking but it's all mine! ..lol ---- lightning is a possibility for tonight and showers turning to periods of rain for tomorrow.
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Sunday, July 23
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Warner and sunny today---- Had to cull my smaller pumpkin ahead of this one as it all but stopped growing
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Friday, July 28
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Tapes to about 105 lbs
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Sunday, July 30
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about 150 lbs
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Thursday, August 3
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Tapes to 200lbs
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Friday, August 11
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A wee bit over 300lbs
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Sunday, August 20
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Looks like pumpkin stopped growing...sigh - don't have a clue why
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Tuesday, August 22
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Pumpkin stopped growing for 2 days then it started again, mind you ..growing slowly --- (400lbs today)
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