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Sunday, July 19, 2009
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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looked closely at the backup set on the 1161 and found stem splits already. i decided to go with "duece" all or nothing and culled all females. the secondary leading to duece is not the biggest secondary by any means, but it is the only pumpkin to make it to day 11 with aborting. if it aborts, then officially the 1161 will be allowed to grow some pop up tertiary pumpkins for halloween like last years 997. the 997 produced about 800 pounds of tertiary pop up pumpkins and these on the 1161 are round and yellow so should make some nice halloweenies if it comes to that. even a disappointing plant will produce enough halloweenies to produce some nice smiles from friends and families when delivered to their doorsteps. blankets did there work last night as "freak" and "it" never broke stride even in the last 2 cloudy and cool days. 2 more nights of blanketing should do it hopefully until the next cold spell comes along next week. the comforters were laid out over the pumpkins and spread out to retain as much ground heat and internal pumpkin heat as possible. last night the comforters were covered with blue tarps about 5 pm to get a little warmth from the darker color absorbing sun and also to keep the comforters dry as i began watered again as usual from 3 am to 6 am with the overhead misting system. everynight when the pumpkins and soil are at there coolest is when i water, this way the cold tap water is not that shocking to either. and with the heavier drop misting system, the leaves funnel the water to the taps and then wick outwords never soaking the soil too much, but keeping a nice base saturation. hoping for some sun today.....hey it must be a sign, it just came through the clouds as i type...freaky.
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