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Monday, June 28, 2010
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pumpkinJesus
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The bottom of New Jersey
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A side shot of the 505's second female. A few notes here about life inside the domes - on a sunny day you can feel the sun's intensity drop as soon as you walk in. Which makes sense of course since the row cover blocks 15% of the sunlight. I'm thinking this means I won't have to give the pumpkins any additional shade. It is still quite hot in there, however, since the cover also blocks about 50% of any breeze there is outside. So far there have been 5 squash vine borer moths inside Dome #1. I suddenly realized the other day that they are most likely not getting in through a hole in the roof, they are probably emerging from the soil as they do this time of year. There were cucurbits in this spot last year and at least a few vine borers, so this makes sense too. Another great thing about the dome - they cannot escape very far once you spot them. I was able to track down and kill 4 of them, the most recent one has gone MIA on me since yesterday. As long as they don't mate there will be no problems. One squash bug got in to Dome #1 and I've seen one cuke beetle in each dome so far, all now dead. My goal here is to keep populations as close to zero as possible for as long as possible. There are some small grasshoppers which may turn out to be an issue later if they multiply. Also, the spider population inside both domes is astounding. For some reason they are loving it in there, and I am loving having them as my helpers!
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