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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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VTkeim
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Williston, VT
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This is the Breznick 1170 from my second planting, it's doing very well, should have a pollination within a week on this plant. The weather has been pretty good so far, so keeping up with the vines meeting the weeds has been a real challenge (JITW). I practice this for a couple reasons, first off I just don't have the time to keep the whole patch weeded so I let them grow until the plant approaches. The weeds help to retain the moisture through they are sapping nutrients, then by pulling them up it loosens the soil again just before the pumpkin roots move in. I'm not so much into tilling as I believe this has some downsides, disturbs the worms and microbes as well as just brings up more seeds to start new weeds. My "theory" is less weeds will grow if pulled then if tilled but it's definitely more time consuming and tough on the old body parts :-)
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