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Saturday, July 03, 2010
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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warmer temps are back now at night and hopefully with the heat comes some faster secondary vine growth for the 1147 to work itself into the removed front of the plant. i looked back at the photo i took of the plant yesterday morning when i did the intial shave on it leaving in 5 feet of secondaries along the main. you can see how massive the stump was already under the white table and the main vine looking like a boa constricter winding through the patch. the plant had some real potential. que sera sera, what ever will be will be. after removing the plant i dissected the section and have decided to send it to a lab to see what the culprit was that made it girdle, rot and shrink. this might be an important find because when i dissected the troubled area in half, white foam bubbled and oozed out. this was my first experience with a foaming section of plant whether it be a stump or a vine. i will post this pic in the message board to see if others can identify it as well. i cut off 6 more inches of vine all the way to the next healthy secondary union leaving that good secondary on in front of the pumpkin incase the rot was leading to the rest of the plant and put quilt fungicide directly on the cut with the fan still on it. the pumpkin grew 2 inches circ. yesterday in warmer temps and that is up from the 1.5 the day before. i took off its blanket from last night and will let it warm up in the sun this morning before covering it with a sheet. 70 degree night time temps for the next week might help it stay the course and do something decent. if i can get anything on it at all of decent size, i am considering taking it to an early weigh off to meet other growers and have fun with it still. morton is not too far away and they paid 41 cents per pound last year for the winning pumpkin that was 895 lbs. that is my new goal with kenny. always wanted to see some pumpkin' chunkin' too and it it might be a fun thing for me and the bobby's crew to do if it works out.
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