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Friday, July 30, 2010
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pumpkinJesus
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The bottom of New Jersey
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A day 30 update on Reba (610 Garrell x 505 McCracken): 105.5" circ., 75" end to end, 78" side to side. Total OTT of 258.5" for an estimated weight of 371 lbs. A gain of 66 lbs. over the last 3 days, the dry conditions continue to slow her down a fair amount now. Her shoulder split is looking excellent, it has stopped getting larger and is healing nicely. I think it is time to begin watering again, so I'll run the soaker hose on her tonight for a while to see if I can increase her weight gains again without causing more splitting. The more I think about it, I believe I put the stress on the stem area by trying to turn her too much. She started out with a perfect 90 degree angle to the main vine, but I still tried to turn her away from a side vine that was very close to her. As a result the stem is still at 90 degrees to the main vine, but the pumpkin turns to the left where the stem is attached to it. I simply should have left the pumpkin alone and moved the vine out of the way, which I am now in the process of doing. There is more to learn in the patch every day!
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