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Monday, May 16, 2011
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com
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92 degrees last Tuesday, light frost this morning. I was prepared and had all of the pumpkins tucked in under corrugated cardboard boxes. They will go back on for at least 2 more nights. Forecast for tomorrow morning is for patchy frost, which means a hard freeze in my valley. All the pumpkins are growing well, with at least 2 or 3 true leaves. They may be behind a lot of other growers, but they are on schedule for my patch. 3 watermelons are in the ground and the long gourds have sprouted and in the mini-greenhouse with a light bulb at night for heat. The pumpkin patches are now totally green except for the area around the plants. Tonight or tomorrow evening they will get a shot of glyphosate after the covers go back on. It looks like I might be able to get some free composted sheep manure, and if I do that will get spread on the patches and tilled in when I finally decide to cultivate with the TroyBilt.
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