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Sunday, July 24, 2011
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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and i thought it rained hard last night at midnight with 2 inches total......i am looking out the window at a deluge............wow! flash flood warning going and it was our turn down south that we missed up north yesterday. record flood in one day up north in chicago. it has rained buckets for over a half hour straight and at 3 inches per hour....well let's just say those stem splits on Harpo are getting the mother load of stress. i am still optimistic at this point because i have battled stem side splits on the rib lines and into the stem with wide open triangular cavities all season....but this ain't helping my optimism. the splits this morning again look superficial along the rib line and are dry. it's the upper split in yesterdays pic forming a little deeper into the stem and will probably gap open. i need to get a turkey baster for when and if the split opens into the stem deep enough to expose the space between the pumpkin and the stem. i use the turkey baster and a folded piece of paper to blow captan powder into the cavity to help prevent rot from forming where i can't see it or treat it. this kind of rain event is when the weeds below the canopy help absorb the water pressure and help hold my soil structure in place better. and the crown in the patch...it is doing its job as best as it can. still raining just as hard as it was now 45 minutes straight. it ain't ever easy is it....lol......and it never will be. so tomorrow night needless to say is heavy fungicide coverage time on the coolest day predicted for the past 8 days and for the next week. and that is 88 degrees. lol.
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