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Thursday, August 04, 2011
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com
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It looks like we might have fianlly gotten sets on the 940 and 1548. They should have around 64 days of growth prior to weighoff. The other pumpkins have been growing at rates of 19 to 27 pounds per day for the past week of mid to upper 90 degree weather. I hope that holds up for the next week of upper 70's to mid 80's. There are a few problems we have to deal with. I'm concerned about the blossom end on the 1674 wheel: it looks like it might be very thin and it is the fastest growing pumpkin in the patch. Something bored under the skin of the 866.5. I probed it and it looks like it didn't get very far. The 1351 has a split on the vine behind the pumpkin and also a suspicious hole. I probed that too and found no vine borer. Both will get painted with fungicide and hopefully they will survive. Cucumber beetles are too numerous. I got a little leaf damage from insecticide spraying in the heat, but it was timited to a very small area.
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