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Saturday, August 20, 2011
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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we are getting a gully washer right now. i will guess 2"-3" in an hour by the time it stops. i watered thoroughly yesterday morning and then from 3 to 6 pm last night and again this morning leading into the storms to slowly saturate the ground prior to the this mornings rains over the course of the last 24 hours in intervals. last thing i need is a big push on 58 and 62 day old pumpkins. i think they will be fine and a good soaker at this stage to set up 2 or 3 more weeks of good growth will work nicely. a little nitrogen from the abundance of lightening for the new tert growth i am letting happen is good too. this is when having the grass weeds chopped off below the leaf canopy help to take the pressure off the plant and soil community from these types of pounding rains and will help hold the soil structure better and then also help transpire the excess water faster. and its times like these that the crown in the middle of the patch is critical.
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