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Monday, August 22, 2011
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com
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Bad news in the patch. Our fastest growing pumpkin, the 1536 Marsh suffered a fatal stem split over the weekend. I could put a foxtail stem 19" into the pumpkin. The 866.5 McWilliams is small and growing slowly, but has the same bright orange color as the parent. The 940 Witter has a couple open pollinations set but way to late to get anything of any size. The 1584 Marsh has the strongest plant with 2 late sets on it. One might make 600 or 700# if we get rain. The 1351 Trumm and 1674 Marsh are barely creeping along now, and the 1209 Courson has slowed some too. I blame slow growth on lack of rain: only 0.3" in past month. Still I think we have a shot at personal bests if things don't get too bad. 40% chance of rain tonight and tomoprrow morning, then no rain for the next week.
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