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Sunday, July 01, 2012
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SoCal Kevin
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San Diego
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Pumpkin looks smaller next to my son Will (who seems to be growing just as fast as the pumpkin... ;). Because I ran my main vine along the edge of my garden, the pumpkin is pretty close to the edge which is making it difficult to get good pictures and support the pumpkin. I'll keep using lots of sand as a cushion.
I've made a decision to go with fertilizer that is light on nitrogen and heavy on potash. I know that Langevin's "How to grow world class..." suggests evenly balanced N-P-K at this stage of growth but I worry that I am already heavy on N. I don't want to overdo it and am taking advice I found in his book that slow and steady is best and less N can be good, and that K is the essential nutrient for fruit growth. I also am using fish and kelp fertilizer every week too as a drench and a foliar feed.
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