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Sunday, July 29, 2012
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IanP
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Lymington UK
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Well I have to say that this year’s patch has turned out to be a bit of a disaster zone despite our hard work. It’s obviously not great be we are fairly relaxed about the situation which is down to learning a whole load more which is great for the future.
We’ve had this pollination problem which can be sorted out in future years for sure but not only that we had our first ever foamer. Over in the UK we have had the wettest weather in June and July on record. In June we noticed a pool of water around the main stump of a 1381 and we thought it was just a drip of water coming in from the roof. The leaves at the front of the plant started wilting and we had no idea why as all the roots looked perfect. We have now come to the conclusion that it was a foamer that has occurred due to the very wet damp humid conditions as the stem has rotted. If we could ever afford to heat our crops we would as it would take away these random conditions.
A lot of growers are experiencing pumpkins aborting at 20 to 30 days and we have seen the same which makes it very hard to start a new pumpkin.
I’ll put a photo of the remains of our patch up tomorrow but for now here is a beautiful 22lb8oz common I caught yesterday.
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