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Monday, August 13, 2012
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SoCal Kevin
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San Diego
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No diary entries for a while. I measured OTT last week and was dismayed to learn that the pumpkin was only putting on 3 lbs a day. Then again, it is about 60 days old, so it should be slowing down. But, I measured again Sunday the 12th and growth has picked up a bit to 5 - 6 lbs per day for a total OTT of 292 and an estimated weight of 556 lbs! I had given up on my goal of 600 lbs, but, maybe I won't give up quite yet. There's still a good few months in which to try to put on a few dozen more pounds.
In the corner of the garden I've been growing tomatoes and cucumbers. The tomatoes have done incredibly and I have several dozen huge green tomatoes just waiting to turn red. But, every time I get a red one, some animal is beating me to the tomato. After walking out in the garden this evening, my theory is that these are birds! They've been tearing the edges of my pumpkin leaves all summer and now I think they're stealing my other fruits. I'll have to think about how to deter them for next year... maybe I'll try the plastic owl, though they will probably get used to it...
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