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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
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KC Kevin
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Mission Viejo, CA
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Finally have a pumpkin going on the 1775 plant. Its at 10 DAP and looks to be doing fine. Sadly its a side vine fruit as was last years. Pollination date was July 20, 1 day earlier than a year ago but with a late October weigh off, that shouldn't be an issue. Its selfed as I used my males from the 980 on another female that sadly didn't take.
Nice weather here right now with a high in the low-mid 80's. Can't believe that its almost August. Way cooler than a year ago. I've turned off my misters for now.
Had that nasty downy mildew hit the plant; cut off a bunch of leaves and went back in with the daconil. Hope that keeps it at bay. Its been a tough plant to grow. Lots of deformed female flowers and this is the first one to take in 5 or 6 pollination attempts.
The 980 flowerbed plant, by contrast, has been easy to grow. No fuss, no muss. I had a beauty of a six lobe flower but it was in a spot that would be impossible to grow a fruit so we just left it. Pollinated on the main vine at about 12 feet and we are waiting to see if took. Have another coming in at 15-16 feet that I am most hopeful about. There is not much plant behind it but its just for kicks anyway since this plant was just grown for a cross pollinator. Still, a nice orange kin of a couple hundred pounds should be do-able....and so fun.
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