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Thursday, August 08, 2013
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA [email protected]
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Day 29 after pollination. The 866 is estimated at 229#, averaging 24# per day. The 919 is estimated at 208#, averaging 26# per day. If we can keep the plants healthy and gaining like this, and no early frost we have a chance of breaking 1000# with both this year. It sure would be better than last year when Jacob only had a 234# and I had nothing.
We are getting some sweet corn on the part that is being given a rest from pumpkins. Japanese beetles are eating off the silks and wrecking some of the corn. Just as soon as the corn is done, it will get chopped down, sprayed with glyphosate and seeded to rape. Later the rape will get mowed, covered with compost, manure, leaves and 0-0-50, tilled and seeded to a late rye cover crop.
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