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Thursday, June 12, 2014
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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811 Gerhardt ’11 (F: 923 Gerhardt x M: 1332 Wolf)
While the picture may not show it, this is my best looking plant in the patch. It is the second largest by leaf area estimation but it seems to have produced leaves that are all edge to edge that is allowing for maximum coverage while limiting any overlap. I am happy with the overall look of the vegetative growth and I hope to be equally impressed with the visual characteristics of the pumpkin in the future.
While it seems the standard for comparison this time of year is main vine length, I have had plants in the past that grow a great main vine but do not ‘fill-in’, so I developed the idea of Leaf Area Estimation which is basically the area of a triangle. (This works best for the standard Christmas Tree style of pruning.) All you have to do is measure the width of the plant and the length of the main vine. Then it is simply (1/2)*(width of the plant)*(main vine length) = Leaf Area Estimation.
Estimated Leaf Area = 127 square feet Main Vine Length = 17.5 feet
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