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Thursday, June 12, 2014
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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179.4 DeBacco ’14 “Marshmallow” (F: 335 Scherber x M: 1734.5 Steil)
If you look at the numbers this is not the most impressive plant in the patch, but keep in-mind that this pumpkin was still on the vine in mid-April, so this seed was started the later than all of the others. Considering that it is the youngest plant in the patch, it is not all that far behind which is impressive and I hope the aggressive nature of this plant carries over into (hopeful) pumpkin that will be set in the near 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 = 54 square feet Main Vine Length = 12 feet
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