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Friday, August 01, 2014
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ApertureScience
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Federal Way, WA
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Here's an updated shot of the patch, almost completely filled in, except for the left corner. Zucchini in the foreground and the Gerhardt's main poking through the fencing on the left. You can see the older leaves aging somewhat earlier than I expected (though still slowly), but I received ArvadaBoy's micronutrients in the mail (thanks again, Jamie!), so hopefully a weekly foliar application of that slows what looks like either plant stress or nutrient leeching by the newer growth.
For my records, I pollinated a 5 lobe female on the first side vine 7/31 and a perfect, 6 lober on the second side vine 8/1. The main set, all the way out at ~20ft is still growing. I looked back through diaries that showed pumpkins around 9 DAP and although a few were comparable to mine, most were far bigger. Oh well, no point worrying about it, but I'm setting most other females on major secondaries to see if there's a difference in early growth. Anyway, I got some $10 'recycled bottle' weed barrier and sand underneath the kin, along with a rather poor attempt at an s-curve. I think it'll be stress free up to about 400lbs, so I should be good, ha!
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