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Thursday, September 18, 2014 Duster San Diego

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bad news in the patch, high heat, and I mean extreme high heat and humidity (which is the rare part for us), has caused the stem to go from healthy to very unhealthy in 48 hours. It looks like a catastraphic failure from rot. I have never seen something hit this fast and big. I doubt the fruit will go up to pumpkinmania, but time will tell. For sure the stem is toast, and maybe the fruit. I don't have time to weigh it personally or the means to get it to a scale on a quick notice, so she might be an unweighed estimated fruit. My only hope for her was a very heavy weight, but looks like we won't know. If I end up just cutting her up, will see how thick the walls are. Fruit is still sound so far.
 
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