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Wednesday, December 03, 2014
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big moon
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Bethlehem CT
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I took some soil samples yesterday. I wanted to get them before everything froze up. It is fun to get a soil test back in the winter.
A few random thoughts on the future of giant pumpkin growing. I just read the interview with Beni Meier in the SNGPG newsletter. The main thing that struck me was that he is pretty much treating the pumpkin like a bedding plant. Testing for Electrical conductivity for the salt levels is just what greenhouse growers do to determine when it is time to fertilize. A greenhouse grower pretty much has a nonfertile sterile medium to grow in and therefore assumes he has to add everything. Which he does with his fertilization program. There are many fine greenhouse growers in the US and around the world with lots of knowledge on growing in an artificial growing media. If someone is trying to imitate Beni with the greenhouse, I feel it would really benefit them to study up on nutrient management with bedding plants.
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