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Wednesday, December 24, 2014
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DeanAZ
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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Well, it's showtime. It may be Christmas Eve, but it is start time for Arizona Giant Pumpkins. The plan is to plant pumpkins on January 1, which is 150 days before the Memorial Day Weigh-Off. Phoenix starts to have 10 hour days on January 5. I'm not worried about daylight ... I don't know about cold. The last frost day is about February 28; but that makes our season too short. We'll have to stagger starts during January in hopes of discovering what works best. I will start 6 pumpkins - in three plots -- and keep the best pumpkin from each plot. I plan to start with two plots on January 1. We'll start two 1,666 Holland 13; and one 1447 Sherwood 14, and one 1513 Sherwood 14. After the first of the year, I plan to start two 1104 Young 14 seeds that Don Young gave to me when I was in Iowa (Thanks, Don). David Smith (Davidphx) is going to start the seeds at his house because he has the grow light and a room in his house. I didn't get that part set up this year. We'll make sure to do so next year.
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