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Friday, June 12, 2015 Matt D. Connecticut

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1719.5 Daletas ‘14 (F: 1676.5 Daletas x M: 2009 Wallace)

This plant is tied for biggest in the patch at the moment. The growth continues to be aggressive and I like what I see overall from this plant. In the picture you will notice a tall bamboo stake with yellow and red tape at the top near the main vine tip. This marks the location that my personal best pumpkin was grown and there is a female located at this exact spot, so I think that may be my keeper;-)

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.

Leaf Area Estimation= 136 square feet

Main Vine Length= 17 feet
 



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