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Tuesday, August 25, 2015
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com
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I measured our first field pumpkin today, est. 85# which beats our personal best by around 20#. Our biggest watermelon measured 75#, which ties our best. With 38 days to grow we are hoping for at least a respectable melon for Pumpkinfest. I also culled a few little pumpkins and then saw something white under the huge, tall leaves of the 1493 Witter-Benson. It is way too heavy to lift and removing it would do more damage than good. So this plant will have a "shock absorber" if we get a heavy Rain between now and October 3. And we may end up with a nice, ghostly white decorative pumpkin too.
I sprayed milk and a little foliar fertilizer this evening. I'm trying to keep the PM in check and the plants growing. It looks like this will be a fight until October. At least it isn't too bad on the AG's, but some of the field pumpkin leaves look a little white. The yellowing of the leaves on the 95.5 House field pumpkin is progressing. Tomorrow we start removing more infected vines and leaves.
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