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Sunday, August 30, 2015
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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811 Gerhardt ’11 (x 1719.5 Daletas)
Day: 74
OTT: 354”
Est. Weight: 959 pounds
This pumpkin is just a vibrant is it appears in the picture and I am very happy with the overall color this has produced. There are no bite marks of any kind, but I felt the need to put an Ultra-Sonicator as a preventative to ensure no varmints take a sample from this pumpkin. I did recently remove most of the surrounding leaves to ensure it gets maximum sun exposure. Over the last few weeks, I have slowly watched the nice orange color start to get some hints of a reddish hue, so the color is only improving. This is the only pumpkin that did not receive an “Anthesis” treatment and I can say that it does have the slowest growth at this point in the season. I am not sure if is the cause, but, I do my best to treat all of my pumpkins the same. Even though the plant is still in great shape, the growth rate of this pumpkin is less in comparison to the other four pumpkins that I have currently growing, so there is a chance that my “Anthesis” can have some positive effects on late season growth.
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