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Tuesday, August 23, 2016
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big moon
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Bethlehem CT
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I am still clinging to the hope of getting one to a weigh off. I am down to two. The 1030 DeBacco and the 1538 Jutras. Both have their problems. I had to cut the 1538 off the vine because there was a rot creeping up the main vine. I let it get to about a foot or two from the pumpkin before I cut it. Hopefully the pumpkin can survive for a couple more weeks. It has a stem split and stem rot too. I have to scrape and spray every day. The icing on the cake came yesterday when the strong winds we had blew off the sheet covering the pumpkin. Our outdoor cat, "Blackie" used the pumpkin as a scratching post. There is a 6" x 9" section of cat scratches. Grrrrrrrrr... The 1030 has some major stem rot too. I have been scraping away the rot and applying daconil daily. Sooner or later it will dry out. I have faith that I will get at least one pumpkin to a scale this year. Some years are like this. It is time for me to re-think some of my strategies. I have been growing for about 10 years now, It's time to make a few changes.
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