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Monday, June 12, 2017
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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1463.5 Hoelke ‘13 (F: 2009 Wallace x 1778.5 Daletas)
The main reason I planted this seed is hopes of a simply easy to grow, problem free plant and so far I am getting this. When the pumpkin develops I am also hoping for orange and for it to weigh over the cart, but it is still early in the season. So far, I am glad to have this plant in the patch.
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= 90.6 square feet
Main Vine Length= 12.5 feet
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