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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
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Dustin
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Morgantown, WV
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Those of you who plant bulbs in the garden (tulips, daffodils, alliums) will know why I regretted picking her up. It was the same as when you put a shovel into your soil and it sounds like you chopped through an apple, only realizing you forgot about one of your favorite bulbs after the foliage has died back. SNAP! Luckily, it seems to have only been the basal stalk tissue left from the leaf at the pumpkin, the solid vine part of the tissue is ok. This is on the far side of the bend from the stump, and is what signaled I needed to raise the incline of the vine to keep the vertical stem from stressing. Perhaps a slight backward bend would have been beneficial, but would be hard to keep while maintaining level... maybe more of the day without supports as long as it's not windy to let the weight of the vine slowly bend without being too heavy to pull the pumpkin?
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