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Thursday, July 27, 2017
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big moon
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Bethlehem CT
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Has this happened to anyone? After choosing your "keeper" pumpkin you go and clear the vines away, then you lay down a 4' x 4' piece of mill fabric. A day or two later you find your pumpkin has aborted and you are left with a big hole in the plant. It has happened to me more times than I would like to admit. Here is what I do now to avoid this; I cut up my mill fabric into 4 equal sized pieces. I can easily slide a piece under the pumpkin when it is still small and as the pumpkin grows I just slide another piece underneath. As the pumpkin needs them I just keep adding them. I no longer have to worry about keeping the pumpkin in the center on a 4x4 piece of mill fabric. Another benefit is, I can keep the side vines on as long as possible before removing them. I find this to be a better way to do it.
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