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Saturday, August 19, 2017 Big Kahuna 25 Ontario, Canada.

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Aug. 19, 2017 6:45, NEXT Update 7pm.
Field Pumpkin > Day 12, 108 Lyons 16 X self.        
36 + 24 + 27 = 87" OTT
Gained 4" CC in last 24 hours
Gained 6.5" CC in the past 36 hours
Gained 14" CC last 36 hours

This ones gonna BLOW....UP! The fruit has a large blossom that most likely will not survive BES... Gonna be fun to watch...

Yesterday was cloudy, so I gave the 2 FP plants a high octane EDTA boost ratio 1-1-1.25.... New for me this year is using AA Glycine. I have been mixing it with every spray & drench. Not sure if its affecting the growth rate... Hope its bringing in Ca & B... irrigation water is solid at 7.0 pH so there should be no Ca tie up issues... However I have used a lot of ammonium nitrates combined with 2 rooting hormones IAA & NAA to speed plant growth.... So there may still be a Ca uptake issue... drenching & foliar weekly with micro's plus Kinetin and the AA's in Essential should be helping....


 



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