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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com
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Knee report first. All is going well. I graduated from a walker to a cane. I only need the heavy duty pain pills to sleep at night. All 42 staples are supposed to come out tomorrow. I will be able to drive in another week.
Patch report. Jacob drove me down to the patch and I got to walk around and check things out. Field pumpkins are a pleasant surprise; we may have a new personal best. Long gourds will be respectable, but not near as good as 2014. 1716 Schmit is getting tall, 288 Buglio has gotten visibly taller. We might have one close to 500# with decent color be the Pawnee City weighoff. We will have to wait to see how the shape will be, but so far its OK. We just have 2 watermelons left, later pollinations than last year, so they may get to grow until Pawnee City.
No rain in over 2 weeks. Jacob is doing the watering. He sprayed for bugs and mildew last evening, may need one more bug spray before harvest. We really need rain, just a slight chance by Sunday.
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