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Saturday, July 14, 2018
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Little Ketchup
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Grittyville, WA
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I can't highly recommend the straw bales for getting a pumpkin in the blossom down position,anymore. The three problems I've found are
1) the straw will get wet if you overhead irrigate... Or if you living in a wet summer climate subject to the other kind of overhead irrigation. I was thinking I would not irrigate where the pumpkin is but that complicates things for me.
2) the straw invariably scratches the pumpkin. Very small scratches, yes, but little imperfections wont help win a Howard Dill award.
3) the straw does have to be removed and if the vines get a little out of control... You will wish you went with the suspension bridge tie-the-vine-up method .
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