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Sunday, September 02, 2018
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SDBigMax
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San Diego, Ca.
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We're really in a battle right now with powdery mildew or something else. It has really harmed the main leaves toward the upper vines. Today, we put up some shade and this morning I treated the entire patch with "Dr. Earth" fungicide versus "Daconil". I used Daconil earlier in the season, but I thought I would try something different. Whatever this is it came on really fast and seems to have occurred once we started giving the plants more water. To help prevent it from spreading I cut out a lot of the bad leaves and tertiary vines. Big thanks to Jim, Vince and Kingoffarmerz for sending helpful information and growing tips. This truly hasn't been easy and definitely things became more difficult the bigger the plants/vines grew. We have several pumpkins now, however I really don't see them getting much larger than they are. I really think our soil is lacking according to Kingoffarmerz and I'm starting to wonder if we should fertilize again in case we've lost a lot of nutrients in the soil? Overall, we don't have the best growing environment and it is what it is...
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