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Saturday, September 08, 2018
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com
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Watermelons are done growing. We plan to pick them at halftime of the Iowa-Iowa State game. The little pumpkin in the water rotted. The 1047.5 that lost 2 pumpkins has 2 more going. One about 150" with rabbit damage. The other I didn't know about. It set where the vines ran into a drainage ditch, was growing stem up, blossom down. It was totally hidden from view. It had started to split the vine but I got pressure relieved. Maybe we will get lucky and it will gain 10# a day until Anamosa Pumpkinfest.
The 899 is still holding up with the vine rotted off. I hope we can get it on a pallet to keep the bottom dry and get it to last at least 3 weeks until the Bloomfield Weigh-off. If we do get it lifted I will get a tarp over it for shade and to deflect rain.
The field pumpkins are full of powdery mildew but with the rains over maybe I can get it slowed down. Somebody did me a big favor; the ran over a groundhog on the road 50 yards from the garden. I hope it was the evil monster eating pumpkins. The bright spot is that we have some of the biggest field pumpkins we have ever grown. We got woven fencing and chicken wire around them to provide extra protection.
2 patches of mustard are just starting to bloom. In a few days I will be mowing and tilling them. Where we are pulling vines I will be planting daikon radish.
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