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Thursday, June 24, 2021 BlossomDown Pumpkin Zone

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150 sq ft blossom down. Added the flagging tape for support. I cant support the pumpkin itself because I need the stem to bend and weight is what will (I hope) make it bend. This is not my first rodeo getting them to bend down isnt usually difficult but this one has such a formidable stem. The easy ones start to bend at DAP 4-5. Now at DAP 6 so this one may not be as easy.
The growth is superb. Plant looks just fantastic. Weather forcast is super sunny.

I may have to adjust the original 150 boundary. The plant went due south more than expected. I really wanted to keep within the original boundary but one of the flags got pulled out and the whole plant is off a bit. I can keep it in 150 but not the original 150... the whole plant is off by a couple feet.

The growth is increasing every day its putting really nice notches in the poly line. The goal will be to reach 20 lbs per day. I successfully got a strong secondary to run back up the middle (on top of the main vine) so I should not have a lack of leaves. The old leaves in the back will be 100% replaced by the end of the year by the healthy new vine.
 



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