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Friday, August 19, 2022
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Henry-the giant pumpkin grower
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Topsfield, MA
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It�s been a tough week in the patch but I�ve got some good news that I certainly didn�t think I�d have after the Sunday disaster. First off. It�s not over as I thought it was on Sunday. I have several diseases and insect infestations in the patch BUT nothing that will likely go directly into the pumpkin and rot the pumpkin out. In previous years I�ve had disease that completely rots out the pumpkins and wipes out the plants but that does not seem to be the case as I previously thought on Sunday. What have I done since Sunday? I�ve been drenching and spraying the patch with several fungicides and pesticides. Now this won�t eliminate the diseases I�m dealing with but it will suppress it and keep the pumpkins hopefully growing which they currently are and have put on the pounds over the last few days. I�ll have to stay on top of the fungicides and pesticides until the end of September to keep them alive! Not giving up is key in this situation. Let�s do this and get them to the end!
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