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Monday, June 13, 2005
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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monday the 13th. what a shitty day. woke up to see if my 7 day old pumpkin grew any and realized it hasn't and now i see a change in color and it has lost its luster. aborted in the heat wave. so then i looked down the line at the 15' female to find a 1 inch stem split at the base of the stem about an inch away from the main running with the stem, but not all the way to the pumpkin. i dressed it with captan and it looks to have healed up nice today, but it is not to be trusted as the keeper. and then the next female down the line looks a little pale today with some minor luster gone and some little dimpling. i expected it to be ready for pollination tomorrow, but it has stopped growing and also probably got fried. so the one at 21 feet won't be ready for over another week, which puts this plant in no mans land for a weigh off. and not only that, it is now growing further than expected and is taking away valuable space for my 905 ailts plant. at this point i will try the 21 footer and that is all the room it has. if that one doesn't take, the plant will be pulled and the 905 will take up all of its space. a lot of work for an early state fair plant that has gone for naught. damn silly hobby got me good today. and then to top it off Timmer's 1446 went sky high today and grew too fast and snapped off, luckily after his third pollination attempt this morning. hopefully it takes, cuz his first 2 like my first one aborted in the heat. we tried the coolers with ice during pollination and they grew for 5 days and quit. its not the end of the world, but a frustrating day for sure. so we drank some beer, and got it out of our system, and will take our punches, lick our wounds (so to speak) and keep fighting the good fight. i forgot how much pain this hobby can deliver. but that is all part of the game. there is no crying in giant pumpkin growing, but you should have heard my filthy cussing mouth this morning. lol.
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