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Saturday, July 02, 2005
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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Noah got a blanket last night as it dipped into the high 40s and i want to keep the growth consistant on this young'n that is chuggin'. 29.5" circ. today at 1pm on day 9.
the leaves look great today with the recent rain, the shade cloth removal, and lower temps. the leaves that i burned a bit with a foliar phosphorus mixed with a calcium chelate (i read the instructions after application and burn) that i applied early on 3 weeks ago on a cloudy 3:30pm turning bright sunny at 4pm day are now pretty toasty. but all the other leaves look fantastic. tonight the plants will get a foliar of calcium/neptunes seaweed and fish. i almost have Noah on a perfect 90 to the main and it will be there in 2 more days of adjusting. Noah is the fastest growing small pumpkin i have ever had and hope it can maintain this growth and stay in tact. it is yellowing up nicely already and has a great shape and stem length. the 885 #2 plant's 5 day old set seems to be growing and has not lost its luster yet, but is not growing that much at all and i wouldn't be surprised if i didn't take on that 95 degree day. Homer on the 1247 is not doing much and is 43.5"+31"+26"=100.5"OTT or about 27 pounds on day 17. very long in shape already and will be a cool odd looking pumpkin that will make a nice tall halloween carver with a long facial expression. that is all i can truly expect from Homer at this point.
Timmer's 1446 has not grown that fast lately and will be about 58" circ. tomorrow on day 20, but it is a nice size good looking kin and the only one he has going so far. hopefully his 2 remaining chances on the 1225.4 will take in the cooler temps. hopefully i can get one set on the 905 because the 2 i tried in the heat aborted. 3 more tries on this plant is all i have and otherwise it will become a halloween pumpkin plant if i can't get any set and will let the tertiaries throw out as many as it wants and let the bees take over.
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