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Tuesday, July 05, 2005
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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Homer continues at 3" per day and is getting uglier as time goes on. the center of the pumpkin is all lumpy like the previous culled kin. i beileve at this rate it is going to look like a big peanut. at only 52" on day 20, it can do what it wants and get as ugly as it can. the freakier the better. looks more like a big gourd than a pumpkin. lol. found some dripped off solidified goo coming off a blossum crack on the 5 day old 885 #2 plant. i have seen weeping from minor splits at that spot on small developing kins that healed fine and never had a problem with them later. but seeing this was a 3 lober, and the set before it is only 15" on day 8, i will continue pollinating all females down the line which continues tomorrow morning on a nice cool forecasted day (the first for trying to set one on this plant). with the vine now curving around the front of the 885 #1 plant, it is hard to judge how far these blossums are out, but tomorrows is at least 25' out and looks healthy. hoping for at least 4 lobes this time or better. Noah is pushing past the 5" a day mark now and was 43.5" circ. this morning at 12 days. nice growing days ahead forecasted this week. i will lay off watering for at least 2 days with the rains from yesterday and then just a light watering to keep things consistant and back to my every 2 day schedule of watering in the morning. calcium spray tomorrow at just 2 tablespoons per gallon and every 5 days from here on out. saw some slow moving svbs yesterday and actually swatted one on a leaf with my hand cuz it was sick on demand cs for sure. gonna spray again tomorrow along with daconil even though it has only been a week. going to concentrate heavily on the leaf stalks and exposed vines in case those sick svbs pumped out a few eggs before dying. the merit is in the plant, so even if the grubs do hatch they do not stand much of a chance. haven't seen a cucumber beetle around the patch in weeks, tha is except dead ones.
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