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Wednesday, July 27, 2005
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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this hobby is nothing but a damn roller coaster for sure. lol. when you are up, no doubt about it you will be coming back down. it seems the high heat and big numbers early are leading to an earlier than normal maturity and slower growth as of late. i am getting cantaloping on Noah at day 34 which seems awefully early. besides that all pumpkins in my patch and my buddy Timmers patch have slowed down to rates that are slower than rates last year at equal days of growth. we both started out quickly, but have also dropped off considerably over the past week. 14 lbs a day on Noah over the past 5 days are not gonna get me to that elusive 1000 pound mark. we have had 3 of these days to be completely cloudy, one of them hit 104 degrees, and then 2 of them combined for a total rainfall of about 3" of rain. not the best of growing conditions, but to go from a consistent 25+ gain a day average to 14 lbs per day with the early cantaloping showing smells of early maturation in my mind. i really can't complain cuz at least i have some set and growing when so many others out there have had troubles just getting them to set. i am still hoping for my personal best and will be very happy to get one above my estimate of 885 pounds last year and hopefully get it to the scale without splitting. dissappointing for sure, but boo hoo, whatcha ya gonna do. today on day 34 Noah is 285 ott and estimated 490 lbs. 10-20 days it grew 5.1" circumference per day. days 20-30 it grew 3.6 inches average per day. days 30-34 it has grown 1.9 inches per day. Tre' grew 4.95 inches per day from 10-20, and has fallen to 3.1 per day over the past 6 days and is sitting at 99.5" circumference on day 26. Lucky is 67" circ on day 20. tonight i will continues with the neptunes and calcium and will lower the application rates but hit the plants every 3 days to see if i can get them back on track. i am not gonna push them, just nudge them a bit.
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