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Saturday, July 30, 2005
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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good news on Noah is that even with cool nights the growth picked up a little to average 17 lbs per day over the last 3 days and is 132+82.5+80=294.5 ott for estimated weight of 542 pounds today on day 37. it is now gaining more side to side and stem to blossum than circumference. bad news is that Tre' has slowed down some more and so has Lucky. Tre' had some brownish sap near its stem end about 6 days ago that i thought was just surface splitting. when i got down to take a close look 2 days ago i see 2 splits, one directly under the stem on the pumpkin and one at about 10 o'clock on the pumpkin. neither goes all the way into the cavity and by the time i noticed them they were already healed up, but i still put some captan on them along with a fan to help them heal if the splits continue to run and open back up again. last year my buddy Timmer had similar splits that looked a hell of a lot worse that were deep and wide at the same area that continued to open and heal all season and never brought down the pumpkin. i am hoping the same for Tre' so at least i can get the seeds to maturity. at 29 days Tre' is 104+68+64=236 ott and estimated at 286 pounds. Lucky at 23 days is a beautiful pumpkin with great shape and color. i don't think it will get anything more than 500 pounds if i am lucky especially cuz the secondary vine that became its new main is so small in diameter that i don't think it can chug that fast. but i do like the 905 x self cross in it and hope it makes it to maturity. it is 73+49+47=169 ott or estimated at 113 pounds at 23 days. i will take some pics later when my batteries charge back up.
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