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Saturday, August 20, 2005
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crammed
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Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
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After the storm yesterday I figured that I'd better take some measurements so that I can see if the leaf shredding hail will stop the pumpkin growth.
When I got closer, I could see that the fruit had, in fact, sustained some hail damage. But, the wounds are pretty superficial and only seem to have hit the one side of the fruit that is least protected by the tarp hut.
The circumference is now 90" with an OTT of 209-3/8". So, the weight is something close to 205 pounds. That's a 50 pound gain since the last measurements that I took 11 days ago.
So, obviously the weight gains have slowed down since the days in which I was getting 7 and 8 pound daily gains (I know that's not much for some, but it impresses me). But, I'm just happy that the thing is still growing. I'm optomistic in that I still have the rest of August, all of September, and a week in October if I take the fruit to the Niagara weigh-off. There's lots of time left for this thing to grow some more.
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