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Saturday, September 10, 2005
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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took a tape to both pumpkins today for shits-n-giggles. each one gained a little bit but not much. noah is 335" ott and about 790 lbs estimate and tre' is 313" or about 640 lbs. both pumpkins started out fast this year and slowed down fast too. as quickly as the heat accelarated the vegetative cycle, i have to believe the fruit maturation cycle was sped up this year too. it was the earliest i have ever seen my fruits cantalope for sure. all in all, the struggle just to beat the heat will make this a season never to be forgotten. note to self....self....next year i am going to prune every other secondary. i wanted to this year but couldn't get my courage up to do it. i believe i lost considerable poundage due to excess tertiary development that got out of control from over crowded conditions. wasted energy into multiple mini sinks. 3 plants only next year, and all 3 will be better maintained. and i know i am late to the game on soil testing after growing AGs now for 4 seasons, but it needs to be done to get everything in proper balance. i have done pretty decent without ever having my soil tested, but this fall is time to test, get it balanced properly, and go crazy on leaves and manure. i am hoping to aquire some quality seeds that are proven producers in the offseason and maybe grow 2 proven and one of Timmer's 1446 x self seeds from his pumpkin this year. i will use my own crosses from this year as backups for next year cuz if tragedy strikes the proven plants, growing my own seeds was a damn fun alternative. getting close to the weigh off now and am looking forward to putting them on the scales.
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