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Saturday, September 17, 2005
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crammed
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Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
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Well, today was not a good day. I went out to check on the pumpkin and I noticed that one of the secondaries was discoloured. Upon further inspection, I saw that a number of them were rotted and a bit mushy. So, I cut all of them off.
Then I checked the stump. Crap! It was feeling a bit hollow as well. I suppose that it's possible that it got overwatered. Afterall, we have had a lot of rain lately and in the last two days I was unable to turn off the automatic watering.
I suppose it could be fertilizer burn too. But, I don't really think it is either since the 300 Gerry plant isn't experiencing any of the same problems. And, they have both been getting the same fertilizers and watering. So, it may just be old age. That and the fact that all of the leaves were gone anyway. Or, maybe this all started a long time ago once the leaves started to die. Who knows?
Anyway, the rot was pretty severe. So, rather than wait to see if it would reach the pumpkin, I cut the main. Hopefully I got it in the right spot so that the rot won't spread. There is still some vine past the pumpkin. But, that doesn't have any leaves on it either. And, I don't think it has very deep tap roots. So, I think we're, for sure, not going to see any more growth.
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