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Tuesday, April 25, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Update: I just planted the 1195 Vankooten as a back-up seed. I also moved the 60 watt grow light a little closer because it was a little over 12 inches away (too far). We have been getting some great sun these last two days so I feel like it was a great weekend to start the seed.
No action on the 1446 Eaton yet--it is about 30 hours old. Right now I am white-knuckling it waiting for these little guys to sprout. I'd hate to waste one of the seedlings, because they are both such great seeds, so I am trying to line up my sister as another possible home for one of my pumpkin plants if they both sprout and take root. I just hate to waste the potential of such great seed (thanks again Cam!). My sister has a good sized garden, with a decent amount of sun, so I may be able to pawn one seedling off on her if they both sprout.
Soil cable update: After phoning around to every green house in the Lower Fraser Valley I finally secured a heating cable that didn't require a thermostat. At all the greenhouses the sales people were telling me a cable would be $50.00 and then another $180 for a thermostat--well, I wasn't about to spend that much. I finally secured a 33 footer with an automatic thermostat for $75.00. I still can't believe I spent that much, but 33 feet will give me good ground coverage and warm the little pumpkin toes quite well to the standard 21 celcius--I think this will make a big difference in the growing potential of these little babies. I ended up buying them at the local hydroponic store. I couldn't help but think that the store was totally geared towards marijuana growers--and I was a bit uncomfortable walking in, but there is a lot of stuff (foliage ferts etc.) that I may be able to purcahse and make use of this season. The guy seemed quite helpful and told me they could order anything I needed--I mean they had 5 gallon pails of kelp solution etc., 1000W bulbs, it was nuts.
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