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Friday, May 19, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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The main seems to be growing right up and over a large leaf (as indicated above). So yesterday I bought some cheap 4’ bamboo sticks to use to try and train the main down a bit, and to the left (lower to the ground and down the center of the mound). As it turns out, these bamboo sticks have some sharp edges (around the joints). As I was going to stick one in the soil next to the main a piece shot off the side of the bamboo and right through the side of my main vine! I had to pick it out with my fingers! Luckily it did not go through the center, but just grazed through it on the side (half the size of a small fingernail). Just a warning to others using bamboo sticks, you might want to sand down the rough edges before sliding them next to your important vines.
I dug up some nice black compost from one of my bins and dumped it around the plant and mound. It was nice stuff, resembled store bought potting soil (light, fluffy, and dark). The huge amount of grass my neighbor dumped into one of my bins has already started “cooking”. Wow, it sure gets hot when it starts to cook!
Other than the above mishap, which I think is quite minor, so far so good. The main is a couple of feet long (maybe over 2 feet) and I think the beginning of the secondary vines are starting to appear--though, looks like we have some cold rainy weather on the way.
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