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Tuesday, June 13, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Here is a rooftop picture of the Eaton plant at 47 days old. You can see the wind break/perimeter fence I have set up. I think i will have to expand the fence. The white arrow shows the location of tip of the main vine. As you can see the hill is quite steep--this offers excellent drainage and heat/light hours are increased dramatically--but it also makes growing a pumpkin on a hill more challenging. I had to train the main sideways otherwise it would have gone right over the retaining wall--even still it is steep terrain. Another interesting development--this morning I saw half a leaf eaten up! When I turned over the leaf I almost didn't see the large green caterpillar underneath it ( I was in a hurry). As you can imagine I became very angry that this creature was feasting on my plant--I usually don't kill critters, but I stepped on him very quickly and with a vengence. When I squished him he was full of pumpkin plant juice.
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