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Tuesday, June 20, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Another explosion in the patch--this one is a bad one. Main is split wide open for about 8 inches--then joins for another four inches only to split wide open again for another 4 inches. I mean wide, I could put my thumb right into the hole--no wonder the main seemed to slow down right around 25 feet. The split is within 3 feet of my best female--don't see how I can grow a monster on the main now after all these problems--and to think, I was hardly watering at all, and no fertilizer for the past two weeks! Oh well, hopefully the pumpkin I set today at 8 feet on the other main (which has no blow-outs yet) will take well--but it was only a 4 lober. Pruned the ends off most secondaries--trying to concentrate on fruit now. Two more to set tomorrow, one at 18 feet on the main, and one on a secondary--a whole bunch more females to go at the end of secondaries, but setbacks are mounting. Seems that other growers near the coast are having setbacks of their own--like the Lawman for instance. Of course if all else fails for the lawman maybe his mom up in Creston will be able to grow him a pumpkin he can take to the weigh-off. : ) Other city growers like the NSBoyz seem to be talking about following the "George Castanza" method of pumpkmin growing--but last I checked George Castanza never grew any giant pumpkins. : )
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