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Wednesday, June 21, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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This is a picture of the 1446 Eaton in my yard at 54 days old--just under two months of growth. The vines are full of splits--but if you compare the rooftop picture to a week ago it has grown considerably in spite of this. It is slowing down however, and I have been dead-heading secondaries at about 9-11 feet. Running out of room, so I will begin pruning heavily and whatever happens, happens. Good news and bad news today. The bad news is that the other main I figured had no splits actually had a huge split near the stump where the vine was completely flat! Yes, the vine was split wide open to the point that it was lying flat like a piece of cardboard--funny thing is this main seems to be growing quite good. Other bad news is that no noticeable growth on any of the pumpkins I have pollinated so far. Good news is that I have pollinated 4 pumpkins with a few more to go in a couple of days--and one should make it at the very least. Other good news is that I have another main growing off the other end of the stump--it is about 6 feet long and has 2 females that will open soon--this one has absolutely no splits--yet! I actually thought it was a secondary off the main, but it connects right to the base of the stump. Problem is I trimmed off all the secondaries on this main. Have cut back even more on the watering. Watered today for 10 minutes with the soakers. Funny thing is I have never drenched the stump once since planting with a hose and even water minimally every second day in spite of the heat and wind, and no ferts--and it still grows and splits. I am convinced it is the weight of the leaves on the vines.
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