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Tuesday, June 27, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Here is my fastest growing female of the 9 females I pollinated over the last week. Pollinated 2 today (one further down the same vine as this one pictured) and will have 2 more tomorrow (on other secondaries). She is growing much faster than the others. The photo is from today, day 6 for her. Yesterday her circumference was 11.5, today it was already 14.5 inches! Still 4 more days to hit the magic 23 inches--it might happen!. Of course I had to cut the tap root beneath her so we'll see if she slows down over the next couple of days. She is in the worst spot on the whole patch and on a secondary filled with splits. Today I labored in the sun until I nearly got heat stroke to get a platform for her to grow onto. I had to dress in long sleeve shirt and pants because of the mosquitos--apparently the mosquito problem has hit the whole lower mainland valley. In other news, I aborted the first female I pollinated on the main because it had grown little, and the one further down the main seemed to be growing well (it is my second biggest). I thought if I cut it, maybe the other one would take off. I will cut the tip of the main soon, it is between 27 and 30 feet. All the other pollinations seem to have taken, but nothing is growing as fast as the one in the photo above--she is just exploding compared to the others.
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