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Tuesday, July 04, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Measured my three strongest pumpkins. Fastest grower at 36 inches today--I think it might be speeding up averaging around 3+ inches a day in circ--I doubt it hits 68 on day 20 as it is day 14 today. . . who knows, about a week to go. . . could be close. The one on the main is at 33.5--up from 27.5 two days ago. This one also averaging 3 inches a day--but smaller pumpkins off its secondaries may be sucking some power. Also, third fastest one at 30 inches also growing 3 inches a day--I will likely cull it tomorrow or the next day unless it just explodes. I trimmed off 12 pollinated ones--about 8 the size of baseballs (there was only one failed pollination that I could see--little ball started to sag--obviously a goner). I left 8 of the best and will measure them on day 10--any pumpkin less than 27-30 inches will be cut--at this point I am looking for a really fast grower (still one on the main at 27 feet) I think I already have my best two picked out, and they have seen two weeks of good growing weather, so I may be committed to them at this point--but we'll see.
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