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Thursday, July 06, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Weather seems to be turning a little cold--no worries, it gave me a chance to paint some of the house today. Pumpkins growing well, but not as fast as I would like--I am sure I need more soil next year--I will not plant on top of grass and bury the vines next year, instead I will dig a larger plot--I am seeing roots jutting out everywhere looking for more soil--these plants are unbelievably vigorous. The one on the main is now my biggest pumpkin--up to 42 on day 16 this morning from 38 yesterday (4 more inches in 24 hours!). At this rate my 20 day growth should be around 58 inches--a little short of the 68 it will need to be on track for 1000+lbs--but who knows, the weather is cooling. My large one appears to be slowing down--gaining only 2 inches (at 41 from 39). And the third largest is at 35 from 32 circ. yesterday. I have 5 more that are between baseball and softball size--I will be culling them slowly--don't want to cause a surge in growth that might cause a blowout. The one on the main started to pick up bigtime since I trimmed off a whole bunch of baseball sized ones on secondaries. Not using any ferts at all, and haven't been for over a month now.
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