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Wednesday, July 19, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Wow! Today I came home later (8:30pm). I measured the growth at this time and it registered at 25 lbs--5 inches gained in circumference! That makes it 86 inches at day 19--if growth is good tomorrow I'll be at about 90-91 inches on day 30--still short of being on track for 1000+ lbs, but only by about 18 inches. Of course, I measured 4 hours later than I usually measure, but if I subtract one-sixth of the weight to account for time the growth at 4:00pm would still have been at least 20 lbs! Quite happy that I am finally seeing some significant gains.
A potential problem developing is that the vine that leads to the stump may not have enough slack in it. I was looking at it today, and it may be problematic. I gave the main a good tug to try loosen it, and the tap roots gave a little, I may cut the tap roots and see what slack I can pull from it over the weekend. Also, the sides of the pumpkin are already getting really close to the vine because the stem is very short. If the sides really start to grow forward, the pumpkin may push itself right off the vine (I only have about 2.5-3 inches between the pumpkin and the vine right now, and it is only at 209 lbs estimate. We'll see--that stem is really short.
Weather is supposed to turn really hot this weekend--may be record setting temps up to 36 celcius on Saturday! Hope this does not cause any problems. I will likely stay home for the weekend in case I need to mist the plant etc.
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