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Sunday, July 23, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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A good day for gains on the main vine! Pumpkin was up between 25-32 lbs! It's hard to measure correctly when they get bigger and you can't see around them--so I will go with the lower number (I measured several times and got between 96-98 for circumference). At any rate, when I add the other 2 measurements it is about 284 lbs on day 34. It will be weird to break 300 lbs, since I have never gone there before. I did not masure the other one, but it appears to be growing better tan it was for a time.
As you can see by the last picture, I have a pumpkin that is leaning dangerously over the vine. Thanks again to "Camera" for his e-mail on how to improve the angle of the fruit. In accordance with his advice I will try to dig under the blossom end slightly to improve the angle of the fruit to the vine. Last night it seemed to tilt qithout too much pushing, so I think I may be in the canger zone. Even if I improve it, I am not sure how long it will last if the pumpkin continues to grow in this odd shape. Blossom end is looking great though, so is stem end--no rot, or signs of age.
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