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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Here is the main fruit on the 1446 at day 36. Approximate OTT is between 256 and 258 for an estimated weight between 352-360 lbs. This indicates a gain of between 19 to 27 lbs from yesterday. Not bad. The last 5 day average seemed to be about 20 lbs a day. I should hit 400 lbs by this weekend.
One thing that concerns me is that the shape of this pumpkin is not ideal. I mean the pumpkin is wheel shaped and has a concave blossom end. I wonder if it will split by the blossom--as I have heard this can happen with wheel shaped fruit. The other one is of a very similar shape. In fact all the fruit this plant put out were very similar in shape. There was one early on that was a bit longer in shape, but it was in a bad position. I even looked at a picture of the 1446 that Al Eaton grew and it looked like a wheel that had slowly started to sag under the sheer weight of itself. So far no real problems on the stem end or blossom end. I am keeping the pumpkin covered with a blanket, so it is staying pretty white.
Right now I intned to leave the two fruit. I may need a shock absorber if the rains set in, and the risky shape of these two make keeping both a bit of an insurance policy. Also, I added a bunch more compost behind the plant (to fill the large hole I have created) so the pumpkin might slowly work its way into this nutrient rich stuff and hit a growth spurt.
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