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Friday, July 28, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Pumpkin grew between 16 and 20 lbs today. Estimated weight is between 387-391 (265-266 OTT). Growth has slowed down a bit, but so has all the heat. Temperatures a lot cooler right now (17 C and cloudy). I cut back on overhead water by 15 min and underground by 15 min. Might get rain tomorrow. The smaller pumpkin off a secondary is about 281 lbs--quite a bit lighter. It has some oozing sap on it (not sure what that is). All together I have almost 700lbs of pumpkin grown so far on this plant. Did battle today again with aphids. If it gets really bad I might look at buying 1000 ladybugs or some other bug to try counter them. I think 1000 ladybugs go for about $35.00 at the nuresery--might be kinda nest to do that, but so far it is not too bad. I did the foliar, but more lightly today because I sprayed some undersides for aphids. Some more leaves yellowing, but the plant is sending out new vines (tertiaries) that I have pinched after a couple of leaves form. So far there is quite a few, and more on the way, so I am hopeful that i can rejuvenate (sp?) the leaves. Saw one leaf today with powder mildew--but it was a little scrunched up. I might spray with something as a preventative measure int he next week or two.
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