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Tuesday, August 01, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Measly 9-14 lb gain on my main pumpkin. Looks like my effort to slow it down worked. I will see if tomorrow has similar low gains and then look at bumping the watering up slowly. It is at about 444lbs right now. The other pumpkin (the one that has the stem splits) actually split again near the stem--but this one is smaller. I think the fan is working at drying the splits, but I want to make sure it is still growing before I bump up watering and ferts again. It is sitting at about 322 lbs. Weird thing is this one was only gaining about 10 lb average over the last 4 days and it split. Might just be an abnormal type fruit--icould be that's why it split because it was not gaining overly much. It is a very odd shape with the stem end being very fat and the back being concave. I will likely go back to my usual schedule of watering and ferts soon to try increase growth. Not sure if I can still squeeze out more 20 lb/day gains, since the plant has slowed down overall it seems. However, today was sunny, and I don't think it is finished yet. Must spray for mildew and aphids soon!
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