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Sunday, August 06, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Gains not as good as I had hoped today. Funny, it was a hot day and my watering increased, and still a measly 11 lbs on the main fruit. I may cut the fruit on the secondary soon to try increase growth on the main fruit--I think I'll do it for sure in September when everything will slow down. Still averaging a 10 lb gain over the last 5 days--not bad, but not good enough. Estimated weight right now at 487. Has taken a long time to crawl from 400 to 500 lbs. Must be the plant slowing down.
In other news, I finally sprayed for mildew prevention. Had a big family BBQ with the inlaws. When everyone left at 11:00 pm I decided it was time to spray the patch--I'd rather work late than get up at 5:00am. Family thought I was crazy when I told them my plan to spray at night with a head light, but I figure people on this website understand my motivations perfectly. Anyway, I mixed 10 litres of Copper spray (called Bordo) and drenched the leaves and the undersides good. Will need to spray for aphids again in the next couple of days--I think I might try something stronger like Sevin. Supposed to rain on Tuesday, so I better act fast. Trying to keep the plant healthy so my pumpkins will grow long.
Here's to my pumpkins growing while I catch some zz's!
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