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Saturday, August 12, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Lots of tertiaries shooting now. The challenge will be to cull old leaves without promoting rot and also to train and bury tertiaries in the right spots (they seem to be growing over vines etc.).
Today I feel like I am losing the battle with aphids, vine rot (back primary), leaf wear-and-tear. I sprayed the patch today with End-All instead of Sevin because I know that Sevin can burn some new growth, and I can't afford to lose any new growth (I used almost 10 litres of End-All and spent about 1.5 hours drenching the undersides of many leaves).
In spite of the problems it was a decent day--another 10 lb gain on the main fruit--putting it at approx 561 lbs. Of course our weather has really sucked lately, so 10 lbs/day is not too bad (but it isn't too good either). I sure hope the fruit has some 15-20 lb days left in her, but we need better weather--which is supposed to be on the way.
Almost forgot, had an impromptu visit by BCDeb who happened to be driving through town. Nice to meet new people who enjoy growing big pumpkins!
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