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Tuesday, August 15, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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And finally a picture of the patch from my rooftop showing both fruit (the largest one uncovered on the left hand side). The retaining wall I temporarily positioned earlier in the season has worked wonderfully--and it took no more than 45 min of work. As you can see, the terrain in my yard is so steep that the 600 lb pumpkin would have tumbled from the vine long ago had I not positioned the retaining wall correctly and back filled it with a couple of wheelbarrows of dirt.
Also, check out the overhead watering system on top of the plastic. This sprinkler is attached to a timer so I can tweak the time--and it covers the vines of the plant perfectly. The part of the plant under the plastic is fed by a seperate soaker hose system also hooked up to a timer. This works well because I can soak the vines of the plant (which feeds most of the growth of the pumpkin) without soaking the stump and main vine, and I can feed the base of the plant from below ground--as a result the stump has not rotted out that badly and the main vine is in perfect condition (as it is covered by plastic) all the way to the fruit (I did not bury the main so as to be able to inspect it). I anticipate the September/October rains will make the plastic shell useful.
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