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Sunday, August 27, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Didn't measure at my usual time yesterday--for the first time in a long time--was having a wonderful family dinner with my sister. It is getting harder and harder to measure the large fruit under the big tarp, so I may start measuring every few days instead. Right now the fruit is at approx 672 lbs. It has taken me 12 days to go from 600 lbs to 672 lbs (this calculates to a pathetic 6 lbs/day over the last 12 days). No worries, at least she is still growing--but 800 lbs is starting to look like a pipe dream. The one bonus is that the fruit flesh is still quite white and the ribs are just starting to deepen--so that makes me think it could grow for for awhile yet.
I am convinced that my fruit could have been heavier now had I given it the quantities of water I should have at the beginning stages of growth--when I was watering very inadequately and getting small gains. No worries, there is always next year, and now I have a good idea of what kind of water these things need.
Powdery mildew starting to make an appearance now. Ripped out about 4 leaves that had it. Aphids abound. Will spray with copper tonight and maybe for aphids tomorrow if I can cancel some other household and yard duties.
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