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Monday, February 11, 2008
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
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What better way to start my 2008 season by mentioning that my most recent soil test (taken in December) shows the composted manure I had dumped on my garden area in the fall is excellent stuff. A little low in P and K, but easily fixable. It has renewed my desire to grow a big pumpkin this year. And with that, a review of my golas for ’08:
1. Grow a 1000 lb pumpkin. I honestly wouldn’t be disappointed with anything over 800 lbs, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t aiming for 1000.
2. Multiple 500 lb pumpkins. With room for 7, this shouldn’t be a problem, but previous years at the old garden always had me working with just a single fruit midway through the season, so it’s a goal to have some big ones at the end of the year so I have Regatta and Halloween carving options.
3. Grow 2 decent squash (at least 1 over 500lbs, and 1 over 300lbs) for the two Windsor Weigh-offs (Windsor fair in September and GPC in October). 2 squash plants are going in, so this shouldn’t be an unreasonable goal.
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