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Monday, April 28, 2008
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GR8 PMKN
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Salem, OR
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2008 Isom Patch
For those of you who don't know me, this is Matthew Isom out in Salem, Oregon. I've grown AGs seriously since 1999 and have been generally pumpkin obsessed ever since I was about 8 years old. I'm now 46, an age that seems to be very common among pumpkin growers (mid-life crisis? If so, my wife (Dana) can count herself relatively lucky!)
My patch is 2100 sq. ft., 30' X 70 and we're growing four plants this year ("less is more"):
1041.5 McKie (thanks Dan!!!)
983.5 Isom 06 (1370 X 1225), grew 1220.5 for Rod Raunig
937.5 Isom 07 (1446.5 X 998.6)
1689 Jutras (thanks Joe!)
More later on why I chose these seeds, the crosses I intend to make, and patch prep.
Let me just finish by saying that I'm keeping a diary this year for two reasons:
1. people who meticulously keep track of what they do are the "heavy hitters"--there's not as much "luck" as they would lead us to believe (they're just trying to make us feel ok about our less-than-stellar performance )
I'd have to write all this stuff down in a notebook somewhere, so I might as well type it here
2. the main reason weights have gone up so dramatically is that people share ideas.
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