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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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Canuck
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Atlanta, Georgia
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My own notes:
Stopped fertilizing today because main vine is about 18 feet long (1092 Martin) and tiny females aborting before even fully forming.
I covered vines with the red clay and it became too hard for the secondaries to push thru, so I ended up with too few secondaries. At least the flowers are able to push thru but for now on I will bury vines only with compost.
Pine needles falling from great height penetrate the leaves like tiny bullets, so a complete overhead cover is necessary from day one to protect the leaves...as well as to protect from sunburn.
Ants and mice make homes under walking boards in as little as two days so these must be removed every other day at least.
Saw first jap beetle today on halloween pumpkin plant.
Haven't seen any squash vine borers yet!...but I believe what I have seen are spotted cucumber beetles..about two or three at most.
Good news is that if more secondaries or tertiaries grow quickly, I can still end up with a big plant to push a pumpkin if I can set one. 1055 Pitura is growing well but is very hard to keep on the ground. We'll see.
1236? Wolf polinator plant is tiny as I left it uncovered when I had to go to Germany for ten days so it is stunted but recovering slowly. It might have males to polinate with...
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