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Sunday, July 27, 2008
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pumpkinJesus
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The bottom of New Jersey
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Just wanted to provide an update for those of you still following my diary, and unfortunately it is not good. The #1 fruit on the Pitura is now aborting and that plant appears to be beginning to show minor signs of the nutrient problem that the Eaton has shown for weeks now. It is looking like my hopes of a giant pumpkin in 2008 are going down the tubes. It is dissapointing, but it is OK if I figure out what's going on and learn from it. There will be major changes for next year including a SOIL TEST, which I thought was not neccessary, how wrong I was! I'm strongly considering sending a leaf of the Eaton off to be analyzed by the Penn State Coop Extension Service so I have something concrete to go on for now. The iron sulfate fertilizer I ordered just arrived so I might as well try that in the meantime, but even if it works it's probably too late to make much of a difference this year. On top of all that, our digital camera just stopped working so I temporarily can't even take pictures! All of this has made me realize how much more I need to learn about giant pumpkin growing. I will continue to provide updates occasionally as warranted but they will be less frequent from now on. Thanks for coming along for the ride and hopefully things will be much more exciting with a happy ending in 2009. It will be here before you know it!
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