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Thursday, August 28, 2008
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA [email protected]
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I got concerned when checking my 1068 Papez last evening. There was a small swarm of fruit flies around it, the kind you see when a pumpkin splits and starts to rot. That shouldn't be the case as it has been growing well. There was a little more of the clear sap oozing around the mini cracks by the stem. Maybe that was what drew them in or maybe they were just getting under the tarp ahead of the rain. We had a nice shower this AM and more on the way. I hope it isn't too much. I gave some of the secondary vines a shot of 24-8-16 (generic Miracle-Gro) last night. Some vines that received the fertilizer a couple days earlier were looking a healther green, so I treated the ones that were looking a little yellow. Overall the plant looks fantastic, much better than I could have hoped for with all of the early rains.
The 893 Privitera is filling out, getting a more rounded shape. The color is fantastic, weight around 300. We hope it hangs in there. The 947.5 Privitera seems to be going downhill and the small white pumpkin has slowed down. The 1096.5 Privitera is looking sick at the back end, and the fruit on the back secondary is slowing down. The fruit at the end of the main is growing much faster. I had to cut a secondary and some roots to prevent stem stress. The long gourd that I rescued is straightening out and growing fast. Must be the nightly water/fertilizer applications. Sounds like I need something real big to compete with the 11"+ of Marty Schnicker, and the Carlson-Petersen team and Dick Stivers always have big gourds too.
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