http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2013&grower=61639&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'PA_J'. en-us Copyright © 1999-2013 BigPumpkins.com. All rights reserved. info@bigpumpkins.com BP RSS FeedGen http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.bigpumpkins.com/images/newlogo_232x70.jpg http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/ Good morning and Happy Fathers day to those that have reason to celebrate such. I went outside to vibrate the megablooms I have going on the plants with my older Oral-B Vitality toothbrush that I rep... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=200530 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=200530 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:17:30 GMT Yesterday evening I foliar fed the tomato plants their scheduled dose of 10-52-10. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=200444 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=200444 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:09:05 GMT Here is a photo I took this morning of the eight foot stakes I finished installing a couple of days ago. The one's farthest from the camera are not painted because I ran out of paint and had to get... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=200369 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=200369 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:26:14 GMT My house backs up against a private church owned park of considerable size. Despite an eight foot fence with barbed wire separating my neighborhood from the park it is hardly a defense against non hum... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=200368 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=200368 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:22:59 GMT What for it!.....More rain!! http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=200279 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=200279 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:35:35 GMT This morning I have been installing eight foot stakes for the tomato plants. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=200242 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=200242 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:04:48 GMT Today's forecast calls for clouds and sun with the percentage of precipitation increasing by this afternoon. Based on this I decided it was safe enough to foliar feed fish emulsion to the tomato p... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=200161 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=200161 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:23:30 GMT More rain.....Ummmm...Don't get me wrong we are blessed on the eastern seaboard to receive ample amounts of rain each season but now we're reaching over four inch mark for the last week. Today alone w... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=200137 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=200137 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:04:59 GMT This morning I sprayed an application of insecticide as part of my preventative spray schedule. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=199946 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=199946 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 10:16:17 GMT Over the past 72 hours we have received over 2.50 inches of rain. Post tropical storm Andrea has now moved on. This afternoon I pruned more of my plants to just two main stems as suggested in Dr.... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=199913 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=199913 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:45:07 GMT Here are my tomato plants as of ten minutes ago. All are doing great with many breaching the 3.5 foot mark. I just finished foliar feeding 10-52-10 bloom booster with a brand new hand pump sprayer ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=199800 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=199800 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:19:59 GMT Here is the Delicious plant that the 3 lobe mega bloom is located on. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=199799 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=199799 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:11:48 GMT I just finished foliar feeding my tomato plants 10-52-10 bloom booster. Here is a 3 lobe megabloom on one of my three Delicious plants. The plant is approx 3.0 feet in height. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=199798 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=199798 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:10:40 GMT This morning I was up at dawn adhering to my weekly foliar spray schedule of application of Bloom Booster 10-52-10 to the tomato plants. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=199471 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=199471 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 07:04:47 GMT The heat!! My God the heat!!! For the last 3 days we have had temp's in the low 90's with some humidity. If this would have been a month from now the humidity would be much much higher and the... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=199393 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=199393 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:38:38 GMT This afternoon I foliar fed fish emulsion as part of my weekly fish emulsion application schedule. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=199187 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=199187 Wed, 29 May 2013 17:14:21 GMT Today I began my regular schedule of fungicide application. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=198944 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=198944 Sun, 26 May 2013 15:20:11 GMT This morning I foliar fed fish emulsion to the tomato plants. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=198613 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=198613 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:59:13 GMT This morning I added more mulch to the tomato area in order to cover the black garden fabric. This has a two fold effect. It will provide moisture retention as well as keeping the ground surro... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=198513 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=198513 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:05:53 GMT This morning I bottom fed 10-52-10 granular mixed in water to the tomatoes. Next week I will begin foliar feeding them the same. I am following a weekly 10-52-10 foliar feeding along with a bi... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=198309 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=198309 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:41:06 GMT