BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'ARrOoster' http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2024&grower=69841&action=L Last 20 Diary Entries for 'ARrOoster'. en-us Copyright © 1999-2024 BigPumpkins.com. All rights reserved. info@bigpumpkins.com BP RSS FeedGen http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss BigPumpkins.com http://www.bigpumpkins.com/images/newlogo_232x70.jpg http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/ 07/14/2023 - with photo 26 DAP Slow but steady gains as we cross the 100lb mark. I have started and now increasing my daily drench dosage, and have noticed a small uptick. Slow. Steady. Make it to 90DAP…. I should have ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339654 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339654 Fri, 14 Jul 2023 22:07:07 GMT 07/10/2023 - with photo Very wide kin with great ribbing. Estimated at around 80lbs http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339567 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339567 Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:54:48 GMT 07/10/2023 - with photo 22DAP and she’s gaining. Finally finished my drenching reservior and pump setup, now I can feed the plot microdoses of fertilizer every day. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339566 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339566 Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:53:41 GMT 07/02/2023 - with photo 14 DAP and moving along well. Keeping on top of aystemic + contact insecticides, fungicides, and doing once weekly Urea Mate along with kelp, fish, cacium, silica, aminos, 5-2-W, and occasionally bor... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339259 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339259 Sun, 02 Jul 2023 23:35:40 GMT 06/29/2023 - with photo 11 DAP and noticeably swelling. I will have to start removing foam board shims. I have the nodes immediately adjacent to the kin stem node propped up 6” with a plastic pot with no bottom, and filled... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339187 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339187 Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:01:40 GMT 06/29/2023 - with photo Heat stressed leaves that are under the shade cloth are able to grow out of the heat crinkling. I will continue to apply foliar silicates to keep her strong. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339186 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339186 Fri, 30 Jun 2023 23:57:22 GMT 06/29/2023 - with photo In the middle of a high pressure heat dome. Watering half an inch every day to help mitigate damage. Some secondary leaves that are running outside of the shade cloth shadow are hurting. Relief fro... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339185 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339185 Fri, 30 Jun 2023 23:55:01 GMT 06/25/2023 - with photo 7DAP and kin#3 showing growth like it means business. Kin#2 was a dud, stopped after 5 days. Had to undo a little main vine training and get things leveled and settled at the kin#3 location. The he... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339022 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=339022 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:28:19 GMT 06/20/2023 - with photo 2 choices on the main vine, the rear kin is 6DAP and this one 2DAP. This will be my first year pollinating two and comparing progress to 15DAP. Seeing real AG genetics is awesome, both kins were 4 l... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338848 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338848 Tue, 20 Jun 2023 21:57:27 GMT 06/20/2023 - with photo A lot more vine mass is finally setting in. Vine training is almost finished, the main vine snapping off last week caused the secondary at kin #3 to bolt aggressively as the new main; making for perf... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338847 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338847 Tue, 20 Jun 2023 21:43:40 GMT 06/18/2023 - with photo Fingers crossed kin#2 is viable, it’s my best choice. My main vine snapped more than halfway on it’s own accord, at 1 node past kin#3, at the friggin node. There is a secondary already taking over a... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338810 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338810 Sun, 18 Jun 2023 23:38:38 GMT 06/18/2023 - with photo Another malformed lobe this morning on kin#3. Some wierd growth into the lobe from the petal rim. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338809 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338809 Sun, 18 Jun 2023 23:30:07 GMT 06/14/2023 - with photo Another twisted lobe this morning, but no apparent hernia. Potential keeper and treating it as such. Kin #1 does not appear to have set fruit, I think I see a slight shrinkage at 5DAP on it. ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338678 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338678 Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:28:48 GMT 06/14/2023 - with photo 5 males harvested the night before. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338677 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338677 Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:20:44 GMT 06/13/2023 - with photo Kin#2 getting the royal treatment. We are back to a wet pattern and have skated by some serous bow echos as the jet stream blows by south of Arkansas. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338676 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338676 Wed, 14 Jun 2023 22:15:53 GMT 06/12/2023 - with photo 14 secondaries behind kin#2 (16’ out) and a potential 18 behind kin #3 (18’ out). I got plucky when nipping tendrils and nipped off the growth head of the secondary vine at kin #2 by accident… smh…. ... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338614 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338614 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:17:24 GMT 06/11/2023 - with photo DIY mister is finally complete. This thing works great. Only took $60 in parts to adapt my existing Stanley 4g backpack sprayer and hand held gas blower. No more walking into the vine in awkward ba... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338613 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338613 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:12:18 GMT 06/10/2023 - with photo First fruit swellin despite the lobe hernia. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338612 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338612 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:08:00 GMT 06/09/2023 - with photo First kin has me overjoyed to see confirmed AG shaped lobes. Some deformity on one lobe here with possible seed hemorrhage. Only had 1 male to pollinate with, so I sent it for practice. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338508 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338508 Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:03:08 GMT 06/09/2023 - with photo It’s funny how the night moves. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338507 http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=338507 Fri, 09 Jun 2023 11:59:51 GMT