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Wednesday, July 13, 2016
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jimp
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Allentown, PA
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Leaves on the 1969Haist chest high - growing fruits on all 3 vines. The 1531 Fulk has a surprisingly nice one.
Nutrition Summary: Ground prepped with only 3 loads of mushroom soil last fall and rototilled this spring with 10-10-10. Later roltotilled in 3 cuttings of spring grass mowing. Seedlings installed with WOW starter packets and Wtreme gardening Mykos mycorrhizal fungus spores and Neptune's Harvest Kelp meal. Then every other day watering with 1/2 strength fish emulsion and seaweed solution. Every other week Jack's (Peters) 10-30-20 commercial fertilizer. Nodes buried with a teaspoon of Jim's special secret sauce - 40% mycorrhizal, 40% kelp meal, 20% 10-10-10 and a pinch of dry Jack's 10-30-20. Tried to to every node on all 3 plants. Did not add any gypsum or other stuff that comes in big bags. Sprayed weekly with copper based fungicide and twice sprayed Bonine "Eight" along the vines as an insecticide for vine borerer - which I haven't seen yet.
5 small pumpkins started with cross pollination between the 1725 and 1969 and on on the 1531 Fulk against the 1969.
Very exciting for year 2. cntryby from circleville my idle.
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