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Thursday, August 04, 2016
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jimp
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Allentown, PA
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First Fatalities - 2 starters, on 2 different vines, found with flower end rot this morning - the smaller with discolored shell that I could easily stick my finger through and the other was wide open and rotten - slime exuded when I cut it off to throw away - yuk.
Suspicious that I fertilized with calcium nitrate yesterday. Response: Heavy irrigation today. The solution to pollution is dilution. Hope this isn't a harbinger of what's to come.
Biggest pumpkin is on the 1531 Fulk - est 215 lbs. The 1725 Haist has 6 fruits totaling 540 lbs (40-145)and each are growing about 2-3" in circumference/day. Shoulda picked that vine to grow the big boy. Assuming the 1969 would provide the fruit to take to the weigh in may have been a mistake - best I have there is a 50 pounder - all the female blossoms were very later and far down the vine.
This sport promotes too much anxiety.
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