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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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pumpkinJesus
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The bottom of New Jersey
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Day 43 measurements for the Checkon fruit - 117.75" circ., 88" side to side and 82" end to end. OTT is 287.75" for an estimated weight of 505 lbs. I have unoffically made it to the 500 club!!!!!!!! It's growth has slowed considerably the last few days, and when I look back at my records I see than we've received only .55 inches of rain in the last 12 days. I still haven't watered the plant lately, my efforts have been concentrated on the stem and drying it up before rot travels into the pumpkin. So far it's going OK, I have had a fan blowing on it for 2 days now and plenty of baking soda all over it which seems to be working but it is far from being out of the woods just yet. In retrospect, I should have had the fan on it a week earlier. Some rot has traveled down into the vine which is certainly hampering weight gains even more. At this point, I will be very happy if the pumpkin stays solid for the rest of the season even if it stops growing right now.
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