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Thursday, June 17, 2010
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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self pollinated the second one at 17.5' on the 873 with 4 male 873s. i switched up the pollen source and selfed just to make sure one plants pollen is the good stuff. just playing the odds. the first 873 is growing nicely and rounding out for being 3 days old. it has a smaller stem than the 991 and 1147 and looks to want to lay down on the vine with the sharp angle. so i took a piece of triangle shaped styrofome and made a wedge. as the pumpkin grows with more weight it will push off the styrofome and away from the vine. i have had to do this several times in the past and it works great. no real pressure on the mini stem at this point. the first 991 pumpkin laid down is still has a nice shine to it a grew a lot over night and at 5 days looks to be ok so far. same with the first 1147. it is bigger than the 991 already even though also 5 days old this morning. but it was a bigger female the day i pollinated it. the 1147 is a long one like its momma was and the 991 is more oval shaped too. the 873 is a little more round but too early to tell at only 3 days old. the heat is back and i put out some more mister heads and will put out even more tomight with the 90s coming. in about 2 weeks i will begin to diconnect the mister heads, remove the 6' garden stakes, and attach the 18" pre-staked low volume sprinkler heads with built in mini spaghetti tube and transfer barb and plug right into the same lines the mister heads were attached too. this will be done from the interior of the plant working out gradually with the older leaves not needing the misting as bad as the new leaves. thanks to dandy don young for all the chat help over the winter on this one. i have 6 fans running on the pollinated females at this point. i will not call them pumpkins yet until they prove not to abort. the fans are to keep the blossoms dry with the misting system running the next week or so in the heat and to keep them cool during this heat spell to increase the odds of continued growth.
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