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Saturday, June 26, 2010
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shazzy
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Joliet, IL
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the split on April stem did not go any deeper today in 8 hours as there is no fresh cracking yet at the applied captan area which would show futher fissuring. i also blocked directly under the stem and vine, checked vine looseness again and propped up the main a little more on each side too. this should help stabilize the small tears while healing. funny thing about these shallow splits is they have never wept any sap and haven't gone that deep at all. after looking at the last picture posted, small tearing might have developed from the secondary and the leaf twisting at that junction in the wind in last fridays' 70 mph wind storm. the section of fence was blown over on that west side of the patch right in front of this pumpkin. it is either that, growth splits that are relieving stress with minor splits instead of a full blown out split, or i did the damage when trying to keep it from laying down on the vine and pushed it a little too hard early on with the styrofome wedge used to guide it away from the vine. i would not have sliced half way through the stem of the backup pumpkin if i noticed it before tuesday. my gut says it will be fine and will heal and the majority of the juices will not be affected by superficial tears that are not even weeping juices. but my silly mind still frets...i think this is a good thing as the area is stabilized, secured with block, more tap roots cut, plenty of slack also, captan on a clean wound, and a fan running on it. the things i can control i will. those i can not i will say, "it is what it is". but yet my mind stills frets...lol.
go whitesox!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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