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Sunday, August 08, 2010
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Orangeneck (Team HAMMER)
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Eastern Pennsylvania
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Our first patch tour ever was great! Mainly because I met a bunch of really cool people. And seeing four completely different approaches to growing the same giant pumpkins in the same afternoon was very interesting. I got a lot of really good advice and definitely plan on using it for next year... mainly on vine burying From Paul and Cheryl Fulk. We saw three 923 Gerhardts today including mine. They were all quite orange and smooth skinned. I think with time- over the next 6 weeks they'll darken up to a deep orange. Tim Rosa's and mine are a bit longer, while John Rauch's 923 is a pretty symmetrical orange globe. Tim's 923 continues to lead mine at 725lbs est or something compared to mine which is probably around 640. Alex had the biggest pumpkin that we saw today, amazingly all organically grown and just about 800lbs. His plants were in prime shape despite the lack of any fungicide or pesticide whatsoever. It seems I'd better step on the gas, so I fired up the Stihl and hit the patch hard. Hopefully the 8 Tbs 0-0-25, plus 6 Tbs Cax-Mag, plus 1/4 cup Neptunes, plus 1/4 cup humic acid in 4 gallons of water applied tonight will spike my plants into action.
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