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Tuesday, February 03, 2015
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Alex B
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Ham Lake, Minnesota
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This was the soil test going into my 2014 season. In comparison to what I was used to in my previous years of pumpkin growing at a totally different address, I was sunk seeing this as the soil looks like worm castings. However, on a year where my garden was submerged for a good portion of the spring and with intensive care after, I was able to pull a 1,445 pounder, a 1,337 pounder, and from a post flood planting, an 880 early pick, and from a plant that was in water for two weeks, died and re-sprouted: a 567 pounder. I told myself, in these foul conditions, if I can get to 1,000, I can surely get to 2,000. A huge mark against me that I did not account for is being in low ground. The area I plant in is likely the last place to warm up and the first place to freeze. I'm hoping last year was the test run I figured it would be and nature pitched every curve ball to reintroduce me after three seasons off.
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