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Sunday, August 18, 2024
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BlossomDown
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Gourd Zone, WA
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Another perspective.
Its been a learning curve for sure. The main thing has been the problem with the splitting gourds. Maybe the plants need mutiple fruit on them during that critical day 10-20 period when they want to explode. Or maybe its just an issue of needing more micronutrients.
Ive done a good job of keeping the other females and the vines controlled. But that's about the only thing I can pat myself on the back about.
There have been some nutrient deficiencies. If I was to try it again I'd make the soil a bit more potent or at least address the deficiencies... and probably not grow multiple plants. I'd also probably want to control the water temp and be able to drip or flood irrigate at least around the stump but not get the stump wet.
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