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Tuesday, January 01, 2008
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Pumpkin Pastor
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Pinedale, WY
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Here is the amazing story of my 212 lbs pumpkin. Last year was my first year and I know that 212 is a decent first year. My plant got pollinated on Sept. 1st and the pumpkin froze on Oct. 3 and then picked on the 4th. To top it off my root system never broke through the 4 inch peat pot. That's right, my entire root system was still in the peat pot when I dug it up. On top of that I had my soil tested at the end of the year and was told "I'm surprised anything grew in that soil, it is so out of tune for pumpkin growing." To make things worse my pumpkin has to start growing over, 4 different times. 2 seperate hail storms demolished it, a tornado tore it off at the trunk, and then I got to happy with the ferts and thought I killed it. Each time it kept coming back. On August 14th it had no leaves or vines, just a trunk, on Sept. 1st I was able to pollinate, and a month later I had a 212 pumpkin that was 16% heavy. Good news is 2008 has to be a better year!
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