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Monday, May 05, 2008
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Big Kahuna 26
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Ontario, Canada.
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LanTerra Update > Monday begins the start of a new year in the garden and with it a chance at the largest squash ever grown. After two years in a row of near misses growing squash I like the my chances with the 1055* Pitura. It tends to grow nice smooth surface fruits with shallow ribbing unlike the deep ribs of the 848* 1st generation fruit. Dave and I had a lengthy discussion about this at Port Elgin last year as we watched a couple of 1055* off spring march to the scale.
Patch 1 > In goes the World record producer 1055* Pitura and its back up the 1134 Landry 07. The 8' x 6' hoop house is heated with a 500w halogen light and kept cool using a nitrogen charged auto vent cylinder. Both Plants receive a generous helping of RTI Symbios Pumpkin Pro.
I hope to be able to achieve good early vine growth. I have left lots of room, 10' from the edge of the patch to allow for some back vine growth off of the rear main which I am calling wing back growth. Other than that the eventual winner in patch 1 will be pretty much a traditional tree. The first two vines will be angled back to the south from the main crown about 25* or more from perpendicular. This should give all of the vines & leaves plenty of room to spread and allow for good air circulation.
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