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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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Disneycrazy
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addison Il
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UPDATE::: All plants have been dosed with merit again and applied a top coat of triazide until we get enough money to get some malathon or talstar. I checked my plants out before I sprayed and was upset to find 5 baby svb grubs in the main vine of my Frantz right where the vine comes out of the ground . I dug them out and the wound has hardened off already I dosed it with merit and did a a soil soak at all the important tap root areas and took the spray wand and went under the main vine with a steady stream of merit. Never ask me to use triazicde again I accidently sprayed Becky when I was turning around with the hose and when I went to take it off the hose it squirted out and sprayed everywhere.Despite the SVB which hopefully are dead now there is good news and bad news. The Mitchell has the biggest set pumpkin right now at a little above softball size. The Marchand is comming in number two with two baseball sized females set. The Lishness has yet to spit a female but it will in its own good time. The bad news is the Frantz self stopped growing at softball size and I gave it a week and half but sadly no growth so it was cut today. I did self another female further down that has taken and is at baseball size after only two days so it looks good. I will be taking pics soon but as for now my plants are growing well and have no problems.I hope the merit/Triazicide works for now and will just keep on top of this problem as best I can. We will be adding some fert sometime this week or next to give the plants an extra boost and I might do some pruning. After I have a confirmed set on the plants I will trim the main vines as they are getting long the Frantz main vine is now at 22 feet out and very thick. The Mitchell sits at 18 feet. The Marchand is at 15 and I am curving the vine to get it back on the compost and dirt area. The Lishness is at 15 feet but appears healthy. Have a good day everyone and enjoy this growing season. Grow em Big
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