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Monday, September 15, 2008
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saxomaphone(Alan)
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Taber, Alberta
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The frost from the second took about 1/3 of the leaves at the farm. Despite that, things are still chugging away, with the 1011 still putting on 5-6 pounds a day at day 80. This one is a fighter, slow and stead. We had a 1 1/2 inches of rain late last week, and now it's summer weather. Hot during the day and warm nights for the next 5 days. Last week I was worried about frost, this week, something else, and it's much worse.
The 522 at home is still crusing at 6-7 pounds a day. The skin is pretty old and rough, not the prettiest pumpkin I've ever grown. The blossom end has been completely gone for quite a while. I had to dig out about 8-10 inches down in the dirt just to get the camera under it to check the blossom. I'm really curious to see what it looks like once we lift it out of the patch. It's showing some pretty good stretch marks on the shoulders with some ooze from yesterday, but it's still holding together.
I'll try to post more pics this week along with some numbers.
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