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Monday, September 29, 2008
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA [email protected]
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It is a good thing that Pumpkinfest is this Saturday. The 1068 has stopped growth, except for a few small surface cracks oozing a little sap. The leaves are showing signs of the disease problem from the last 2 years. I had stopped the Alliette applications in August when it was so dry, then we got a fair amount of rain in September. We even had a thunderstorm before sunrise this morning. I quit terminating tertiary vines a couple weeks ago, so there are lots of new shoots sticking up all over. I also let a couple of small pumpkins grow once the big one slowed down to use as shock absorbers in case of heavy rains.
Jacob's 893 is looking great and still growing a little. The best looking pumpkin we have ever grown. The long gourd plants are looking ratty. Lots of leaves dying off. Most of the trees and shrubs in our valley have leaf diseases and are dropping leaves early because of this year's excessive moisture.
In the next couple of days I will put the finishing touches on the lifting tripod and do some testing. I sure hope it works like everyone says they do. Jacob is getting along extremely well after his surgery and may be off the crutches by Saturday.
Good luck to everyone this weekend!!
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