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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

The 335 Scherber and Some Foliar for the Elbert

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Tomorrow I'm going to pollinate a second pumpkin on my son's 335 Scherber plant.  That pumpkin is the product of a clone of the plan...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Split in the Main Vine

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I found a small parallel slit in the main vine this morning.  I put some sulfur powder on it and have shielded it so that it can't get w...
Monday, July 29, 2013

Mistakes and A Little Help

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If you've followed my posts you'll know that not that long ago I talked about making sure you cut the tap roots around the pumpkin s...
Saturday, July 27, 2013

Latest Pictuers from the Pumpkin Patch

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These are pictures of Stanley and Elbert.  Both have made very nice gains this last week, even though the weather has been abnormally cool (...
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Friday, July 26, 2013

insecticide

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Sprayed some insecticide this evening in the patch.  I don't prefer doing that but after losing a plant last year to a virus spread by t...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

Some Foliar Multimineral & Big Bloom for Pumpkins

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Cooler weather in Denver this week.  Not overly cool but not the ideal time for cool weather when the pumpkins area really packing on the po...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Stan is the Man

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Usually I don't like to post weights and measurements for the pumpkins because only the scale tells the truth.  But this morning's m...
Monday, July 22, 2013

Taking A Risk to Get Rewards

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There is an old saying in pumpkin growing, "If you ain't blowing them then you aren't growing them."  Basically meaning th...
Saturday, July 20, 2013

Latest Pictures from the Pumpkin Patch

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The first picture is of the 1421 Stelts (Stanely) and the second is the 1775 Starr (Elbert).  Elbert was a really disappointing pumpkin earl...
Friday, July 19, 2013

Figuring Out the Correct Amount of Water for the Pumpkins

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Yesterday it got to about 91 degrees in Denver.  I noticed in the late afternoon that the ground was looking a bit dry.  Right now I have th...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Foliar Application for the Pumpkin Plants with Humic Acid & a Spreader

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After some research I've added two things to my foliar applications.  A little Nourish L (humic acid) and Desert Nectar (yucca) is now p...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Compost Tea For The Pumpkin Plants

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This morning I gave the pumpkin plants some compost tea that had worm castings, big bloom, alfalfa and molasses in it.  No real fertilizer a...
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Monday, July 15, 2013

Giant Pumpkin Growing Tips; Making Adjustments as You Go

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The hardest part about growing giant pumpkins is that there are 1,000 different pieces to growing a big pumpkin and those pieces change from...
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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Pumpkin Roots

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As I've mentioned before, it is easy to get excited in the early part of the season about the salad part of the pumpkin plant, but reall...
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Pictures from the Pumpkin Patch

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Below are pictures from early this morning in the pumpkin patch.  Looks like the 1421 is going to end up a nice orange one.  I think it is t...
Saturday, July 13, 2013

Foliar Minerals for the Pumpkin Plants

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This evening I gave the pumpkin plants a foliar application of Albion's organic Metalosate Multimineral.  My tissue test came back fairl...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

Pumpkin Updates

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We are past the 10 day mark on the 1775 Starr which means the pumpkin is set.  Now we just have to grow it big.  I really like the shape of ...
Friday, July 5, 2013

Pumpkin Pictures

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The following are my two pumpkins that I'm planning on growing.  The first is the 1421 Stelts pumpkin (aka Stanley).  The second is the ...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Pumpkin Tissue Testing

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A week ago I sent in a leaf from my 1775 Starr plant to get some tissue testing done.  I've never done a tissue test although I get my s...
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Burying Vines, Weeding & Watching the Pumpkin Plants Grow

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Not a lot of fun these lots couple of days.  I had fallen behind on wedding and vine burying and I've been hurrying this evening to get ...
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