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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Compost Tea for the Plants & Maybe More Trouble

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This evening I gave both plants some compost tea on the leaves.  They should like that. Saw some trouble on the 282 female I'll be pol...

New Photo of the 282 Scherber Pumpkin Plant

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Below is the picture of my 282 plant.  Under that chair in the distance is the female I'll be pollinating either tomorrow or the next da...
Monday, June 29, 2015

Some Foliar Nutrients for the Pumpkin Plants

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Tonight I did a foliar application of Lithovit, humic acid, fulvic acid, multi-mineral and RAW Yucca on the pumpkin plants.  Tomorrow is goi...
Sunday, June 28, 2015

Einstein's Theory of Relativity and Pumpkin Growing

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Einstein would have been a giant pumpkin growing genius, because he understood one of the basic premises of pumpkin growing.  That is th...
Thursday, June 25, 2015

A Cocktail of RAW OminA, Fulvic Acid, Humic Acid & Calcium for Plant Calcium Uptake

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This morning I did a drench of  RAW OminA ( learn more ), fulvic acid ( learn more ), humic acid ( learn more ) and calcium on both plants. ...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Foliar Multi-mineral for Plants

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This evening I gave the pumpkin plants some foliar multimineral with RAW Yucca.   Plants continue to grow well.  Terminated the first vine o...

Pumpkin Pollination & Genetics

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I received a request to write about how to choose what plants to cross and how to develop genetics in your seeds that could potentially grow...
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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Latest Pic of the 282 Pumpkin Plant

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This is the 282 Scherber pumpkin plant.  It is a seed from a selfed clone of the 1725 that grew the world record 2009.  It is the "othe...
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Females on the Main Vine on Both Pumpkin Plants & Vine Maintainance Strategies

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I've got females flowers on both plants now on the main vine.  It looks like I'll be pollinating on both plants between the 27th and...
Saturday, June 20, 2015

Some OminA for the Pumpkin Plants

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Today I spent more timed than I planned on setting up the watering system for the pumpkin plants.  There were some lines and faucets that wo...
Friday, June 19, 2015

Pic from the Patch

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What a difference a week makes.  1985 Miller is growing a foot a day on the main vine right now.  A female has finally showed up on the vine...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

A Little Bloom to Push a long some Flowering of the Pumpkin Plant

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Flowering can take a fair amount of energy from the pumpkin plant so I hit both plants with a very small amount of foliar RAW Bloom (3-12-12...
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Monday, June 15, 2015

Brix Testing of Garden Plants Sap

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In addition to the EC testing I started doing this year, I am also now doing a brix testing.  This is kind of new to me so I'll let you ...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

Insectoside Time for the Pumpkin Plants

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I don't prefer to use insecticides but last year I lost both plants to yellow vine diseases which is spread by cuke beetles and and squa...

Crocs in the garden

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I missed the whole croc revolution 10 years ago by choice.  Didn't like the looks of them.  Recently picked some up for use in the pumpk...
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Saturday, June 13, 2015

Giant Pumpkin Fertilizer Program: Part 2

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In this post I'm going to discuss in some detail the methodology behind my giant pumpkin fertilizer program . Previously I listed out ...
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New Pics from the Giant Pumpkin Patch

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The following are the latest pictures of both of my plants.  The 1985 Miller is about 13 feet long right now and has a female at about 10 1/...
Friday, June 12, 2015

It's Back! Giant Pumpkin Fertilizer Program Package

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We initially thought we would put out the Giant Pumpkin Fertilizer Program as something to try.  We only had a limited supply and to our ...
Thursday, June 11, 2015

A Bunch of Biology for the Pumpkin Patch

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This evening I sprayed some Biotamax, Rootshield, azos, myco and Myko Grow on the entire pumpkin patch.  It looks like it is going to be two...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Interesting How the Enviroment Effects the Plants

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April in Colorado was unseasonably warm.  Very mild temperatures and little rain for the entire month.  At the end of April the plants in th...