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Sunday, August 30, 2015

Calcium for the Plants & Bacterial Wilt Sucks

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This evening I did a foliar application of calcium on the pumpkin plant and on the sprouting cover crop I put in last week.  The hope will b...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

Kelp for Tired Pumpkin Leaves

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Do a little test with some liquid kelp (aka seaweed) on a pumpkin leaf and you will see some of the power of kelp.  Put a drop of the kelp o...

How to Get 13% More Growth on Your Pumpkin in September

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We are coming to the end of the season.  Not long now until the weigh-offs.  For some, they are looking at personal best pumpkins and possi...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Compost Tea Recipe for Giant Pumpkins

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There are many great "recipes" for compost tea, but here is one that I like giant pumpkin plants:  1/2 cup alfalfa pellets 2 dr...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

TKO to fight Diseases and add Potassium

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I did a foliar application of TKO this evening.  TKO is a good fungicide because the phosphites in it and I hope to help control the powdery...
Monday, August 24, 2015

RAW Fertilizers for the Lawn & Pumpkins

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Company is coming this week and I wanted to green up the lawn some, so this morning I sprayed a mixture of RAW Cal/Mag, RAW Grow, RAW Nitrog...
Saturday, August 22, 2015

I Title the Picture 'The Lonelest thing in Pumpkin Growing'

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Lots of unfullilled potential in this picture.  Pulled the 282 Scherber plant today and seeded the area with Soghurum Sudan grass seed.  It ...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Some Multi-mineral, Potassium, Lithovit & Insecticide for the Pumpkin Plants

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Today I did a foliar application of multi-mineral, lithovit and potassium.  Also did an application of insecticide on the 1985 plant and on ...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

The Dirty Word in Pumpkin Growing

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It happened.  That phrase that makes all pumpkin growers cringe.  You might just call it the "B" word.  I hate to even have to say...
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Monday, August 17, 2015

Alfalfa Compost Tea for Giant Pumpkins

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Alfalfa pellets is one of my favorite soil amendments.  Not only is it a good source of NPK but it also contains a lot of different minerals...
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Sunday, August 16, 2015

Better Growth, So I'm Still Going to Push the Pumpkins Along

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The 1985 pumpkin showed its best growth in the last three weeks yesterday, so I'm going to continue with moderate heavy watering with so...
Saturday, August 15, 2015

Biologically Feeding & Protecting the Plants with Microbes

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Today I gave the plants a healthy dose of microbes with a heavy watering.  More specifically I gave the plant Actinovate with iron, Biotamax...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

Multi-mineral and Lithovit for the Pumpkins

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This evening I gave a foliar application of multi-mineral and lithovit to the plants.  Something isn't looking right on the 282 plant.  ...
Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Pumpkin Problem Resolved

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A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I had some irrigation problems where it looked like the under the canopy irrigation didn't run or...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Reflections at the Half Way Mark

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We are about at the half way mark for most Colorado growers.  At about this time the pumpkins will have put on about 2/3 of their total weig...
Sunday, August 9, 2015

Fertilizing the Giant Pumpkin Plants

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Gave both of the plants some RAW Omina for the nitrogen and to help with calcium uptake in the plants.  That was mixed with liquid seaweed a...
Saturday, August 8, 2015

To Potassium or to Not Potassium the Pumpkin, That is the Question

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A grower recently sent me a message about wanting to add a fair amount of potassium on his pumpkin plant to really get the growth going.  Th...
Thursday, August 6, 2015

Compost Tea & TKO for the Pumpkin Plants

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I watched a very interesting video today on soil biology from growuniversity.net.  If you haven't schedule yourself to attend one of the...
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Monday, August 3, 2015

Watching the Vine Tips to Figure Out What the Plant Needs

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Over the last week or so I noticed the the vine tips on the 282 Scherber plant hasn't had much mass.  Often times that indicates that th...
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Sunday, August 2, 2015

Protecting the Pumpkin Leaves & Battling Powdery Mildew

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The first week of August I always recommend an application of Actinovate and RAW Silica to the pumpkin leaves to help battle powdery mildew ...