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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Adjusting for Late Summer Growing Weather

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Much cooler and overcast weather today in Utah.   Feels a little more like fall.  With that it is time to start adjusting the amount of wate...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Benefical Bacteria and Fungi for the Pumpkin Plants

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Today I put down some RAW Microbes (mycorrhizae + baciillus), Actinovate, azos, cane molasses and a touch of liquid seaweed on the pumpkin p...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

More Fertilizer for the Pumpkin and How the Pumpkin Blog Works for Me

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If you are one of the people that reads this blog everyday, it may seem redundant, but I spayed some nitrogen, potassium, humic acid and yuc...
Sunday, August 27, 2017

Some NPK for the Pumpkin Plants

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Did a soil application of NPK Grow 7-4-5 this evening on all of the plants.  Got kind of warm today.  Low was somewhere near 48 degrees and ...
Saturday, August 26, 2017

CalCarb & Potassium for Pumpkin Plants

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This morning, I sprayed the rest of the cal/mag, Omina, potassium, humic acid and yucca that was left in the sprayer from two days ago on th...
Friday, August 25, 2017

Compost Tea for the Pumpkin Plant

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Did a five hour brew of compost tea and then mostly poured the five gallons on the ground and on some of the leaves.  Tried to focus on the ...
Thursday, August 24, 2017

Treating the Leaves & Fertilizing the Plant

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This evening I sprayed a fairly hardy fungicide on the 747 plant to help try to control the powdery mildew that is plaguing it.  After that ...

Treating Pumpkin Splits, Rot & Sapping

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One thing you have to watch for on your pumpkin this time of year are splits in the skin, stem and blossom end.   Season ending splits typic...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Just another Day Growing in Midway, Utah

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Sprayed RAW Grow 7-4-5 on the soil this morning for all of the plants.
Monday, August 21, 2017

RAW Bloom 3-12-12 for the Pumpkin Plants

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An ideal, everyday fertilizer, in very small quantities for a pumpkin plant, depending on the time of year, would be something like 10-5-10....
Sunday, August 20, 2017

Organicide the Leaves

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This evening I sprayed Organicide on the leaves.  It is basically neems oil.   It is an organic insecticide and fungicide.  Not great at eit...
Saturday, August 19, 2017

Latest Pumpkin Photos

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Below are photos from the patch.  The 747 "Jumbo" pumpkin has already exceed estimates I had earlier in the season for where th...
Thursday, August 17, 2017

How the Word "Study" is the Best Friend in Giant Pumpkin Research

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I think that a close second to working hard in the pumpkin patch is doing your research.  There is so much to learn in order to grow a giant...

More Compost Tea for the Pumpkin Plants

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I gave both plants more compost tea today.  I wish I had put down more compost tea early in the season.  Since this is a new patch, it could...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017

End of the Season Pumpkin Growth

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The 747 pumpkin (aka Jumbo) is at 72 days old now.  90-100 days about how long most pumpkins will grow.  A good one might go 110 days, but t...
Monday, August 14, 2017

Wow! UGPG have Some World Record Stuff Going On

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I expected to see some very big pumpkins on Saturday at the UGPG patch tour, but was blown away by what I saw.   All of the patches looke...
Thursday, August 10, 2017

Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers Patch Tour

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I'm looking forward to the Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers patch tour this Saturday.  It is always fun to meet other growers and see what the...
Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Some NPK for the Pumpkin Plants

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This evening I sprayed on the soil some NPK Grow (7-4-5) with a touch of potassium and and yucca added to it.  The yucca in the soil helps w...
Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Iron & Sulfur for the Pumpkin Plants

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This evening I sprayed on the ground a liquid iron/sulfur fertilizer.  It also had micro amounts of zinc, copper and other nutrients.  Iron ...
Sunday, August 6, 2017

Compost Tea for Giant Pumpkin Plants

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I've haven't used as much compost tea on the pumpkin plants as I would typically do this year.  Yesterday I started a brew that I ap...