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Monday, September 27, 2021

It's in the Books; The Pumpkins have Hit the Scales

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This year was kind of a challenging year for pumpkin growing.  The pumpkin was doing okay until smoke, cold nights and aphid problems just w...
Sunday, August 1, 2021

Inspired by the UGPG Annual Patch Tour Yesterday

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I went to the Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers patch tour yesterday.  Some inspiring patches to see.  All of them could be learned from.  Two of t...
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Friday, July 30, 2021

56 Growing Days Remaining

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Today we are at 56 days until we cut the pumpkin off the vine.   Typically, after the first week of September, I get very little growth, bec...
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Slow & Steady Wins the Race

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 At least that is what I like to tell myself.  Slow and steady.  But I wish it would crank it up some when it comes to the pumpkin's gro...
Saturday, July 24, 2021

Time to Watch for Bugs

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This week I've seen two aphids on the pumpkin.  Little green sucking bugs that suck.  I'm not great with insecticides, so I'm no...
Friday, July 16, 2021

What I'm Looking at for the Pumpkin this Time of Year

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At this point pumpkin growth doesn't appear to be breaking any records this year, it is growing.  I haven't measured in a while.  Ov...
Saturday, July 10, 2021

Some Fugicide & Insectocide for Pumpkin Plant

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 We've been in the high 90s and low 100s for the last week+ so I've been running the misters extra long, sometimes, during the heat ...
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Monday, July 5, 2021

The Little Things that Make the Biggest Difference in Growing a Giant Pumpkin

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 Last year I went to the GPC pumpkin seminar.  A number of great speakers at the event.  Joe Jutras, former world record holder for giant pu...
Saturday, July 3, 2021

Foliar Feeding the Pumpkin Plant

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Today I did a foliar application of 7-4-5 and multimineral on the plants.  The multimineral is a blend of chelated minerals that are essenti...
Monday, June 21, 2021

Fungicide and Pesticide for the Plants

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 This evening I used a fungicide and pesticide on the pumpkin plants.   I've been doing a lot of extra misting through the foggers over ...
Friday, June 18, 2021

Pumpkin Tissue Test at Polliniation Time

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On Monday I cut a leaf off my pumpkin plant and sent it into Western Labs to get a tissue test.  This is the fourth time I've done a tis...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Almost Pollination Time; Prepping for a Pumpkin

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One thing I came away from the last year's growing seminar was prepping the pumpkin for big growth BEFORE the big growth begins.   In th...
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Friday, June 11, 2021

Frost on the Pumpkin? Not Last Night, but it was close.

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 Last night it hit 31 degrees in the pumpkin patch, but the plants were kept safe.  My plant, which is in a greenhouse, isn't protected ...
Friday, June 4, 2021

Pumpkin Fertilizer and the Choice is Made

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I was lamenting what pumpkin plant to pull until a few days ago.   The vine tip on one of the plants got burnt, which is pretty inexplicable...
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Saturday, May 29, 2021

Pumpkin Plants Today

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Gave the plants some nitrogen, seaweed, sulfur and humic acid over the last few days.  Buried the main vine and using those nutrients to he...
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