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 the Dan Micros set to run for 11 minutes each morning. And then I mist the plants from 10:30 to 5:30. I was a bit surprised to see it lightly dry. Growth on the 1421 pumpkin (Stanely) was down 2 pounds yesterday which can easily be cause by a mis-measurement but it was against the daily upward trend that I've been seeing for the past week so today I decided to try an experiment. Today it hit about 84 degrees in Denver. A fair amount cooler than yesterday but I watered the patch an additional 4 minutes today to see if it made in difference in growth. I'll check the pumpkin again tomorrow and find the results. I can't say I've ever felt like I've got the watering thing down perfectly.
This evening I did a foliar application of Multimineral with yucca and a small amount of Big Bloom in it.
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