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Friday, August 26, 2016
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com
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Yesterday was spray day: Big Stem, 2 insecticides, 3 fungicides, milk for the powdery mildew and some foliar fertilizer. This morning there were still too many cucumber beetles to suit me. Over the past 3 days, the 1047.5 gained 30#, the 962.5 gained 13 pounds and the 1818.5 gained just 8 pounds. I found an open pollinated pumpkin hiding under the leaves of the 1818.5 and cut it off. Maybe that will help it along. I measured our best field pumpkin, right about 100 pounds, but it had started to split the blossom end. It doesn't look like it got to the cavity so I hope it holds up. It is starting to turn orange so maybe it is done growing and splitting. Gourds are trying to become snakes on the slant boards, but I have a couple that set higher on the trellis. Disease is getting bad. I slacked off on the fungicide when everything on the top of the trellis aborted and the vines started going down the far side. I have to cut back on the nitrogen next year.
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