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Monday, August 29, 2016
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com
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We have already started preparation on the parts of the patch where we lost a pumpkin plant. Hauled in compost, site hoops for the hoop house, planted cover crop. I found some good clearance sales on potting soil. I dug a big hole and added 2 co. ft. of potting soil where the seedling will go next spring and tilled the rest of the 6' x 6' spot with a fork. Cover crop consists of oats in the hoop, and a blend of oats and Big Buck Brassica mix in the rest. The mix has groundhog radish to break up compaction. The rest of the brassicas have some of the same disease fighting properties as mustard. I will use the remainder of the potting soil to add to the main vine trenches and as vine cover. Hopefully this sterile mix with perlite will help prevent disease next year. Long gourds are still doing their coiled snake impersonation. We will be lucky to get one up to 100" this year.
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