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Tuesday, October 08, 2024
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Pumpkin Picker (Orange Only)
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Western PA
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Well unfortunately my Big Girl 2405 met an early demise.....
She had been growing at a very good rate for her age and the skin on her just didn't have the pliability it had when she was a younger fruit. She went from shiny smooth skin to having deep cracks on top of almost every rib line that continued to open up further every day. I was able to keep them dry and clean and she continued to grow at a vert nice rate. Then one day I was caught off guard by some bad storms that rolled through (she was not covered) and that water worked it's way deep into those cracks and this was the start of a never a never ending battle....
I weighed her in the Patch towards the beginning of September and she maxed out my 1000kg crane scale with ease!! 1000kg is 2,204 lbs. She had to of been A couple hundred more then that to max that scale out when she still had most of her bottom on the ground.
Lessons learned.....
Beautiful Big Orange Fruit!
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