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Monday, October 14, 2024
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Andy W
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Western NY
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Back to the story of my other patch. This pic represents the last half of the pumpkins removed. I learned at lot this year by growing so many and hopefully I won't forget like I usually do. I planted almost all seeds with the expectation of orange, with the exception of a few seeds that I wanted to try out (1240 Wolf and 2200 Wolf).
Some of my observations:
- Average weight from the patch was in the 4-700 pound range. Most were pollinated the first week in July, and the plants were shot by September. We measured a few of them three times a week apart each time and it seems they missed out on some weight in the end due to disease. Plants with pollination issues on the main ended up with 2 or 3 fruit set on side vines.
- As much as I had planned to do a few "interesting crosses", Almost all were open pollinated since the patch is about 35 minutes away from home. Same goes for other experiments i wanted to run, there just wasn't enough time.
- I treated all the plants equally, but the better ones seemed slightly clustered toward the center of the patch.
- I need to do a soil test next time. All I did was haul in some manure that really wasn't old enough. I have a feeling I'm lacking something that could at least help with the disease problems slightly for next year.
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