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Narrative Diary
Local Temperatures, Pumpkin
Measurements
Spray Schedule
9-11-05 -
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891 Tanner
Watered for in the PM for 50 minutes with soaker hoses. Fertilized with
Neptune's Harvest. with 20 Tbs in 4 gallons of water. I also found a
volunteer pumpkin that is growing.
9-9-05 -
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891 Tanner
Watered for in the AM for 50 minutes with soaker hoses
9-7-05 -
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891 Tanner
Watered for 34 minutes with soaker hoses in the midday
9-3-05 -
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891 Tanner
Added five pounds of 0-0-60 granular fertilizer around all the vines and stump,
then watered for 15 minutes with the hose (60 gallons) and then I let the soaker
hoses run for 40 minutes.
8-30-05 -
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891 Tanner
We had rain from Hurricane Katrina. We received 3" of rain.
8-29-05 -
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891 Tanner
It lightly rained in the AM. I fertilized with 30 Tbs to 6 gallons of water of Neptune's Harvest. I
felt no need to water since rain is predicted for the next three days.
8-27-05 -
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891 Tanner
In the PM I finished weeding around the 5th and 6th set of secondary vines.
I then fertilized them with 2 Tbs of miracle grow in 2 gallons of water (1/2
gallon per vine). Next I buried the vines in compost. My watering
for the day consisted of soaker hoses for 30 minutes and watering the entire
plant under the leaves for a total of 15 minutes (60 gallons).
8-25-05 -
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891 Tanner
Today at 7 AM I went to fertilize and bury more vines with compost. I
used 2 Tbs miracle grow in 2 gallons of water to foliar feed the entire plant.
I used 1 Tbs of miracle grow to 1 gallon of water to water the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
secondary vines as a drench (1 gallon for each secondary). After
fertilizing the secondary vines, I buried them with compost and then watered
over the compost for 10 minutes.
8-24-05 -
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891 Tanner
Today around 5 PM I finished weeding around the main vine and the first 4 sets of secondary
vines. I followed the weeding by fertilizing the main vine and stump as a
drench with 2 Tbs of miracle grow (15-30-15) in 2 gallons of water. I also
fertilized the first set of secondary vines with 2 Tbs miracle grow in 2 gallon
of water (1 Tbs for each secondary vine). Next I watered with the soaker
hoses for 42 minutes. Lastly I buried the main vine, stump, and 1st set of
secondary vines with compost. After burying the vines I watered over the
compost for 14 minutes (56 gallons) with the hose (watering with the hose is 4
gallons/minute).
8-22-05 -
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891 Tanner
I watered for 1 hour with soaker hoses and fertilized with
Neptune's Harvest in the PM. I used 20 Tbs of Neptune's Harvest in 4 gallons of
water as a foliar feed and drench. I also pulled the tall grass and weeds
from around the main vine, stump, and the 1st set of secondary vines. I
have not had time this year to keep up with the weeding, so much of the water
and nutrients that should have been going to the pumpkin were going to weeds and
grass that was about a foot high. On the other hand, the tall grass helped
to shade the ground.
8-17-05 -
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891 Tanner
Fertilized with
Neptune's Harvest in the PM. I used 20 Tbs in 4 gallons of
water as a foliar feed and drench.
8-16-05 -
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891 Tanner &
505 Sundstrom
When I got up this morning it was sprinkling and very cool. The cool temps
the past few days along with on and off showers don't seem to be hurting the
pumpkin growth as I had previously thought, especially with the 505 Sundstrom
which grew 10 lbs yesterday.
8-15-05 -
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891 Tanner &
505 Sundstrom
It sprinkled in the AM and was overcast all day. It seems growth may be slowed by a combination of
many leaves being destroyed and the lack of sun and warmth the past few days.
Hopefully things clear up. Brought in the SSV1 in the PM and weighed it on
my scale. It was 123 lbs actual and 122 lbs estimated from an OTT of 174.5
8-14-05 -
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891 Tanner &
505 Sundstrom
It sprinkled in the AM and was overcast and cool most of the day.
8-13-05 -
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891 Tanner
Cut off some destroyed leaves from the winds and sprayed with Sevin. I was
beginning to see quite a few cucumber beetles. In the PM I watered for 30
minutes with soaker hoses and it also rained in the PM
505 Sundstrom
Sprayed with Sevin. It rained in the PM
8-11-05 -
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891 Tanner
Watered for blank in the AM with soaker hoses. I also found cucumber
beetles in the AM today as well as on 8-10. SSV1 was cut off this AM.
We had very high winds and 1.3" of rain at 6:00 PM. The winds knocked down
all the leaves. I just have to hope there is not too much damage and that
the leaves come back. To see a picture of the destruction
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505 Sundstrom
8-9-05 -
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891 Tanner
Fertilized with Neptune's Harvest in the PM. I used 20 Tbs in 4 gallons of
water as a foliar feed and drench.
505 Sundstrom
Fertilized with Neptune's Harvest in the PM. I used 10 Tbs in 2 gallons of
water as a foliar feed and drench
8-8-05 -
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891 Tanner
Watered with soaker hoses 20 minutes in the AM and 20 minutes in the PM
505 Sundstrom
The plant was hand watered for a while during the AM
8-5-05 -
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891 Tanner
It rained a bit throughout the day
505 Sundstrom
It rained a bit throughout the day
8-4-05 -
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891 Tanner
7:00 AM - I cut off the NSV1 & NSV2 pumpkins as well as dead ending all
secondary
vines. The secondary vines were not growing anyway since the pumpkin on
the main vine was set. NSV1 had an estimated weight of 26 lbs and an
actual weight of 28.5 lbs. NSV2 had an estimated weight of 41 lbs
and an actual weight of 40 lbs. At 9:00 PM I fertilized with 8 Tbs of
Neptune's Harvest in 4 gallons of water and turned on the soaker hoses for 20
minutes.
505 Sundstrom
Hand watered for about 10 minutes in the morning and at 9:00 PM I fertilized
with 4 Tbs of Neptune's Harvest in 2 gallons of water
8-2-05 -
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891 Tanner
Fertilized with Vigaro 10-10-10 with 18 Tbs in 3 gallons of water and I watered
for 1hr 10 minutes with soaker hoses at night.
505 Sundstrom
Hand watered with 10 gallons
7-31-05 -
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891 Tanner
Watered for 40 minutes with soaker hoses at 9:00 PM
7-30-05 -
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891 Tanner
I feel like I may be being a bit conservative with watering so I hand watered
the secondaries and main vine for about 5 minute and then let the soaker hoses
run for 10 minutes this morning.
505 Sundstrom
Hand watered for about 10 minutes
7-29-05 -
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891 Tanner
Watered with soaker hoses for 20 minutes at night
7-27-05 -
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The day was in the 70's. It was overcast for the entire day with
intermittent showers.
7-26-05 -
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891 Tanner
Watered with soaker hoses for 8 minutes and it rained. I also fertilized with 8 Tbs of Neptune's Harvest in 4 gallons of water. It also rained tonight.
505 Sundstrom
Watered with 3 gallons of water and 6 Tbs of Neptune's Harvest. It also
rained tonight
7-24-05 -
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891 Tanner
Watered with soaker hoses for 40 minutes and fertilized with 24 Tbs in 4 gallons
of water with Vigaro 10-10-10
505 Sundstrom
Watered with 2 gallons of water and 12 Tbs in 2 gallons of water with Vigaro
10-10-10
7-23-05 -
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Sprayed the 891 and 505 with 4Tbs/gallon of
Daconil
7-22-05 -
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It rained early this morning. The pumpkin on the main vine of the 891
Tanner is picking up steam, I am just hoping it does not grow too fast and lead
to a split.
7-19-05 -
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891 Tanner
Watered with soaker hoses for 20 minutes and then hand watered each secondary
vine without a soaker hose with 2 gallons of water
505 Sundstrom
Watered with 4 gallons of water.
7-18-05 -
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891 Tanner
Fertilized with 4 Tbs of Neptune's Harvest in 2 gallons of water. I did
this as a soak and foliar feed.
505 Sundstrom
Fertilized with 2 Tbs of Neptune's Harvest in 1 gallon of water. I did
this as a soak and foliar feed.
7-17-05 -
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It rained about 6/10 of an inch this weekend and it rained today so I did not do
any watering. The ground looked plenty wet. I plan to fertilize with
Neptunes harvest as a drench and foliar spray tomorrow
7-16-05 -
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891 Tanner
Stripped cucumber beetles were visible today, so I sprayed with 3 Tbs/Gallon of
water with Sevin
505 Sundstrom
Stripped cucumber beetles were visible today, so I sprayed with 3 Tbs/Gallon of
water with Sevin
7-15-05 -
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891 Tanner
I fertilized with Vigaro 10-10-10. I used 24 Tbs in 4 gallons of water
505 Sundstrom
I fertilized the plant with Vigaro 10-10-10. I used 16 Tbs in 2 gallons of
water
7-14-05 -
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891 Tanner
Self pollinated the 2nd pumpkin out on the main vine. It
has five lobes. This will be pumpkin MV2. Pollinated the 3rd north
secondary vine x self. It has five lobes. This will be pumpkin NSV3.
7-13-05
It rained all day with a light drizzle. While repositioning
pumpkin SSV1, the stem cracked a bit. I should not have repositioned until a
much warmer day. Today I ordered Neptune's Harvest fish & seaweed
fertilizer plus a potassium fertilizer (0-0-10)
7-11-05
891 Tanner
Pollinated the pumpkin on the 1st north secondary x self. This
will be pumpkin NSV1.
505 Sundstrom
Watered with 2 gallons of water and with 2 tbs of Peters (24-12-12).
Pollinated the pumpkin on the main vine. This will be called 505 MV1.
7-10-05
891 Tanner
I
watered the plant with soaker hoses for 5 minutes at 11:00pm
505 Sundstrom
Watered with 2 gallons and with 2 tbs of Peters (24-12-12)
7-9-05
891 Tanner
I pollinated a
pumpkin on the 2nd secondary vine on the north side of the yard x self. The
pumpkin has 5 lobes, a circumference of 4 inches, and will be called
pumpkin NSV2. I also pollinated
my first pumpkin x self 15 ft out on the main vine. It has 5 lobes, is 4
inches in circumference and will be called pumpkin MV1. I watered the plant
for 20 minutes with soaker hoses at 11:00pm
7-8-05
505 Sundstrom
Watered with 2 gallons
7-7-05
891 Tanner
Watered with soaker hoses for 20 minutes.
7-6-05
891 Tanner
Pollinated the female on
the 1st south secondary vine x self at 7:00am. I will call this pumpkin
SSV1 and it
has 5 lobes
7-5-05
891 Tanner
Watered the entire plant with 7 gallons of water and 7 tablespoons of Peters
(24-12-12). It looks as if a female is going to bloom tomorrow morning on
the 1st south secondary vine.
505 Sundstrom
Watered the plant with 3 gallons of water and one tablespoon of Peters
(24-12-12)
7-3-05
891 Tanner
Sprayed Daconil and watered the main stump and secondaries for 18 minutes with
the soaker hoses.
505 Sundstrom
Sprayed with Daconil
7-2-05
891 Tanner
We had heavy rains on the 30th so I re-sprayed Sevin today. Male
flowers have bloomed that past two days and there is a female about 8 feet out
on the main as well as 8 feet out on a few of the secondaries. I have been
pinching off all tertiaries. I have not noticed any insects on the leaves,
but I have found quite a few leaves are being partially eaten.
505 Sundstrom
Sprayed Sevin.
6-29-05
891
Tanner
I fertilized the 891 with 2
gallons of peters.
505 Sundstrom
I fertilized the 505 with 1 gallon of peters
6-27-05
We
had a good thunderstorm
6-26-05
891 Tanner
Watered the base of the 891 Tanner for 10 minutes and I watered the main and secondaries with the double hose for 15 minutes.
6-25-05
Light rain tonight
6-21-05
891 Tanner
I watered the base for 11 minutes.
6-19-05
891 Tanner
I watered the 891 Tanner with 3 gallons of water in the morning and in the
afternoon I added
soaker hoses in a 6' circle around the main vine. Right
now they are above ground, but I will cover them with compost and topsoil.
I am also adding
soaker hoses
along the length of the main vine. I dug a
hole where the main vine is going to be so I can bury these hoses right
away. I watered the base tonight via soaker hose for 25 minutes.
This got the ground very wet. I probably want to lower the time. I
also sprayed the plant with seven and added 3oz of Bayer insecticide to a gallon
of water and poured it around the main vine and base. I originally planted
my seeds in miracle grow soil with sustained release fertilizer, so I have not
fertilized yet. At my next watering I will start with a 24-12-12
fertilizer to really get vine growth.
505.5 Sundstrom
This plant is looking pathetic, but I still watered it with about a gallon
of water
6-18-05
Today I took the green house off of the 891 Tanner
6-15-05
Planted the 505.5. I had waited to long to plant the 505.5 and it was
becoming root bound. The vine also partially snapped. We will see
how
it does. The
891 main vine is about 4 feet long. I have been pinching off all
secondaries for the first 3 feet. Tonight I buried the vines and watered
the 891 with three
gallons of water. After planting the 505.5 I watered it with one and a
half gallons. We also had light showers tonight around
11:00pm
6-10-05
Watered the 891 Tanner with two gallons of water. Today there was a
light shower
6-8-05
Watered the 891 Tanner with two gallons of water. There has not been rain
since the 891 Tanner went into the ground
6-6-05
The 891 Tanner 2004 was moved from its pot, into the garden and the 505.5
Sundstrom 2001 has its first true leaf. Here are some pictures from 6-5 of
the patch preparation.
Picture 1
Picture 2
5-30-05
The 891 Tanner 2004 is still doing well and the 505.5 Sundstrom 2001 is just
about to break ground.
5-18-05 @ 10pm
The 925 Neily 2004, 673 Kilbert 2001 & 726.6 Eisenhaur 2001 failed to germinate
in peat pots and in paper towels. They are being throw away.
The 906 Tanner
2004 germinated but was deformed and did not grow. The first true leaf just
withered and died. I am just going to leave this plant alone to see what
happens. I also planted a 505.5 Sundstrom 2001 tonight in hope of a
back up plant. I am putting it in a wet paper towel in a plastic baggy
overnight. I will take the seed from the paper towel in the morning and place
it in dirt. The 891 Tanner 2004 germinated and is going well.
5-13
The
891 Tanner 2004 broke ground.
4-29
Seeds
planted in peat pots. Five seeds were planted (925 Neily 2004, 673 Kilbert 2001
726.6 Eisenhaur 2001, 891 Tanner 2004,
906 Tanner 2004 )
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2005 Spray Schedule
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| Date |
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| Mo-Day |
Action Taken |
| 6-8-05 |
Sprayed the 891 Tanner with a "complete fruit
tree spray" that has 11.76% Captan, 6% Malathion, 0.3% Carbaryl. I
mixed 2 1/2 Tbs with a gallon of water |
| 6-19-05 |
Sprayed the 891 Tanner with Sevin and I poured
Bayer around the base and main vine, which is about 6 feet long |
| 6-29-05 |
Sprayed the 891 and 505 with Sevin. |
| 7-16-05 |
Sprayed the 891 and 505 with Sevin. (3 Tbs/Gallon) |
| 8-13-05 |
Sprayed the 891 and 505 with Sevin. (4 Tbs/Gallon) |
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