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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Pumpkin Patch Update

As you can see from these pictures, all our "pumpkins" are growing well. The pumpkin patch has been doing remarkably better than last year. In the pictures above and below you can see that the big max pumpkins have actually been a success this year. The one that Liam is sitting next to will most likely turn out to be the biggest one I've ever grown. The one in the picture below should also be pretty huge.
One of the best improvements this year is the fact that, for the first time, I have not had problems with the dreaded powdery mildew. This has come about mainly because of a combination of changing the watering schedule and some homemade fungicide spray.
The above is currently the biggest of my jack-o-lantern pumpkins. We have several more but this is the one that is the furthest along.
I tried my hand at growing white pumpkins this year as well. The above is the biggest one we have. Anyway, if all goes well we should have between eleven to fourteen pumpkins of various sizes and colors this year.

1 comment:

  1. Grow patch! Camille told me how big your pumpkins were and I was a bit dismayed that my pumpkins are currently just blossoming.....sigh.

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