SE MN Bhaskaran's Patch, August Update: No big ones this year! Frost 8/21!
- Subject: SE MN Bhaskaran's Patch, August Update: No big ones this year! Frost 8/21!
- From: D*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 22:48:00 EDT
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
Howdy!
Every year, I feel I have learned more and think it will be easy to break the
1000lb mark, but only to have Mother Nature, say No! :-) She gave us a lot
of rain and no bad storms here in SE MN, but she forgot one thing...HEAT!!!!
This could be the coldest August in 118 years!
I even re-started my soil heaters as we had weeks of sub-70 days and 40s
night...plus one night (8/21) hit 28-30 degrees and took out the bottom part of
the patch.
I started with 10 plants and a pumpkin on each main vine 8-16ft out...now
down to 6....
Here is the web page:
http://members.aol.com/dbhaskaran/pumpkin04/
Here are the weekly numbers:
#1. 793.5 Bhaskaran - Day 68 - 336" OTT = 777lbs Up 32lbs for the
week.(frost)
#2. 300 Patrick - Day 70 - 336" OTT = 777lbs Up 57lbs for
the week.
#3. 501.5 Beachy - Day 66 - 334" OTT = 763lbs Up 59lbs for the
week.
#4. 1092 Daigle - Day 64 - 330" OTT = 736lbs Up 100lbs for
the week.
#5. 808 Beachy - Day 70 - 329" OTT = 730lbs Up 20lbs for
the week.(frost)
#6. 235 Beachy - Day 53 - 278" OTT = 444lbs Up 58lbs for
the week.
Wishing everyone a fun end to the season...our weighoff is Sept 25th!
David Bhaskaran
Rochester, MN
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