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Thursday, August 06, 2015
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KC Kevin
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Mission Viejo, CA
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Entry 90 of 101 |
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The home patch has been an adventure this year. After about 2 weeks the plant went into a toxic state with an over abundance of N, resulting in badly deformed leaves. Matt D said to give it a little Cal Mag and then just leave it be. The plant did start to grow out normally although all the fruit on the main, from 11 feet out past 20 feet eventually aborted.
I pretty much gave up at that point because I was spending a ton of time over at the big patch. I was going to pull the plant but the Mrs. liked it in the yard as it was pretty and green. So I left it. No fertilzer. No pesticides. No pruning. Nothing.
It turned into a jungle. I left for about 5 days and came back to find a couple small fruit on side vines that looked promising. Well the bees have apparently done their job because I've got a couple cantelope-sized pumpkins on side vines. I decided I better start pruning away some of the extra growth. In this picture you can see the plant growing over the fence and into the park next to the house.
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