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									I have been applying Florel to all of my �keepers� 48 hours after pollination.  It needs to be mixed to 100 ppm in distilled water.  I use a spray bottle to apply it to the fruit.  I leave the blossom on  the fruit until after the Florel is applied so the mixture does not get onto the �lobes�.  I have not been using Florel on my back-up fruit (the next female on the vine  which I would consider growing that has been pollinated).  Florel will extend the time the fruit is in the cell division stage�which hopefully means that it will form more cells so that when it moves into the cellular expansion stage there will be more cells to expand resulting in a bigger pumpkin!
								
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