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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"> <channel> <title>BigPumpkins.com Diary for 'BlossomDown'</title> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2024&grower=79183&action=L</link> <description>Last 20 Diary Entries for 'BlossomDown'.</description> <language>en-us</language> <copyright>Copyright &copy; 1999-2024 BigPumpkins.com. All rights reserved.</copyright> <webMaster>info@bigpumpkins.com</webMaster> <generator>BP RSS FeedGen</generator> <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs> <image> <title>BigPumpkins.com</title> <url>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/images/newlogo_232x70.jpg</url> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/</link> </image> <item> <title>10/30/2024 - with photo</title> <description>The Ciesielski gourd had a core meltdown...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350202</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350202</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:27:09 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/30/2024 - with photo</title> <description>A huge amount of guts... I dont think gourd carving will catch on.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350200</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350200</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:09:25 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/27/2024</title> <description>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Se9mMhxfqDQ&pp=ygUrV2hhdCBpcyBlbGV2dGljYWwgdm9uZHVjdGl2aXR5IHNvaWwgc2NpZW5jZQ%3D%3D Barley vs green beans: Different soil salinity for different crops. Its tempting ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350129</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350129</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 03:27:52 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/26/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Getting there. I have no clue what the plan is for next year but I think rather than get super ambitious I will refrain from any big changes or bigger goals. If you cant fix it then dont break it!</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350128</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350128</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2024 19:54:31 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/26/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Bushel gourd roots were huge and extended to the patch boundary. Because of this "full use" of the available rootzone, I think growing only one plant would be appropriate. I still dont know why so...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350127</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350127</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2024 19:27:09 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/26/2024</title> <description>I have used hay in the past to help boost the soil but I was also thinking about using wood chips this year. I think I will do hay and rye and then wood chips. My nitrogen is high so I'm not worried...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350121</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350121</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2024 05:54:57 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/25/2024 - with photo</title> <description>I added about 200 ft to the main patch. It should be the correct size to grow something big now. I think the nutrient levels are adequate but I think the nematodes, and maybe fusarium, are high....</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350113</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350113</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:50:46 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/25/2024 - with photo</title> <description>These were grown simultaneously on the plant that grew my other two. Total production was 8 pumpkins = 300 lbs. Not bad for a field kin direct seeded in June, but none were bigger than 60 lbs.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350112</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=350112</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:33:02 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/06/2024</title> <description>If I had to do it again, I'd probably want more water and more disease control. I'd probably want to lay drip lines under that fancy two-sided garden fabric. I would elevate the vine where I wanted ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349760</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349760</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 15:59:17 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/06/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Bert weighed 203 officially. My scale was adding 3-6 lbs because of the vines? Anyhow, it fell well short of the state record, but it was a reasonably good attempt. The graph on the right com...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349759</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349759</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 15:34:45 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/04/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Extraction day for Bert. The plant got damaged, most by frost. I took one final weight using the crane scale. I dont know if anyone has done a whole season worth of weight measurements using a cr...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349720</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349720</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2024 22:26:05 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10/03/2024</title> <description>An even harder frost. I did what I could but I think the damage will be nearly total. If the temperature would dip down below freezing at 5 am then a couple hours below freezing wouldn't be so bad b...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349685</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349685</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:40:19 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>09/30/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Its time for a joke... This is why the gpc doesnt want us to cross marrows with field kins and bushel gourds with long gourds. It might create a big problem, lol.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349633</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349633</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 17:59:22 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>09/30/2024</title> <description>...If I hadnt done anything, the plants would be 75% dead right now. Instead, they are 95% alive. The idea that I could gain an extra week of growing season seems to be exactly what will happen......</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349629</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349629</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:58:26 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>09/30/2024 - with photo</title> <description>Ive posted a lot already, and this is going to be a really long post. But there's no way around it. Here it goes. Earlier this year, I anticipated a possible fall frost prior to the weigh offs....</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349627</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349627</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:54:07 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>09/30/2024</title> <description>32.3 degrees F last night... The forecast low was 40. Nowadays the weather models so good that theyre often spot on. I just wish for once they'd get the overnight low correct. Its like they're usi...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349621</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349621</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>09/29/2024</title> <description>Bert the Bushel has gotten rain and sun. His plant is still pushing new growth, evidence sufficient of energy and health that he could be growing more, but at almost 80 days old, it appears Bert is ju...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349619</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349619</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2024 21:20:07 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>09/24/2024</title> <description>Gains have dropped to less than a pound per day. I wasnt going to measure anymore but a couple more measurements will help plot the last bit of the growth curve.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349463</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349463</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:59:06 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>09/24/2024 - with photo</title> <description>I dont know if this counts as learning anything, but in hindsight I'd say I chose an average gourd to pollinate. And I would judge that my soil and climate were probably average as well. The only th...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349447</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349447</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 04:46:35 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>09/24/2024 - with photo</title> <description>This is some old bushel gourd data but it includes Steve's WR... You can see what an outlier it is. The Sjordin marrow and Baggs field pumpkin are approximately similar in how far removed they are f...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349446</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=349446</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 04:15:12 GMT</pubDate> </item> </channel></rss>If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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