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Mill Bay, British Columbia

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=113007

A great example of what not to do!! No stem stress here....lol...

Hope you prove me wrong Okie....but his looks like trouble to me....!!!!

7/18/2009 8:45:13 PM

Buffalo, New York

only the future will tell.................?

7/18/2009 9:15:18 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

I know that looks bad but it was worse. In morning I'm doing various blocking and it will improve. The stem is pointing straight down and the vine actually has slack.

Since that pic I did remove those two secondaries, they were actually sorta short.

The pumpkin 'hunched' shoulders on me and I couldn't get the vine away from it.... it gained 13.5# which is 1.5# more than the day before. I shall see, indeed.

7/18/2009 10:37:36 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

And I moved it a bit again. The vine on that one isn't at all 'crisp' or I would have cut that one a long time ago.

Originally there was almost that much curve above the pumpkin from when I flopped the vine and pegged it to set it, but those shoulders just wouldn't give up. The upside shoulder is actually more pronounced and sticks up farther than the down side one...

7/18/2009 10:43:17 PM

Dillsburg, PA

I also think you might have cut the main to soon after the stem. You should have at least left 6 inches. Good luck.

7/19/2009 7:15:03 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

I would have liked to have left more main, it was right on the fruit. I would like to have not cut the main at all but it was impossible and only getting worse. Again, I will see what happens...

7/19/2009 8:15:47 AM

Ohio

wait for the hottest part of the day and bend the Stelts 90 init, problem solved. Ask Gordon Tanner how he does them, hes the one that showed me.

7/19/2009 9:59:50 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

I had a 90 in it originally.... sigh. Despite all the mucking I did with it, it gained on gaining (per day gain average rose). That one has about six weeks to hold together and finish doing something, maybe seven to eight.

7/20/2009 7:46:45 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

At least yourZ iZ still connected to the main.....


:( :( :( :( Ive been BiZzed......

7/20/2009 8:38:17 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Ow, Gary. Yep so far it's still connected and adding tonnage. Waaay behind JVH, FrankNTina and a few others... but. At least it's still going.

You gonna drag something down here in Oct?

7/20/2009 10:49:09 AM