Back In The Game

Don't count me out just yet! My second plant, the one along the back fence that didn't produce any female pumpkin flowers all season, decided very late in the game to finally put out. So for the past three weeks I have been babying the he'll out of this pumpkin. This means: extra water, weekly potassium rich foliar feedings, weekly anti powdery mildew spraying and finally, my patented extra solar exposure with a mirror method.

The diameter measurement is currently 29" and growing. Chris has a few up at and above 40" so I still have a long way to go this late in the game. I'm at least banking on not coming in last place.

Grow!

Dia de Los Muertos

A sad day. The pumpkin I had all my hopes and dreams riding on, it had to go. Adios.