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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 'Little Ketchup'</title> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryView.asp?season=2025&grower=75811&action=L</link> <description>Last 20 Diary Entries for 'Little Ketchup'.</description> <language>en-us</language> <copyright>Copyright &copy; 1999-2025 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>07/02/2025 - with photo</title> <description>I think the tomato, bottom, might have healed. But the BER is dead tomato. You cant leave much of a layer of dead tomato or the live tomato will get infected by a secondary rot. So I redid the sur...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354072</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354072</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:04:37 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/02/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Blue arrow => Just like last year, a little bit that didn't get pollinated. Can't complain much, I think some have made it past BER stage so thats a relief. Don't know if I hit a home run but roundi...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354071</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354071</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 23:33:09 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/02/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Cut stem of the tomato in the previous pic. Here a small infection of verticulum may have contributed. Barely noticeable, not enough to wilt the plant or cause obvious symptoms... but enough to cons...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354049</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354049</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:06:01 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>07/02/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Blossom end rot. Sometimes its the whole tomato, sometimes just one spot is affected. The causes may already be in place, but it doesn't show up until a stressed day. Here a detachment point (red a...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354048</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=354048</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:56:10 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/30/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Lemon tree popping up in the midst of the tomatoes. It overwintered outdoors. Barely. Really only a small twig at the base survived.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353994</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353994</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 02:46:56 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/30/2025</title> <description>https://ipm.missouri.edu/MEG/2011/6/Diagnosing-Nutrient-Deficiencies/ Not sure all of these are correct for every plant in every situation.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353984</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353984</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:15:52 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/30/2025</title> <description>End of June mini heatwave. Tomatoes really want to BER on me. Might lose some. I want to fix the boron once & for all. Its still low, I think?</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353980</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353980</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:15:34 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/27/2025 - with photo</title> <description>And the largest plant. 3.90 Luers. Has 6 tomatoes set on it. Will reduce to 3. Not wanting to count my chickens before they hatch but I think the sum of the three keepers could be in excess of 20 ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353893</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353893</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 03:39:23 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/24/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Small plant, but decent tomato. This was the most crowded spot earlier when they got transplanted here there were a dozen plants here, then five plants, then three plants, then two plants. And there...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353787</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353787</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:34:27 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/23/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Tomato addicts can get a full fix today: this is the one that came to life after acting like a dud for almost 2 weeks. Its still not very big and the stem is short but other than that it looks ok so...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353729</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353729</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:06:36 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/23/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Here's a better pic of a big flower, I'm calling this a "sunflower" type mega. 5.16 Greene, plant 2. Its the fattest side shoot blossom I've ever gotten. Looks like a first truss blossom on a main ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353727</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353727</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:29:47 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/22/2025 - with photo</title> <description>I was worried this one wasnt connected but theres just a bit of ovary hanging there which I think means the two pieces were and still are connected despite not being able to see the connection. T...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353710</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353710</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 01:37:21 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/22/2025 - with photo</title> <description>This might even be of interest to pumpkin growers... I made a cut in the stem and sure enough it released some tension as evidenced by the widening crack. Just shows again that these preventative ty...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353709</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353709</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 01:09:53 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/21/2025 - with photo</title> <description>This is a giant blossom that did mostly pollinate but its becoming detached. I'm getting a much better sense of what needs to happen to hit 15 lbs. Will have plenty of big "under 10 lbers" this year...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353659</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353659</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 18:18:25 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/21/2025 - with photo</title> <description>I wont win a photo prize with this phone but love the shape on that dud. It was connected. 15 lbs of tomato I think :)</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353657</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353657</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 18:10:28 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/21/2025 - with photo</title> <description>A cherry tomato usually has 6. A small giant tomato blossom will have 8 or so. A large "compound single" blossom might have 10-14 and will later weigh 3-5 lbs. This one: 45 sepals. Elmo is singi...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353644</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353644</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 17:00:20 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/19/2025 - with photo</title> <description>One of the xl megas that did not set.</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353536</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353536</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 16:08:00 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/19/2025</title> <description>Soil temp in tomato hut 67 degrees. Boron is still low. But no BER yet... Some of the largest megas didnt grow and I think this was mostly an issue of boron, possibly phosphorus, possibly calcium, ...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353534</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353534</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:29:16 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/18/2025 - with photo</title> <description>Upper: My daughter shows how to pull the anther cones (yellow) out of the tomato flower. Another tomato then donates its pollen. I'll leave it to someone else to make a proper video/picture tutori...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353499</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353499</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:58:55 GMT</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>06/18/2025 - with photo</title> <description>In wet western Washington, fruit trees seem to benefit from having the roots be able to access dry dirt? In this case, the dry dirt under the barn. Even with heavy rains there will be a zone of drie...</description> <link>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353485</link> <guid>http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=353485</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:39:10 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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